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Expedition Happiness 2017
Documentary
A German couple and their dog travel across North America in a school bus searching for a state of pure bliss.
The sides of Expedition Happiness
- A German couple and their dog
- A school bus turned into a home
- A road trip across North America
Good for you if
- you like wild landscapes seen from the road.
- you want a gentle film that makes you dream of leaving.
- you like following a real couple and their dog as they turn a school bus into a home.
Bad for you if
- you need real stakes to stay interested.
- you need momentum more than long scenic drives.
About: freedom · happiness · travel
Babies 2010
Documentary
A non-narrated documentary following the lovesome lives of four infants from birth to their first birthday. The babies featured are two from rural areas: Ponijao from Opuwo, Namibia, and Bayar from Bayanchandmani, Mongolia, as well as two from urban areas: Mari from Tokyo, Japan, and Hattie from San Francisco, USA.
The sides of Babies
- Four babies in Namibia, Mongolia, Tokyo and San Francisco
- Their first year of life
- No narration, just everyday moments
Good for you if
- you like a gentle, funny watch about babies discovering the world.
- you want something to watch with children.
Bad for you if
- you have no patience for babies. It's 79 minutes of baths, feeding and naps.
- you need a story that moves, not scenes of babies playing.
About: childhood · parenthood · culture
Long Way Round 2004
Documentary
In 2004 Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman embarked on an epic challenge to bike 20,000-miles across 12 countries and 19 time zones in just 115 days. Watch as two friends ride around the world together and, against all the odds, realize their dream.
The sides of Long Way Round
- Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on motorbikes
- London to New York the long way
- Mongolia and Siberia by road
Good for you if
- you like two old friends laughing and arguing on a long ride.
- you like empty steppes, mud roads and wild landscapes.
- you like a real trip with real breakdowns and border delays.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum. A lot of it is riding and waiting.
- you want edge-of-your-seat suspense. This is a road trip between friends.
About: friendship · adventure · travel
Laid-Back Camp 2018
Anime
Nadeshiko, a high school student who had moved from Shizuoka to Yamanashi, decides to see the famous, 1000 yen-bill-featured Mount Fuji. Even though she manages to bike all the way to Motosu, she's forced to turn back because of worsening weather. Unable to set her eyes on her goal, she faints partway to her destination. When she wakes up, it's night, in a place she's never been before, with no way of knowing how to get home. Nadeshiko is saved when she encounters Rin, a girl who is out camping by herself. This outdoorsy girls story begins with this first encounter between Nadeshiko and Rin.
The sides of Laid-Back Camp
- Two schoolgirls camping near Mount Fuji
- Cup noodles and campfire cooking
- A small outdoor club at school
Good for you if
- you want a gentle show where the biggest risk is a cold night in a tent.
- you like lakes, mountains and Mount Fuji at dawn.
- you like Rin, a solo camper, slowly letting Nadeshiko and her friends in.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need momentum. Whole episodes go by pitching a tent and cooking noodles.
About: friendship · solitude · the outdoors
Faces Places 2017
Documentary
Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
The sides of Faces Places
- Agnès Varda and the artist JR
- A photo truck across rural France
- Giant portraits pasted on walls, barns and containers
Good for you if
- you like an old filmmaker and a young artist becoming friends.
- you like a gentle road trip full of kind people.
- you like huge photos of farmers and dockers covering whole buildings.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles to follow Varda and JR chatting in French.
- you need a story that goes somewhere fast.
About: friendship · old age · ordinary people · memory
Kedi 2017
Documentary
A profile of Istanbul and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.
The sides of Kedi
- Stray cats of Istanbul
- The people who feed them
- A city seen at cat height
Good for you if
- you want a gentle, low-stakes film for a quiet evening.
- you love cats and want to follow them through the streets.
- you like Istanbul filmed at cat height, through alleys and over rooftops.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for the Turkish interviews.
- you need a story that moves, not cats wandering.
About: kindness · the city · animals and people
An Idiot Abroad 2010
Documentary
An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary television series broadcast on Sky1 and Science, as well as spin-off books published by Canongate Books, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and starring Karl Pilkington. The ongoing theme of both the television series and the books is that Pilkington has no interest in global travel, so Merchant and Gervais make him travel while they stay in the United Kingdom and monitor his progress.
The sides of An Idiot Abroad
- A reluctant traveler sent around the world
- The Seven Wonders of the World
- Trips set up by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant
Good for you if
- you like Karl Pilkington grumbling in front of the Great Wall of China.
- you like his deadpan phone calls with Gervais and Merchant.
- you like real trips with no script for the traveler.
