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F for Fake 1973
Documentary
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
The sides of F for Fake
- Orson Welles as a magician narrator
- An art forger on Ibiza
- A fake Howard Hughes biography
Good for you if
- you like a narrator who calls himself a charlatan and still keeps you guessing.
- you enjoy a film that plays with what is real and what is staged.
- you like catching how Welles fooled you on a second viewing.
Bad for you if
- you find films from the 1970s dated.
- you want a documentary that tells you clearly what is true.
About: forgery · art · deception
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead 2018
Documentary
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
The sides of They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
- Orson Welles making his last film
- The Other Side of the Wind
- Years of chaotic shooting and money troubles
Good for you if
- you want the real story behind a film shot over years and left unfinished.
- you like a portrait of a stubborn filmmaker late in life.
- you love old Hollywood and the era of Welles.
Bad for you if
- you need a story told in order, without a flood of archive footage.
- you want a warm, easy watch rather than a chaotic shoot.
About: ambition · legacy · art
Imagine: John Lennon 1988
Documentary
The biography of former Beatle, John Lennon—narrated by Lennon himself—with extensive material from Yoko Ono's personal collection, previously unseen footage from Lennon's private archives, and interviews with David Bowie, his first wife Cynthia, second wife Yoko Ono and sons Julian and Sean.
The sides of Imagine: John Lennon
- John Lennon telling his own life
- Home footage from Yoko Ono's archives
- Cynthia, Julian and Sean looking back
Good for you if
- you love the Beatles and Lennon's solo songs.
- you want Lennon in his own voice, from Liverpool to New York.
- you like a portrait of a man with all his contradictions.
Bad for you if
- you find old 1960s and 70s footage dated.
- you can't revisit his murder in New York in 1980.
About: fame · love · peace · loss
The Times of Harvey Milk 1984
Documentary
Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.
The sides of The Times of Harvey Milk
- Harvey Milk's rise in San Francisco politics
- One of the first openly gay elected officials in the US
- The 1978 assassination and the city's response
Good for you if
- you want the real Harvey Milk, in the footage of his time.
- you like seeing 1970s San Francisco and its fight for gay rights.
- you can be moved by a candlelight march for a murdered man.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not sit through a real assassination and its grief.
- you find 1980s documentary footage dated.
About: gay rights · political courage · grief

McMillion$ 2020
Documentary
A detailed account of the McDonald's Monopoly game scam during the 1990s as told by the participants in the case, including the prizewinners and the FBI agents who caught the security officer who orchestrated the entire scheme.
The sides of McMillion$
- The McDonald's Monopoly game in the 1990s
- FBI agents chasing rigged winning pieces
- Winners who paid for a prize they didn't win
Good for you if
- you like a true story too strange to make up.
- you like following a scam from the inside.
- you like FBI agents and witnesses who are funny on camera.
Bad for you if
- you need chases and shootouts, not interviews.
- you lose track among many winners, agents and middlemen.
About: greed · luck · deception
Bobby Fischer Against the World 2011
Documentary
The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.
The sides of Bobby Fischer Against the World
- A Brooklyn chess prodigy
- The 1972 match against Spassky in Reykjavik
- A champion who vanishes into paranoia
Good for you if
- you like the true story of a genius who never fit in.
- you like the Cold War played out on a chessboard.
- you're drawn to an obsessive mind, brilliant and troubled.
Bad for you if
- you can't bear to watch a man's mental decline.
- you need more movement than archive footage of chess games.
About: obsession · genius · isolation
Pray Away 2021
Documentary
In the 1970s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started a bible study to help each other leave the "homosexual lifestyle." They quickly received over 25,000 letters from people asking for help and formalized as Exodus International, the largest and most controversial conversion therapy organization in the world. But leaders struggled with a secret: their own “same-sex attractions” never went away. After years as Christian superstars in the religious right, many of these men and women have come out as LGBTQ, disavowing the very movement they helped start. Focusing on the dramatic journeys of former conversion therapy leaders, current members, and a survivor, PRAY AWAY chronicles the “ex gay" movement’s rise to power, persistent influence, and the profound harm it causes.
