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  1. 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

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  2. My Scientology Movie 2016

    Documentary

    After being denied access to the Church of Scientology's headquarters, documentarian Louis Theroux teams up with ex-Scientology official Marty Rathbun to stage re-enactments of alleged abuses within the organization. Theroux soon discovers that the church is watching his every move.

    The sides of My Scientology Movie

    • Louis Theroux shut out of Scientology
    • Actors auditioning to play its leader
    • Cameras filming the man who films them

    Good for you if

    • you like Louis Theroux's deadpan face to face moments.
    • you like actors re-enacting scenes described by former members.
    • you like Theroux being followed and filmed by the people he's filming.

    Bad for you if

    • you want answers, and the church never lets him in.
    • you'd rather not hear former members describe alleged abuse.

    About: control · faith · fear

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  3. Bowling for Columbine 2002

    Documentary

    This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old. Bowling for Columbine is a journey through the US, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.

    The sides of Bowling for Columbine

    • A bank that hands out a rifle when you open an account
    • Columbine security camera footage
    • An interview with Charlton Heston at his home

    Good for you if

    • you want a road trip through America asking why it has so many shootings.
    • you can laugh at a cartoon history of America while the subject is gun deaths.
    • you like a sardonic narrator who questions everyone from Marilyn Manson to Charlton Heston.

    Bad for you if

    • a school shooting and a six-year-old girl's death are too much for you.
    • you can't watch real footage from inside a school during a shooting.

    About: guns · fear · violence

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  4. 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

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  5. 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

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  6. 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

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  7. Pray Away 2021

    Documentary

    In the 1970s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started a bible study to help each other leave the "homosexual lifestyle." They quickly received over 25,000 letters from people asking for help and formalized as Exodus International, the largest and most controversial conversion therapy organization in the world. But leaders struggled with a secret: their own “same-sex attractions” never went away. After years as Christian superstars in the religious right, many of these men and women have come out as LGBTQ, disavowing the very movement they helped start. Focusing on the dramatic journeys of former conversion therapy leaders, current members, and a survivor, PRAY AWAY chronicles the “ex gay" movement’s rise to power, persistent influence, and the profound harm it causes.

    The sides of Pray Away

    • Former leaders of the ex-gay movement
    • Exodus International and its letters
    • A survivor of conversion therapy

    Good for you if

    • you want the true story of conversion therapy told by those who led it.
    • you like seeing how a church movement gained political weight.
    • you like hearing people face the harm they caused.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch stories of shame, self-harm and religious pressure.
    • you roll your eyes at tearful, heartfelt confessions to camera.

    About: faith · identity · guilt

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  8. 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

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  9. Boys State 2020

    Documentary

    This raucous journey into the heart of democracy captures an unusual rite of passage: 1,100 teenage boys from across Texas coming together to build a representative government from the ground up.

    The sides of Boys State

    • 1,100 Texas teenagers building a government
    • A race for governor
    • Steven, Ben, René and Robert

    Good for you if

    • you like watching a campaign get won and lost up close.
    • you like teenagers learning who they are under pressure.
    • you want real boys, not actors, making real choices.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at teenage campaign speeches.
    • you need more happening than debates and meetings.

    About: democracy · ambition · identity

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  10. Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.

    The sides of Amend: The Fight for America

    • Will Smith hosting a history of the 14th Amendment
    • Actors reading the words of real historical figures
    • Equal rights from emancipation to marriage equality

    Good for you if

    • you like the real people who fought for equal rights in America.
    • you want to understand one line of the Constitution across 150 years.
    • you like seeing who has been counted as equal, and who decided.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch the lynchings and violence of that fight.
    • you roll your eyes at celebrity hosts and stirring speeches.

    About: equality · citizenship · racism

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  11. Tabloid 2011

    Documentary

    One of America's top documentary filmmakers turns his attention to the outrageous and nearly unbelievable story of Joyce McKinney, a former Miss Wyoming beauty queen who gained a great deal of notoriety after being accused of kidnapping a young Mormon missionary, restraining him in chains and raping him in 1977 England. The unbalanced McKinney is extensively interviewed, particularly about her ambition to write a memoir telling her side of the tale.

    The sides of Tabloid

    • A former beauty queen telling her side
    • A Mormon missionary who vanished in 1977 England
    • British tabloids racing for the scoop

    Good for you if

    • you like laughing at a true story so strange it sounds invented.
    • you like a real 1977 scandal and the British tabloids that fought over it.
    • you can't look away from Joyce McKinney telling her version with total conviction.