Bad for you if
- you want awe at the world's wonders, not complaints about them.
- you can't laugh at a man pranked into trips he hates. Gervais and Merchant enjoy his misery from London.
About: travel · culture shock · friendship
The Gleaners and I 2000
Documentary
Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.
The sides of The Gleaners and I
- Agnès Varda with a small digital camera
- People picking up what fields and markets leave behind
- Heart shaped potatoes
Good for you if
- you like meeting real people who live off what others throw away.
- you like Varda herself, filming her own hands and her own age.
- you want a gentle, curious film that wanders where it likes.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles to hear Varda and the gleaners talk in French.
- you need momentum. Varda stops to film trucks on the road and a clock with no hands.
About: waste · ageing · what we keep
Down to Earth with Zac Efron 2020
Documentary
Actor Zac Efron journeys around the world with wellness expert Darin Olien in a travel show that explores healthy, sustainable ways to live.
The sides of Down to Earth with Zac Efron
- Zac Efron traveling the world
- A wellness expert, Darin Olien
- Sustainable ways to eat and live
Good for you if
- you like discovering places like Iceland and Costa Rica.
- you want an easy, sunny travel show.
Bad for you if
- you need health claims backed by solid science.
- you roll your eyes at wide eyed wonder at every stop.
About: health · sustainability · travel
Barakamon 2014
Anime
After punching a famous curator in the face for criticizing his work as "textbook and lifeless," Handa Seishuu is sent to Gotō Island to calm his nerves and find new inspiration for his calligraphy. Growing up in the city all his life, though, Handa must adapt to country life while meeting an assortment of quirky people during his tenure.
The sides of Barakamon
- A calligrapher sent away to a small island
- A village girl who never leaves him alone
- Finding his own style far from Tokyo
Good for you if
- you like slow island days of fishing, kids and neighbours dropping by.
- you like a proud city artist outsmarted by a little girl.
- you want a series where nobody gets hurt.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need something bigger to happen than village life.
About: finding your voice · community · growing up
Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip 2013
Documentary
The aim: to select the ideal mode of transport for each leg of a pilgrimage from Venice, Italy to Pau in France – home to a legendary street circuit and the origins of Grand Prix racing. On the way we prepare by taking to the track at Monza – the home of Italian Formula One. We try to get noticed on the road course in Monaco in a Bugatti, a Lamborghini and a Model T Ford. After cruising the canals in Venice we take to the tarmac and things look good - thanks to the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta and Mercedes SLS Black. Throw in a Pagani Huayra, Porsche Cayman S and a GT3 as well as the Aston Martin Vanquish centenary edition, Bentley V8 convertible, Rolls Royce Phantom coupe and the face-bending BAC Mono all seems pretty perfect to us.
The sides of Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip
- A drive from Venice to the Pau street circuit
- Supercars on the roads of Monaco
- Laps at Monza
Good for you if
- you like the Top Gear banter on a road trip.
- you like Ferraris, Paganis and Lamborghinis on European roads.
- you like motor racing, from laps at Monza to the street circuit at Pau.
Bad for you if
- you want a calm travel film, and this one races from supercar to supercar.
- you want stakes, and this trip is a scenic drive.
About: cars · travel · racing history

Expedition: Back To The Future 2021
Documentary
Josh Gates goes on the adventure of a lifetime when he and Christopher Lloyd set off to track down the most iconic movie car in Hollywood history, The DeLorean Time Machine from "Back to the Future," and deliver the vehicle to Michael J. Fox.
The sides of Expedition: Back To The Future
- Josh Gates and Christopher Lloyd on the road
- The DeLorean time machine
- A delivery to Michael J. Fox
Good for you if
- you want a warm trip back to Back to the Future.
- you like seeing Doc Brown's actor hunt for the real car.
- you like Josh Gates joking his way across a road trip.
Bad for you if
- you want a hunt with real stakes.
- you roll your eyes at sentimental fan tributes.
About: nostalgia · friendship · fandom
Dagashi Kashi 2016
Anime
Shikada Kokonotsu's father owns a rural sweets shop, and his plan is for Kokonotsu to take it over one day. However, Kokonotsu wants to be a manga author instead! One day in summer, the cute but weird girl Shidare Hotaru, from the famous sweets company, comes to pay a visit. Apparently, Kokonotsu's father is famous and she wants him to join her family's company. However, he will only agree if she can convince Kokonotsu to take over the family business!
The sides of Dagashi Kashi
- A rural sweets shop
- A girl obsessed with Japanese candy
- A son who'd rather draw manga
Good for you if
- you like lazy summer afternoons in a small countryside shop.
