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  1. A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.

    The sides of Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

    • Two Israeli cousins running a Hollywood studio
    • Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson action films
    • Actors and crew telling stories of the 1980s

    Good for you if

    • you like true stories about how movies really get made.
    • you laugh at wild anecdotes from cheap 1980s film sets.
    • you grew up on video store shelves and want the story behind them.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather avoid the many nude clips from the films.
    • you can't stand gory clips, even short ones.

    About: ambition · excess · show business

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  2. High Score 2020

    Documentary

    This docuseries traces the history of classic video games, featuring insights from the innovators who brought these worlds and characters to life.

    The sides of High Score

    • Arcade games of the 1970s and 80s
    • Nintendo against Sega
    • The people who made the early games

    Good for you if

    • you like the story of video games from the arcades onward.
    • you want to hear the designers behind the games you played.
    • you want a light, nostalgic watch.

    Bad for you if

    • you need action, and this is people talking about games.
    • you'd rather follow one person deeply than many short interviews.

    About: invention · nostalgia · pop culture

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  3. 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

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  4. 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

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  5. Waking Sleeping Beauty 2010

    Documentary

    By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over. Maybe the public didn't care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits - "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast ," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," and more - over a 10-year period.

    The sides of Waking Sleeping Beauty

    • Disney animation in crisis in the mid-1980s
    • Studio executives fighting over control
    • The run from The Little Mermaid to The Lion King

    Good for you if

    • you want the true story of how Disney went from flops to The Lion King.
    • you like the studio fights between Katzenberg, Eisner and Roy Disney.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more than interviews and home video footage.
    • you don't care about animated films, even how they were made.

    About: creativity · rivalry · reinvention

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  6. The Pixar Story 2007

    Documentary

    A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.

    The sides of The Pixar Story

    • John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs
    • The making of Toy Story
    • Pixar's early years with Disney

    Good for you if

    • you like the true story of how a small studio changed animation.
    • you want a warm, upbeat story of artists getting to make the films they dreamed of.
    • you like getting to know John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs and what each brought to Pixar.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a documentary with real conflict and suspense.
    • you roll your eyes at a company telling its own success story.

    About: creativity · teamwork · technology

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  7. Pepsi, Where's My Jet? 2022

    Documentary

    When a 20-year-old attempts to win a fighter jet in a Pepsi sweepstakes, he sets the stage for a David versus Goliath court battle for the history books.

    The sides of Pepsi, Where's My Jet?

    • A Pepsi ad promising a fighter jet
    • A 20 year old collecting the points
    • A lawsuit against a giant brand

    Good for you if

    • you like true stories so absurd they sound made up.
    • you like a documentary that has fun with 90s advertising.
    • you like one young man taking on a giant company in court.

    Bad for you if

    • you want real suspense, and you may already know how the case ended.
    • you need momentum, and one court case over several episodes feels slow to you.

    About: advertising · David and Goliath · the 1990s

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  8. Beneath the sunlit glamour of 1985 L.A. lurks a relentlessly evil serial killer. In this true-crime story, two detectives won't rest until they catch him.

    The sides of Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer

    • Los Angeles in the summer of 1985
    • Two detectives on a serial killer's trail
    • Witnesses and survivors telling what they saw

    Good for you if

    • you like a manhunt where the city waits for the next attack.
    • you like the feel of 1980s Los Angeles in archive footage.
    • you want the detectives who worked the case to tell it.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't hear survivors recall attacks in their own homes.
    • you can't look at crime scene photos.

    About: fear · the hunt · justice

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  9. Video Games: The Movie 2014

    Documentary

    From executive producer Zach Braff and director Jeremy Snead, "Video Games: The Movie" is an epic feature length documentary chronicling the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to multi-billion dollar industry. Narrated by Sean Astin and featuring in-depth interviews with the godfathers who started it all, the icons of game design, and the geek gurus who are leading us into the future, "Video Games: The Movie" is a celebration of gaming from Atari to Xbox and an eye-opening look at what lies ahead.

    The sides of Video Games: The Movie

    • Interviews with the pioneers of gaming
    • Arcades, Atari and the first home consoles
    • Sean Astin as narrator

    Good for you if

    • you like the story of games from Atari to Xbox.
    • you want to hear from the people who made the games you grew up with.
    • you want a light, friendly evening with no dark turns.

    Bad for you if

    • you need suspense, and this is a history told in interviews.
    • you roll your eyes when interviewees talk about games with starry-eyed love.

    About: play · nostalgia · technology

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  10. Rome, 1983. After leaving a music lesson, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanishes — embroiling the Vatican in a decades-long mystery.

    The sides of Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi

    • A 15-year-old girl who vanished in Rome in 1983
    • A brother who never stopped searching
    • Questions that reach the Vatican

    Good for you if

    • you want a careful account of a real family's long search.
    • you like following theories and leads across four decades.
    • you want to see how powerful institutions answer hard questions.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for an Italian documentary.
    • you need a case with a clear answer at the end.

    About: grief · secrecy · the Church · justice

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  11. On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This documentary goes behind the scenes of the historic event.

