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The best music doc is easily No Direction Home: Bob Dylan. It's amazing. I'm also a big fan of When We Were Kings. I saw Gonzo a few weeks ago and it's the bee's knees. Hoop Dreams is incredible though. My favorite part is when William Gates' older brother talks about how much he knows about basketball. Cracks me up every time. Finally, Michael Moore's films should be in the comedy section. I've never seen more laughable dreck than Bowling for Columbine....

I've probably seen like 1/3 of the stuff on there. I didn't see Harlan County, but I did see American Dream, about the 85/86 Hormel meat packer strike. It was excellent. Highly recommended....

#14 Koyaanisqatsi isn't really a documentary. And I agree that Michael Moore doesn't deserve three spots in this list. I personally would choose "Trinity and Beyond" and "Workingman’s Death" somewhere in the top of the list....

Meh, it's not a horrible list, but agreed Moore is getting too much play and that there are a few notable omissions. I've literally seen every film on the list, plus a ton of others, so here are a few (subjective)thoughts. First off = Supersize Me and Koyaanisqatsi bite, IMHO. Here's my pics of films not on the list for consideration: F For Fake (brilliant pseudo documentary by Orson Welles) American Movie Mr. Death (less talked about Morris pic, but the central character is FASCINATING) Burden of Dreams (about Herzog and Kinski trying to make Fitzcarraldo - brilliantly insane) Gates...

@marion I have to say, your list is SO much better than the official one. I forgot completely about F for Fake, Mr Death and Burden of Dreams, all of which are fantastic....

Planet Earth counts Katie. It was amazing....

Thanks Scaramouch. I noticed I forgot to mention Harlan County USA, another one that's on the list that I think deserves to be there. Cheers....

Craven Hussies #2 was pretty good as well....