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  1. A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.

    The sides of Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

    • Robin Williams in his own words
    • Stand-up clips from the late 1970s
    • Friends and family remembering him

    Good for you if

    • you want to laugh again at Robin Williams improvising at full speed.
    • you like a portrait that makes you laugh and cry in the same scene.
    • you want to hear the man behind Mork and Mrs. Doubtfire talk about himself.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face depression and a death by suicide on screen.
    • you roll your eyes at loving tributes from famous friends.

    About: comedy · mental health · fame

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  2. A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease?

    The sides of STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

    • Michael J. Fox telling his own life
    • A Parkinson's diagnosis at twenty-nine
    • Clips from Back to the Future and Family Ties

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing Michael J. Fox tell his story in his own words.
    • you like being moved by his family standing by him.
    • you like his jokes about his own falls and tremors.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch someone live with an incurable illness.
    • you want a grim, unresolved look at Parkinson's. His optimism carries every scene.

    About: illness · optimism · fame

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  3. Christopher Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his talent and range as an actor, before being injured in a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. After becoming a quadriplegic, he became a charismatic leader and activist in the quest to find a cure for spinal cord injuries, as well as a passionate advocate for disability rights and care.

    The sides of Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

    • The actor who played Superman, paralysed after a riding accident
    • His wife Dana and his three children
    • A fight for spinal cord research

    Good for you if

    • you like being moved by a man learning to live again.
    • you want the real Christopher Reeve, from Superman to activist.
    • you like a story told by his children, about a father they nearly lost.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch paralysis, hospitals and grief up close.
    • you roll your eyes at a tribute full of courage and love.

    About: courage · disability · fatherhood

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  4. THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks.

    The sides of The Yes Men Fix the World

    • A fake Dow Chemical spokesman on the BBC
    • Two pranksters in cheap suits
    • Hoaxes at big business conferences

    Good for you if

    • you like executives applauding absurd ideas with a straight face.
    • you like seeing big corporations caught off guard.
    • you like real pranks pulled on real conferences and newsrooms.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at films with a message to sell.
    • you can't laugh at a hoax built on the Bhopal disaster.

    About: activism · corporate power · truth

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  5. Patton Oswalt, despite a personal tragedy, produces his best standup yet. Focusing on the tribulations of the Trump era and life after the loss of a loved one, Oswalt continues his journey to contribute joy to the world.

    The sides of Patton Oswalt: Annihilation

    • Patton Oswalt after his wife's sudden death
    • Raising his young daughter alone
    • Jokes about the Trump era and internet trolls

    Good for you if

    • you like a comedian finding jokes inside his own grief.
    • you like a father's stories about raising his young daughter alone.
    • you like comedy that can move you in the same breath.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take grief on stage, even with jokes.
    • you roll your eyes when a comedian turns sincere about being kind.

    About: grief · fatherhood · politics

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  6. Val 2021

    Documentary

    For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors, has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

    The sides of Val

    • Val Kilmer's own home videos over forty years
    • His son reading his words
    • Throat cancer and a lost voice

    Good for you if

    • you like an actor's life told through his own camera.
    • you can be moved by Val Kilmer struggling to speak after cancer.
    • you like a family story, from 16mm films made with his brothers to his son reading his words.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch illness and a body that fails.
    • you want the energy of his films, not a quiet look back.

    About: art · illness · memory

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  7. John Candy: I Like Me 2025

    Documentary

    Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-before-seen archival footage, imagery, and interviews.

    The sides of John Candy: I Like Me

    • John Candy's life and comedy
    • Friends and family remembering him
    • Archive footage never seen before

    Good for you if

    • you grew up laughing at John Candy in Uncle Buck or Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
    • you can be moved by friends talking about a man they still miss.
    • you like hearing a real life told by the people who were there.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face grief and an early death on screen.
    • you roll your eyes at warm tributes from famous friends.

    About: kindness · grief · fame

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  8. I Am Heath Ledger 2017

    Documentary

    The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera.

    The sides of I Am Heath Ledger

    • Heath Ledger's own home videos
    • Friends and family remembering him
    • A young actor from Perth to Hollywood

    Good for you if

    • you want to see Heath Ledger through his own camera.
    • you want a portrait that moves you to tears.
    • you like hearing who he was away from the set.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take a story you know ends with an early death.
    • you roll your eyes at a tribute where everyone only praises.

    About: creativity · grief · fame

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  9. 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.
    • you won't read subtitles. A lot of it is in Portuguese.

    About: ambition · rivalry · faith · death

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  10. Everybody’s Everything 2019

    Documentary

    The story of artist Lil Peep from his birth in Long Island and meteoric rise as a genre blending pop star & style icon, to his death due to an accidental opioid overdose in Arizona at just 21 years of age.

    The sides of Everybody’s Everything

    • Lil Peep, from Long Island to stardom
    • His family and friends remembering him
    • A death from an overdose at 21

    Good for you if

    • you love Lil Peep's songs or want to know where they came from.
    • you're ready to be moved by a life cut short at 21.
    • you want the story told by the people who loved him.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take drugs, depression and an overdose on screen.
    • you need more than home videos and interviews.

    About: grief · fame · addiction

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  11. Whitney 2018

    Documentary

    Examines the life and career of singer Whitney Houston. Features never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive recordings, rare performances and interviews with the people who knew her best.

    The sides of Whitney

    • Whitney Houston from church choir to world tours
    • Family and friends who were close to her
    • Unseen archive footage and recordings

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing Whitney Houston's voice in her prime.
    • you like a life story that moves you to tears.
    • you want the people closest to her telling what happened.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take addiction and childhood abuse being discussed.
    • you need some hope by the end.

