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The Imposter 2012
Documentary
In 1994, a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.
The sides of The Imposter
- A Texas boy missing for three years, found in Spain
- A family welcoming him home
- A man telling the camera how he lied
Good for you if
- you like a story that gets stranger every ten minutes.
- you like an investigation where the questions keep changing.
- you like hearing a con man explain his con himself.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a real missing child and a grieving family.
- you can't stand not knowing who to believe. Each witness tells the story their own way.
About: identity · lies · grief
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
Girl in the Picture 2022
Documentary
A young mother’s mysterious death and her son’s subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman’s true identity, and the murderous federal fugitive at the center of it all.
The sides of Girl in the Picture
- A young mother's mysterious death in Oklahoma
- A boy taken from his school
- A woman whose real name nobody knew
Good for you if
- you like a true case where every answer opens a darker question.
- you like revelations that change everything you thought about the story.
- you want to follow the people who spent decades finding out who she was.
Bad for you if
- you can't take child abuse described in detail.
- you need some justice or comfort at the end of a true story.
About: identity · abuse · stolen childhood
The Tinder Swindler 2022
Documentary
Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, an Israeli conman wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now, some victims plan for payback.
The sides of The Tinder Swindler
- A man posing as a diamond heir on a dating app
- Private jets paid for with other women's loans
- Three women who decide to fight back
Good for you if
- you like seeing exactly how a con works, message by message.
- you like hearing the women he fooled tell it themselves.
- you like the moment the money runs out and the threats start.
Bad for you if
- you came for a love story. This is about how one was faked.
- you can't watch real people sink into debt and fear.
About: trust · money · betrayal
Three Identical Strangers 2018
Documentary
New York, 1980. Three complete strangers accidentally discover that they're identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds' joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives – and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.
The sides of Three Identical Strangers
- Three 19-year-olds who discover they are triplets
- Talk shows and fame in 1980s New York
- A secret study behind their adoption
Good for you if
- you like a happy story that turns dark halfway through.
- you like hearing the brothers tell it themselves.
- you want to think about what we owe to genes and what we owe to parents.
Bad for you if
- you can't take mental illness in a real family, told by the people who lived it.
- you want the joyful reunion to stay joyful.
About: identity · nature and nurture · brotherhood
The Jinx 2015
Documentary
Robert Durst, scion of NY's billionaire real-estate family, has been accused of three murders but has evaded justice for over 30 years. Durst speaks in this true crime series, revealing secrets of a case that has baffled authorities.
The sides of The Jinx
- Robert Durst answering questions on camera
- Three deaths across New York and Texas
- Old letters and a handwriting match
Good for you if
- you like a New York real-estate heir who seems out of reach of the law.
- you like a cold case reopened piece by piece.
- you like watching a man answer questions he could have refused.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through real murders and grieving families.
- you need momentum, and long interviews lose you.
About: wealth · guilt · justice
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
Lover, Stalker, Killer 2024
Documentary
In this twisting documentary, a mechanic tries online dating for the first time and meets a woman who takes romantic obsession to a deadly extreme.
The sides of Lover, Stalker, Killer
- A Nebraska mechanic trying online dating
- Harassing texts that never stop
- A woman who disappears
Good for you if
- you like a true story that changes direction more than once.
- you like watching an obsession grow message by message.
- you want the account of the people who lived it.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a film about a real murder.
- you get too scared by stalking stories, with threats arriving day and night.
About: obsession · online dating · jealousy
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish 2025
Documentary
Vulgar, taunting texts blow up the phones of a teen and her boyfriend. Who's sending them — and why? This twisty documentary reveals the shocking answer.
The sides of Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
- Vulgar texts sent to a teen and her boyfriend
- A small town in Michigan
- A sender nobody suspected
Good for you if
- you like a true story whose answer you don't see coming.
- you want to know what really happened to a real family.
- you like an investigation into who is behind anonymous messages.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a teenager being harassed for months.
- you watch for striking images, and this story lives in interviews and text messages.
About: cyberbullying · trust · family
An Honest Liar 2014
Documentary
An Honest Liar tells the incredible story of the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. The film brings to life Randi's intricate investigations that publicly exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists with quasi-religious fervor. A master deceiver who came out of the closet at the age of 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru named Carlos.
The sides of An Honest Liar
- A stage magician who exposed psychics and faith healers
- A fake guru named Carlos on Australian TV
- A secret kept by his partner Jose
Good for you if
- you like a magician's true story full of real hoaxes.
- you like a story about tricks that plays a few on you too.
- you like a portrait of James Randi, a showman who made his name unmasking others.
Bad for you if
- you find old 1970s TV clips dated.
- you'd rather keep believing in the mysterious than see how the trick is done.
About: deception · truth · love · skepticism
American Nightmare 2024
Documentary
After a harrowing home invasion and kidnapping in 2015, a couple is accused of staging the ordeal when the woman reappears, haunting the couple with a new series of tortures.
