Touching the Void - very engrossing mountaineering story.
Food, Inc - if this doesn't make you consider, even briefly, buying a farm and growing your own food, I am not sure what would.
The Poisoner's Handbook - Fascinating early history of the fields of forensics and pathology as tools to solve crimes, taking over from what was previously a very unscientific mindset by police detectives (unless you are from small town Wisconsin).
Silenced - The aftermath experienced by government whistleblowers.
Steak - basically meat porn. The best steaks from around the globe. I could literally stare at Wagyu beef for hours. Not sure if that is a ringing endorsement of the movie or not.
As stated before, a lot of the 30 for 30 ESPN films are fantastic. I watched the Michael Jordan one on his basketball retirement to play baseball. Incredible how far he almost took it. Initially I thought it was a joke, but he had actually trained with such dedication that there was some talk that he could have moved from minors to the majors.
Frontline - Any episode is a winner.
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