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Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? 2013
Documentary
A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.
The sides of Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
- Noam Chomsky in conversation
- Michel Gondry's hand-drawn animation
- Questions about language and how we think
Good for you if
- you like hearing Noam Chomsky explain language and the mind.
- you like Michel Gondry's doodles moving to every idea.
- you want to hear Noam Chomsky talk about his own childhood and family.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you'd rather not work through linguistics and philosophy.
About: language · thought · curiosity
Paprika 2006
Anime
Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a research psychologist who uses a device called the DC Mini to enter her patients' dreams, wherein she adopts the alter-ego "Paprika". When the device is stolen, she must stop rogue elements from merging the dream and waking worlds.
The sides of Paprika
- A psychologist who enters her patients' dreams
- A stolen dream machine
- A parade of objects marching out of dreams
Good for you if
- you like a dream that spills into the waking city.
- you want every frame packed with shifting images.
- you like not knowing whose dream you're in.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a machine to follow rules. This one runs on dream logic.
About: dreams · identity · technology
The Midnight Gospel 2020
Series
Traversing trippy worlds inside his universe simulator, Clancy the space caster explores existential questions about life, death and everything in between.
The sides of The Midnight Gospel
- A space caster interviewing people in dying worlds
- Real podcast conversations about death and meditation
- A last talk between a son and his mother
Good for you if
- you like psychedelic worlds where anything can melt or explode.
- you like long, calm conversations about life and death.
- you like being moved, and the last talk between Clancy and his mother can bring tears.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you need a plot that moves, and Clancy mostly talks while worlds end around him.
About: death · acceptance · meditation
La llegada 2016
Película
Unas misteriosas naves espaciales aterrizan por todo el mundo. Un equipo, liderado por la lingüista Louise Banks, intenta descifrar el motivo de su visita. A medida que la humanidad se tambalea al borde de la guerra, Louise y su equipo luchan contra el tiempo, llegando a poner en peligro su vida y, muy posiblemente, la del resto de la humanidad.
Las caras de La llegada
- El duelo bajo la ciencia ficción
- Extraterrestres realmente ajenos
- Entender como trama
- Un tiempo que no va en línea recta
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una película que te rompe en silencio al final.
- te gustan las escenas pacientes en las que la gente intenta entenderse.
- te gustan los extraterrestres tratados como un problema real de lenguaje y ciencia.
Mala para ti si
- quieres una invasión alienígena con batallas. No hay ninguna.
- prefieres no esforzarte para seguir una historia. Los recuerdos de Louise solo encajan en el último acto.
Temas: el lenguaje · el duelo · el tiempo · la elección
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? 2004
Documentary
Amanda is a divorced woman who makes a living as a photographer. During the Fall of the year Amanda begins to see the world in new and different ways when she begins to question her role in life, her relationships with her career and men and what it all means. As the layers to her everyday experiences fall away insertions in the story with scientists, and philosophers and religious leaders impart information directly to an off-screen interviewer about academic issues, and Amanda begins to understand the basis to the quantum world beneath. During her epiphany as she considers the Great Questions raised by the host of inserted thinkers, she slowly comprehends the various inspirations and begins to see the world in a new way.
The sides of What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
- A divorced photographer questioning her life
- Interviews about quantum physics and the mind
- Animated cells at a wedding party
Good for you if
- you like big questions about consciousness and reality.
- you enjoy a mix of fiction, interviews and odd animated sequences.
Bad for you if
- you need the science to hold up to scrutiny.
- you roll your eyes at talk of creating your own reality.
About: consciousness · self-help · spirituality
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World 2016
Documentary
Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.
The sides of Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
- Werner Herzog asking what the internet is doing to us
- The first message sent between two computers
- Robots, hackers and dreams of Mars
Good for you if
- you like hearing the people who built the internet tell how it began.
- you like Herzog asking whether the internet dreams of itself.
- you like odd detours to people who flee all radio waves.
Bad for you if
- you can't face a family harassed online after their daughter's death.
- you need momentum more than ten loose chapters of musing.
About: technology · the future · human connection
Encounters at the End of the World 2008
Documentary
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and a group of truly unique people who risk their lives to study it. Centered at McMurdo Station, the United States' largest Antarctic research center, Herzog explores the minds of the scientists willing to abandon civilization and endure volatile conditions to learn more about the continent's wildlife and awe-inspiring natural wonders.
