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Blackfish 2013
Documentary
Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
The sides of Blackfish
- Tilikum, a captive killer whale
- Former SeaWorld trainers telling what they saw
- The death of a trainer during a show
Good for you if
- you like former trainers admitting what they didn't want to see.
- you care about how intelligent animals live.
- you like seeing a company's story taken apart piece by piece.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real attacks and a real death described in detail.
- you want a light animal film. This one leaves you angry.
About: captivity · guilt · profit
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
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
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror 2021
Documentary
Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.
The sides of Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
- The September 11 attacks
- Twenty years of war in Afghanistan
- Survivors, soldiers and officials remembering
Good for you if
- you want the personal stories of people who lived through that day.
- you like seeing how one day reshaped the following twenty years.
- you want to understand the choices made in Washington after the attacks.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch footage of the attacks and accounts of torture.
- you want something light for your evening.
About: terrorism · grief · security and freedom
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
One Child Nation 2019
Documentary
Through interviews with both victims and instigators, Nanfu Wang, a first-time mother, breaks open decades of silence on a vast, unprecedented social experiment that shaped — and destroyed — countless lives in China.
The sides of One Child Nation
- China's one child policy
- A new mother going back to her village
- Officials, midwives and families speaking
Good for you if
- you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words.
- you want to see how a state reaches into every family.
- you like a filmmaker questioning her own parents and relatives.
Bad for you if
- you can't face forced abortions and abandoned babies, even in testimony.
- you need some hope by the end of a documentary.
About: state control · silence · motherhood · guilt
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief 2015
Documentary
The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.
The sides of Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
- Eight former members of the Church of Scientology
- How a science fiction writer founded a religion
- Testimony about abuse inside the church
Good for you if
- you like hearing people explain how they came to believe, and how they left.
- you want to know how an organisation keeps control of its members.
- you like long testimonies where people choose every word.
Bad for you if
- you can't listen to accounts of psychological abuse and broken families.
- you lose track when names pile up. Eight former members, two church leaders and a few film stars come and go.
About: belief · control · leaving
Earthlings 2005
Documentary
Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.
The sides of Earthlings
- Hidden camera footage from farms and slaughterhouses
- Animals used for food, clothing, research and entertainment
- Joaquin Phoenix narrating
Good for you if
- you want to see what hidden cameras filmed inside farms and slaughterhouses.
- you can watch something hard and leave without comfort.
- you care about how people treat animals.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch animals being hurt on screen.
- you need a film that gives you a break, and this one never does.
About: animal rights · cruelty · what we eat
The Confession Killer 2019
Documentary
Henry Lee Lucas rose to infamy when he confessed to hundreds of unsolved murders. This docuseries examines the truth -- and horrifying consequences.
The sides of The Confession Killer
- A drifter who confessed to hundreds of murders
- Lawmen who closed cases on his word
- Families still waiting for the truth
Good for you if
- you want to understand how one man's confessions misled the police.
- you like true crime that questions the investigators.
- you like finding out which confessions could be true.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch stories of real murder victims.
- you need justice at the end, and many families never got it.
About: justice · false confessions · grief
Fahrenheit 9/11 2004
Documentary
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The sides of Fahrenheit 9/11
- The 2000 election and September 11
- A president in a classroom after the attacks
- A mother from Flint who lost her son in Iraq
Good for you if
- you want news footage and interviews from the Bush years in one film.
- you like following money and oil between Washington and Saudi Arabia.
- you like Michael Moore's mocking edits and pop songs over politicians.
Bad for you if
- a mother reading her dead son's last letter is too much for you.
- you can't watch real footage of wounded civilians and soldiers in Iraq.
About: war · grief · politics
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed 2022
Documentary
The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.
The sides of All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
- Nan Goldin and her photographs
- Protests in museums against the Sackler family
- A sister lost young
Good for you if
- you like a true fight against the family behind OxyContin.
- you like seeing museums made to take a name off their walls.
- you like an artist telling her own life through her slideshows.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch addiction, AIDS and a sister's suicide on screen.
- you'd rather not see intimate and nude photographs.
About: addiction · activism · grief
The Hunting Ground 2015
Documentary
A startling expose of rape crimes on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. The film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt to pursue—despite incredible push back, harassment and traumatic aftermath—both their education and justice.
The sides of The Hunting Ground
- Students who survived sexual assault on campus
- Universities protecting their name
- Two survivors building a national movement
Good for you if
- you want to hear survivors tell what happened to them in their own words.
- you want to see how institutions cover up crimes to protect themselves.
- you want to be moved by families and students fighting for justice.
Bad for you if
- you can't listen to testimonies of rape.
- you roll your eyes at documentaries that end in a call to action.
About: justice · silence · courage
The Invisible War 2012
Documentary
An investigative and powerfully emotional documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military, the institutions that perpetuate and cover up its existence, and its profound personal and social consequences.
