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For All Mankind 1989
Documentary
A testament to NASA's Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the missions and astronaut interviews, the documentary offers the viewpoint of the individuals who braved the remarkable journey to the moon and back.
The sides of For All Mankind
- NASA footage of the Apollo missions
- Astronauts remembering in their own voices
- A Brian Eno score
Good for you if
- you like the trip to the Moon told by the astronauts who made it.
- you like seeing Earth from the Moon in real footage.
- you like Brian Eno's ambient music over space images.
Bad for you if
- you need more drama than a calm, floating journey.
- you find 1960s footage dated.
About: exploration · awe · history
Fire of Love 2022
Documentary
A doomed love triangle between intrepid French scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft, and their beloved volcanoes.
The sides of Fire of Love
- Katia and Maurice Krafft, a married couple of volcanologists
- Archive footage of eruptions and lava flows
- A life spent getting as close as possible
Good for you if
- you like a real love story shared between two people and their volcanoes.
- you like standing next to lava through someone else's camera.
- you like eruptions filmed from far closer than anyone should be.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not watch a couple you know will die on a volcano.
- you find grainy footage from the 1970s and 1980s dated.
About: love · curiosity · risk · the forces of nature
Meru 2015
Documentary
Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the impossible.
The sides of Meru
- Three climbers on the Shark's Fin of Meru
- A first attempt that ends short of the top
- Nights in a tent hanging off a wall
Good for you if
- you like watching people push their bodies past what seems possible.
- you love the Himalayas filmed by the climbers themselves.
- you like the loyalty between Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch people dangling over a huge drop.
- you'd rather not hear about serious injuries and friends lost in the mountains.
About: obsession · friendship · risk
Nostalgia for the Light 2010
Documentary
In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.
The sides of Nostalgia for the Light
- Astronomers in Chile's Atacama Desert
- Women searching the sand for their dead
- Pinochet's political prisoners
Good for you if
- you like looking at the stars and thinking about where we come from.
- you like a quiet, patient film that leaves room to think.
- you want to understand how Chile lives with the Pinochet years.
Bad for you if
- you can't face mothers still searching for the remains of their children.
About: memory · grief · the cosmos · justice
Chasing Coral 2017
Documentary
Coral reefs are the nursery for all life in the oceans, a remarkable ecosystem that sustains us. Yet with carbon emissions warming the seas, a phenomenon called "coral bleaching" -- a sign of mass coral death -- has been accelerating around the world, and the public has no idea of the scale or implication of the catastrophe silently raging underwater.
The sides of Chasing Coral
- Divers filming reefs as they turn white
- Underwater time lapse cameras
- A coral enthusiast and his team of scientists
Good for you if
- you like the ocean filmed up close, fish and coral in full colour.
- you like time lapse cameras catching a reef bleaching over weeks.
- you like a team of divers and scientists racing to document a disaster.
Bad for you if
- you need some hope, and watching reefs die is hard for you.
- you want something light for the evening.
About: climate change · the ocean · loss
My Octopus Teacher 2020
Documentary
After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
The sides of My Octopus Teacher
- A diver in a kelp forest off South Africa
- A year following one octopus
- A shark hunting her in the shallows
Good for you if
- you like cold water, kelp and the life hidden in it.
- you like seeing how clever an animal can be up close.
- you can be moved to tears by a bond with an octopus.
Bad for you if
- a man's voice-over about his feelings for an animal makes you roll your eyes.
- you need a story that moves. This is slow dives, day after day.
About: connection · healing · the life cycle
The Alpinist 2021
Documentary
The life of Canadian mountain climber Marc-André Leclerc as he pushes the boundaries of climbing while on an expedition to Patagonia.
The sides of The Alpinist
- A young climber who avoids cameras
- Solo climbs without a rope
- A winter expedition to Patagonia
Good for you if
- you love huge mountains, ice and rock walls.
- you like climbing footage shot from impossible angles.
- you like watching someone alone on a wall, one move at a time.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a real family live with what solo climbing might cost.
- you want a relaxed outdoor film. Every climb here is a life or death risk.
About: freedom · risk · solitude
The Deepest Breath 2023
Documentary
Bonded by their love of freediving, a record-setting champion and a heroic safety diver try to make history with a remarkable feat, ready to risk it all.