The sides of Pray Away
- Former leaders of the ex-gay movement
- Exodus International and its letters
- A survivor of conversion therapy
Good for you if
- you want the true story of conversion therapy told by those who led it.
- you like seeing how a church movement gained political weight.
- you like hearing people face the harm they caused.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch stories of shame, self-harm and religious pressure.
- you roll your eyes at tearful, heartfelt confessions to camera.
About: faith · identity · guilt
Finding Vivian Maier 2014
Documentary
Vivian Maier's photos were seemingly destined for obscurity, lost among the clutter of the countless objects she'd collected throughout her life. Instead these images have shaken the world of street photography and irrevocably changed the life of the man who brought them to the public eye. This film brings to life the interesting turns and travails of the improbable saga of John Maloof's discovery of Vivian Maier, unravelling this mysterious tale through her documentary films, photographs, odd collections and personal accounts from the people that knew her. What started as a blog to show her work quickly became a viral sensation in the photography world. Photos destined for the trash heap now line gallery exhibitions, a forthcoming book and this documentary film.
The sides of Finding Vivian Maier
- A nanny who secretly took thousands of photos
- Boxes of negatives bought at an auction
- The families she worked for remembering her
Good for you if
- you like piecing together who a secretive woman really was.
- you love street photography of the American city in the fifties and sixties.
- you like a real discovery told by the man who made it.
Bad for you if
- you want every question about her life answered.
- you need more happening on screen than people talking about photos.
About: art · privacy · recognition
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story 2018
Documentary
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
The sides of Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
- A Hollywood star who was also an inventor
- A wartime patent for radio frequency hopping
- Her own voice on rediscovered tapes
Good for you if
- you like learning that a Hollywood star co-invented frequency hopping.
- you like a life that crosses Vienna in the 1930s and Hollywood in the 1940s.
- you like a portrait of a woman nobody took seriously beyond her face.
Bad for you if
- you need more than interviews and archive clips.
- you find old Hollywood archive footage dated.
About: genius · beauty · recognition
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley 2019
Documentary
With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.
The sides of The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
- Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos
- A blood test machine that never worked
- A ten billion dollar company that collapsed
Good for you if
- you want the true story of Theranos and its blood test.
- you like watching hype and investors carry a company to ten billion dollars.
- you want to understand how Elizabeth Holmes convinced so many people.
Bad for you if
- you need more than interviews and boardroom footage.
- you want surprises, and you already know how Theranos ended.
About: fraud · ambition · hype
Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 2022
Documentary
When the young founder of a collapsing cryptocurrency exchange dies unexpectedly, irate investors suspect there's more to his death than meets the eye.
The sides of Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King
- A crypto exchange founder dead at thirty
- Investors who lost their savings
- Online sleuths chasing the missing money
Good for you if
- you like a question that won't go away: is the founder really dead.
- you like following where hundreds of millions in crypto went.
- you want the real story of QuadrigaCX told by the people who lost money.
Bad for you if
- you need a clear answer by the end.
- you want a thriller, not interviews and screens full of transactions.
About: greed · trust · money
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten 2007
Documentary
As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. In "The Future Is Unwritten", from British film director Julien Temple, Joe Strummer is revealed not just as a legend or musician, but as a true communicator of our times. Drawing on both a shared punk history and the close personal friendship which developed over the last years of Joe's life, Julien Temple's film is a celebration of Joe Strummer - before, during and after the Clash.
The sides of Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
- The frontman of the Clash
- Punk in late 1970s Britain
- Friends remembering him around campfires
Good for you if
- you love the Clash and punk.
- you want Joe Strummer's whole life, before and after the band.
- you like a portrait of a man more than a list of hits.
Bad for you if
- two hours is a lot for you for one musician.
