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Hearts and Minds 1974
Documentary
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
The sides of Hearts and Minds
- Interviews with generals and veterans
- Vietnamese villagers after the bombing
- The Vietnam War filmed while it was still going on
Good for you if
- you want to see what the Vietnam War did to the people on both sides.
- you like a film made in the middle of the events it shows.
- you like seeing official speeches set against what happened on the ground.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real footage of napalm and wounded civilians.
- you find seventies footage dated.
About: war · propaganda · guilt
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
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
Santiago, Italia 2018
Documentary
After the coup d'État of the Democratic government of Allende, the embassy of Italy in Santiago played a major role in helping the opposers of the regime, and extradited many of them to Italy.
The sides of Santiago, Italia
- The 1973 coup against Allende in Chile
- An embassy that took in people fleeing the regime
- Refugees remembering their new life in Italy
Good for you if
- you want to understand what happened in Santiago in 1973.
- you like hearing the people who lived it tell it themselves.
- you're drawn to how ordinary diplomats stood up to a dictatorship.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Italian and Spanish.
- you can't sit through testimonies of arrests and torture.
About: exile · dictatorship · solidarity
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
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
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

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
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
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
9/11: Inside the President's War Room 2021
Documentary
Experience the events of September 11, 2001 through the eyes of President Bush and his closest advisors as they personally detail the crucial hours and key decisions from that historic day.
The sides of 9/11: Inside the President's War Room
- George W. Bush recalling September 11
- Advisers telling the day in their own words
- The hours between the attacks and the evening address
Good for you if
- you like hearing decisions told by the people who made them.
- you want to relive September 11 hour by hour.
- you like seeing how a government reacts in a crisis.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch the towers fall again.
- you roll your eyes at solemn, heartfelt accounts of leading through a crisis.
About: leadership · crisis · grief
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom 2015
Documentary
Over 93 days in Ukraine, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution and full-fledged civil rights movement.
The sides of Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
- 93 days on Kyiv's Maidan square
- Students facing riot police in the snow
- Footage filmed from inside the crowd
Good for you if
- you want to see the 2013 Maidan protests from inside the crowd.
- you want to see ordinary people stand up to their own government in the snow.
- you like living every night of a standoff in the freezing cold.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch protesters being beaten and shot.
- you find real grief for the people who died on the square too much.
About: freedom · protest · courage
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
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 2023
Documentary
Explore how one man's relentless drive and invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war forever, led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed mass hysteria.
The sides of To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
- J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project
- The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Archive footage and historians' interviews
Good for you if
- you want the real story behind the Oppenheimer film.
- you like the question of who decides to use a weapon.
- you want to understand how the bomb changed war forever.
Bad for you if
- you can't look at the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- you want a big-screen drama more than archive and interviews.
About: guilt · science · war · responsibility
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
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

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
Apocalypse: The Second World War 2009
Documentary
A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens. The series is shown in color, with the black and white footage being fully colorized, save for some original color footage. The only exception to the treatment are most Holocaust scenes, which are presented in the original black and white.
The sides of Apocalypse: The Second World War
- Archive footage shot by soldiers and civilians
- Black and white images restored in color
- The whole war in six parts
Good for you if
- you want to see the Second World War through the eyes of those who filmed it.
- you like the whole war told from start to end in six episodes.
- you want to see black and white archive footage restored in colour.
Bad for you if
- you can't face the footage of the Holocaust.
- you can't watch real combat and real bodies.
About: war · memory · the Holocaust
The Gatekeepers 2012
Documentary
In an unprecedented and candid series of interviews, six former heads of the Shin Bet — Israel's intelligence and security agency — speak about their role in Israel's decades-long counterterrorism campaign, discussing their controversial methods and whether the ends ultimately justify the means.
The sides of The Gatekeepers
- Six former heads of the Shin Bet
- Interviews about decades of counterterrorism
- Archive footage of attacks and the occupation
Good for you if
- you want to hear spy chiefs speak frankly about what they did.
- you're drawn to questions of means and ends at the top of a state.
- you like long, candid interviews with men who rarely talk.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you can't watch footage of attacks and their aftermath.
About: security · conscience · conflict
Korengal 2014
Documentary
Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war.
The sides of Korengal
- US soldiers at an outpost in Afghanistan
- The same men and valley as Restrepo
- Soldiers talking about what war did to them
Good for you if
- you want to know what combat feels like to the men who fought it.
- you want real soldiers, not actors.
- you like hearing young men speak honestly about fear and brotherhood.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real firefights.
- you'd rather not face real loss and trauma on screen.
About: brotherhood · the cost of war · fear