6. The Act of Killing
Recommended by 2 sites; IMDb rank 8.2 – Total:11 points
Winner of the best documentary at the 67th BAFTA awards, “The Act of Killing” focuses on the Indonesian killings of 1965 and 1966, an anti-communist purge where an estimated half a million people were killed.
Then, Anwar Congo and Adi Zulkadry, two local gangsters, were charged with leading the death squad. Now, Anwar recounted for the cameras the horrid tales of the executions, before playing the victim himself.
