I love films.  Films of all kinds.  Action, comedy, drama, thriller, horror, animated, short, feature. . .it doesn’t matter.  I love them all.

In years past, I’ve made resolutions (of sorts–I hate resolutions) to watch a certain number of films from a certain genre or a certain year, or that have won certain awards.  It’s never been a public declaration (as I suppose it is about to be this year), but this year I wanted help with my selections.

I want to watch documentaries this year.  My goal is lofty:  1 per week.  I also hope to write something about each film I watch.  Here’s the problem:  the genre of documentaries can be as vast (if not more so) as all of the rest of the genres of films combined.  

So, what are the best you’ve seen?  What are the must see films?  What made you think?  What would you say is a documentary I HAVE to see?

My goal is to get at least the next few months covered from your recommendations.  Either throw them in the comments below, tweet them to me with the hashtag #docrec, or post them on my Facebook page.  Ideally, I’d like to find ones that I can view easily on Netflix or rent through Apple, but I’m not opposed to watching them in any form.  I already have one “slated” to be seen in the theatre when it premiers at some point this year, but I still need your recomendations.

Also, if you’re interested in watching any of these and discussing them (over water, coffee, or an adult beverage), I’d love to do that as well.  There’s a fantastic brewery not far from here with large tables that would be great for a discussion of sorts.

So throw your recomendations at me, I’ll compile a list (and try really hard to adhere to it). . .and we’ll see where this goes. Either way, wish me luck.

~wookie