Finding a documentary to watch can be challenging compared to a movie, series, or sitcom. Documentary not being the first preference of the commoner’s way of spending their leisure time makes it more challenging. Being seen more as infotainment rather than entertainment is the reason behind this.
Now, you may think about how to find what documentary to watch. And assume it might be a difficult task. But don’t worry. Curated Mix will help with your search for new documentaries to watch.
Our customized solution to search will help you find a documentary to watch quicker than the popular documentary recommendations out there. It will reduce your search time in half and increase your watch time.
Things to avoid while looking for what documentary to watch!
Before diving into our customized solution, let us see what not to do to avoid endless scrolling to find a documentary.
First and foremost, never take the usual route of searching the generic way. Stop searching using queries like “best documentaries to watch”, “top documentary films”, or “must-watch documentary movies” in search engines. The reason is you will end up finding thousands of posts about it online. It will only delay the search and not fasten it like you want.
Now, you may think of another solution. That is asking for recommendations from your known sources. It might work if you have a circle who are into documentaries like you and have similar watch preferences. If not, it will only delay and complicate your search further.
Apart from these two famous and most used solutions, you may think about trying the recommendations from the influencers and social media accounts that post about stuff like this. Following them to keep track of the content releases might be good. But trying out their recommendations is a whole other thing. If you note them, the majority will be producing content on broader topics like “award-winning documentaries”, “true crime documentaries”, “documentary series suggestions”, “critically acclaimed documentaries”, “and educational documentaries”. They won’t provide a specific recommendation which will be tailor-made for you. So, that goes out of the option.
Finding out all the popular ways might not work, you may have the question, how do I find what documentary to watch? The only way is to customize the search based on your preferences, and Curated Mix will help you by providing a template or framework for that search.
Curated Mix’s Solution to Find New Documentaries to Watch!
Without any further delay, let us dive into the solution. It consists of three questions to find what documentary to watch or at least give a head start on your search for it.
> First, list out your favourite genres of documentaries you like to watch. Now, based on your current mood, choose a genre to watch.
If you need to know about the genres, here is the list. True Crime, Historical events, Nature and Wildlife, Science and Technology, Social and Cultural, Biographies, Sports, Politics, Anthropological documentaries, and Environmental issues are the famous genres of documentaries.
You can use the list to filter your favourites and choose one to watch next.
> Second, choose the format.
Decide whether you want to watch a movie-length documentary or a documentary series. It may depend upon your mood and the time available. Choose what is best for you at the moment.
> Third, choose the platform.
Earlier documentaries will be available only at special events like movie festivals and for a closed circuit of people only. But now, after the emergence of OTTs and social media, they have become more accessible to the commoners. You can access a variety of documentaries on streaming services and YouTube.
Choose the platform that you are comfortable with and is feasible for you.
Answering these three questions will make your search almost answer-ready. You can add questions to customize the search further. You choose a language, a sub-genre, or a sub-topic. For example, if you choose the historical events genre, you can select the rise and fall of the Roman Empire as a sub-genre or sub-topic.
A Practical Demo of Documentary Series Suggestions Solution!
Feel overwhelmed? Maybe an example will clear things up for you.
In this example, a viewer decides to watch a documentary. They took the usual route of searching for recommendations and were on an endless scroll. That is when they came across Curated Mix’s solution to find what documentary to watch next. They took the framework and started applying it in their search.
Genre. They chose the true crime genre to watch as they are a true crime enthusiast.
Format. The series format over the film format to accommodate watching the documentary in a busy schedule.
Platform. The Zee5 OTT platform, as they had the subscription for it.
When they applied the answers in the search, they found the answer immediately. The documentary was Koose Munisamy Veerappan – about the infamous Indian poacher. They started watching it by immediately clicking on play.
Now, if you have some knowledge about Veerappan, you might know it is not only a true-crime genre documentary series but also covers political and environmental issues genres.
A documentary covering decades worth of a person’s activities might cover several genres. Don’t worry until it doesn’t stray away from the central genre.
It is only an example of using the framework and personalizing it for searching what documentary to watch. You can take the framework and tailor it according to your requirements. When you do that, you can find intriguing documentaries that are totally out of the defined genres but custom-made for you.
For example, one of our viewers discovered a mockumentary, Cunk on Earth, which has broken conventional documentary styles but still covers the topics entertainingly. It happened when they took the Curated Mix framework and kept customizing it to fit their needs.
Happy Watching!
So, don’t hesitate to try our framework to ease the search on what documentary to watch and customize it as far as possible based on your needs.
Give Curated Mix’s framework/solution to find a documentary to watch a try and share your feedback on whether you were satisfied with the result you got.
Happy Documentary Watching!