10 Best Documentary Movies Of The Last Decade

10. Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (2018)

Every now and again one documentary is released that’s so unbelievable that it becomes a viral sensation. In 2018 that film was Netflix documentary Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened.

Re-telling the story of the now infamous Fyre Festival, this flick chronicles the insane tale of how a music festival dramatically descended into a disaster.

Intended to be a luxurious getaway with supermodels, high-end accommodation, gourmet food, and headline acts from the world’s biggest artists, this festival was pedalled by wealthy social media millennials as being the most exclusive event on the planet. However, the result was anything but. Enjoying the sunshine with Blink-182 became pictures of cheese on bread and water-logged mattresses. Everything that could go wrong did so in a spectacular fashion, and it was this monumental comedy of errors which turned this festival from a dream into a nightmare.

While the schadenfreude of watching entitled influencers pay thousands of dollars for the luxury of not having anywhere to sleep when they arrived was entertaining, the revelations surrounding the scale of festival creator Billy McFarland’s deception and hubris were equally as shocking.

Throw in a poignant reflection on social media, and Fyre also becomes a stark reflection on popular culture.