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Waiting for "Superman" 2010
Documentary
Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.
The sides of Waiting for "Superman"
- Five children hoping to win a school lottery
- Families chasing a good public school
- A look at the American school system
Good for you if
- you want to follow real families through a charter school lottery.
- you like asking who decides how schools are run.
- you're ready to be moved by children waiting for their name to be called.
Bad for you if
- you want a light, easy evening. Five families wait on a lottery for their children's future.
- you roll your eyes at a passionate call to action.
About: education · inequality · hope
The Corporation 2003
Documentary
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.
The sides of The Corporation
- The corporation treated as a legal person
- A psychiatric checklist applied to big business
- Interviews with CEOs, activists and economists
Good for you if
- you want to understand how companies came to hold so much power.
- you like real case studies more than abstract theory.
- you enjoy a long argument built from dozens of interviews.
Bad for you if
- nearly two and a half hours of documentary is too much for you.
- you want striking images, and this is built from interviews and archive footage.
About: capitalism · democracy · responsibility
Sicko 2007
Documentary
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States whose main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance, the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.
The sides of Sicko
- Americans refused care by their insurers
- Hospitals in Canada, Britain, France and Cuba
- Michael Moore sailing to Guantanamo with 9/11 rescue workers
Good for you if
- you want to know how an insurer makes money by saying no.
- you like ordinary people telling what their illness cost them.
- you let yourself be moved by 9/11 rescue workers finally treated in a Havana hospital.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief on screen. Families tell how a loved one died after an insurer said no.
- you roll your eyes at emotional appeals and swelling music.
About: health · money · dignity
What the Health 2017
Documentary
Filmmaker Kip Andersen uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases, and he investigates why the nation's leading health organizations doesn't want people to know about it.
The sides of What the Health
- A filmmaker asking what food does to health
- Meat and dairy under the spotlight
- Questions to health organizations
Good for you if
- you want to question what ends up on your plate.
- you like a film that asks who funds health advice.
Bad for you if
- you need every health claim backed by careful science.
- you roll your eyes at a film on a mission to change your diet.
About: diet · health · industry

Zeitgeist: Addendum 2008
Documentary
Director Peter Joseph examines examples of economic subjugation and offers solutions based on alignment with nature.
The sides of Zeitgeist: Addendum
- The debt system behind modern money
- Economic hit men in Latin America
- A plan for an economy without money
Good for you if
- you like asking who really controls money and banks.
- you want to hear John Perkins tell how he worked as an economic hit man.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at a two-hour call to change the whole world.
- you need every claim to hold up, and this one draws on conspiracy theories.
About: money · power · debt · utopia
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing 2022
Documentary
Investigators reveal how Boeing’s alleged priority of profit over safety could have contributed to two catastrophic crashes within months of each other.
The sides of Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
- Two 737 MAX crashes months apart
- Families of the victims
- Engineers and pilots on the record
Good for you if
- you want to understand what led to two real crashes.
- you like seeing how money can win over safety inside a company.
- you want the technical failures explained clearly.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch grieving families talk about the people they lost.
- you need some hope by the end. The families are still waiting for justice.
About: profit · accountability · grief
Who Killed the Electric Car? 2006
Documentary
In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust, and ran without gasoline... Ten years later, these cars were destroyed.
The sides of Who Killed the Electric Car?
- General Motors' EV1 electric car
- California drivers fighting to keep their cars
- Electric cars sent to the crusher
Good for you if
- you like a true story about cars you never knew existed.
- you want to see how carmakers, oil companies and governments decide what you drive.
- you like a documentary built like a whodunit, with a list of suspects.
Bad for you if
- you need more than interviews and archive news footage.
- you roll your eyes at a documentary that openly takes a side.
About: the car industry · oil · clean energy
Deep Web 2015
Documentary
Deep Web gives the inside story of one of the most important and riveting digital crime sagas of the century -- the arrest of Ross William Ulbricht, the 30-year-old entrepreneur convicted of being 'Dread Pirate Roberts,' creator and operator of online black market Silk Road. As the only film with exclusive access to the Ulbricht family, Deep Web explores how the brightest minds and thought leaders behind the Deep Web and Bitcoin are now caught in the crosshairs of the battle for control of a future inextricably linked to technology, with our digital rights hanging in the balance.
The sides of Deep Web
- Silk Road, an online drug market
- Ross Ulbricht and his family
- Keanu Reeves narrating
Good for you if
- you like the story of Silk Road and Dread Pirate Roberts.
- you want the Ross Ulbricht case told with his family close by.
- you care about who controls the internet and your privacy.
Bad for you if
- you need striking images. Much of it is screens, chat logs and interviews.
- you roll your eyes at a heartfelt plea for digital freedom.
About: privacy · freedom · justice

The Yes Men Fix the World 2009
Documentary
THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks.
The sides of The Yes Men Fix the World
- A fake Dow Chemical spokesman on the BBC
- Two pranksters in cheap suits
- Hoaxes at big business conferences
Good for you if
- you like executives applauding absurd ideas with a straight face.
- you like seeing big corporations caught off guard.
- you like real pranks pulled on real conferences and newsrooms.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at films with a message to sell.
- you can't laugh at a hoax built on the Bhopal disaster.
About: activism · corporate power · truth
American: The Bill Hicks Story 2010
Documentary
American: The Bill Hicks Story is a biographical documentary film on the life of comedian Bill Hicks.
