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The Vietnam War 2017
Documentary
An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
The sides of The Vietnam War
- Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's history of the war
- American veterans, protesters and Vietnamese witnesses
- From French Indochina to the fall of Saigon
Good for you if
- you want the whole war, from the French colonial years to 1975.
- you like hearing soldiers from both sides describe the same battles.
- you want witnesses rather than actors.
Bad for you if
- ten long episodes is too much for you.
- you can't stand real footage of combat and the dead.
About: war · lies of power · memory
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

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
The Fog of War 2003
Documentary
Former corporate whiz kid Robert McNamara was the controversial Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, during the height of the Vietnam War. Augmented by archival footage and cabinet conversation recordings, Errol Morris gives the conflicted McNamara a platform on which he attempts to confront his and the U.S. government's actions in Southeast Asia in light of the horrors of modern warfare, the end of ideology and the punitive judgment of history.
The sides of The Fog of War
- Robert McNamara looking back at his life
- The Cuban missile crisis and Vietnam
- White House recordings
Good for you if
- you like hearing a man in power explain his own decisions.
- you want the Cold War told from inside the room.
- you want to think about how wars are decided and why they go wrong.
Bad for you if
- you want a clear verdict on McNamara, and the film leaves you to judge him.
- you need momentum, and this is one man talking to the camera.
About: responsibility · war · memory · power
Waltz with Bashir 2008
Documentary
A film director from Israel interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
The sides of Waltz with Bashir
- An Israeli director who can't remember his war
- Interviews with fellow veterans of Lebanon, 1982
- Animated memories that end on real footage
Good for you if
- you want to know what a war does to the memory of those who fought it.
- you like a director investigating his own past.
- you like dreamlike animated images, like soldiers rising from the sea at night.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see a war documentary in animation.
- you won't read subtitles. It's in Hebrew.
- you can't take a film about guilt and the dead of a war, seen through a soldier's nightmares.
About: memory · guilt · war
The World at War 1973
Documentary
A documentary series that gives a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it profoundly influenced.
The sides of The World at War
- World War II from its roots to its aftermath
- Interviews with soldiers, civilians and leaders
- Archive footage narrated by Laurence Olivier
Good for you if
- you want the whole Second World War told in order, front by front.
- you like hearing soldiers who were there tell what they saw.
- you like the grave, haunting Carl Davis theme that opens every episode.
Bad for you if
- you find 1970s television and black and white archives dated.
- you can't watch footage of the camps and the dead.
- you won't commit to twenty six episodes of nearly an hour each.
About: war · memory · genocide
Last Days in Vietnam 2014
Documentary
During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront a moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacuate only U.S. citizens.
The sides of Last Days in Vietnam
- The fall of Saigon in April 1975
- Americans smuggling South Vietnamese allies out
- Helicopters on the embassy roof
Good for you if
- you like witnesses telling what they did in the last hours.
- you like a countdown you know ends badly.
- you want to understand how the Vietnam War ended.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch people left behind on a rooftop.
- you want combat, and this is interviews and archive footage.
About: duty · conscience · escape
Hitler: A Career 1977
Documentary
A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of mass psychology and how the desperate crowd can be deceived and shepherded to the slaughterhouse.
The sides of Hitler: A Career
- Archive footage of Hitler's rise
- Crowds at Nazi rallies
- The Weimar Republic sliding into dictatorship
Good for you if
- you want to understand how the Weimar Republic fell to the Nazis.
- you're interested in how crowds are swayed by propaganda.
- you want the story told through footage from the time.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours of archive footage is too much for you.
- you can't sit through so many images of Nazi crowds and war.
About: propaganda · mass psychology · dictatorship
Apocalypse: World War I 2014
Documentary
Colorized historical footage in ascending order of World War 1. Not only the relatively known Flanders and France battles, but also the generally unknown Italian-Austrian, German-Polish-Russian, Japanese-German, Ottoman Empire- Allied and African German Colonies, and other unknown or forgotten fronts and battles.
The sides of Apocalypse: World War I
- Archive footage of the Great War in color
- Fronts from Flanders to Africa and the Ottoman Empire
- Soldiers and civilians caught in four years of war
Good for you if
- you want the whole of World War I told in order, forgotten fronts included.
- you want to see the trenches as the soldiers lived them.
- you like real faces from 1914 brought closer by color.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real footage of the wounded and the dead.
- you can't take the scale of real loss in one evening.
About: war · memory · loss
NAZA 2026
Documentary
Filmed at night from Tel Aviv rooftops, this investigative documentary examines the civilian casualties of Israel's military operations in Gaza and the systems behind targeted killings of Palestinians.
The sides of NAZA
- Night footage from Tel Aviv rooftops
- Anonymous testimonies from former soldiers
- Civilian deaths in Gaza
Good for you if
- you want firsthand testimony about real lives lost in Gaza.
- you want to understand how a war is waged from the inside.
- you want to look at the systems behind targeted killings.
Bad for you if
- you can't bear accounts of civilian deaths.
- you need some hope at the end of a film.
About: war · responsibility · testimony

Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution 2005
Documentary
This documentary series tackles one of history's most horrifying subjects: the Holocaust and the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
The sides of Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution
- The history of Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Testimony from survivors and former perpetrators
- Reconstructions of Nazi decisions
Good for you if
- you want to understand how Auschwitz was built and run.