The sides of The Deepest Breath
- A freediving champion chasing depth records
- A safety diver who watches over her
- Dives into the Blue Hole of Dahab
Good for you if
- you like holding your breath with a diver far below the surface.
- you want to discover freediving and the people who live for it.
- you like a true story told with real footage of the dives.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a true story where the risks of a sport become real.
- you panic watching divers alone in deep, dark water on a single breath.
About: risk · trust · the sea
Burden of Dreams 1982
Documentary
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
The sides of Burden of Dreams
- Werner Herzog shooting Fitzcarraldo in the Amazon
- A steamboat pulled over a mountain
- A film crew facing accidents and delays
Good for you if
- you like watching a real film shoot slowly fall apart.
- you like the Peruvian jungle filmed up close.
- you like the sight of a whole steamboat hauled up a hill.
Bad for you if
- you find early 1980s footage dated.
- you need a film that moves faster than a jungle shoot.
About: obsession · filmmaking · nature
Blue Planet II 2017
Documentary
There is nowhere more powerful and unforgiving yet more beautiful and compelling than the ocean. Join us and explore the greatest yet least known parts of our planet.
The sides of Blue Planet II
- Fish that hunt birds out of the air
- Deep-sea dives in submersibles
- Plastic in the ocean
Good for you if
- you like ocean life, from coral reefs to the deep sea.
- you want underwater shots that look impossible to get.
- you like discovering animals you never knew existed.
Bad for you if
- you want a plot to follow. Each hour simply dives into a new part of the ocean.
- you want human stories, and here people stay behind the camera.
About: the ocean · pollution · the living world
Cave of Forgotten Dreams 2010
Documentary
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.
The sides of Cave of Forgotten Dreams
- The Chauvet cave in southern France
- The oldest known paintings by humans
- Werner Herzog's voice in the dark
Good for you if
- you feel awe before horses painted more than thirty thousand years ago.
- you want to see a prehistoric cave few people will ever enter.
- you like rock walls lit by torchlight, filmed up close.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, not long silent shots of cave walls.
- you roll your eyes at Herzog's strange musings and albino crocodiles.
About: prehistory · art · time
En el corazón del mar 2015
Película
En el invierno de 1820, el ballenero de Nueva Inglaterra Essex fue agredido por algo a lo que nadie podía dar crédito: una ballena de tamaño y voluntad descomunal, con un sentido de la venganza casi humano. Este hecho real que supuso un desastre marítimo fue la inspiración para Moby-Dick de Melville. Pero la novela solo contó la mitad de la historia. “En el corazón del mar” revela las horribles consecuencias del encuentro, cuando los supervivientes de la tripulación fueron forzados hasta el límite y se vieron obligados a hacer lo impensable para mantenerse vivos. Enfrentándose a las tormentas, el hambre, el pánico, y la desesperación, los hombres llegan a dudar hasta de sus creencias más profundas, desde el valor de sus vidas a la moralidad de su oficio, mientras el capitán intenta orientarse en el mar abierto y su primer oficial sigue empeñado en conquistar a la gran ballena.
Las caras de En el corazón del mar
- El ballenero Essex en 1820
- Un cachalote gigante que contraataca
- Supervivientes a la deriva en botes pequeños
Buena para ti si
- te gustan los marineros que sobreviven en el mar contra todo pronóstico.
- te gustan las tormentas y una ballena enorme en pantalla grande.
- te gusta la historia real que inspiró Moby Dick.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas el hambre extrema y lo que hacen los náufragos para sobrevivir.
- necesitas más personajes que tormentas y ballenas.
Temas: la codicia · la supervivencia · el hombre contra la naturaleza
Free Solo 2018
Documentary
Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.
The sides of Free Solo
- A free climb of El Capitan with no rope
- A camera crew afraid to film a fall
- A climber who lives in a van
Good for you if
- you like holding your breath through a climb you already know the end of.
- you want the real Alex Honnold, his doubts, his girlfriend and his training.
- you like the granite wall of Yosemite filmed from every angle.
Bad for you if
- you have no interest in sport. It's two years of training for one climb.
- you need momentum, and the climb only comes after months of preparation.
