Documentaries about when making films goes awry, or the dream is never realized altogether.

Notes include link to original film.

Documentaries about cults. For fictional movies, see these lists: Cult movies literally about cults

To watch: Boys State, Dick Johnson is Dead, Bloody Nose Empty Pockets, Collective

The documentaries parodied in Documentary Now! Wikipedia page

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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Documentary_Feature