In a world where realism and originality often lose out to sensationalism and sleaze, the need for somebody to step up and present the truth with requisite boldness and panache, is greater than ever before. Maybe it is because people are able to digest the larger than life fantasies more easily than the movies about the harsh truths of life. That is where the importance of the best documentary movies lies. Gone are the days when documentaries consisted of a haphazard sequence of scenes, shot in grainy videos. Nowadays, the movie-makers are ready to break the limitations associated with movie making and go deep inside to explore the unexplored.  Whether it’s Director James Cameron’s expedition to the wreckage of Titanic or Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, there is something for every person out there, interested in knowing the reality. Other top documentary movies include maverick filmmaker Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 911 and the March of the Penguins. Off the regularly trodden path, documentaries offer the viewers a rare insight into the life and times of influential people; sometimes they just explore human emotions in their most raw versions and sometimes, the lives of the people untouched by modernization are presented. For those willing to watch or either download them, there is the unspoiled, non-commercial face of our planet and human life, waiting to be discovered.

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