- you need momentum. The film keeps stopping at campfires where friends trade memories.
About: punk · rebellion · friendship
Tiger King 2020
Documentary
A zoo owner spirals out of control amid a cast of eccentric characters in this true murder-for-hire story from the underworld of big cat breeding.
The sides of Tiger King
- A private zoo full of tigers in Oklahoma
- A feud between Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin
- A murder-for-hire plot
Good for you if
- you can laugh at how far a feud between zoo owners goes.
- you like a real story stranger than anything you'd make up.
- you like a cast of big cat breeders who each seem invented.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch big cats kept in cages and badly treated.
- you need answers, and the disappearance of Carole Baskin's husband is never solved.
About: obsession · rivalry · greed
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 2018
Documentary
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
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed 2022
Documentary
The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.
The sides of All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
- Nan Goldin and her photographs
- Protests in museums against the Sackler family
- A sister lost young
Good for you if
- you like a true fight against the family behind OxyContin.
- you like seeing museums made to take a name off their walls.
- you like an artist telling her own life through her slideshows.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch addiction, AIDS and a sister's suicide on screen.
- you'd rather not see intimate and nude photographs.
About: addiction · activism · grief
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 2019
Documentary
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
The sides of Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
- Miles Davis and his trumpet
- Jazz from bebop to fusion
- Musicians and family remembering him
Good for you if
- you want to hear Kind of Blue and the records that changed jazz.
- you like a portrait that shows a genius and his darker side.
- you're curious about racism in America through one musician's life.
Bad for you if
- you can't face drug addiction and abuse of a wife on screen.
- you can't spend two hours admiring a man you wouldn't root for.
About: genius · reinvention · racism
Murder Among the Mormons 2021
Documentary
High-stakes exploits turn deadly — and shake a global church to its core — in this extraordinary true crime story.
The sides of Murder Among the Mormons
- Bombings in Salt Lake City in 1985
- Forged historical documents
- A church shaken by a scandal
Good for you if
- you like true crime that rebuilds a real case with the people who lived it.
- you like an investigation where forged papers lead to the truth.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not dwell on real victims of a bombing.
- you lose track of a crowd of dealers, collectors and church leaders.
About: faith · deception · greed
American: The Bill Hicks Story 2010
Documentary
American: The Bill Hicks Story is a biographical documentary film on the life of comedian Bill Hicks.
The sides of American: The Bill Hicks Story
- A stand-up comedian from Texas
- Club sets and old photos brought to life
- Friends and family telling his story
Good for you if
- you like stand-up and want to see where Bill Hicks's jokes came from.
- you laugh at jokes about religion, war and advertising that go too far.
- you like the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a young man's death from cancer.
- you roll your eyes at a loving tribute told by friends and family.
About: comedy · truth · rebellion · early death
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991
Documentary
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
The sides of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
- The shoot of Apocalypse Now in the Philippines
- Footage filmed by Eleanor Coppola
- A typhoon, a heart attack and a director near breaking point
Good for you if
- you like seeing how a famous film almost never got made.
- you like watching Francis Ford Coppola stake everything on one film.
- you like the strange scenes of Brando improvising in the dark and Dennis Hopper rambling.
Bad for you if
- you want the battles of the film, not the chaos behind them.
- you find grainy 1970s home footage dated.
About: obsession · art · ego · madness
Behind the Curve 2018
Documentary
Meet the growing, worldwide community of theorists who defend the belief that the Earth is flat while living in a society who vehemently rejects it.
The sides of Behind the Curve
- Flat Earth believers at a convention
- Mark Sargent and his YouTube videos
- An experiment that does not go their way
Good for you if
- you're curious about people who believe the Earth is flat.
- you like a portrait that takes Mark Sargent and his friends seriously.
- you like a tight community of believers who find friends, and rivals, in each other.
Bad for you if
- you want to laugh at flat Earthers. The film listens to them instead.
- you need more happening than people talking on camera.
About: belief · community · science