10 Movie Documentaries Better Than The Actual Movie

10. Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History Of Friday The 13th

As iconic as the original Friday the 13th might be, it's tough to call it a genuinely good movie, no matter its entertaining gore and delicious final twist. The majority of the sequels, meanwhile, range from passable, to dull, to unintentionally hilarious, to...whatever Jason X is.

But decidedly more entertaining than any single film in the franchise is Daniel Farrands' Crystal Lake Memories, a ludicrously comprehensive 400-minute (!) documentary about the entire series.

For any fan of Friday the 13th, Crystal Lake Memories is both insanely enjoyable and extremely informative, largely thanks to the exhaustive access Farrands has been granted to the cast and crew members of every single film - the notable exceptions being Kevin Bacon and Crispin Glover.

Far more than a glorified series of behind-the-scenes featurettes stapled together, Farrands' film crams a frankly obscene amount of fascinating content into its epic, near-7-hour runtime, and smartly refuses to shy away from the franchise's less-dignified moments.

Also be sure to check out Farrands' prior documentary about the Elm Street franchise, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, though unlike Crystal Lake Memories it's not decisively better than all the movies it's covering.