The sides of American: The Bill Hicks Story
- A stand-up comedian from Texas
- Club sets and old photos brought to life
- Friends and family telling his story
Good for you if
- you like stand-up and want to see where Bill Hicks's jokes came from.
- you laugh at jokes about religion, war and advertising that go too far.
- you like the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a young man's death from cancer.
- you roll your eyes at a loving tribute told by friends and family.
About: comedy · truth · rebellion · early death
Inside Job 2010
Documentary
A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.
The sides of Inside Job
- The 2008 financial crisis, from Iceland to Wall Street
- Bankers, regulators and economists in front of the camera
- Professors who can't answer a simple question
Good for you if
- you want to know who made money from the crash and who paid.
- you like a case built with real figures, real names and real interviews.
- you like interviews where the person in the chair starts to squirm.
Bad for you if
- you don't want to follow derivatives and credit default swaps for an evening.
- you want a reassuring ending. Here almost nobody goes to jail.
About: greed · corruption · the economy
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret 2014
Documentary
Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to sustainability.
The sides of Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret
- A filmmaker questioning the meat industry
- Environmental groups asked about livestock
- The case for a plant-based diet
Good for you if
- you want a filmmaker digging into what farming does to the planet.
- you care about climate change, forests and oceans.
- you like a filmmaker chasing why environmental groups stay quiet about livestock.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at a filmmaker on a personal crusade.
- you need every number checked before you trust it.
About: climate · food · veganism
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward 2011
Documentary
A presentation of a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society. This subject matter will transcend the issues of cultural relativism and traditional ideology and move to relate the core, empirical 'life ground' attributes of human and social survival, extrapolating those immutable natural laws into a new sustainable social paradigm called a 'Resource-Based Economy'.
The sides of Zeitgeist: Moving Forward
- A case against the monetary system
- A proposed resource-based economy
- Interviews, animation and narration
Good for you if
- you like questioning who money really serves.
- you like hearing real experts such as Gabor Maté and Robert Sapolsky on what shapes human behaviour.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through two hours and forty minutes of argument.
- you roll your eyes at a film that pleads one case from start to finish.
About: money · society · sustainability
The Social Dilemma 2020
Documentary
This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
The sides of The Social Dilemma
- Former tech insiders explaining what they built
- A fictional family glued to their phones
- The algorithm played by three actors
Good for you if
- you want to hear from the people who designed the like button and the feed.
- you like seeing who profits from the hours you spend scrolling.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at dramatized scenes and warnings about the end of society.
- you can't take figures on teen self-harm and depression.
About: technology · manipulation · addiction
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 Edge of Democracy 2019
Documentary
A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.
The sides of The Edge of Democracy
- Lula and Dilma Rousseff up close
- An impeachment seen from inside the palace
- A director whose own family is part of the story
Good for you if
- you like watching who really holds power in a country fall apart in real time.
- you want the Brazil of Lula and Dilma Rousseff filmed from the inside.
- you like a political story told through the director's own parents and grandparents.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for two hours of Portuguese.
- you need some hope by the end, not a divided country left as it is.
About: democracy · polarization · memory
Collective 2019
Documentary
In the aftermath of a tragic fire in a Romanian club, burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life threatening. A team of investigative journalists move into action uncovering the mass corruption of the health system and of the state institutions. Collective follows journalists, whistle blowers, and authorities alike. An immersive and uncompromising look into a dysfunctional system, exposing corruption, propaganda, and manipulation that nowadays affect not only Romania, but societies around the world.
The sides of Collective
- A nightclub fire in Bucharest
- Sports journalists investigating hospitals
- A new health minister inside the system
Good for you if
- you want a true investigation filmed as it happens.
- you like seeing how corruption reaches from hospitals to ministers.
- you like a documentary that plays like a political thriller.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Romanian.
- you can't watch burn victims and grieving families on screen.
About: corruption · journalism · grief · public health
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! 2019
Documentary
Muckraking filmmaker Morgan Spurlock reignites his battle with the food industry — this time from behind the register — as he opens his own fast food restaurant.
The sides of Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
- Morgan Spurlock opening a chicken restaurant
- Chicken farmers in debt to big companies
- Fast food marketing taken apart
Good for you if
- you like Morgan Spurlock's jokey, stunt-driven style.
- you want to know where a fast food chicken really comes from.
- you like seeing how big food companies squeeze farmers.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at a filmmaker on a crusade.
- you'd rather not think about what's on your plate. The film takes you inside crowded chicken houses.
About: fast food · marketing · farming
Fahrenheit 11/9 2018
Documentary
Michael Moore's provocative documentary explores the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How did we get here, and how do we get out.
The sides of Fahrenheit 11/9
- Michael Moore on the 2016 election
- The Flint water crisis
- Students marching after the Parkland shooting
Good for you if
- you want the Flint water crisis told by the people who lived it.
- you like Michael Moore asking how Donald Trump came to power.
- you like Michael Moore's sarcastic stunts.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at Michael Moore's angry, heartfelt pleas to camera.
- you can't watch the Flint water crisis and a school shooting up close.
About: democracy · protest · public health
The Yes Men 2003
Documentary
A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on television and at business conferences around the world.
The sides of The Yes Men
- Two pranksters posing as the WTO
- Fake speeches at business conferences
- Audiences who never catch on
Good for you if
- you like watching a straight face hold through an absurd speech.
- you like real pranks played on real conference rooms.
- you like seeing the global economy mocked to its face.
Bad for you if
- you can't laugh at a fake WTO speech about recycling hamburgers for the Third World.
- you can't stand a film made mostly of speeches.
About: activism · globalization · satire