The sides of Encounters at the End of the World
- A research station in Antarctica
- Divers under the ice
- A penguin heading inland alone
Good for you if
- you like ice caves, volcanoes and seals under the sea ice.
- you like silent dives beneath the Antarctic ice.
- you like Werner Herzog's odd questions to odd people.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and this one wanders at Herzog's pace.
- you'd rather not hear musings on the end of humanity.
About: nature · solitude · science · the end of the world

Cosmos 2014
Documentary
Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson provides clarity for the vision of the cosmos as he voyages across the universe with never-before-told stories that delve into the scientific concepts of the laws of gravity and the origins of space and time.
The sides of Cosmos
- The history of the universe compressed into one calendar year
- A ship of the imagination
- Scientists who changed how we see the sky
Good for you if
- you like feeling small in front of billions of years and galaxies.
- you like black holes, the birth of stars and the size of the universe made visible.
- you like the true stories of scientists like Newton or Clair Patterson.
Bad for you if
- you can't take the cartoon scenes that tell each scientist's story.
- a narrator in awe of everything makes you roll your eyes.
About: science · curiosity · time
Alien Worlds 2020
Documentary
Applying the laws of life on Earth to the rest of the galaxy, this series blends science fact and fiction to imagine alien life on other planets.
The sides of Alien Worlds
- Imagined planets and the life on them
- Animals on Earth as the model
- Computer-made alien creatures
Good for you if
- you like imagining what life could look like on other planets.
- you like exoplanets and the science of where life could exist.
- you like real animals on Earth used to explain alien ones.
Bad for you if
- you don't like documentaries built on computer-animated creatures.
- you need people and a story to follow.
About: life · evolution · the universe
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds 2020
Documentary
This remarkable journey across our planet and universe explores how meteorites, shooting stars, and deep impacts have awoken our wonder about other realms—and make us rethink our destinies.
The sides of Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
- Werner Herzog chasing meteorites
- Craters from Mexico to Australia
- Scientists and believers who read the sky
Good for you if
- you like Herzog in awe before giant craters and the night sky.
- you like hearing where shooting stars come from.
- you like the odd people and rituals that gather around meteorites.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and Herzog takes his time.
- you want explosions, not crater visits.
About: the cosmos · belief · curiosity
Interstellar 2014
Película
En una Tierra moribunda, un antiguo piloto de la NASA deja atrás a sus dos hijos para cruzar un agujero de gusano y buscar un planeta donde pueda vivir la humanidad.
Las caras de Interstellar
- El padre y la hija
- Una ciencia en la que puedes creer
- El órgano y el silencio
- La soledad allá arriba
Buena para ti si
- las despedidas te afectan más que las explosiones.
- te gustan los agujeros de gusano, los agujeros negros y un planeta donde una hora cuesta años.
- quieres sentirte muy pequeño en tu butaca.
Mala para ti si
- prefieres no pensar en la relatividad y en el tiempo que se estira para seguir una historia.
- los grandes discursos sobre el amor te hacen poner los ojos en blanco.
- casi tres horas son demasiado para una noche.
Temas: el tiempo · el sacrificio · el hogar · los que se quedan atrás
Through the Wormhole 2010
Documentary
Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole explores the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there before the beginning? Are we really alone? Is there a creator? These questions have been pondered by the most exquisite minds of the human race. Now, science has evolved to the point where hard facts and evidence may be able to provide us with answers instead of philosophical theories. Through the Wormhole brings together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science - Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, and more - to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe.
The sides of Through the Wormhole
- Morgan Freeman asking the biggest questions
- Scientists at the edge of physics
- Time, the universe and life elsewhere
Good for you if
- you like feeling small in front of the universe.
- you like wormholes, black holes and the start of time.
- you enjoy questions with no settled answer.
Bad for you if
- you need settled science, not speculation.
- eight seasons is too much for you.
About: the universe · existence · curiosity
A Brief History of Time 1991
Documentary
Partly adapted from cosmologist Stephen Hawking's popular book about his theories of the universe, this in-depth documentary also presents Hawking's daily life as he deals with the ALS that renders him virtually immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawking's friends, family, former classmates and peers are interviewed about not only his theories but the man himself.
