5 Best Documentaries on Netflix

Like most people these days, all of my information comes from either Twitter or documentaries. These mostly one sided completely unbiased documentaries are the reason everyone cancelled their trips to Sea-World, stopped taking Tom Cruise and John Travolta seriously, and considered Edward Snowden an American Hero rather than a fugitive. Who am I kidding, I believe everything I see or hear which is what has made the documentary boom so much more interesting. Now you can watch a documentary, go online and read hours worth of articles basically telling you the opposite of what you just watched. Where else can you get that kind of entertainment? Anyways, here is my list of the 5 best relatively new docs on Netflix right now.

5. The Ted Bundy Tapes

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This is a multi-episode documentary which I think a lot of people were excited for, especially if you’re into the true crime stuff. I’m not sure this one actually lived up to the hype but I still think it’s a must watch. There’s a ton of information, most of which is hard to believe, like, I don’t know, a police department having a serial killer in their custody, in a court room, and letting him jump out of a window to escape. Crazy to think about something like this happening in today’s society, well, never mind no it’s not. Ted Bundy is one of the most famous serial killers ever and it’s fascinating to learn so much about him in this short series.

4. Behind the Curve

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So this documentary follows a few different individuals, who, wait for it, believe the Earth is flat. Now, before you make fun of them, they bring up some really good points. I was halfway through watching it and wondering how I’ve lived for 29 years letting everyone tell me that we live on a sphere and how stupid all of us are. I knew there was something fishy about this whole gravity thing. This is the ultimate conspiracy theory documentary, but it’s also very well put together and extremely entertaining. You also have to watch all the way until the very end because it’s one of the funniest endings to anything I’ve ever seen in my life.

3. FYRE- The Greatest Party that Never Happened

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If you haven’t seen this, I’m not sure what you’re doing with your life and you must have felt extremely awkward and left out when every single person in America was talking about this at work or basically anywhere you went. But, if you have been living under a rock, this takes us behind the scenes of the biggest scam of all time, where thousands of people were duped into going to an island for a crazy festival, staying in private cabanas and hotels, seeing all their favorite bands, surrounded by beautiful beaches and people, then realizing they were staying in FEMA tents in a giant gravel parking lot eating cheese sandwiches. Now, I love cheese sandwiches but not for ten thousand dollars. Maybe one of the wildest docs to believe, and if you don’t believe me there’s even a second one on Hulu that you should probably borrow someone’s password for and check it out.

2. Alt-Right: Age of Rage

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Now, I won’t get too political or anything, but to make it simple, this doc follows a white supremacist and an Antifa activist, with all of it basically leading up to the horrible day in Charlottesville, VA a few years back. I think this is important to watch because it’s really disgusting how much hate there is in the world. It’s one thing to watch the news or read stuff online and just imagine it, but to see behind the scenes, follow real people who are dedicating their lives to hating others is eye opening. Obviously white supremacists are awful, terrible human beings, but the Antifa activists are also terrible, delusional humans for the most part. Although if someone who belongs to either affiliation is reading this, I love you and please don’t hurt me.

1. Abducted in Plain Sight

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Woof. I mean, that’s all you can really say after watching this. I think I had to physically close my jaw at one point, that’s how disturbing this documentary was. Essentially, this tells the story of two parents who allowed a “family friend” to sexually abuse and kidnap their daughter, on multiple occasions. That brief summary right there doesn’t do any of it justice though, because there are so many twists and turns throughout where you don’t even know who you’re actually mad at anymore. The parents, the kidnapper, the daughter, the police. At one point I honestly thought the entire thing was a joke because there is no possible way this happened in real life. Unfortunately, it did. Or I guess fortunately for our viewing pleasure.

Well, there’s my top 5. If you haven’t seen any of these, set some time aside and watch them. If you’ve seen them all, congrats? If there’s any that you think I missed and deserve to be on the top 5 list, please go to http://www.wordpress.com and start your own blog and you can make your own top 5 list.

P..S.- The earth definitely is NOT flat…………..

