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The Movies That Made Us 2019
Documentary
These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.
The sides of The Movies That Made Us
- The making of big blockbusters
- Actors, directors and crew telling their stories
- Disasters on set that nearly sank the films
Good for you if
- you like hearing how the films you grew up with actually got made.
- you like funny stories from chaotic film sets.
Bad for you if
- you're watching with kids. The stories come with plenty of swearing.
- you find eighties and nineties blockbusters dated.
About: filmmaking · nostalgia · creativity
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

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream 2006
Documentary
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
The sides of Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
- Six cult films shown at midnight in the 1970s
- El Topo, Eraserhead and Rocky Horror
- Directors looking back on how it happened
Good for you if
- you love the cinema of the 1970s.
- you like the strangest films that ever found a crowd.
- you want the true story of how midnight screenings became a ritual.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see raw clips from films like Pink Flamingos.
- you want one story to follow, not six films and many interviews.
About: cult cinema · the counterculture · audiences
Not Quite Hollywood 2008
Documentary
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.
The sides of Not Quite Hollywood
- Australian exploitation films of the 1970s and 80s
- Clips of car crashes, nudity and killer pigs
- Interviews with the directors who made them
Good for you if
- you like filmmakers laughing at the crazy stunts they pulled.
- you want the wild side of Australian cinema next to Picnic at Hanging Rock.
- you laugh at gore and bad taste when it is this proud of itself.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand clip after clip of blood and gore.
- you'd rather not see a steady stream of nude scenes.
About: filmmaking · bad taste · Australia
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
The Greatest Night in Pop 2024
Documentary
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
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie 2023
Documentary
A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease?
The sides of STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
- Michael J. Fox telling his own life
- A Parkinson's diagnosis at twenty-nine
- Clips from Back to the Future and Family Ties
Good for you if
- you like hearing Michael J. Fox tell his story in his own words.
- you like being moved by his family standing by him.
- you like his jokes about his own falls and tremors.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch someone live with an incurable illness.
- you want a grim, unresolved look at Parkinson's. His optimism carries every scene.
About: illness · optimism · fame
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy 2004
Documentary
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
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy 2010
Documentary
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
The sides of Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
- The Nightmare on Elm Street films one by one
- The actors and crews of each film
- How Freddy Krueger's effects were made
Good for you if
- you like hearing the people who made a horror series tell how it happened.
- you want four hours on Freddy Krueger.
- you like details you'll spot when you watch the films again.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gory clips, even out of context.
- you can't watch horror, even in clips.
About: filmmaking · horror · show business
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
In Search of Darkness 2019
Documentary
An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.
The sides of In Search of Darkness
- Horror filmmakers looking back on the 1980s
- Makeup and gore effects explained
- A year by year tour of the decade
Good for you if
- you grew up on 80s horror tapes.
- you like hearing how the gore effects were made.
- you like stories from the actors and crews themselves.
Bad for you if
- you find over four hours too much for one sitting.
- you want to be scared, not hear people talk about it.
About: horror · nostalgia · craft
De Palma 2016
Documentary
An intimate conversation between filmmakers, chronicling De Palma’s 55-year career, his life, and his filmmaking process, with revealing anecdotes and, of course, a wealth of film clips.
The sides of De Palma
- Brian De Palma talking to the camera
- Clips from Carrie to Mission: Impossible
- Stories from Hollywood sets
Good for you if
- you like a director telling candid stories about his own films.
- you like a portrait of Brian De Palma the man, his family, his friends and his battles with studios.
- you like the thrillers of the 1970s and 1980s.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand the bloody clips from his films.
- you can't sit through two hours of one man talking.
About: filmmaking · ambition · Hollywood
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th 2013
Documentary
Taking inspiration from Peter M. Bracke's definitive book of the same name, this seven-hour documentary dives into the making of all twelve Friday the 13th films, with all-new interviews from the cast and the crew.
