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Will & Harper 2024
Documentary
When Will Ferrell's good friend Harper comes out as a trans woman, they take a road trip to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true self.
The sides of Will & Harper
- Will Ferrell and his old friend Harper
- A road trip across America
- A trans woman seeing the country again as herself
Good for you if
- you like a long friendship tested and made stronger.
- you want Will Ferrell being silly on the road.
- you like hearing Harper Steele tell her own story.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt talks in a car.
- you don't want to cry at a Will Ferrell movie.
About: friendship · identity · acceptance
Anvil! The Story of Anvil 2008
Documentary
At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Canadian metal" influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips and Robb, now in their fifties, set off to record their 13th album in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dreams.
The sides of Anvil! The Story of Anvil
- Two childhood friends in a Canadian metal band
- A disastrous European tour
- One last try at a 13th album
Good for you if
- you like two friends who have stuck together since they were fourteen.
- you laugh at a tour that goes wrong at every stop.
- you get moved by men in their fifties refusing to give up.
Bad for you if
- you want arena-sized rock, not half-empty clubs.
- you roll your eyes at grown men chasing a boyhood dream.
About: friendship · persistence · failure
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
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 2024
Documentary
Christopher Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his talent and range as an actor, before being injured in a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. After becoming a quadriplegic, he became a charismatic leader and activist in the quest to find a cure for spinal cord injuries, as well as a passionate advocate for disability rights and care.
The sides of Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
- The actor who played Superman, paralysed after a riding accident
- His wife Dana and his three children
- A fight for spinal cord research
Good for you if
- you like being moved by a man learning to live again.
- you want the real Christopher Reeve, from Superman to activist.
- you like a story told by his children, about a father they nearly lost.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch paralysis, hospitals and grief up close.
- you roll your eyes at a tribute full of courage and love.
About: courage · disability · fatherhood
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage 2010
Documentary
An in-depth look at the Canadian rock band Rush, chronicling the band's musical evolution from their progressive rock sound of the '70s to their current heavy rock style.
The sides of Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
- Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart
- Decades of a Canadian rock band
- Fans and fellow musicians on why it matters
Good for you if
- you love Rush or want to understand their sound.
- you like three friends who stayed together for decades.
- you want the band's whole story, from the start.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit with Neil Peart's loss of his daughter and wife.
- you roll your eyes at fellow musicians lining up to praise a band.
About: friendship · loyalty · craft
Life Itself 2014
Documentary
The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulitzer Prize winner, his famously contentious partnership with Gene Siskel, his life-altering marriage, and his brave and transcendent battle with cancer.
The sides of Life Itself
- Roger Ebert in his last months
- The Siskel and Ebert rivalry
- Chaz Ebert at his side
Good for you if
- you want the life of Roger Ebert, from Chicago newsrooms to television.
- you like being moved by a man facing the end with humor.
- you like a rivalry with Gene Siskel that turned into deep affection.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a long illness and its hospital scenes up close.
- you need a story that moves faster than a life told in interviews.
About: mortality · love · cinema
RBG 2018
Documentary
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.
The sides of RBG
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg at 84
- The equal rights cases she argued
- Her marriage to Marty Ginsburg
Good for you if
- you want the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her own words.
- you like seeing how a few court cases changed the law for women.
- you're moved by her long marriage to Marty.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at an admiring portrait.
- you need more than interviews and archive footage.
About: equality · law · marriage
Living on One Dollar 2013
Documentary
How do 1.1 billion people around the world live on less than one dollar a day? Four young friends set out to research and live this reality. Armed with only a video camera and a desire to understand, they spend just 56 dollars each for 56 days in rural Pena Blanca, Guatemala. They battle E.Coli, financial stress, and the realization that there are no easy answers. Yet, the generosity and strength of their neighbors, Rosa, Anthony and Chino gives them resilient hope. They return home transformed and embark on a mission to share their new found understanding with other students, inspiring and challenging their generation to make a difference.
The sides of Living on One Dollar
- Four students living on a dollar a day
- A village in rural Guatemala
- Neighbours named Rosa, Anthony and Chino
Good for you if
- you want to see what poverty means day to day.
- you like four friends going through it together.
- you like a sincere film that wants you to act.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch hunger and illness up close.
- you want the politics and money behind poverty, and this stays with four students in one village.
About: poverty · generosity · privilege
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin 2024
Documentary
The secret life of a young World of Warcraft gamer is vividly reimagined when his online friends contact his family after his death.
The sides of The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
- A young man with a muscle wasting disease
- His life online in World of Warcraft
- Parents discovering his friends after his death
Good for you if
- you're ready to cry over a life that was richer than his parents knew.
- you believe friends made online can be real friends.
- you want a true story pieced together from his game logs and chat messages.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a Norwegian film.
- you can't face a young man's illness and death.
About: friendship · disability · grief
Won't You Be My Neighbor? 2018
Documentary
For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues.
The sides of Won't You Be My Neighbor?
- Fred Rogers and his TV neighborhood
- Puppets talking to children about hard things
- Three decades of archive footage
Good for you if
- you like being moved by plain kindness.
- you want something warm and gentle for the evening.
- you want to know the real man behind the cardigan.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at gentle, sincere speeches.
- you find old television footage dated. Much of it is archive from the 1960s to the 1990s.
About: kindness · childhood · television
I Am: Celine Dion 2024
Documentary
A raw and honest behind-the-scenes look at the iconic superstar's struggle with a life-altering illness. Serving as a love letter to her fans, this inspirational documentary highlights the music that has guided her life while also showcasing the resilience of the human spirit.
