50 weirdest documentaries

21. Religulous (2008)

You Couldnt Make It Up: Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda believes he is the Second Coming. Jose explains how Christs bloodline travelled from the Holy Land to France, then Spain and finally to Puerto Rico. Make of that what you will.

20. Into The Abyss (2011)

You Couldnt Make It Up: One of Herzogs interviewees discusses being stabbed, shot at and more--and somehow surviving. Jaws will drop.

19. Home Movie (2001)

You Couldnt Make It Up: Just one of the many odd couples, Diana and Ed Peden are hippies who create an underground retreat out of an abandoned missile silo. Creative.

18. Catfish (2010)

You Couldnt Make It Up: Ah, that would spoil the films final twist. Just watch it for yourself--you wont be disappointed.

17. Presumed Guilty (2008)

You Couldnt Make It Up: Antonios conviction was predicated entirely on one mans testimony--and that man just so happened to be a relative of the murder victim. Meanwhile, Antonios defence and numerous witnesses were all completely ignored.

16. In The Realms Of The Unreal (2004)

You Couldnt Make It Up: Dargers crowning glory is his novel The Realms Of The Unreal, an illustrated manuscript that runs to 15,000 pages.

15. Grey Gardens (1975)

You Couldnt Make It Up: The Beales house was infested with fleas, cats and racoons, had no running water and was full of rotting rubbish.

14. Wisconsin Death Trip (1999)

You Couldnt Make It Up: Lesy discovers that from 1890 to 1900, the town of Black River Falls was subject to bouts of suicide, murder, hauntings, demonic possession and, er, arson.

13. My Best Fiend - Klaus Kinski (1999)

You Couldnt Make It Up: Youve heard it before, but its still shocking--Herzog threatened to shoot Kinski during filming of Aguirre, leading to the mother of all fall-outs.

12. Dream Tower (1994)

You Couldnt Make It Up: Despite around 100 students showing up to learn, hippies from Yorkville ended up seizing the building while drug-dealing bikers set up camp in the lobby.