The sides of Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
- All twelve Friday the 13th films
- Interviews with cast and crew
- Seven hours on Jason and Crystal Lake
Good for you if
- you want to hear how every Friday the 13th film was made.
- you love 1980s slasher films and the people who made them.
- you want the whole story of a horror saga, from 1980 to 2009.
Bad for you if
- seven hours is too much for you.
- you can't stand clips of slasher kills.
About: filmmaking · horror · censorship

Atari: Game Over 2014
Documentary
The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed “The Great Video Game Burial of 1983.” Rumor claims that millions of returned and unsold E.T. cartridges were buried in the desert, but what really happened there?
The sides of Atari: Game Over
- A landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico
- E.T. game cartridges said to be buried
- The designer who made the E.T. game
Good for you if
- you want to know if the buried E.T. cartridges were real.
- you want to hear Howard Scott Warshaw, who designed the E.T. game in a few weeks.
- you like the rise and fall of Atari in the early 1980s.
Bad for you if
- you need high stakes, and this is a dig for old games.
- you need action, and this is mostly people digging and talking.
About: failure · nostalgia · legends
Spielberg 2017
Documentary
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
The sides of Spielberg
- Steven Spielberg telling his own story
- From Jaws to Lincoln
- His parents and his childhood
Good for you if
- you want Steven Spielberg telling his own story, film by film.
- you like hearing how his parents' divorce runs through his films.
- you like fifty years of Hollywood seen through one career.
Bad for you if
- you find two and a half hours of interviews too much.
- you roll your eyes at filmmakers praising each other.
About: childhood · ambition · cinema
Best Worst Movie 2009
Documentary
A look at the making of the film Troll 2 (1990) and its journey from being crowned the "worst film of all time" to a cherished cult classic.
The sides of Best Worst Movie
- The cast of Troll 2, years later
- A dentist from Alabama who once played a dad
- Fans who love a film for being terrible
Good for you if
- you like fans quoting the lines of a famous flop with joy.
- you want a warm film about people finding an odd second life.
- you like hearing what happened to the actors after the cameras stopped.
Bad for you if
- you want suspense, not a fan convention.
- you can't stand cult oddities and people in costume.
About: cult films · fandom · failure
Side by Side 2012
Documentary
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.
The sides of Side by Side
- Keanu Reeves interviewing directors
- Film stock against digital cameras
- Nolan, Lynch and Cameron on how they shoot
Good for you if
- you care about how every frame is shot.
- you like hearing Nolan, Lynch and Scorsese argue film versus digital.
- you want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did.
Bad for you if
- you need things to happen, not an hour and a half of camera talk.
- you want people and their story, not a debate about sensors.
About: craft · change · cinema
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in 1996. How director Richard Stanley spent four years developing the project just to find an abrupt end to his work while leading actor Marlon Brando pulled the strings in the shadows. Now for the first time, the living key players recount what really happened and why it all went so spectacularly wrong.
The sides of Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
- A director fired from his own dream project
- Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer on a chaotic set
- A shoot in the jungle that falls apart
Good for you if
- you love true stories of films that went wrong.
- you laugh at how far a shoot can spin out of control.
- you like Richard Stanley's strange, mystical side.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather watch a film than hear people talk about one.
- you want one clear answer about who was to blame.
About: ambition · ego · hollywood
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
The Last Dance 2020
Documentary
A 10-part documentary chronicling the untold story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty with rare, never-before-seen footage and sound from the 1997-98 championship season – plus over 100 interviews with famous figures and basketball’s biggest names.
The sides of The Last Dance
- The Chicago Bulls' 1997-98 season
- Michael Jordan watching old clips on a tablet
- Rare footage from inside the locker room
Good for you if
- you like basketball games replayed with the players telling you what they felt.
- you want Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and Phil Jackson in their own words.
- you like the 1990s NBA, from the Bad Boys Pistons to the sixth title.
Bad for you if
- ten episodes on one team is too much for you.
- a hundred interviews and a whole roster to keep track of lose you.
About: winning · competition · fame