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  1. Senna 2010

    Documentary

    The remarkable story of Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of Senna, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later.

    The sides of Senna

    • Ayrton Senna's Formula One years, 1984 to 1994
    • The rivalry with Alain Prost
    • Only archive footage, no talking heads on screen

    Good for you if

    • you like onboard laps in the rain at Monaco.
    • you like a life told entirely through real footage from the time.
    • you like a rivalry that turns into collisions on the track.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather skip politics. Much of it is the fight with the sport's rulers over penalties and points.

    About: ambition · rivalry · faith · death

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  2. American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

    The sides of Ford v Ferrari

    • A car designer and a hot-headed driver
    • Ford against Ferrari
    • Twenty-four hours of Le Mans

    Good for you if

    • you like racing scenes you can feel.
    • you like a friendship between two stubborn men.
    • you like true stories about rivalry.

    Bad for you if

    • two and a half hours is too long for your evening.
    • you don't care about motor racing. The final act is the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

    About: friendship · integrity · speed

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  3. Rush 2013

    Film

    In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.

    The sides of Rush

    • Hunt against Lauda
    • A crash at the Nürburgring
    • The 1976 Formula One season

    Good for you if

    • you like racing scenes that put you in the car.
    • you like two rivals who need each other.
    • you like true sports stories.

    Bad for you if

    • you find burns and hospital scenes hard to watch. One crash is shown up close.
    • you'd rather skip James Hunt's many sex scenes, or you're watching with family.

    About: rivalry · risk · respect

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  4. Icarus 2017

    Documentary

    While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer despite shocking allegations that place Rodchenkov at the center of Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program.

    The sides of Icarus

    • An amateur cyclist doping himself to test the system
    • A Russian scientist on Skype calls
    • Russia's state doping programme at the Olympics

    Good for you if

    • you like a film that starts as a stunt and turns into a political thriller.
    • you want to know how athletes beat the drug tests.
    • you like a true story told by the man who ran Russia's anti-doping lab.

    Bad for you if

    • you want an easygoing sports film. Icarus is about doping, lies and a whistleblower who fears for his safety.
    • you want more than calls, documents and interviews.

    About: cheating · courage · the state

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  5. The Last Dance 2020

    Documentary

    A 10-part documentary chronicling the untold story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty with rare, never-before-seen footage and sound from the 1997-98 championship season – plus over 100 interviews with famous figures and basketball’s biggest names.

    The sides of The Last Dance

    • The Chicago Bulls' 1997-98 season
    • Michael Jordan watching old clips on a tablet
    • Rare footage from inside the locker room

    Good for you if

    • you like basketball games replayed with the players telling you what they felt.
    • you want Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and Phil Jackson in their own words.
    • you like the 1990s NBA, from the Bad Boys Pistons to the sixth title.

    Bad for you if

    • ten episodes on one team is too much for you.
    • a hundred interviews and a whole roster to keep track of lose you.

    About: winning · competition · fame

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  6. Free Solo 2018

    Documentary

    Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

    The sides of Free Solo

    • A free climb of El Capitan with no rope
    • A camera crew afraid to film a fall
    • A climber who lives in a van

    Good for you if

    • you like holding your breath through a climb you already know the end of.
    • you want the real Alex Honnold, his doubts, his girlfriend and his training.
    • you like the granite wall of Yosemite filmed from every angle.

    Bad for you if

    • you have no interest in sport. It's two years of training for one climb.
    • you need momentum, and the climb only comes after months of preparation.

    About: fear · ambition · risk

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  7. Oppenheimer 2023

    Film

    The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

    The sides of Oppenheimer

    • The man who built the bomb
    • A secret town in the desert
    • A hearing that decides his fate

    Good for you if

    • you like a lead performance carried by the eyes.
    • you like rooms full of brilliant people arguing.
    • you want to feel the first test in your chest.

    Bad for you if

    • three hours of talking is too much for one evening.
    • you want action. It's mostly meetings and hearings.
    • you want a story told in order. It jumps between periods.

    About: guilt · power · science

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  8. Inside Job 2010

    Documentary

    A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

    The sides of Inside Job

    • The 2008 financial crisis, from Iceland to Wall Street
    • Bankers, regulators and economists in front of the camera
    • Professors who can't answer a simple question

    Good for you if

    • you want to know who made money from the crash and who paid.
    • you like a case built with real figures, real names and real interviews.
    • you like interviews where the person in the chair starts to squirm.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't want to follow derivatives and credit default swaps for an evening.
    • you want a reassuring ending. Here almost nobody goes to jail.

    About: greed · corruption · the economy

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  9. Wild Wild Country 2018

    Documentary

    When a controversial cult leader builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.

    The sides of Wild Wild Country

    • A guru's followers building a city in the Oregon desert
    • Ma Anand Sheela, his right hand
    • A small town fighting back

    Good for you if

    • you like a fight between a commune and a town that becomes a national case.
    • you can't look away from Sheela telling her own story decades later.
    • you like a true story that gets stranger with each episode, and you can't guess where it goes.

    Bad for you if

    • six episodes of over an hour each is too much for you.
    • you need momentum, and the archives and interviews take their time.

    About: faith · power · utopia

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  10. Citizenfour 2014

    Documentary

    In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.

    The sides of Citizenfour

    • Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel room
    • Journalists deciding what to publish
    • A fire alarm that makes everyone freeze

    Good for you if

    • you like the days before a leak, filmed as they happen in one hotel room.
    • you want to watch Snowden explain, in his own words, why he did it.
    • you like seeing how governments watch their own citizens.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and most of it is people talking at a desk.
    • you want scale and sound, not a laptop and a hotel bed.