The sides of The Invisible War
- Survivors of rape inside the US military
- A chain of command that covers it up
- Veterans fighting for justice
Good for you if
- you want to hear survivors tell what happened to them in their own words.
- you care about how an institution protects its own.
- you're ready to be moved by veterans fighting for justice.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through detailed accounts of sexual assault.
- you need to see abusers punished. Most of these cases go nowhere.
About: justice · trauma · institutions
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 2022
Documentary
Jimmy Savile was one of the United Kingdom’s most beloved TV personalities. Shortly after his death in 2011, an investigation prompted more than 450 horrific allegations of sexual assault and abuse, with victims as young as 5.
The sides of Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story
- A TV star loved by the British public
- Archive footage of his decades of fame
- Survivors of his abuse
Good for you if
- you want to understand a real case that shook Britain.
- you want to see how fame and institutions protected Jimmy Savile.
- you want to know how this stayed hidden for so long.
Bad for you if
- you can't take accounts of child sexual abuse.
- you need some justice at the end, and he died before any trial.
About: abuse of power · silence · celebrity

Taxi to the Dark Side 2008
Documentary
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
The sides of Taxi to the Dark Side
- An Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar
- Detention at Bagram and Guantanamo
- Soldiers and officials on interrogation orders
Good for you if
- you want the true story of one innocent man who died in US custody.
- you want to see how orders from the top reached a prison cell.
- you want to understand what the war on terror did behind closed doors.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a story of torture and death of an innocent man.
- you can't look at photos of prisoners being abused.
About: torture · responsibility · justice
Virunga 2014
Documentary
Virunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa’s oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a contested ground among insurgencies seeking to topple the government that see untold profits in the land. Among this ongoing power struggle, Virunga also happens to be the last natural habitat for the critically endangered mountain gorilla. The only thing standing in the way of the forces closing in around the gorillas: a handful of passionate park rangers and journalists fighting to secure the park’s borders and expose the corruption of its enemies. Filled with shocking footage, and anchored by the surprisingly deep and gentle characters of the gorillas themselves, Virunga is a galvanizing call to action around an ongoing political and environmental crisis in the Congo.
The sides of Virunga
- Rangers guarding Africa's oldest national park
- Orphaned mountain gorillas and their keeper
- Hidden camera footage of an oil company's dealings
Good for you if
- you love the mountain gorillas and the man who raises them.
- you like hidden cameras catching bribes as they happen.
- you want to see rangers risking everything for a park in Congo.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real gunfire and war footage.
- you roll your eyes at a documentary built as a call to save the park.
About: conservation · courage · greed · war
Deliver Us from Evil 2006
Documentary
Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish gaining trust ... all the while betraying so many.
The sides of Deliver Us from Evil
- A priest who abused children for decades
- A Church that moved him from parish to parish
- Victims and their families speaking out
Good for you if
- you want survivors and their families to be heard.
- you want to understand how one priest escaped justice for so long.
- you want to see how an institution protected itself.
Bad for you if
- you can't take child abuse described in detail.
- you need a story that ends with justice served.
About: betrayal · faith · accountability
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV 2024
Documentary
Discover the untold story of the toxic and abusive environment inside '90s kids' TV. Hear harrowing accounts from former child stars and crew who probe the balance of power in the industry and reveal an era that inflicted lasting wounds still felt today.
The sides of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
- Former child actors from 90s kids' TV
- Crew members describing life on set
- Abuse behind shows made for children
Good for you if
- you want to hear former child stars tell their own story.
- you want to understand who held power over children on a TV set.
- you follow true crime about abusers who worked on children's shows.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear testimony about the sexual abuse of children.
- you need hope, and these wounds are still open.
About: abuse · power · childhood
Gasland 2010
Documentary
It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.
The sides of Gasland
- A filmmaker driving across fracking country
- Tap water that catches fire
- Families living next to gas wells
Good for you if
- you like a filmmaker knocking on doors to see fracking for himself.
- you want to see families up against an energy industry.
- you care about what happens to rivers and land near gas wells.
Bad for you if
- you need some hope at the end of a film.
- you want something light for your evening.
About: pollution · energy · land
Take Care of Maya 2023
Documentary
When Jack and Beata Kowalski are wrongfully accused of child abuse after their 10-year-old daughter Maya visits the ER, a nightmare unfolds.
The sides of Take Care of Maya
- A sick ten-year-old taken into state custody
- Parents accused of abuse after a hospital visit
- A family suing the hospital
Good for you if
- you want to follow a family fighting to get their daughter back.
- you want to see how a hospital and child services can overrule parents.
- you're ready to be moved by what the Kowalskis went through.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a sick child kept away from her parents for months.
- you need some hope to hold on to in a true story.
About: false accusations · motherhood · institutions