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Unacknowledged 2017
Documentary
Dr. Steven Greer presents brand new top-secret evidence supporting extraterrestrial contact, including witness testimony, classified documents, and UFO footage, while also exploring the consequences of ruthlessly enforcing such secrecy.
The sides of Unacknowledged
- Dr. Steven Greer on UFO secrecy
- Witness testimony and classified documents
- UFO footage
Good for you if
- you like the idea that aliens have already been here.
- you enjoy pulling at the thread of a government cover-up.
- you like hearing former military and intelligence insiders tell what they say they saw.
Bad for you if
- you need hard proof before you believe in alien visitors.
- you need momentum, and you get mostly interviews and documents.
About: secrecy · belief · the unknown
Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified 2021
Documentary
Though claims of extraterrestrial encounters have long been dismissed, many believe the existence of UFOs is not just likely, but a certainty.
The sides of Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified
- Government files on UFO sightings
- Military witnesses and their encounters
- Decades of secret investigations
Good for you if
- you like the idea that something strange has been flying over us.
- you enjoy digging through old files for what was kept quiet.
Bad for you if
- you need hard evidence before you take a claim seriously.
- you want questions answered, not left open at the end of the hour.
About: secrecy · belief · the unknown
Project Blue Book 2019
Series
A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s, known as “Project Blue Book”.
The sides of Project Blue Book
- An astronomer hired by the Air Force
- UFO sightings in the 1950s
- Cold War secrecy
Good for you if
- you like a new strange sighting to investigate each week.
- you like stories drawn from the real Project Blue Book files.
- you like the paranoia of 1950s America.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand the strange, and every episode chases lights in the sky.
- you can't stand a story cut off on a cliffhanger after two seasons.
About: the unknown · secrecy · truth
Above Majestic 2018
Documentary
A look at the origins, history and conspiracies behind the "Majestic 12", a clandestine group of military and corporate figureheads charged with reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology.
The sides of Above Majestic
- A secret group said to hold alien technology
- Hidden budgets and black projects
- Interviews with UFO researchers
Good for you if
- you love UFO lore and the strange stories around it.
- you like digging into the Majestic 12 legend.
- you enjoy theories about who really pulls the strings.
Bad for you if
- you need every claim to hold up to hard evidence.
- you find more than two hours of interviews too much for one evening.
About: secrecy · conspiracy · extraterrestrials
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
Nostalgia for the Light 2010
Documentary
In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.
The sides of Nostalgia for the Light
- Astronomers in Chile's Atacama Desert
- Women searching the sand for their dead
- Pinochet's political prisoners
Good for you if
- you like looking at the stars and thinking about where we come from.
- you like a quiet, patient film that leaves room to think.
- you want to understand how Chile lives with the Pinochet years.
Bad for you if
- you can't face mothers still searching for the remains of their children.
About: memory · grief · the cosmos · justice
Zero Days 2016
Documentary
Alex Gibney explores the phenomenon of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer virus discovered in 2010 by international IT experts. Evidently commissioned by the US and Israeli governments, this malware was designed to specifically sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme. However, the complex computer worm ended up not only infecting its intended target but also spreading uncontrollably.
The sides of Zero Days
- A computer worm aimed at Iran's nuclear program
- Officials who won't speak on record
- Alex Gibney chasing who built Stuxnet
Good for you if
- you like a true story about the first cyberweapon to break real machines.
- you want to know how governments wage secret wars with code.
- you like an investigation that feels like a spy thriller.
Bad for you if
- you want things blowing up, and this is mostly interviews and lines of code.
- you need clear answers, and many people here refuse to give them.
About: secrecy · cyberwar · state power
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
Contact 1997
Película
Eleanor Arroway perdió la fe en Dios tras la muerte de sus padres en su niñez. Sin embargo, Ellie ha desarrollado una clase distinta de fe en lo desconocido: trabaja con un grupo de científicos escrutando ondas de radio procedentes del espacio exterior en busca de señales de inteligencias extraterrestres. Su trabajo se verá recompensado cuando detecte una señal desconocida que supuestamente porta las instrucciones de fabricación de una máquina para reunirse con los creadores del mensaje.