    Bad for you if

    • you need to know at the end who was telling the truth.
    • you can't hear a kidnapping and rape accusation told as a strange, funny story.

    About: obsession · the press · truth

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  12. Citizenfour 2014

    Documentary

    In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.

    The sides of Citizenfour

    • Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel room
    • Journalists deciding what to publish
    • A fire alarm that makes everyone freeze

    Good for you if

    • you like the days before a leak, filmed as they happen in one hotel room.
    • you want to watch Snowden explain, in his own words, why he did it.
    • you like seeing how governments watch their own citizens.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and most of it is people talking at a desk.
    • you want scale and sound, not a laptop and a hotel bed.

    About: surveillance · privacy · courage

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  13. Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.

    The sides of How to Make Money Selling Drugs

    • Ten steps from street dealer to kingpin
    • Former dealers, police and prison staff
    • The war on drugs and who profits from it

    Good for you if

    • you're curious how a drug business actually runs.
    • you want to see who wins from strict drug laws.
    • you want former dealers telling their own stories to the camera.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch addiction and prison up close.
    • you lose track when dozens of dealers, guards and officials take turns talking.

    About: drugs · money · the justice system

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  14. 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

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  15. A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.

    The sides of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

    • Enron's executives and their fake profits
    • Traders and the California blackouts
    • Employees who lost their savings

    Good for you if

    • you like watching executives build a giant on numbers that weren't real.
    • you want to understand how Enron fell in 2001.
    • you can laugh grimly at traders joking on tape about California's blackouts.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more than charts, tapes and interviews.
    • you need some hope, and thousands of employees lose everything here.

    About: greed · deception · money

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  16. Weiner 2016

    Documentary

    Documentary featuring a jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes look at the attempted comeback of Anthony Weiner in 2013 as he mounts a campaign for New York City mayor in the wake of his sexting scandal. Featuring unfettered access to the candidate and his campaign.

    The sides of Weiner

    • Anthony Weiner running for New York mayor in 2013
    • A new sexting scandal breaking mid-campaign
    • Huma Abedin watching from the campaign office

    Good for you if

    • you like a camera that keeps rolling while a campaign falls apart.
    • you want to see a New York mayoral race from the inside.
    • you can laugh at a candidate digging himself deeper on live television.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't root for a candidate who keeps hiding the truth from his own team.
    • you need something light, and watching a marriage strain in public isn't.

    About: ambition · shame · the media

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  17. Holy Hell 2016

    Documentary

    An inside look at a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.

    The sides of Holy Hell

    • A spiritual group in 1980s West Hollywood
    • A charismatic teacher called Michel
    • Footage shot by a member for two decades

    Good for you if

    • you like a cult story told from the inside, with its own home videos.
    • you want to understand how one man held a whole community.
    • you're drawn to strange lives, like a guru staging ballets for his followers.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't hear accounts of sexual abuse by a leader.
    • you need some hope to hold on to. Former members look back on twenty years they can't get back.

    About: belief · manipulation · belonging

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  18. Under the Sun 2015

    Documentary

    Over the course of one year, this film follows the life of an ordinary Pyongyang family whose daughter was chosen to take part in Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong-il's birthday) celebration. While North Korean government wanted a propaganda film, the director kept on filming between the scripted scenes. The ritualized explosions of color and joy contrast sharply with pale everyday reality, which is not particularly terrible, but rather quite surreal.

    The sides of Under the Sun

    • A Pyongyang family filmed for a year
    • Officials directing every scene
    • What happens between the takes

    Good for you if

    • you like everyday life that feels staged and surreal.
    • you want to see how a regime scripts its own people.
    • you're curious about a real family in North Korea.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum and long silent shots wear you out.
    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Korean.

    About: propaganda · control · childhood

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  19. This Is Not a Film 2011

    Documentary

    Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a 6-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviews with foreign press due to his open support for the opposition party in Iran's 2009 election. In this film, which was shot secretly by Panahi's close friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and smuggled into France on a USB stick concealed inside a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, Panahi documents his daily life under house arrest as he awaits a decision on his appeal.

    The sides of This Is Not a Film

    • A director banned from making films
    • An apartment in Tehran under house arrest
    • A film smuggled out inside a cake

    Good for you if

    • you want to see a ban on filmmaking from the inside.
    • you care about Jafar Panahi defying a state that silenced him.
    • you like a quiet day at home, phone calls and a pet iguana.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles in Persian.
    • you need clear answers, and this film leaves you unsure what is staged and how Panahi's appeal ends.

    About: censorship · freedom · creation

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  20. 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

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