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10 Off-the-Radar Documentaries I Loved in 2025
I never expected to make this list an annual thing, but here I am doing exactly that.
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The Last Campfire
How a working-class paradise became a symbol of a rapidly changing America
Nov 17, 2025
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10 Odd Documentaries I Loved in 2024
So we meet again.
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10 Odd Documentaries I Loved in 2024
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10 documentaries that delighted me in 2023
Dec 29, 2023
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The 10 most surprising documentaries I watched in 2022
Jan 13, 2023
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David Holthouse's wild journey from journalist to filmmaker
Jul 21, 2023
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The Last Campfire
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The Kramer brothers make government cool again
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10 documentaries that delighted me in 2023
And so it was.
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The Kramer brothers make government cool again
A divisive arena is transformed into one of hope in "The First Step"
Sep 1, 2023
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David Holthouse's wild journey from journalist to filmmaker
And how cockfighting set him on his current path ... sort of
Jul 21, 2023
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Morgan Elliott finds backyard treasure in "Potty Town"
Sometimes the best stories are just around the corner
Jun 21, 2023
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Documentary as reverie
"Just Dave" ignores filmmaking grammar and kicks ass because of it
May 18, 2023
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The travails of the rookie filmmaker
How many mistakes can one guy make in three weeks on the road? Let us count.
May 2, 2023
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Cairo revisited
A road trip crisis summons a convo with rural documentarian Chris Harden
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