- you laugh at Hotaru getting carried away over a cheap snack.
- you like a teenage boy torn between his father's shop and drawing manga.
Bad for you if
- you need something to happen beyond candy and chatter.
- you don't watch anime.
About: nostalgia · family legacy · choosing your path
Lucky Star 2007
Anime
Having fun in school, doing homework together, cooking and eating, playing video games, watching anime. All those little things make up the daily life of the anime-and chocolate-loving-Izumi Konata and her friends.
The sides of Lucky Star
- Konata, a lazy otaku schoolgirl
- Her three friends
- Long chats about snacks and games
Good for you if
- you want small daily moments with nothing at stake.
- you like jokes about anime and otaku life.
- you like four friends hanging out after school.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that goes somewhere.
- you don't watch anime.
About: friendship · daily life · otaku culture
Alone in the Wilderness 2004
Documentary
Dick Proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin in the wilderness at the base of the Aleutian Peninsula, in what is now Lake Clark National Park. Using color footage he shot himself, Proenneke traces how he came to this remote area, selected a homestead site and built his log cabin completely by himself. The documentary covers his first year in-country, showing his day-to-day activities and the passing of the seasons as he sought to scratch out a living alone in the wilderness.
The sides of Alone in the Wilderness
- A retired man building a log cabin alone in Alaska
- Footage he filmed himself
- A year of seasons by a remote lake
Good for you if
- you like Alaskan lakes, mountains and wildlife through the seasons.
- you enjoy watching Dick Proenneke shape every log by hand.
- you want a calm hour of a man content with his own company.
Bad for you if
- you don't get into grainy 16mm footage from the late 1960s.
- you want people talking, and here one man narrates his days.
About: solitude · self-reliance · the wilderness
To Be and to Have 2002
Documentary
The documentary's title translates as "to be and to have", the two auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages (from four to twelve years), with a dedicated teacher, Georges Lopez, who shows patience and respect for the children as we follow their story through a single school year.
The sides of To Be and to Have
- A one-class village school in Auvergne
- A patient teacher, Georges Lopez
- Children from four to twelve over one school year
Good for you if
- you like a quiet year in a small village classroom.
- you like watching children grow up across one school year.
- you enjoy patient scenes with no narration and no hurry.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a French documentary.
- you want a documentary about school policy, not one classroom's year.
About: education · childhood · patience
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga 2010
Documentary
In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions.
The sides of Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
- A Siberian village on the Yenisei river
- Trappers working through a full year
- Dogs, snow and handmade skis
Good for you if
- you like the taiga through four seasons, from frozen rivers to summer mosquitoes.
- you like watching a trapper build a canoe or a trap at his own pace.
- you want a quiet film about people living off the land.
Bad for you if
- you need something to happen beyond the daily work.
- you won't read subtitles when the trappers speak Russian.
About: self-reliance · tradition · solitude

Top Gear 1978
Documentary
Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.
The sides of Top Gear
- Cars of all types reviewed
- Presenters testing on road and track
- Decades of British motoring TV
Good for you if
- you like fast cars filmed on open roads and test tracks.
- you want light motoring TV with nothing at stake.
Bad for you if
- you can't commit to 45 seasons of a show.
- you need a story with people at its heart, not car reviews.
About: cars · speed · the open road
Clarkson's Farm 2021
Series
Follow Jeremy Clarkson as he embarks on his latest adventure, farming. The man who on several occasions claims to be allergic to manual labour takes on the most manually labour intensive job there is. What could possibly go wrong?
The sides of Clarkson's Farm
- Jeremy Clarkson running a farm in the Cotswolds
- A young farmhand called Kaleb
- Sheep, a farm shop and failing crops
Good for you if
- you like Jeremy Clarkson out of his depth on a tractor.
- you like the English countryside through the seasons.
- you want to see how hard and costly farming really is.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand Jeremy Clarkson's bluster, even when the joke is on him.
- five seasons of farm life is too much for you.
About: farming · work · the countryside
Tokyo-Ga 1985
Documentary
German director Wim Wenders tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu and finds a very different city.
The sides of Tokyo-Ga
- Wim Wenders walking through 1980s Tokyo
- Pachinko halls and plastic food
- Interviews with Ozu's actor Chishu Ryu and cameraman Yuharu Atsuta
Good for you if
- you like long, quiet shots of a city going about its day.
- you love Ozu and want to look for his Tokyo.
- you like a filmmaker's diary of a real city and its habits.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles in German and Japanese.
- you want characters to follow. Here the only lead is the city.
About: memory · cinema · modern life