Top 10 Best Shows on Netflix

I always see people tweeting or posting on Facebook asking what shows are good on Netflix for them to start watching. Now I have spent countless hours watching Netflix, sometimes even sickening to think of what other useful things I could have been doing with that time. Regardless, I have become a Netflix guru and can guide any of you looking for a new show to watch down the right path.

office10. The Office– I’m assuming most of the people reading this already watch The Office, but if you don’t then this is the perfect show for you to watch. I didn’t start watching it until about season 4, so I started from the beginning and watched in order and I think it was much funnier when you watch in sequence as compared to just picking up random episodes when it’s on. By far one of the funniest shows on TV, although there are only a few more episodes left which sucks as bad as Michael Scott Paper Company.

 

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9. Blue Mountain State– Here is another comedy show for you, which is about a college football team and is basically just them drinking and doing gross stuff every episode. Thad Castle might be one of the best characters in television history, and his character alone is reason enough for you to give this show a shot.

 

 

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8. The League– If you like football, or fantasy football especially, this is the best show you’ll find. It literally describes what my fantasy football league is like. Yeah, it’s kind of pathetic that fantasy football can make my mood go from happy to wanting to off myself, but there’s nothing better than hoisting that fantasy trophy over your head when all your hard work has paid off.

 

 

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7. Gold Rush– There is only one season on Netflix right now, but the 3rd season just finished up and I’m sure they’ll throw the 2nd up there sometime soon. It’s a reality show following these guys who want to travel to Alaska to dig for gold. It’s a pretty interesting show, you can actually learn something if that’s what your into. If not you can let the actual facts go in one ear and out the other like me.

 

 

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6.Teen Wolf– You know what, I might catch a lot of heat for this one, but I don’t care. They just added the first two seasons and it’s a fantastic show. You don’t have to say it out loud, you don’t have to discuss it with anyone, hell you can keep it a secret if you want. But if you watch this show you’ll like it. Modern day spin on warewolf’s or however you spell it. Stiles is one of my favorite TV characters as well, not on the level of Thad Castle but he makes the show what it is. There’s some laughs, some cries, some of everything. Just enjoy it and you can thank me later.

 

 

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5. The Walking Dead– If you like zombies you will love this show. And even if you don’t love zombies this show will get you to love zombies. The show got extremely popular following last season, and the newest season just ended last week. There’s so much blood. Like, a lot of blood. And guts. And zombies. And more blood.

 

 

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4. Prison Break I just recently watched this show, and as a result had 2 weeks of my life be unproductive from lack of sleep because I had to keep watching the next episode. The first season can compete to any season of any show, that’s how good it is. As it goes on, the story line gets a little played out but picks back up at the end to make for a solid show. It’s definitely an action thriller about two brothers, one who’s put in jail on death row for a crime he didn’t do and the other brother commits a crime so he can break him out. If anything, you have to watch the first season, you won’t be disappointed.

 

breaking3. Breaking Bad– If you are into smoking dope, cooking meth and fighting drug lords, Breaking Bad is for you. But if you’re not it’s still for you. It took me a while to get into the show because the main character Heisenberg is the dad from Malcom in the Middle. Overall it has a great story line and keeps you on your toes. Make sure after you watch the show to head down to your local pharmacy, pick up as much pseudo as you can and then you can cook meth with the best of em!

 

madmen2. Mad Men– This show is one of my favorite shows, and it’s a little different than most TV shows around. Some people find it hard to get into just because it is set in the 60’s so it isn’t an easy show to relate with, but then again I don’t cook meth in my underwear so I guess Breaking Bad isn’t easy to relate with either but you know what I mean. It’s about the main character Don Draper who is a creative director for an advertising agency back in the day. There are some factual things mixed in which is kind of cool, and overall the plot and story line just make this a much watch show. If you sit down to watch this and think it’s terrible 5 minutes in, you just need to make it through a few episodes and you’ll be hooked.

 

sons1. Sons of Anarchy– I don’t care who you are, what you like or anything. Sons is the best show on TV no questions asked. This is one of those shows that you really can’t predict what is going to happen. Just when you think you might know where there show is going, something that will make you want to throw up will happen and blow your mind. To sum it up it’s a show about a motorcycle club in Cali that sell guns to gangs and basically go around doing whatever they want.