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My Best Fiend 1999
Documentary
A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
The sides of My Best Fiend
- Werner Herzog remembering Klaus Kinski
- Five films made together, from the jungle of Peru
- Rages on set caught on camera
Good for you if
- you want the true story behind Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo.
- you laugh at a director calmly recalling his plan to kill his star.
- you like two impossible men who could not work apart.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film partly in German.
- you find footage from the seventies dated.
About: art · obsession · love and hate
Meru 2015
Documentary
Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the impossible.
The sides of Meru
- Three climbers on the Shark's Fin of Meru
- A first attempt that ends short of the top
- Nights in a tent hanging off a wall
Good for you if
- you like watching people push their bodies past what seems possible.
- you love the Himalayas filmed by the climbers themselves.
- you like the loyalty between Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch people dangling over a huge drop.
- you'd rather not hear about serious injuries and friends lost in the mountains.
About: obsession · friendship · risk
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
The Alpinist 2021
Documentary
The life of Canadian mountain climber Marc-André Leclerc as he pushes the boundaries of climbing while on an expedition to Patagonia.
The sides of The Alpinist
- A young climber who avoids cameras
- Solo climbs without a rope
- A winter expedition to Patagonia
Good for you if
- you love huge mountains, ice and rock walls.
- you like climbing footage shot from impossible angles.
- you like watching someone alone on a wall, one move at a time.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a real family live with what solo climbing might cost.
- you want a relaxed outdoor film. Every climb here is a life or death risk.
About: freedom · risk · solitude
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
Hacia rutas salvajes 2007
Película
A principios de los años noventa, el joven e idealista Christopher McCandless adopta el nombre de Alexander Supertramp, deja sus posesiones y sus ahorros a la beneficencia y abandona el mundo civilizado con rumbo a la salvaje Alaska para entrar en contacto con la Naturaleza y descubrir el verdadero sentido de la vida. Adaptación del best-seller de Jon Krakauer, basado en las notas del diario de McCandless.
Las caras de Hacia rutas salvajes
- Un graduado que lo regala todo
- Un viaje por carretera por Estados Unidos
- Un autobús abandonado en Alaska
Buena para ti si
- te gustan los grandes paisajes y la vida salvaje.
- te gusta un joven en busca de sentido.
- te gusta la historia real de un graduado que regaló sus ahorros y viajó a dedo hasta Alaska.
Mala para ti si
- dos horas y media es demasiado para tu noche.
- no soportas ver sufrir a unos padres. Su familia espera dos años sin noticias suyas.
Temas: la libertad · la familia · la naturaleza
Human Planet 2011
Documentary
A cinematic experience bringing you the most amazing human stories in the world. Humans and wildlife surviving in the most extreme environments on Earth.
The sides of Human Planet
- Hunters on the Arctic sea ice
- Fishermen in jungles and rivers
- People living in deserts and on mountains
Good for you if
- you like people living alongside wild animals and harsh landscapes.
- you like being amazed at how humans adapt to the extremes of the planet.
- you like real people finding food where it seems impossible.
Bad for you if
- you want one story and the same people to follow across episodes.
- you need chases and fights, not patient observation.
About: adaptation · humans and nature · tradition
Ghosts of the Abyss 2003
Documentary
With a team of the world's foremost historic and marine experts as well as friend Bill Paxton, James Cameron embarks on an unscripted adventure back to the wreck of the Titanic where nearly 1,500 souls lost their lives almost a century ago.
The sides of Ghosts of the Abyss
- James Cameron diving back to the Titanic
- Small robots exploring inside the wreck
- Bill Paxton seeing it for the first time
Good for you if
- you like the sight of the Titanic lit up in the deep dark.
- you want to see the grand staircase and cabins where real passengers lived.
- you like real dives and real submarines, not a reconstruction.
Bad for you if
- you need more happening than slow passes along a wreck.
- you can't think about the 1,500 people who died there.
About: memory · exploration · the sea
Grizzly Man 2005
Documentary
Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in his attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.
The sides of Grizzly Man
- A man who spent thirteen summers among Alaskan grizzlies
- His own video footage, shot alone
- Werner Herzog's voice weighing his choices
Good for you if
- you like a portrait made from a man's own tapes.
- you like bears filmed close, in the wild.
- you like trying to understand someone who chose to live outside the world.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a film built around a real death, his and his partner's.
- you want a gentle animal film. This one leaves you uneasy.
About: obsession · nature · death

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
The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young 2014
Documentary
In its first 25 years only 10 people have finished The Barkley Marathons. Based on a historic prison escape, this cult like race tempts people from around the world to test their limits of physical and mental endurance in this documentary that contemplates the value of pain.
The sides of The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young
- A cult ultramarathon in the Tennessee woods
- A race started by the lighting of a cigarette
- Runners pushing past exhaustion
Good for you if
- you like sport at its most extreme and least glamorous.
- you want to watch people test how far a body and a mind can go.