    The sides of The Greatest Night in Pop

    • One night in 1985 to record We Are the World
    • Dozens of stars in a single studio
    • Lionel Richie telling how it came together

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing a famous song built line by line.
    • you want a warm, nostalgic evening with no bad guys.
    • you like watching forty stars, from Michael Jackson to Bob Dylan, squeezed into one studio for a night.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at stars holding hands for a good cause.
    • you'd rather go deep with one artist than meet forty.

    About: generosity · ego · nostalgia

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  12. Investigators reveal how Boeing’s alleged priority of profit over safety could have contributed to two catastrophic crashes within months of each other.

    The sides of Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

    • Two 737 MAX crashes months apart
    • Families of the victims
    • Engineers and pilots on the record

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand what led to two real crashes.
    • you like seeing how money can win over safety inside a company.
    • you want the technical failures explained clearly.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch grieving families talk about the people they lost.
    • you need some hope by the end. The families are still waiting for justice.

    About: profit · accountability · grief

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  13. From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy.

    The sides of Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

    • George Lucas's early scripts
    • Auditions for Luke, Leia and Han
    • An effects team inventing as it went

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing George Lucas and his cast tell how Star Wars was made.
    • you like seeing 1970s Hollywood take a risk on a space movie.
    • you like George Lucas fighting to keep control of his sequels and toys while Fox doubted him.

    Bad for you if

    • you find two and a half hours of making-of too long.
    • you want space battles, not interviews.

    About: ambition · creativity · risk

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  14. In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust, and ran without gasoline... Ten years later, these cars were destroyed.

    The sides of Who Killed the Electric Car?

    • General Motors' EV1 electric car
    • California drivers fighting to keep their cars
    • Electric cars sent to the crusher

    Good for you if

    • you like a true story about cars you never knew existed.
    • you want to see how carmakers, oil companies and governments decide what you drive.
    • you like a documentary built like a whodunit, with a list of suspects.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more than interviews and archive news footage.
    • you roll your eyes at a documentary that openly takes a side.

    About: the car industry · oil · clean energy

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  15. Queen: Days of Our Lives 2011

    Documentary

    In 1971, four college students got together to form a rock band. Since then, that certain band called Queen have released 26 albums and sold over 300 million records worldwide. The popularity of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon is stronger than ever 40 years on. But it was no bed of roses. No pleasure cruise. Queen had their share of kicks in the face, but they came through and this is how they did it, set against the backdrop of brilliant music and stunning live performances from every corner of the globe. In this film, for the first time, it is the band that tells their story. Featuring brand new interviews with the band and unseen archive footage (including their recently unearthed, first ever TV performance), it is a compelling story told with intelligence, wit, plenty of humor and painful honesty.

    The sides of Queen: Days of Our Lives

    • Four students forming a band in 1971
    • Unseen archive and live footage
    • The band telling its own story

    Good for you if

    • you want the story behind the Queen songs you know by heart.
    • you like watching Freddie Mercury own a stadium.
    • you want the band's own account, with the hard years included.

    Bad for you if

    • two hours of band history is too much for you.
    • you'd rather not relive Freddie Mercury's illness and death.

    About: fame · friendship · loss

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  16. 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

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  17. Influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen. The Men Who Built America is the story of a nation at the crossroads and of the people who catapulted it to prosperity.

    The sides of The Men Who Built America

    • Vanderbilt, Rockefeller and Carnegie
    • Railroads, oil and steel
    • Reenactments of tycoons at war

    Good for you if

    • you like America after the Civil War becoming an industrial power.
    • you like rivals fighting over money and monopolies.
    • you like real people played by actors in dramatised scenes.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at grand narration about great men.
    • you'd rather not commit to a miniseries over several nights.

    About: ambition · money · progress

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  18. 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

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  19. Circus of Books 2019

    Documentary

    For decades, a nice Jewish couple ran Circus of Books, a porn shop and epicenter for gay LA. Their director daughter documents their life and times.

    The sides of Circus of Books

    • A Jewish couple running a gay porn shop in LA
    • Their daughter behind the camera
    • Decades of gay life in Los Angeles

    Good for you if

    • you like a family portrait where parents and children finally talk.
    • you want to see gay Los Angeles from the 1970s on through one shop.
    • you like real people with a secret life that sounds made up.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not see the gay porn on the shop's shelves.
    • you can't watch the AIDS years, when the shop lost friends and staff.

    About: family secrets · gay history · acceptance

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  20. The Great Hack 2019

    Documentary

    Data—arguably the world’s most valuable asset—is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered through the unpredictable, personal journeys of players on different sides of the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data story.

    The sides of The Great Hack

    • Cambridge Analytica and Facebook data
    • A former insider who turns whistleblower
    • Brexit and the 2016 US election

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
    • you like stories about who controls elections and how.
    • you like a documentary that plays like a political thriller.

    Bad for you if

    • you need some hope, not a worrying look at your own data.
    • you lose track when a film follows Brittany Kaiser, David Carroll and a journalist all at once.

    About: privacy · democracy · manipulation

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