The sides of A Brief History of Time
- Stephen Hawking speaking through a computer
- Black holes and the origin of time
- Family and classmates remembering him
Good for you if
- you like being shown how small we are next to the universe.
- you want the man behind the book, his illness and his family.
- you love black holes, the Big Bang and where time comes from.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum and quiet interviews lose you.
- you can't watch an illness slowly take away a man's body and voice.
About: time · the universe · disability · curiosity

Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking 2010
Documentary
Hawking gives us the ultimate guide to the universe, a ripping yarn based on real science, spanning the whole of space and time -- from the nature of the universe itself, to the chances of alien life, and the real possibility of time travel.
The sides of Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
- Stephen Hawking's ideas about the cosmos
- The chances of alien life
- Whether time travel is possible
Good for you if
- you like imagining the universe from the Big Bang to its end.
- you like wondering what alien life might look like.
- you want big questions grounded in real physics.
Bad for you if
- you need people and a story, not a guided tour of the cosmos.
- you need things to happen, not ideas explained over CGI.
About: time · the cosmos · curiosity

National Geographic: Journey to the Edge of the Universe 2008
Documentary
In one single, epic camera move we journey from Earth's surface to the outermost reaches of the universe on a grand tour of the cosmos, to explore newborn stars, distant planets, black holes and beyond.
The sides of National Geographic: Journey to the Edge of the Universe
- One continuous trip from Earth outward
- Black holes, newborn stars and distant galaxies
- A narrator guiding the tour
Good for you if
- you like feeling small in front of the size of the cosmos.
- you like flying past planets, stars and black holes.
- you want a space trip to watch with curious children.
Bad for you if
- you need people and a story to follow.
- you don't watch animated films. Every planet and galaxy here is computer-made.
About: the cosmos · scale · discovery
Ergo Proxy 2006
Anime
Thousands of years after Earth’s atmosphere was destroyed, adventure blooms in the strangest of places. The domed city of Romdo is supposed to be perfect, but Re-l Mayer, a young female inspector from the Civilian Intelligence Office, knows better. In this place where humans and robots coexist, she receives a strange message: something is awakening!
The sides of Ergo Proxy
- A domed city where humans live with robots
- An inspector chasing a strange creature
- A journey across a ruined Earth
Good for you if
- you like a story you piece together from philosophy and lost memories.
- you like a dark, gray cyberpunk city under a dome.
- you like episodes that drift into dreams and even a quiz show.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum and can't take long detours.
- you don't watch anime.
About: identity · memory · control
Undone 2019
Series
After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death.
The sides of Undone
- A woman bending time after a car crash
- Her dead father guiding her
- Rotoscoped animation over real actors
Good for you if
- you like reality slipping away from Alma scene after scene.
- you like painted animation traced over real actors.
- you like a daughter trying to save the father she lost.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you want to know for sure whether Alma's visions are real.
About: grief · mental illness · time
How the Universe Works 2010
Documentary
A users' guide to the cosmos, from the Big Bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons: where did it all come from and how does it all fit together? A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.
The sides of How the Universe Works
- The Big Bang to black holes
- Astrophysicists explaining the cosmos
- Computer-animated planets and stars
Good for you if
- you like learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born.
- you like feeling very small under the night sky.
- you like exploding stars and colliding galaxies on a big screen.
Bad for you if
- you can't commit to 11 seasons of episodes.
- you need people and a story, not a science lesson.
About: the cosmos · physics · origins
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage 1980
Documentary
Carl Sagan covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.
The sides of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
- Carl Sagan explaining the universe
- The whole history of the cosmos on one calendar
- A spaceship of the imagination
Good for you if
- you like feeling small in front of the age of the universe.
- you like stars, planets and how we learned what they are.
- you like a scientist who speaks about humanity with real feeling.
Bad for you if
- you find 1980 effects and pacing dated.
- you need momentum. Carl Sagan takes his time, with long pauses on music and images of space.
About: our place in the universe · science · humanity
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey 2017
Documentary
A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet.
The sides of Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
- The birth of the universe
- Life appearing and evolving on Earth
- A narrator asking questions to a mother figure
Good for you if
- you like feeling small in front of billions of years.
- you want galaxies, volcanoes and cells as pure images.
- you like the cosmos from its first moment to its end.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that moves, not a long meditation.
- you roll your eyes at whispered questions to the universe.
About: creation · the meaning of life · time