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T here are few things the film industry loves more — at least in the short run — than a hot young director. Of course, few would-be auteurs go on to replicate the long-term success of one-time wunderkinds like Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Paul Thomas Anderson, or Ava DuVernay, but, hey, at least they got their movie made and seen. He joins a long and eclectic tradition of tenderfoot film-makers making good on their cinematic dreams — some of whom started even younger. Any number of the most famous and revered directors of the past half-century — Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Peter Jackson — got their start by making home movies, student films and shorts, but for the purposes of this list, I wanted to mostly stick to features, with just a few exceptions. With some help from mentor and Florida Project director Sean Baker, she made good on her word, writing and directing Colours, a charming and very well shot short which recently premiered on Curated by Facebook.

As streaming services pour billions of dollars into original content to satisfy their subscribers' insatiable lust for new movies and shows, documentaries -- like nearly every genre -- have flourished. Rarely hits at the box office, nonfiction narratives are particularly well-suited to on-demand viewing, offering those who spend hours binge-watching lighter fare the rare opportunity to feel like they're learning something as they sit on the couch. We're not going to focus on them, because that would be a dumb list! Instead, below you'll find the best documentaries of the year including docuseries, the form that may have benefited more than any other from the streaming revolution , a compendium we'll update regularly throughout the year.

But what happened after the credits rolled? And what did the fates have in store for these memorable characters once the cameras packed up and left? Turning no leaf unturned to track them down and burning the midnight phonebill to speak to them, Empire found out. Here the stars of these six outstanding docs tell us what happened next. The Donkey Kong world record doesn't sound like the kind of issue to provoke two men to near-Biblical levels of animosity, but as documentary King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters records, that's exactly what came to pass.

Screen entertainment has presented us with a familiar version of what goes on in the typical American high school. Engaging youngsters conforming to a small range of heartwarming stereotypes grapple with hopes, dreams, jealousy, infatuation, rejection and disappointment, but nothing more serious. By prom night, they've overcome their troubles, put their mistakes behind them and readied themselves for the challenges of American adulthood. It's a vision that plays well enough on screen, but what about the reality? In real life, surely things must be a little more complicated, troubling and uncertain.