The sides of American Nightmare
- A woman taken from her home in California in 2015
- A couple the police refused to believe
- Victims treated as suspects
Good for you if
- you want the real people telling their own story in their own words.
- you like a case that keeps changing what you thought you knew.
- you like a true story told with the suspense of a thriller.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear a real kidnapping and assault described by the woman who lived it.
- you need more than interviews and recordings to stay hooked.
About: disbelief · trauma · justice
The Dissident 2020
Documentary
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together the clues to a brutal murder and expose a global cover up perpetrated by the very country he loved.
The sides of The Dissident
- A journalist who walks into a consulate in Istanbul
- His fiancée waiting outside
- Dissidents fighting a state online
Good for you if
- you want the facts of the Jamal Khashoggi case laid out piece by piece.
- you like an investigation that plays like a thriller.
- you want to understand how a state hunts its critics abroad.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit with a real murder and the grief of the people left behind.
- you can't hear the details of a killing described.
About: free speech · surveillance · impunity
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
The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker 2023
Documentary
After Kai saves a woman's life, he turns into an overnight hero and viral sensation — until disturbing truths about his erratic behavior come to light. This shocking documentary chronicles a happy-go-lucky nomad's ascent to viral stardom and the resulting steep downward spiral.
The sides of The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker
- A hitchhiker who stops an attack with a hatchet
- A viral interview that turned him into a meme
- A later killing and a murder trial
Good for you if
- you like stories about how the internet made a stranger famous overnight.
- you like a story that starts as a feel-good meme and turns dark.
- you want to understand a charming, unpredictable drifter like Kai.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a real killing and a real victim behind a viral joke.
- you'd rather not be charmed by a man at the center of a murder trial.
About: fame · the internet · homelessness · the truth behind a hero
The Devil Next Door 2019
Documentary
A Cleveland grandfather is brought to trial in Israel, accused of being the infamous Nazi death camp guard known as Ivan the Terrible.
The sides of The Devil Next Door
- A retired autoworker from Cleveland
- A trial in Jerusalem
- Holocaust survivors on the witness stand
Good for you if
- you want to understand the real trial of John Demjanjuk.
- you like a question of identity: a grandfather or a death camp guard.
- you like archive footage of a trial that gripped Israel in the 1980s.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch survivors describe the death camps.
- you need a clear answer on who the man really was.
About: justice · memory · identity
One of Us 2017
Documentary
Penetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation.
The sides of One of Us
- Three people leaving a Hasidic community in New York
- A mother fighting to keep her children
- A closed world seen from the inside
Good for you if
- you want real people telling what leaving cost them.
- you like following three lives over time, up close.
- you want to follow a mother fighting her own community to keep her children.
Bad for you if
- you can't take stories of abuse and addiction.
- you want a hopeful story with a clean ending.
About: freedom · faith · belonging · family
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
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson 2017
Documentary
Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), a trans activist group based in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village. Her death in 1992 was declared a suicide by the NYPD, but friends never accepted that version of events. Structured as a whodunit, with activist Victoria Cruz cast as detective and audience surrogate, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson celebrates the lasting political legacy of Johnson, while seeking to finally solve the mystery of her unexplained death.
The sides of The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
- A trans activist found dead in the Hudson in 1992
- Victoria Cruz reopening the case
- Stonewall and the birth of S.T.A.R.
Good for you if
- you want to know who Marsha P. Johnson was beyond the Stonewall legend.
- you like a cold case reopened by an activist who won't let it go.
- you care about New York's gay and trans history since Stonewall.
Bad for you if
- you can't face a death ruled a suicide and the violence against trans women around it.
- you need a case that ends with an answer.
About: trans rights · justice · memory
Tickled 2016
Documentary
Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.
The sides of Tickled
- A New Zealand journalist and a strange online tickling contest
- A secretive company that hits back with lawyers
- Young men harassed after taking part
Good for you if
- you like following a reporter who keeps digging when he is told to stop.
- you like a story that starts as a joke and turns into something else.
- you like true stories stranger than anything made up.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through people being bullied and threatened online.
- you want a light, silly documentary and the laughs stop early.
About: online harassment · power and money · shame · journalism
Evil Genius 2018
Documentary
This baffling true crime story starts with the grisly death of a pizza man who robs a bank with a bomb around his neck - and gets weirder from there.
The sides of Evil Genius
- A pizza delivery man with a bomb locked around his neck
- A bank robbery in Erie, Pennsylvania
- A plot stranger than anyone guessed
Good for you if
- you like a true crime case that keeps getting stranger.
- you like a story with scavenger hunt notes and a homemade bomb.
- you want the real people and the real investigation.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a real man's death on screen.
- you need every answer. How much the pizza man knew is still argued over.
About: manipulation · greed · mental illness