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The Best Episodes of Documentary Now! Season 1

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The Best Episodes of Documentary Now! Season 1

Loving parodies of some of the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some of the...

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  1. 8.6/10(676 votes)

    #1 - The Eye Doesn't Lie

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    An investigation into the wrongful conviction of a man sentenced to death for the 1986 murder of John Patrick Winslow.

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  2. 8.3/10(1.1k votes)

    #2 - Sandy Passage

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    An in depth look at the daily lives of two aging socialites and their crumbling estate. This mother and daughter live in extreme squalor, but the documentarians find more than just dirt and clutter on the property.

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  3. 8.1/10(527 votes)

    #3 - Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee (1)

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    S1:E6

    Part one of the documentary chronicling the rise and fall of a seminal soft-rock band called the Blue Jean Committee.

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  4. 8.1/10(457 votes)

    #4 - Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee (2)

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    Part two of the documentary chronicling the rise and fall of a seminal soft-rock band called the Blue Jean Committee.

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  5. 7.9/10(646 votes)

    #5 - Kunuk Uncovered

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    An investigation into the seminal documentary “Kunuk The Hunter” that attempts to separate what is real from what is fabrication.

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  6. 7.9/10(689 votes)

    #6 - DRONEZ: The Hunt for El Chingon

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    The hipster media empire DRONEZ sends two of its notoriously fearless journalists to track down Mexico’s most wanted drug lord.

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  8. 7.1/10(516 votes)

    #7 - A Town, A Gangster, A Festival

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    S1:E5

    A documentary crew travels to Arborg, Iceland for the annual festival honoring American gangster Al Capone.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Eye Doesn't Lie" is the best rated episode of "Documentary Now!" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 676 votes. Directed by Rhys Thomas, Alexander Buono and written by John Mulaney, Bill Hader, it aired on 9/10/2015. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Sandy Passage".