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Cave of Forgotten Dreams 2010
Documentary
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.
The sides of Cave of Forgotten Dreams
- The Chauvet cave in southern France
- The oldest known paintings by humans
- Werner Herzog's voice in the dark
Good for you if
- you feel awe before horses painted more than thirty thousand years ago.
- you want to see a prehistoric cave few people will ever enter.
- you like rock walls lit by torchlight, filmed up close.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, not long silent shots of cave walls.
- you roll your eyes at Herzog's strange musings and albino crocodiles.
About: prehistory · art · time
Ancient Aliens 2010
Documentary
Did intelligent beings from outer space visit Earth thousands of years ago? From the age of the dinosaurs to ancient Egypt, from early cave drawings to continued mass sightings in the US, each episode gives historic depth to the questions, speculations, provocative controversies, first-hand accounts and grounded theories surrounding this age old debate.
The sides of Ancient Aliens
- Pyramids, megaliths and cave drawings
- Theories about visitors from outer space
- Enthusiastic theorists asking what if
Good for you if
- you like asking who really built the pyramids and Stonehenge.
- you like imagining that the ancient world had visitors from the stars.
- you enjoy the strange and the unexplained, taken at face value.
Bad for you if
- you won't start a show with twenty-two seasons.
- you need every claim to match what mainstream archaeology says.
About: ancient civilizations · extraterrestrials · the unexplained
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 2020
Documentary
This documentary follows a team of local archaeologists excavating never before explored passageways, shafts, and tombs, piecing together the secrets of Egypt’s most significant find in almost 50 years in Saqqara.
The sides of Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
- Egyptian archaeologists digging at Saqqara
- Shafts and tombs opened for the first time
- A family tomb from ancient Egypt
Good for you if
- you love ancient Egypt and its tombs.
- you like the moment a sealed chamber is opened.
- you like following a real dig with the team doing it.
Bad for you if
- you want more happening than careful digging.
- you won't read subtitles. The Egyptian team speaks Arabic on camera.
About: discovery · the afterlife · heritage
Lessons of Darkness 1992
Documentary
Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed this apocalyptic landscape with its murky skies, scorched earth and capricious flames.
The sides of Lessons of Darkness
- Kuwait's oil fields burning after the Gulf War
- Firefighters capping the wells
- Werner Herzog filming Earth like another planet
Good for you if
- you like burning oil fields filmed like an alien world.
- you like images carried by Wagner and Verdi.
- you like Werner Herzog's strange, poetic way of seeing.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum. Long shots of burning wells glide by with barely a word.
- you want things explained. Herzog never lays out the war and narrates it like science fiction.
About: war · apocalypse · landscape

For All Mankind 1989
Documentary
A testament to NASA's Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the missions and astronaut interviews, the documentary offers the viewpoint of the individuals who braved the remarkable journey to the moon and back.
The sides of For All Mankind
- NASA footage of the Apollo missions
- Astronauts remembering in their own voices
- A Brian Eno score
Good for you if
- you like the trip to the Moon told by the astronauts who made it.
- you like seeing Earth from the Moon in real footage.
- you like Brian Eno's ambient music over space images.
Bad for you if
- you need more drama than a calm, floating journey.
- you find 1960s footage dated.
About: exploration · awe · history
In the Shadow of the Moon 2007
Documentary
Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving astronauts, including Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.
The sides of In the Shadow of the Moon
- Apollo astronauts telling their own missions
- NASA footage from the 1960s and 70s
- The Earth seen from the Moon
Good for you if
- you like rockets, lunar landers and the Apollo program told by the men who flew it.
- you like hearing astronauts describe seeing the whole Earth from far away.
- you like the 1960s space race and the Cold War pressure behind it.
Bad for you if
- you want a space film with drama and spectacle, not interviews.
- you find grainy archive footage from the 1960s dated.
About: exploration · courage · the Cold War · awe
Life After People: The Series 2009
Documentary
Life After People is a television series on which scientists, structural engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of Earth should humanity instantly disappear. The featured experts also talk about the impact of human extinction on the environment, and the vestiges of civilization thus left behind.
The sides of Life After People: The Series
- Cities without a single human
- Engineers predicting how buildings fall
- Nature taking back the streets
Good for you if
- you like imagining the world going on without us.
- you like watching plants and animals take back a city.
- you want experts explaining what would really happen to steel and concrete.
Bad for you if
- you need people and a story to follow.
- you'd rather not spend an evening on a world where humanity is gone for good.
About: time · extinction · nature
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman 2016
Documentary
Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act of creation and other big questions that mankind has continuously asked.
The sides of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
- Morgan Freeman traveling to holy places
- How religions see death and creation
- Conversations with believers and scholars
Good for you if
- you like big questions about creation and life after death.
- you like learning how ancient civilizations imagined their gods.
- you like meeting believers of many faiths around the world.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and a reflective travel documentary feels slow to you.
- you roll your eyes at sincere talk about faith and meaning.
About: faith · death · creation · meaning
Into the Inferno 2016
Documentary
With stunning views of eruptions and lava flows, Werner Herzog captures the raw power of volcanoes and their ties to indigenous spiritual practices.
The sides of Into the Inferno
- Werner Herzog and volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer
- Lava lakes in Vanuatu and Ethiopia
- A North Korean volcano treated as sacred
Good for you if
- you like standing at the edge of a boiling lava lake.
- you want eruptions and lava flows filmed up close.
- you like Herzog drifting from volcanoes to cults and myths.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, not Herzog's long detours.
- you want eruptions back to back, not interviews between them.
About: nature · belief · the end of the world
Burden of Dreams 1982
Documentary
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
The sides of Burden of Dreams
- Werner Herzog shooting Fitzcarraldo in the Amazon
- A steamboat pulled over a mountain
- A film crew facing accidents and delays
Good for you if
- you like watching a real film shoot slowly fall apart.
- you like the Peruvian jungle filmed up close.
- you like the sight of a whole steamboat hauled up a hill.
Bad for you if
- you find early 1980s footage dated.
- you need a film that moves faster than a jungle shoot.
About: obsession · filmmaking · nature

Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers 2018
Documentary
Area 51, flying saucers from another world - and the program to create a fierce technology. Bob Lazar remains the singular most famous and controversial name in the world of UFOs. The reason you know about Area 51 is because Lazar came forward and told you about it. His disclosures have turned his life upside-down and he has tried to stay out of the spotlight. For this reason, he has never let any filmmaker into the private world of his daily life - that is - until now. Corbell’s film explores Lazar’s claims through the lens of thirty years - providing rare and never before revealed footage - guaranteed to alter the landscape of the debate.
The sides of Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
- Bob Lazar, who says he worked on alien craft
- Area 51 and flying saucers
- Thirty years of the same claims
Good for you if
- you like stories about flying saucers and secret bases.
- you like weighing a man's claims for yourself.
- you want to meet the man who made Area 51 famous.
Bad for you if
- you need hard proof before you hear out a UFO story.
- you need momentum. Much of it is a quiet look at Lazar's daily life.
About: secrets · belief · government

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
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
Powaqqatsi 1988
Documentary
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
The sides of Powaqqatsi
- Workers of the developing world in slow motion
- A Philip Glass score
- No words at all
Good for you if
- you like faces and crowds filmed in slow motion.
- you like a Philip Glass score carrying a whole film.
- you like feeling the scale of human labour across continents.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that moves forward.
- you need the images explained, and no one says a word.
About: labour · modernity · tradition

The Curse of Oak Island 2014
Documentary
Follow brothers Marty and Rick Lagina through their effort to find the speculated - and as of yet undiscovered - buried treasure believed to have been concealed through extraordinary means on Oak Island.
The sides of The Curse of Oak Island
- Two brothers digging for treasure
- A small island off Nova Scotia
- A shaft that floods every time
Good for you if
- you like a centuries-old treasure legend nobody has cracked.
- you like two real brothers from Michigan betting years on a hunch.
- you like coins, timbers and a lead cross that might rewrite history.
Bad for you if
- you can't commit to fourteen seasons of digging.
- you need a mystery that gets solved in the end.
About: obsession · legend · brotherhood
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass 2021
Documentary
Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
The sides of JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
- Oliver Stone back on the Kennedy case
- Declassified files from the assassination
- Dallas, November 22, 1963
Good for you if
- you want to go through the real documents released decades after Dallas.
- you like going back over who shot Kennedy, piece by piece.
- you want to look at what the CIA and Washington knew in 1963.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch the Zapruder footage of the shooting played again.
- you need a final, settled answer about who killed Kennedy.
About: political assassination · government secrecy · american history
Welcome to Earth 2021
Documentary
Will Smith whose curiosity and wonder is positively infectious—is guided by National Geographic Explorers traveling to different corners of the world to get up close and personal with the weirdest, most unusual, dangerous and thrilling spectacles of the planet.
The sides of Welcome to Earth
- Will Smith at the edge of a volcano
- Explorers guiding him to strange places
- Rare animal behavior up close
Good for you if
- you like discovering the planet with someone who is amazed by it.
- you like volcanoes, deserts and deep water seen up close.
- you want big places and close calls in under an hour.
Bad for you if
- a celebrity's constant amazement makes you roll your eyes.
- you like long, quiet shots of wildlife, and this one keeps moving with Will from place to place.
About: curiosity · fear · the planet
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
Tim's Vermeer 2013
Documentary
Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artista David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarques on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.
The sides of Tim's Vermeer
- An inventor who has never painted
- A room in Texas rebuilt like Vermeer's
- Mirrors, lenses and years of patience
Good for you if
- you like a theory tested with real lenses and mirrors.
- you like a centuries old question about how Vermeer painted.
- you like Dutch painting from the 1600s.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and months of painting wear you out.
- you want Penn and Teller's stage comedy. Here they mostly watch a friend paint.
About: art · obsession · patience
The Dinosaurs 2026
Documentary
From the first dinosaurs to the last, this epic documentary series examines their 165 million years on Earth and the forces that shaped their evolution.
The sides of The Dinosaurs
- The first dinosaurs to the last
- 165 million years of evolution
- The disasters that shaped life on Earth
Good for you if
- you like feeling the scale of 165 million years.
- you like watching how dinosaurs lived, hunted and changed.
- you want a documentary to share with a dinosaur-loving child.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather watch real footage than computer-made animals.
- you need people on screen to care about.
About: evolution · extinction · deep time