- you need to hear survivors and former guards tell it themselves.
- you want to understand the Second World War beyond the battlefields.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch testimony about mass murder.
- you need some hope from what you watch.
About: memory · genocide · responsibility
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
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple 2006
Documentary
Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
The sides of Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
- Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple
- Former members and survivors speaking
- The move to Guyana in 1978
Good for you if
- you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones.
- you like archive footage that shows a story from the inside.
- you can watch a slow descent you know will end in tragedy.
Bad for you if
- you can't face the deaths of more than 900 people, children among them.
- you need some hope at the end of a story.
About: faith · manipulation · belonging
Chernobyl 2019
Serie
En Abril de 1986, la Central Nuclear de Chernóbil en Ucrania (en aquel entonces, la Unión Soviética), sufrió una explosión masiva que liberó material radioactivo en Bielorrusia, Rusia, Ucrania, así como en zonas de Escandinavia y Europa Central. La serie relata lo que aconteció en 1986, en uno de los mayores desastres provocados por el hombre en la historia reciente, así como los sacrificios realizados para salvar al continente de un desastre sin precedentes.
Las caras de Chernobyl
- La noche en que explotó un reactor
- Científicos contra las mentiras de un Estado
- Hombres enviados al tejado
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una angustia que nunca suelta.
- quieres entender un desastre real.
- puedes con una historia sombría y sin adornos.
Mala para ti si
- la enfermedad por radiación mostrada con detalle es demasiado dura para ti.
- no soportas ver animales abatidos a tiros. Los soldados limpian la zona de las mascotas abandonadas.
Temas: la verdad · el sacrificio · la mentira
20 Days in Mariupol 2023
Documentary
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
The sides of 20 Days in Mariupol
- Ukrainian journalists trapped in a besieged city
- Hospitals filling with the wounded
- Getting the footage out
Good for you if
- you want to see what the first weeks of the invasion looked like on the ground.
- you want to understand what a siege does to a city and its people.
Bad for you if
- the grief of parents losing children is too much for you.
- you can't watch real dead and wounded people on screen.
About: war · the truth · grief · journalism
Shoah 1985
Documentary
Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three categories – survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators – Lanzmann presents testimonies from survivors of the Chelmno concentration camp, an Auschwitz escapee, and witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as a chilling report of gas chambers from an SS officer at Treblinka.
The sides of Shoah
- Survivors, bystanders and perpetrators interviewed
- The sites of the camps filmed decades later
- No archive footage at all
Good for you if
- you want the Holocaust told by those who were there.
- you can sit with long silences and slow train journeys.
- you can be moved to tears by a barber breaking down as he recalls Treblinka.
Bad for you if
- you can't give more than nine hours to one film.
- you won't read subtitles, and the film moves between many languages.
- you can't hear first-hand accounts of mass murder.
About: memory · testimony · genocide
Why We Fight 2005
Documentary
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
The sides of Why We Fight
- Eisenhower's warning about the military-industrial complex
- A retired New York policeman who lost his son on 9/11
- Soldiers, officials and arms makers on the Iraq war
Good for you if
- you want to understand how money and politics shape war.
- you want to trace America's wars from Eisenhower's farewell speech to Baghdad.
- you want the Iraq war seen from Washington and the factories.
Bad for you if
- a father's grief and bombings on screen are too much for you.
- you'd rather make up your own mind than follow a film that argues one side.
About: power · war · grief
Five Broken Cameras 2011
Documentary
Five broken cameras – and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from the Palestinian village of Bil’in, which famously chose nonviolent resistance when the Israeli army encroached upon its land to make room for Jewish colonists. Emad buys his first camera in 2005 to document the birth of his fourth son, Gibreel. Over the course of the film, he becomes the peaceful archivist of an escalating struggle as olive trees are bulldozed, lives are lost, and a wall is built to segregate burgeoning Israeli settlements.
The sides of Five Broken Cameras
- A Palestinian farmer filming his village
- Weekly protests against a separation wall
- A son growing up in front of the camera
Good for you if
- you want to see Bil'in through the eyes of a man who lives there.
- you like a father filming his youngest son as he grows up.
- you like a story told by one man and his cameras, year after year.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real people being hurt and killed on camera.
- you need some hope by the end of a film.
About: resistance · land · fatherhood · loss
La lista de Schindler 1993
Película
Oskar Schindler, un hombre de enorme astucia y talento para las relaciones públicas, organiza un ambicioso plan para ganarse la simpatía de los nazis. Después de la invasión de Polonia por los alemanes, consigue, gracias a sus relaciones con los nazis, la propiedad de una fábrica de Cracovia. Allí emplea a cientos de operarios judíos, cuya explotación le hace prosperar rápidamente. Su gerente, también judío, es el verdadero director en la sombra, pues Schindler no tiene el menor conocimiento industrial.
Las caras de La lista de Schindler
- Un empresario que salva a sus trabajadores
- Blanco y negro, y un abrigo rojo
- Una lista que significa vida
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las imágenes potentes en blanco y negro, y una niña con abrigo rojo que no olvidarás.
- te gusta un villano terriblemente humano.
- quieres entender una historia real desde dentro.
Mala para ti si
- el Holocausto en pantalla es demasiado para ti esta noche.
- más de tres horas es demasiado para una sola noche.
- el blanco y negro te echa para atrás.
Temas: la humanidad · el valor · el mal
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