15 funny documentary quotes - Wordgag

My phone just filmed a 2 hour documentary about life inside my purse.

May 21, 2026

I want to learn scuba diving but I’m terrified of the orchestral music in underwater documentaries.

May 20, 2026

If you make it through life without being portrayed in a murder documentary, take the win.

May 20, 2026

Sometimes I have to turn off the news and put on a true crime documentary, so I can relax.

May 19, 2026

In the 80s, you could literally shrink your kids with a shrink-ray, and your wife wouldn’t divorce you. I’m pretty sure I saw a documentary film about it.

May 19, 2026

My only goal in life is to never end up on a Netflix documentary.

May 19, 2026

When a documentary starts with an old person going, ‘We’re a small town, we didn’t lock our doors at night,’ oh, we’re gonna find out what made them start.

May 19, 2026

Watching true crime documentaries so I can learn from their mistakes.

Mar 29, 2026

Idiocracy wasn’t supposed to be a documentary.

Mar 29, 2026

David Attenborough narrating my life: “He’s still sleeping.”

Mar 28, 2026

It’s so funny how every true crime documentary eventually devolves into a story about how the police botched the entire investigation.

Mar 27, 2026

I’ve just turned off the news and put on a serial killer documentary to relax.

Mar 26, 2026

At some point, my colleagues will manage to get me my own true crime documentary on Netflix.

Mar 26, 2026

I recently saw a documentary about dinosaurs. They simply ate everyone they didn’t like. I like that concept.

Mar 26, 2026

Person in murder documentary: This is a small town. Things like this don’t happen here. Me: Um, based on the shows I watch, that’s all that happens in small towns.

Mar 26, 2026