We could write something really meaningful about documentaries and how they impacted the decade, changed our lives, made us cry, made us angry, gave us a call to action, or shined a light on something we otherwise might not know about. We could talk about the portraits of people we adored, people we lost, or chronicles of injustice or venality or obscure spotlights on little-known subjects. And we’ll do that, eventually, but right now, it’s Friday, and we just want to sleep and drink and possibly never wake up, so please enjoy our Best Documentaries of The Decade feature, this placeholder we may or may not update when we’re feeling alive, and our genuine thanks and appreciation for all your reading, sharing, clicking, etc.

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Morgan Neville‘s “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead” is more than just a documentary about the making of Orson Welles‘ “The Other Side of the Wind.” The legendary’s director’s final film, which has been touted for the better part of three decades as the ‘greatest film never released,’ finally is available for all to see on Netflix. Neville’s narrative in ‘Dead’ focuses not just on Welles’ unreleased production, but also his final two decades of life.

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To be fair, lots of people loved Orson Welles while he was still alive.

When the filmmaker passed away on October 10, 1985, the director’s name was already synonymous with breaking film conventions and employing stylistic techniques unheard of in his era. As one of the most celebrated pioneers within the medium, Welles left behind a legacy that endures to this day and serves as the inspiration for the upcoming documentary “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead.”

READ MORE: ‘They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead’: Morgan Neville’s Orson Welles’ Doc Is A Cinephiles’ Delight [Venice Review]

The forthcoming film is helmed by Morgan Neville — who is fresh off his own critically acclaimed work “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

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Though he’s already won an Academy Award for “20 Feet from Stardom,” documentarian Morgan Neville isn’t often spoken of by film nerds with the kind of hushed reverence as greats like Errol Morris – but he deserves to be. As one of the top living documentary filmmakers, he has consistently created nonfiction films that are as entertaining as the best of their fiction counterparts with as much insight into their subjects as the more “serious” offerings in the genre.

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Remember last fall? Netflix was promoting their upcoming major blockbuster film “Bright.” At the time, people viewed Netflix films as either big-budget disasters, small (but quality) indie films, or Adam Sandler “comedies.” Needless to say, the stigma around Netflix Original Films was pretty horrible. Now, a year later, there’s no “Bright” on the horizon. Instead, we have not just one or two quality films coming to the streaming service, but we actually have enough to justify a Netflix Film Festival.

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