# Cave of Forgotten Dreams

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Cave of Forgotten Dreams and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Herzog's 2010 documentary on early human cave paintings, praised as excellent, amazing and unexpectedly spiritual by viewers.

## Why people recommend it

- Excellent, amazing and spiritual overall (4 comments): "Excellent movie. I'd love to watch a second time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48482932)) "There are some goofy bits but overall is amazing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49917269)) "Very interesting and unexpectedly spiritual." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49526370))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cave of Forgotten Dreams", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cave-of-forgotten-dreams/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).