About: fear · ambition · risk
Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster 2025
Documentary
OceanGate's Titan tourist submersible imploded in 2023 on a deep-sea dive to the Titanic. This documentary details how a bold vision ended in tragedy.
The sides of Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster
- A tourist submersible diving to the Titanic
- Warnings from engineers and former staff
- Five people lost in 2023
Good for you if
- you want to understand what happened to the Titan submersible.
- you like watching a disaster build step by step.
- you want the engineering and the safety warnings explained.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a film about real people who died.
- you need some hope in a story you know ends in tragedy.
About: ambition · risk · responsibility
In the Shadow of the Moon 2007
Documentary
Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving astronauts, including Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.
The sides of In the Shadow of the Moon
- Apollo astronauts telling their own missions
- NASA footage from the 1960s and 70s
- The Earth seen from the Moon
Good for you if
- you like rockets, lunar landers and the Apollo program told by the men who flew it.
- you like hearing astronauts describe seeing the whole Earth from far away.
- you like the 1960s space race and the Cold War pressure behind it.
Bad for you if
- you want a space film with drama and spectacle, not interviews.
- you find grainy archive footage from the 1960s dated.
About: exploration · courage · the Cold War · awe
The Salt of the Earth 2014
Documentary
During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed the major events of our recent history: international conflicts, starvations and exodus… He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of the wild fauna and flora, of grandiose landscapes: a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty. Salgado's life and work are revealed to us by his son, Juliano, who went with him during his last journeys, and by Wim Wenders, a photographer himself.
The sides of The Salt of the Earth
- Forty years of photographs by one man
- A gold mine crowded with thousands of workers
- A dead family farm replanted into a forest
Good for you if
- you can look at black and white photographs for nearly two hours.
- you want the man who took the pictures to tell you where he was standing.
- you like whales, glaciers and a forest growing back.
Bad for you if
- you can't look at photographs of famine and massacre.
- you won't read subtitles while the photographer speaks his own language.
About: humanity · despair · renewal
Our Planet 2019
Documentary
Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.
The sides of Our Planet
- Wildlife from jungles to frozen seas
- Walruses crowding a shrinking shore
- How climate change reaches every habitat
Good for you if
- you like animals in their habitats, from forests to the deep sea.
- you want every shot to look like it took months to get.
- you like being reminded how much life the planet holds.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch animals suffer, like walruses falling from cliffs as the ice melts.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt appeals. David Attenborough's narration keeps pleading for what we are losing.
About: climate change · the living world · conservation
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 2020
Documentary
This documentary follows a team of local archaeologists excavating never before explored passageways, shafts, and tombs, piecing together the secrets of Egypt’s most significant find in almost 50 years in Saqqara.
The sides of Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
- Egyptian archaeologists digging at Saqqara
- Shafts and tombs opened for the first time
- A family tomb from ancient Egypt
Good for you if
- you love ancient Egypt and its tombs.
- you like the moment a sealed chamber is opened.
- you like following a real dig with the team doing it.
Bad for you if
- you want more happening than careful digging.
- you won't read subtitles. The Egyptian team speaks Arabic on camera.
About: discovery · the afterlife · heritage
Jane 2017
Documentary
Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives, director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall, a woman whose chimpanzee research revolutionized our understanding of the natural world.
The sides of Jane
- Jane Goodall in Gombe in the 1960s
- Lost National Geographic footage
- Chimpanzees filmed up close
Good for you if
- you like chimpanzees filmed up close in the wild.
- you want Jane Goodall telling her own story.
- you like a Philip Glass score carrying the images.
Bad for you if
- you need more momentum than long scenes of watching chimps.
- you need suspense to stay with a film.
About: curiosity · nature · a life's work
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds 2020
Documentary
This remarkable journey across our planet and universe explores how meteorites, shooting stars, and deep impacts have awoken our wonder about other realms—and make us rethink our destinies.
The sides of Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
- Werner Herzog chasing meteorites
- Craters from Mexico to Australia
- Scientists and believers who read the sky
Good for you if
- you like Herzog in awe before giant craters and the night sky.
- you like hearing where shooting stars come from.
- you like the odd people and rituals that gather around meteorites.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and Herzog takes his time.
- you want explosions, not crater visits.
About: the cosmos · belief · curiosity