# Listers documentary

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Listers documentary and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a fun, endearing documentary that gives a clear look at competitive birdwatching and gets viewers into birding.

## Why people recommend it

- Praised as a great documentary (5 comments): "Absolute banger documentary, rewatched it last week with my SO!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241599)) "I watched this is and it's such a great documentary." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242618)) "It's one of my favorite things I've ever watched." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47630033))
- Fun, endearing 90s-style documentary (2 comments): "it really harkens back to a 90s/early00's style documentary, in a fun way." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49520118)) "Nature documentary made by a pair of endearing dirtbags." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242098))
- Fun for birders and newcomers (2 comments): "Aaand if you like birds, Listers documentary is a lot of fun" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47629860)) "so hilarious and got me into birding" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49517793))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [You Can See Everything](https://hackerapproved.com/p/you-can-see-everything.md): 39 recommend
- [The Thinking Game](https://hackerapproved.com/p/thinking-game-documentary.md): 15 recommend
- [HyperNormalisation by Adam Curtis](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hypernormalisation.md): 14 recommend
- [It's Quieter in the Twilight](https://hackerapproved.com/p/it-s-quieter-in-the-twilight.md): 12 recommend
- [BBS: The Documentary](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bbs-the-documentary.md): 11 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Listers documentary", https://hackerapproved.com/p/listers-documentary/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).