15 Most Powerful Documentaries Of The Decade (So Far)

7. Leviathan

Whereas many documentaries overload the viewer with copious amounts of evidence, interviews and background details in an effort to sway their opinion one way or another, Leviathan takes the format to its most pared back and restrained opposite, where visual and sound information alone is provided. Set on board a huge fishing trawler in the midst of the ocean and directed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel of the Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard University, Leviathan offers no narrative and instead attempts to capture the sensoral dynamics of living in such a hostile environment. Using a complex and comprehensive array of camera and microphone setups and some truly astounding editing, Leviathan is an all-encompassing cinematic ride into the heart of nature at its most combative and mankind's timeless battle to transcend.