- you like the odd race director and the stubborn runners he attracts.
Bad for you if
- you want big, polished sports cinema, and this is small and homemade.
- you need constant movement, and much of it is runners alone in the woods.
About: endurance · pain · obsession

Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film 2001
Documentary
With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime collaborator, interviews heavyweights like Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen and Sydney Pollack, who explain the influence of Kubrick classics like "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," and how he absorbed visual clues from disposable culture such as television commercials.
The sides of Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
- Stanley Kubrick's life and films
- Interviews with Jack Nicholson and others who worked with him
- Home footage from his family
Good for you if
- you love Dr. Strangelove, 2001 and the films around them.
- you want to know the man behind the legend from people who knew him.
- you care about how every Kubrick frame was built.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through almost two and a half hours of documentary.
- you need a story, not a career told in interviews.
About: obsession · creation · cinema
Nanook of the North 1922
Documentary
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.
The sides of Nanook of the North
- An Inuit hunter and his family in northern Quebec
- An igloo built by hand
- A walrus hunt with harpoons
Good for you if
- you like the frozen landscapes of the far north.
- you like watching people find food and shelter in deep cold.
- you're curious about one of the very first documentaries.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch silent black and white films.
- you need momentum. Whole minutes go to cutting snow blocks for an igloo.
About: survival · family · the Arctic
Encounters at the End of the World 2008
Documentary
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and a group of truly unique people who risk their lives to study it. Centered at McMurdo Station, the United States' largest Antarctic research center, Herzog explores the minds of the scientists willing to abandon civilization and endure volatile conditions to learn more about the continent's wildlife and awe-inspiring natural wonders.
The sides of Encounters at the End of the World
- A research station in Antarctica
- Divers under the ice
- A penguin heading inland alone
Good for you if
- you like ice caves, volcanoes and seals under the sea ice.
- you like silent dives beneath the Antarctic ice.
- you like Werner Herzog's odd questions to odd people.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and this one wanders at Herzog's pace.
- you'd rather not hear musings on the end of humanity.
About: nature · solitude · science · the end of the world
Africa 2013
Documentary
Africa, the world's wildest continent. David Attenborough takes us on an awe-inspiring journey through one of the most diverse places in the world. We visit deserts, savannas, and jungles and meet up with some of Africa's amazing wildlife.
The sides of Africa
- David Attenborough narrating
- Deserts, savannas and jungles
- Giraffes fighting in the Kalahari
Good for you if
- you like following Africa's animals from desert to jungle.
- you like being awed by a continent where giraffes fight in the Kalahari.
- you like wildlife filmed up close and from the sky.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch predators catch their prey.
- you need a story with momentum, not a tour of habitats.
About: wildlife · survival · the wild
Chasing Ice 2012
Documentary
When National Geographic photographer James Balog asked, “How can one take a picture of climate change?” his attention was immediately drawn to ice. Soon he was asked to do a cover story on glaciers that became the most popular and well-read piece in the magazine during the last five years. But for Balog, that story marked the beginning of a much larger and longer-term project that would reach epic proportions.
The sides of Chasing Ice
- Photographer James Balog and his time-lapse cameras
- Glaciers melting year after year
- Cameras left in the Arctic cold
Good for you if
- you like the Arctic and Greenland's huge glaciers.
- you like years of ice shrinking caught in a single shot.
- you want to feel how small we are next to a calving glacier.
Bad for you if
- you need some hope, and watching the ice disappear weighs on you.
- you want more than a photographer waiting on the ice.
About: climate change · persistence · the planet
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga 2010
Documentary
In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions.
The sides of Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
- A Siberian village on the Yenisei river
- Trappers working through a full year
- Dogs, snow and handmade skis
Good for you if
- you like the taiga through four seasons, from frozen rivers to summer mosquitoes.
- you like watching a trapper build a canoe or a trap at his own pace.
- you want a quiet film about people living off the land.
Bad for you if
- you need something to happen beyond the daily work.
- you won't read subtitles when the trappers speak Russian.
About: self-reliance · tradition · solitude
Alone in the Wilderness 2004
Documentary
Dick Proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin in the wilderness at the base of the Aleutian Peninsula, in what is now Lake Clark National Park. Using color footage he shot himself, Proenneke traces how he came to this remote area, selected a homestead site and built his log cabin completely by himself. The documentary covers his first year in-country, showing his day-to-day activities and the passing of the seasons as he sought to scratch out a living alone in the wilderness.
The sides of Alone in the Wilderness
- A retired man building a log cabin alone in Alaska
- Footage he filmed himself
- A year of seasons by a remote lake
Good for you if
- you like Alaskan lakes, mountains and wildlife through the seasons.
- you enjoy watching Dick Proenneke shape every log by hand.
- you want a calm hour of a man content with his own company.
Bad for you if
- you don't get into grainy 16mm footage from the late 1960s.
- you want people talking, and here one man narrates his days.
About: solitude · self-reliance · the wilderness
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
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