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Documentaries like Best of Enemies

Not everyone loves Best of Enemies for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Best of Enemies

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  1. You love two brilliant speakers trading cutting lines.

  2. You like politics as a duel, the liberal Vidal against the conservative Buckley.

  3. You're drawn to 1968 America, Miami and Chicago.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • I Am Not Your Negro2017

    • two brilliant speakers trading cutting lines
    • you're drawn to 1968 America, Miami and Chicago

    Good for you if you want Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King through James Baldwin's eyes.

  • The Martha Mitchell Effect2022

    • politics as a duel, the liberal Vidal against the conservative Buckley
    • you're drawn to 1968 America, Miami and Chicago

    Good for you if you like seeing how Nixon's men silenced a woman who talked.

  • Get Me Roger Stone2017

    • you're drawn to 1968 America, Miami and Chicago

    Good for you if you like tracing American campaigns from Watergate to 2016.

  • Citizenfour2014

    • politics as a duel, the liberal Vidal against the conservative Buckley

    Good for you if you like seeing how governments watch their own citizens.

  • The Unknown Known2013

    • two brilliant speakers trading cutting lines
    • politics as a duel, the liberal Vidal against the conservative Buckley

    Good for you if you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself.

  • The Fog of War2003

    • you're drawn to 1968 America, Miami and Chicago

    Good for you if you want the Cold War told from inside the room.

  • Red Army2015

    • politics as a duel, the liberal Vidal against the conservative Buckley
    • you're drawn to 1968 America, Miami and Chicago

    Good for you if you want to see how the Soviet state used its athletes.

  • Hitler: A Career1977

    • politics as a duel, the liberal Vidal against the conservative Buckley
    • you're drawn to 1968 America, Miami and Chicago

    Good for you if you want to understand how the Weimar Republic fell to the Nazis.

  • Weiner2016

    • politics as a duel, the liberal Vidal against the conservative Buckley

    Good for you if you want to see a New York mayoral race from the inside.

  • We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks2013

    • politics as a duel, the liberal Vidal against the conservative Buckley

    Good for you if you like seeing who controls secrets and who pays for leaking them.

  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan2005

    • you're drawn to 1968 America, Miami and Chicago

    Good for you if you like the sixties, from the folk scene to the protest years.

  • The Times of Harvey Milk1984

    • you're drawn to 1968 America, Miami and Chicago

    Good for you if you like seeing 1970s San Francisco and its fight for gay rights.

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