Las caras de Contact
- Una radioastrónoma que capta una señal del espacio
- Una máquina construida con planos extraterrestres
- La ciencia frente a la fe
Buena para ti si
- te gusta la emoción de un primer mensaje de las estrellas.
- quieres radiotelescopios y astronomía real en el centro de la historia.
- te gusta ver a Jodie Foster escuchando el cielo en el desierto de Nuevo México.
Mala para ti si
- te parecen demasiado largas dos horas y media para una sola noche.
- quieres batallas espaciales, y aquí se trata de escuchar.
Temas: la fe · la ciencia · la soledad · la verdad
The Wild Blue Yonder 2005
Documentary
An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.
The sides of The Wild Blue Yonder
- An alien narrator from a dying planet
- Real astronauts in orbit
- Footage from under the Antarctic ice
Good for you if
- you like Werner Herzog turning real footage into a science fiction tale.
- you like the feeling of drifting through space and ice.
- you love dreamlike images of divers under the ice.
Bad for you if
- you need science fiction where the science holds up.
- you need momentum. Herzog lingers for minutes on astronauts floating in orbit.
About: exile · the end of a world · the search for a home
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
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi 2022
Documentary
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
Unsolved Mysteries 2020
Documentary
Real cases of perplexing disappearances, shocking murders and paranormal encounters fuel this gripping revival of the iconic documentary series.
The sides of Unsolved Mysteries
- Real disappearances and unsolved murders
- UFO sightings and ghost stories
- Families still waiting for answers
Good for you if
- you like a case you can try to solve in an hour.
- you can live with an episode that ends without an answer.
- you like UFO lights in the sky between two murder cases.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real families still grieving a loved one.
- you can't take paranormal episodes next to real crimes.
About: disappearance · the unexplained · grief
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
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
Particle Fever 2013
Documentary
As the Large Hadron Collider is about to be launched for the first time, physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time - or perhaps their greatest failure.
The sides of Particle Fever
- The Large Hadron Collider switching on
- Physicists at CERN
- The hunt for the Higgs boson
Good for you if
- you like the feeling of being there for a discovery about the universe.
- you want real physics explained by the people doing it.
- you like following real scientists through years of waiting.
Bad for you if
- you need more on screen than physicists and control rooms.
- you want a story where every question gets answered.
About: discovery · patience · curiosity
Wild Wild Country 2018
Documentary
When a controversial cult leader builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.
The sides of Wild Wild Country
- A guru's followers building a city in the Oregon desert
- Ma Anand Sheela, his right hand
- A small town fighting back
Good for you if
- you like a fight between a commune and a town that becomes a national case.
- you can't look away from Sheela telling her own story decades later.
- you like a true story that gets stranger with each episode, and you can't guess where it goes.
Bad for you if
- six episodes of over an hour each is too much for you.
- you need momentum, and the archives and interviews take their time.
About: faith · power · utopia
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 Propaganda Game 2015
Documentary
North Korea. The last communist country in the world. Unknown, hermetic and fascinating. Formerly known as “The Hermit Kingdom” for its attempts to remain isolated, North Korea is one of the largest sources of instability as regards world peace. It also has the most militarized border in the world, and the flow of impartial information, both going in and out, is practically non-existent. As the recent Sony-leaks has shown, it is the perfect setting for a propaganda war.
The sides of The Propaganda Game
- A guided trip inside North Korea
- A Spanish guide loyal to the regime
- Pyongyang as the state wants it seen
Good for you if
- you're curious what a visitor is allowed to see in North Korea.
- you like seeing how a regime tells its own story.
- you like how strange a staged Pyongyang can look.
Bad for you if
- you want a film that tells you clearly what is true.
About: propaganda · truth · isolation
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