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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 White Helmets 2016
Documentary
As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.
The sides of The White Helmets
- Rescue workers in Aleppo
- Survivors dug out of rubble after airstrikes
- Training in Turkey between missions
Good for you if
- you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs.
- you like being moved by a child pulled alive from the rubble.
- you want something short, about forty minutes.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real airstrikes and their victims.
- you won't read subtitles.
About: courage · war · hope
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
Dark Days 2000
Documentary
A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.
The sides of Dark Days
- People living in the train tunnels under New York
- Shacks built in the dark beside the tracks
- A crew made up of the tunnel residents
Good for you if
- you want to see how people really lived under Manhattan.
- you like hearing people tell their own lives with humour and honesty.
- you like a DJ Shadow score under grainy images.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch addiction and poverty up close.
- you find grainy black and white footage hard to watch.
About: homelessness · dignity · community
Audrie & Daisy 2016
Documentary
A documentary film about three cases of rape, that includes the stories of two American high school students, Audrie Pott and Daisy Coleman. At the time of the sexual assaults, Pott was 15 and Coleman was 14 years old. After the assaults, the victims and their families were subjected to abuse and cyberbullying.
The sides of Audrie & Daisy
- Two teenage girls who were sexually assaulted
- Families facing the aftermath
- Online harassment in small towns
Good for you if
- you want to hear what happened from the families and survivors themselves.
- you can be moved by families speaking about a loss.
- you want to see how small towns turned on two girls instead of the boys they accused.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a film about sexual assault and suicide.
- you need justice at the end of a true story, and these cases leave you angry.
About: consent · victim blaming · cyberbullying · grief
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer 2003
Documentary
British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.
The sides of Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
- Nick Broomfield's interviews with Aileen Wuornos
- Her last days on death row
- Her childhood in Michigan
Good for you if
- you want a real person behind the headlines.
- you like a portrait of someone you can't easily judge.
- you can take a story that ends in an execution.
Bad for you if
- you can't take childhood abuse and mental illness on screen.
- you want a gentle evening, and this is a woman on death row.
About: the death penalty · trauma · madness
Harlan County U.S.A. 1976
Documentary
A heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.
The sides of Harlan County U.S.A.
- Coal miners on strike in Kentucky
- Wives and mothers on the picket line
- Armed strikebreakers at dawn
Good for you if
- you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months.
- you like seeing a mining town take on a corporation.
- you like the union songs that run through it.
Bad for you if
- you find 1970s footage dated.
- you can't watch a community living with guns on the picket line and miners sick with black lung.
About: labour · solidarity · class
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
Dopesick 2021
Series
The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of "one percenter" Big Pharma Manhattan.
The sides of Dopesick
- A drug company selling OxyContin
- A small-town doctor in a mining community
- Investigators chasing the company
Good for you if
- you want to understand how the opioid epidemic began.
- you like seeing how a pharmaceutical company and its owners shaped a whole crisis.
- you like Michael Keaton as a trusting country doctor.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch addiction and overdoses on screen.
- you lose track when a story jumps between years and several storylines.
About: addiction · greed · justice
Fire at Sea 2016
Documentary
Capturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.
The sides of Fire at Sea
- The island of Lampedusa
- A boy named Samuele with a slingshot
- A doctor caring for migrants rescued at sea
Good for you if
- you want to see the migrant crisis from the island where boats arrive.
- you like a documentary with no narration and long, quiet scenes.
- you like Samuele's everyday island life set beside the rescues at sea.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Italian.
- you can't watch the dead and the dying on rescued boats.
About: migration · indifference · childhood
Athlete A 2020
Documentary
Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts.
The sides of Athlete A
- Reporters at the Indianapolis Star
- Gymnasts telling what Larry Nassar did
- A federation that protected itself
Good for you if
- you want to hear the gymnasts tell their story in their own words.
- you want to see how USA Gymnastics kept the abuse quiet for years.
- you like following a newspaper investigation as it closes in.
Bad for you if
- you can't take testimony about the sexual abuse of young athletes.
- you want something gentle and safe to watch tonight.
About: abuse · justice · courage · journalism
Into the Abyss 2011
Documentary
We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes.
The sides of Into the Abyss
- Werner Herzog talking to a man days before his execution
- A triple murder in a small Texas town
- Families of the victims and of the killers
Good for you if
- you like Herzog's quiet questions and the long answers they get.
