Top 10 Free Documentaries to Watch on YouTube

It's a pretty good documentary for music/rock enthusiasts, which is Dave Grohl-directed. He was inspired to direct the movie after Sound City Studio closed in 2011. It shows its historic importance and is said that Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Tom Petty, Guns N' Roses, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Slayer, Rage Against the Machine, and many other artists recorded there, and over a hundred albums recorded there are certified gold and platinum. So it is a very good music documentary to watch.

An Ice-T-directed film about the importance of hip hop, featuring freestyles and interviews. The cast includes Big Daddy Kane, Chuck D, Common, Run-DMC, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Ice Cube, Immortal Technique, Kanye West, KRS-One, Nas, Q-Tip, Raekwon, Rakim, Redman, Royce da 5'9", Snoop Dogg, Treach, WC and Xzibit. So it's cool to see all those rappers in one documentary, the soundtrack is also fire, even though it's a compilation of tracks from albums.

It's shows the 23-year history of Image Comics at the time, as it discusses about freedom rights unlike what Marvel and DC will do, they let creators own their work and only own their trademark name and logo. It's had legendary comic series such as Spawn, Savage Dragon, Witchblade, The Walking Dead, Invincible, and Saga. If you're a comic enthusiast, then this movie is for you.

This is a documentary about legendary rock band Led Zeppelin, from its humble beginnings to more than huge rock stars. As known for their albums and the songs "Whole Lotta Love", "The Immigrant Song", "Stairway to Heaven", and "Black Dog", various rock musicians inspired or met Led Zeppelin such as Eric Clapton discuss about the band's success.

Surprised it is #4. Should be like #3 or #2.

Not a lot like The Art of Rap has, it discusses about the art of freestyle rap, which its cast include Mos Def, Black Thought, Pharoahe Monch, Lord Finesse, and Jurassic 5. This is mainly based on alternative rap, so watch out, gangsta rap-lovers (unless you love both lol).

This is pretty interesting for those who love film, posters, and graphic design. And yes, it's a movie... talking about movie posters... with a really cool movie poster. But still, it can be interesting to watch if you choose it as one of your documentaries to watch.

Derived from "With great power comes great responsibility", it explores the life and career of American comic book writer, editor, publisher and producer Stan Lee, who would go on to be the head of Marvel Comics. It discusses about his creations including Spider-Man, X-Man, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, The Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch, and Black Widow.

This is an important documentary to watch at Health classes at middle and high schools, which records Morgan Spurlock's 30-day period of eating nothing but McDonald's, which shows poor nutrition and gain. It took fourteen months for him to lose all the weight. So, everyone, this is what happens if you eat too much chicken nuggets for dinner everyday. So just eat something healthy or cook a good meal (like cooked chicken, rice, and green beans), and you'll be all good.

Another music documentary, which is about FAME Studios, as listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It features Greg Allman, Bono, Aretha Franklin, Mick Jagger, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Keith Richards, Steve Winwood, and Wilson Pickett.

This documentary you'll enjoy as a comic enthusiast, which covers the scheduled lives of famous comedians, such as Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Jamie Foxx, and Jerry Lewis.