    About: fame · family · addiction

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  12. The Yes Men 2003

    Documentary

    A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on television and at business conferences around the world.

    The sides of The Yes Men

    • Two pranksters posing as the WTO
    • Fake speeches at business conferences
    • Audiences who never catch on

    Good for you if

    • you like watching a straight face hold through an absurd speech.
    • you like real pranks played on real conference rooms.
    • you like seeing the global economy mocked to its face.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't laugh at a fake WTO speech about recycling hamburgers for the Third World.
    • you can't stand a film made mostly of speeches.

    About: activism · globalization · satire

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  13. He Named Me Malala 2015

    Documentary

    A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.

    The sides of He Named Me Malala

    • Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin
    • A Taliban gunman on a school bus
    • Hand-painted animated flashbacks

    Good for you if

    • you like a girl's speech about school at the United Nations.
    • you want to know the teenager behind the Nobel Peace Prize.
    • you like a father and daughter who share the same fight.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take the story of a child shot for going to school.
    • you don't like animated scenes in your documentaries.

    About: education · courage · fatherhood

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  14. Carlin returns to the stage in his 13th live comedy stand-up special, performed at the Beacon Theatre in New York City for HBO®. His spot-on observations on the deterioration of human behavior include Americans’ obsession with their two favorite addictions - shopping and eating; his creative idea for The All-Suicide Channel, a new reality TV network; and the glorious rebirth of the planet to its original pristine condition - once the fires and floods destroy life as we know it.

    The sides of George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing

    • George Carlin on stage in New York
    • A TV channel for suicides
    • Shopping, eating and the end of the world

    Good for you if

    • you like laughing at death and the end of humanity.
    • you like a comedian who rants without stopping for breath.
    • you like words chosen as carefully as a poem.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't laugh at jokes about suicide.
    • you want gentle comedy that leaves you feeling good.

    About: death · consumerism · human folly

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  15. Fahrenheit 11/9 2018

    Documentary

    Michael Moore's provocative documentary explores the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How did we get here, and how do we get out.

    The sides of Fahrenheit 11/9

    • Michael Moore on the 2016 election
    • The Flint water crisis
    • Students marching after the Parkland shooting

    Good for you if

    • you want the Flint water crisis told by the people who lived it.
    • you like Michael Moore asking how Donald Trump came to power.
    • you like Michael Moore's sarcastic stunts.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at Michael Moore's angry, heartfelt pleas to camera.
    • you can't watch the Flint water crisis and a school shooting up close.

    About: democracy · protest · public health

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  16. Life Itself 2014

    Documentary

    The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulitzer Prize winner, his famously contentious partnership with Gene Siskel, his life-altering marriage, and his brave and transcendent battle with cancer.

    The sides of Life Itself

    • Roger Ebert in his last months
    • The Siskel and Ebert rivalry
    • Chaz Ebert at his side

    Good for you if

    • you want the life of Roger Ebert, from Chicago newsrooms to television.
    • you like being moved by a man facing the end with humor.
    • you like a rivalry with Gene Siskel that turned into deep affection.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a long illness and its hospital scenes up close.
    • you need a story that moves faster than a life told in interviews.

    About: mortality · love · cinema

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  17. The secret life of a young World of Warcraft gamer is vividly reimagined when his online friends contact his family after his death.

    The sides of The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

    • A young man with a muscle wasting disease
    • His life online in World of Warcraft
    • Parents discovering his friends after his death

    Good for you if

    • you're ready to cry over a life that was richer than his parents knew.
    • you believe friends made online can be real friends.
    • you want a true story pieced together from his game logs and chat messages.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a Norwegian film.
    • you can't face a young man's illness and death.

    About: friendship · disability · grief

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  18. BoJack Horseman 2014

    Series

    Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?

    The sides of BoJack Horseman

    • A washed-up 90s sitcom horse
    • Hollywoo, where humans and animals live side by side
    • Friends he keeps letting down

    Good for you if

    • you like animal puns next to jokes about addiction and death.
    • you want a show that looks hard at why BoJack keeps hurting the people who love him.
    • you can take a comedy that doesn't promise anyone gets better.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch addiction, depression and an overdose on screen.
    • you don't watch animated series.

    About: fame · addiction · depression · regret

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  19. Bowling for Columbine 2002

    Documentary

    This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old. Bowling for Columbine is a journey through the US, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.

    The sides of Bowling for Columbine

    • A bank that hands out a rifle when you open an account
    • Columbine security camera footage
    • An interview with Charlton Heston at his home

    Good for you if

    • you want a road trip through America asking why it has so many shootings.
    • you can laugh at a cartoon history of America while the subject is gun deaths.
    • you like a sardonic narrator who questions everyone from Marilyn Manson to Charlton Heston.

    Bad for you if

    • a school shooting and a six-year-old girl's death are too much for you.
    • you can't watch real footage from inside a school during a shooting.

    About: guns · fear · violence

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  20. Diego Maradona 2019

    Documentary

    Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the personal life and career of the controversial football player Diego Maradona who played for SSC Napoli and Argentina in the 1980s.

    The sides of Diego Maradona

    • Maradona's years at Napoli
    • Never-seen footage from the 1980s
    • The 1986 World Cup and the Hand of God

    Good for you if

    • you like football told through its most famous goals.
    • you like a life told only with footage from the time.
    • you like a man split between the hero Diego and the star Maradona.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch cocaine and a slow fall from grace.
    • two hours and ten minutes is too much for you.

    About: fame · Naples · addiction · talent

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