    About: surveillance · privacy · courage

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  11. Blackfish 2013

    Documentary

    Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.

    The sides of Blackfish

    • Tilikum, a captive killer whale
    • Former SeaWorld trainers telling what they saw
    • The death of a trainer during a show

    Good for you if

    • you like former trainers admitting what they didn't want to see.
    • you care about how intelligent animals live.
    • you like seeing a company's story taken apart piece by piece.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real attacks and a real death described in detail.
    • you want a light animal film. This one leaves you angry.

    About: captivity · guilt · profit

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  12. The Wire 2002

    Series

    Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

    The sides of The Wire

    • Baltimore cops wiretapping a drug crew
    • The docks, the schools, City Hall and the newspaper
    • Dealers and detectives seen from both sides

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing how police, politics and schools keep a city stuck.
    • you like a case built patiently over a whole season.
    • you want people like Omar, Stringer Bell and McNulty to stay with you.

    Bad for you if

    • you lose track with dozens of characters on both sides.
    • you need some hope. Baltimore rarely changes here.

    About: institutions · the drug war · loyalty

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  13. The Crown 2016

    Series

    The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

    The sides of The Crown

    • Elizabeth II from her young reign to old age
    • Weekly meetings with her Prime Ministers
    • A royal family torn between duty and love

    Good for you if

    • you like the second half of the 20th century seen from inside Buckingham Palace.
    • you like a family drama where a sister, a husband and children all come second to the Crown.
    • you like who really decides things between the palace and Downing Street.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and many episodes are quiet conversations in palace rooms.
    • six seasons of royal life is too much for you.

    About: duty · family · the monarchy

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  14. Making a Murderer 2015

    Documentary

    Filmed over 10 years, this real-life thriller follows a DNA exoneree who, while exposing police corruption, becomes a suspect in a grisly new crime.

    The sides of Making a Murderer

    • A man freed by DNA after 18 years in prison
    • A new murder charge two years later
    • A nephew's confession and the trials that follow

    Good for you if

    • you want to weigh the evidence in the Steven Avery case yourself.
    • you like seeing how a county police force and a court work up close.
    • you like a case followed over ten years, hearing by hearing.

    Bad for you if

    • a real young woman's murder and a teenager's interrogation are too much for you.
    • you need some hope, and a family's ten-year fight through prison visits and appeals wears you down.

    About: justice · doubt · family

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  15. The Big Short 2015

    Film

    The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

    The sides of The Big Short

    • Outsiders who saw the 2008 crash coming
    • Celebrities explaining finance
    • Betting against the economy

    Good for you if

    • you like angry, fast comedy about real disaster.
    • you like sharp, cynical characters.
    • you like to understand how something really happened.

    Bad for you if

    • you find banks and mortgages dull. The whole film is about money.
    • you need some hope. The bankers walk away and millions lose their homes.

    About: greed · truth · systems

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  16. Chernobyl 2019

    Series

    The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

    The sides of Chernobyl

    • The night a reactor exploded
    • Scientists against the lies of a state
    • Men sent onto the roof

    Good for you if

    • you like dread that never lets go.
    • you want to understand a real disaster.
    • you can take a grim, unflinching story.

    Bad for you if

    • radiation sickness shown in detail is too hard for you.
    • you can't watch animals being shot. Soldiers clear the zone of the pets left behind.

    About: truth · sacrifice · lies

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  17. The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.

    The sides of Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

    • Eight former members of the Church of Scientology
    • How a science fiction writer founded a religion
    • Testimony about abuse inside the church

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing people explain how they came to believe, and how they left.
    • you want to know how an organisation keeps control of its members.
    • you like long testimonies where people choose every word.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't listen to accounts of psychological abuse and broken families.
    • you lose track when names pile up. Eight former members, two church leaders and a few film stars come and go.

    About: belief · control · leaving

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  18. Skyfall 2012

    Film

    When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.

    The sides of Skyfall

    • Bond getting old
    • A villain with a grudge against M
    • A house on the Scottish moors

    Good for you if

    • you like a spy film shot like a painting, neon Shanghai included.
    • you like a train fight and a final siege.
    • you like Bond with wounds and a past.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather a spy film skip the politics. M spends much of it defending MI6 before a government inquiry.
    • you need a spy plot where every step makes sense. Silva always seems to know MI6's next move.

    About: age · loyalty · the past

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  19. The Beatles: Get Back 2021

    Documentary

    The three-part documentary series, compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage, captures the warmth, camaraderie, and creative genius that defined the legacy of music's most iconic foursome. The series also includes – for the first time in its entirety – The Beatles' final performance at London's Savile Row.

    The sides of The Beatles: Get Back

    • The Beatles writing songs in a studio
    • Unseen footage from January 1969
    • The rooftop concert in full

    Good for you if

    • you like watching songs like Get Back take shape from nothing.
    • you like long sessions where almost nothing happens and then a song appears.
    • you want to see the four of them joke, argue and work together.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly eight hours of rehearsals is too much for you.
    • you find 1969 footage dated, even restored.

    About: creation · friendship · the end of a band

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  20. The Irishman 2019

    Film

    Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

    The sides of The Irishman

    • A hitman looking back from a nursing home
    • Jimmy Hoffa
    • Decades of the mob

    Good for you if

    • you like a slow, reflective gangster story.
    • you like legends acting together one last time.
    • you like an ending about loneliness and regret.

    Bad for you if

    • three and a half hours is far too long for you.
    • you want a fast gangster film.

    About: loyalty · ageing · regret

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