The sides of I Am: Celine Dion
- Celine Dion living with a rare illness
- Her voice, her sons and her home in Las Vegas
- A singer fighting to sing again
Good for you if
- you want to be moved by a singer fighting for her voice.
- you grew up with Celine Dion's songs.
- you like a star letting the camera in on her worst days.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch someone in a long, painful attack on screen.
- you roll your eyes at a love letter to the fans.
About: illness · resilience · identity
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution 2020
Documentary
Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement.
The sides of Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
- A summer camp for disabled teenagers in the 1970s
- Campers who became activists
- A sit-in for disability rights
Good for you if
- you like true stories of people who changed the law.
- you're curious about the 1970s fight for disability rights.
- you like friends from a summer camp who stay together for a cause.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at an inspiring story of a movement.
- you want more than archive footage and interviews.
About: civil rights · dignity · belonging
Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams 2018
Documentary
An in-depth and intimate portrait of Coldplay's spectacular rise from the backrooms of Camden pubs to selling out stadiums across the planet. At the heart of the story is the band's unshakeable brotherhood which has endured through many highs and lows.
The sides of Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams
- Four friends from London pubs to stadiums
- Early footage of a young band
- The highs and lows of staying together
Good for you if
- you like Coldplay's songs from Yellow to the stadium years.
- you like four university friends who stayed a band.
- you like stadium concerts with confetti and glowing wristbands.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at a band talking about brotherhood.
- you want the dark side of fame, with excess and a fall.
About: friendship · success · fame
The Speed Cubers 2020
Documentary
This documentary captures the extraordinary twists and turns in the journeys of Rubik's Cube-solving champions Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs.
The sides of The Speed Cubers
- Two Rubik's Cube champions
- A young autistic solver and his idol
- Seconds that decide a world title
Good for you if
- you like a rivalry that turns into a real friendship.
- you like competition where a title comes down to a fraction of a second.
- you like being moved by Max Park's family and his progress.
Bad for you if
- you want a long, patient portrait, and this is forty minutes.
- you roll your eyes at sincere, feel-good stories of champions cheering each other on.
About: friendship · autism · competition
Good Night Oppy 2022
Documentary
The inspirational true story of Opportunity, a rover that was sent to Mars for a 90-day mission but ended up surviving for 15 years. Follow Opportunity’s groundbreaking journey on Mars and the remarkable bond forged between a robot and her humans millions of miles away.
The sides of Good Night Oppy
- A rover sent to Mars for 90 days
- Fifteen years of dust storms and discoveries
- The NASA team that grew attached to her
Good for you if
- you want fifteen years on Mars with a rover built for ninety days.
- you like seeing Martian landscapes through a robot's eyes.
- you like real NASA engineers solving real problems from Earth.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not cry over the end of a robot.
- you roll your eyes when engineers talk about a rover like their child.
About: exploration · loss · devotion
Man on Wire 2008
Documentary
On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan, he was arrested. This fun and spellbinding documentary chronicles Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement.
The sides of Man on Wire
- A wire strung between the Twin Towers in 1974
- Months of planning like a heist
- A Frenchman walking on air for nearly an hour
Good for you if
- you like a plan where one mistake gets everyone caught.
- you like hearing the accomplices tell it decades later.
- you like the image of a man lying down on a wire above New York.
Bad for you if
- you're afraid of heights. A man walks a wire between the Twin Towers with nothing below him.
- you roll your eyes at grand talk about art and beauty. Petit tells his walk like a poem.
About: daring · friendship · freedom
Searching for Sugar Man 2012
Documentary
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.
The sides of Searching for Sugar Man
- Rodriguez, a Detroit singer who sold almost nothing at home
- His record everywhere in apartheid South Africa
- Two fans trying to find out how he died
Good for you if
- you like discovering songs you've never heard, and hearing why they mattered.
- you like an investigation that starts with record sleeves and royalties.
- you can be moved by how much a few songs meant to people on the other side of the world.
Bad for you if
- you want more happening than interviews and songs.
- you'd rather a made-up story than a documentary about real people.
About: fame · humility · second chances
Welcome to Wrexham 2022
Documentary
Documentary series tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars (Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds) take ownership of the town’s historic yet struggling football club.
The sides of Welcome to Wrexham
- Two Hollywood actors buying a Welsh football club
- A working-class town in North Wales
- Fans, players and staff of Wrexham AFC
Good for you if
- you like the ups and downs of a lower league football season.
- you like being moved by a town that lives for its club.
- you laugh at Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds learning football.
Bad for you if
- five seasons is too much for you.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt underdog stories.
About: community · hope · belonging
The Biggest Little Farm 2019
Documentary
The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by filmmaking farmer John Chester, in this inspiring documentary.
The sides of The Biggest Little Farm
- A couple starting a farm outside Los Angeles
- Orchards, ducks, pigs and a dog
- Years of drought, pests and coyotes
Good for you if
- you like watching a dead piece of land come back to life.
- you want a warm, hopeful film about building something with your hands.
- you like the true story of John and Molly Chester building their farm over several years.
Bad for you if
- you want more happening on screen than seasons on a farm.
- you roll your eyes at an inspiring dream of living in harmony with nature.
About: sustainability · patience · home
Twinsters 2015
Documentary
Adopted from South Korea, raised on different continents & connected through social media, Samantha & Anaïs believe that they are twin sisters separated at birth.
The sides of Twinsters
- Two women who find each other online
- Adopted from South Korea, raised on different continents
- Twin sisters meeting for the first time
Good for you if
- you like two strangers finding out they are twin sisters.
- you want to be moved when they finally meet in person.
- you want a true story with nothing cruel in it.
Bad for you if
- you need more happening than video calls and visits.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt talk about adoption and belonging.
About: adoption · identity · sisterhood