- you can take a film about death with no easy comfort.
- you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through grieving families and a death row countdown.
- you need momentum more than long, still interviews.
About: the death penalty · loss · guilt
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 2018
Documentary
A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.
The sides of Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
- Robin Williams in his own words
- Stand-up clips from the late 1970s
- Friends and family remembering him
Good for you if
- you want to laugh again at Robin Williams improvising at full speed.
- you like a portrait that makes you laugh and cry in the same scene.
- you want to hear the man behind Mork and Mrs. Doubtfire talk about himself.
Bad for you if
- you can't face depression and a death by suicide on screen.
- you roll your eyes at loving tributes from famous friends.
About: comedy · mental health · fame

The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo 2020
Documentary
After the death of her daughter at the hand of her boyfriend, Marisela Escobedo began to fight for justice not only against the murderer but also against the corrupt Mexican judicial system.
The sides of The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo
- A mother pursuing her daughter's killer
- A Mexican justice system that lets him go
- Years of protest in Chihuahua
Good for you if
- you want the true story of Marisela Escobedo's fight for justice.
- you want to follow a femicide case through Mexico's police and courts.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a mother's grief and a murdered daughter on screen.
- you need a story where justice wins in the end.
About: justice · grief · corruption
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills 1996
Documentary
A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
The sides of Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
- Three boys murdered in West Memphis
- Three teenagers put on trial
- A town gripped by fear of satanism
Good for you if
- you want the true story of the West Memphis Three, told as it unfolded.
- you want to see a murder trial from inside the courtroom.
- you like weighing the evidence yourself.
Bad for you if
- you can't take the murder of children and their families' grief on screen.
- two and a half hours is too much for you.
About: justice · fear · prejudice
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory 2012
Documentary
A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas who spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released after new DNA evidence indicated they may be innocent.
The sides of Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
- The West Memphis Three after years in prison
- New DNA evidence
- A release through a plea deal
Good for you if
- you followed the West Memphis Three case and want to see how it ended.
- you like seeing how a murder case is built and taken apart.
- you like weighing evidence that points in a new direction.
Bad for you if
- you can't take the murder of three children, even told soberly.
- you need a case closed with a clear answer.
About: justice · innocence · time lost
LA 92 2017
Documentary
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.
The sides of LA 92
- The Rodney King beating on videotape
- Six days of riots in Los Angeles
- Archive footage with no narrator
Good for you if
- you want to see the 1992 Los Angeles riots as they were filmed at the time.
- you want to see how a city answers police brutality and a verdict that cleared four officers.
- you like the feeling of a city coming apart hour by hour.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real beatings and fires on screen.
- you'd rather not sit through real racism and real deaths.
About: racism · police · anger
Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak 2020
Documentary
In this docuseries, meet the heroes on the front lines of the battle against influenza and learn about their efforts to stop the next global outbreak.
The sides of Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak
- Researchers working on a universal flu vaccine
- Doctors facing flu outbreaks around the world
- A series released just before COVID-19
Good for you if
- you like meeting the real people who work to stop the next outbreak.
- you like following doctors and researchers through long days at work and at home.
Bad for you if
- you lose track when a series keeps cutting between doctors and researchers in several countries.
- you roll your eyes at heroic portraits of people at work.
About: public health · science · dedication
The Perfect Neighbor 2025
Documentary
Police bodycam footage reveals how a long-running neighborhood dispute turned fatal in this documentary about fear, prejudice and Stand Your Ground laws.
The sides of The Perfect Neighbor
- A neighborhood feud seen through police bodycam footage
- A mother shot through a closed door in Florida
- Florida's Stand Your Ground law
Good for you if
- you like watching a small dispute build call after call toward something worse.
- you want a story told almost only through real police footage.
- you want to see how Florida's Stand Your Ground law plays out after a shooting.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a real mother's death and her children's grief.
- you need some hope by the end of a true story.
About: fear · prejudice · justice
For Sama 2019
Documentary
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
The sides of For Sama
- A young mother filming for her baby daughter
- A hospital in Aleppo under bombing
- The choice to stay or to leave
Good for you if
- you want a war told from inside by the woman living it.
- you like a love letter from a mother to her child.
- you want to understand what years of siege did to Aleppo.
Bad for you if
- you can't bear to see wounded children and grieving families.
- you won't read subtitles for a film mostly in Arabic.
About: motherhood · freedom · loss · hope