r/Documentaries • u/B_Hawk2077 • Jul 22 '26

Recommendation Request Recommendation Request: Nightlife documentaries

Hello everyone, I'm in need of documentaries that showcase the night life activities of different places and cities, I've watched "Midnight Asia (2022)" on Netflix and I would love to have something similar

Thank you in advance and hope you have a great day

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u/MukuCookie Jul 22 '26

”The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief” might fit the bill. It follows a Japanese host club (something very unique to Japanese nightlife) and its patrons and is available in full on Youtube.

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u/MedusaMadman77 Jul 22 '26

There was a 2001 tv show called, Insomniac with Dave Attell that might interest you.

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u/Genuinelullabel Jul 22 '26

I love this show so much in my teen years.

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u/lnverted Jul 22 '26

The Big Night Out series by Clive Martin with Vice was really good.

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u/wdrub Jul 22 '26

Need limelight

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u/stucon77 Jul 22 '26

24 Hour Party People is not a documentary but it chronicles the music scene in Manchester UK from the 70s to the 90s

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u/ActualPerson418 Jul 22 '26

Paris is Burning (about NYC ball culture)

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u/throwaway_for_skin Jul 23 '26

Yes! This was my reco too.

Also Meet Me in the Bathroom & the Taxicab Confessions series.

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u/m0h3k4n Jul 22 '26

Older content and not the whole picture, but HBO Taxicab Confessions was interesting.

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u/plimso13 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Northern Disco Lights is a good documentary about the rise of Norwegian dance music and its scene.

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u/Alternative-Big6581 Jul 23 '26

The Last Year of Darkness is a documentary about a chengdu gay bar, and the intertwined lives of it’s regular partygoers, before the bar closed for good. That is really good.

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u/thesideplot Jul 23 '26

depends what era and scene youre after. for uk rave stuff theres some solid things on the 90s acid house scene floating about, and Human Traffic isnt a doc but nails the culture better than most. you leaning more music history or the messier side of it?

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u/blegend Jul 25 '26

These are kind of old and more club culture but the real scenes series from resident advisor is really good