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  1. A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease?

    The sides of STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

    • Michael J. Fox telling his own life
    • A Parkinson's diagnosis at twenty-nine
    • Clips from Back to the Future and Family Ties

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing Michael J. Fox tell his story in his own words.
    • you like being moved by his family standing by him.
    • you like his jokes about his own falls and tremors.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch someone live with an incurable illness.
    • you want a grim, unresolved look at Parkinson's. His optimism carries every scene.

    About: illness · optimism · fame

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  2. Christopher Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his talent and range as an actor, before being injured in a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed from the neck down. After becoming a quadriplegic, he became a charismatic leader and activist in the quest to find a cure for spinal cord injuries, as well as a passionate advocate for disability rights and care.

    The sides of Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

    • The actor who played Superman, paralysed after a riding accident
    • His wife Dana and his three children
    • A fight for spinal cord research

    Good for you if

    • you like being moved by a man learning to live again.
    • you want the real Christopher Reeve, from Superman to activist.
    • you like a story told by his children, about a father they nearly lost.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch paralysis, hospitals and grief up close.
    • you roll your eyes at a tribute full of courage and love.

    About: courage · disability · fatherhood

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  3. Val 2021

    Documentary

    For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors, has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

    The sides of Val

    • Val Kilmer's own home videos over forty years
    • His son reading his words
    • Throat cancer and a lost voice

    Good for you if

    • you like an actor's life told through his own camera.
    • you can be moved by Val Kilmer struggling to speak after cancer.
    • you like a family story, from 16mm films made with his brothers to his son reading his words.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch illness and a body that fails.
    • you want the energy of his films, not a quiet look back.

    About: art · illness · memory

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  4. Andre the Giant 2018

    Documentary

    An ambitious and wide-ranging documentary exploring Andre’s upbringing in France, his celebrated career in WWE, and his forays in the entertainment world.

    The sides of Andre the Giant

    • A giant from a farm in France
    • Wrestling legends telling his story
    • A body that never stopped growing

    Good for you if

    • you like the life of André Roussimoff, from a French farm to the WWE.
    • you like wrestling told by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair.
    • you can be moved by a giant who never fit in the world.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a man's body slowly failing him.
    • you want full matches more than interviews.

    About: loneliness · fame · the body

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  5. La teoría del todo 2014

    Película

    La película gira en torno a la vida de Stephen Hawking, el importante teórico y divulgador científico que cambió la historia de la ciencia y la tecnología moderna para siempre. La película se centrará en la relación que mantuvo el británico con Jane Wilde, su primera mujer, con quien contrajo matrimonio después de que le diagnosticaran una enfermedad por la que no le quedaban más de dos años de vida.

    Las caras de La teoría del todo

    • Un joven físico al que le dan dos años de vida
    • Un matrimonio puesto a prueba por la enfermedad
    • Una mente que sigue adelante

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta un actor que transforma todo su cuerpo.
    • te gusta una historia de amor real con un final agridulce.
    • te gusta una historia de amor contada a lo largo de décadas.

    Mala para ti si

    • ver cómo un cuerpo falla poco a poco es demasiado duro para ti.
    • pones los ojos en blanco con los discursos inspiradores. Stephen da uno casi al final.

    Temas: el amor · el tiempo · la perseverancia

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  6. I Am Heath Ledger 2017

    Documentary

    The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera.

    The sides of I Am Heath Ledger

    • Heath Ledger's own home videos
    • Friends and family remembering him
    • A young actor from Perth to Hollywood

    Good for you if

    • you want to see Heath Ledger through his own camera.
    • you want a portrait that moves you to tears.
    • you like hearing who he was away from the set.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take a story you know ends with an early death.
    • you roll your eyes at a tribute where everyone only praises.

    About: creativity · grief · fame

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  7. 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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  8. Fire of Love 2022

    Documentary

    A doomed love triangle between intrepid French scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft, and their beloved volcanoes.

    The sides of Fire of Love

    • Katia and Maurice Krafft, a married couple of volcanologists
    • Archive footage of eruptions and lava flows
    • A life spent getting as close as possible

    Good for you if

    • you like a real love story shared between two people and their volcanoes.
    • you like standing next to lava through someone else's camera.
    • you like eruptions filmed from far closer than anyone should be.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not watch a couple you know will die on a volcano.
    • you find grainy footage from the 1970s and 1980s dated.

    About: love · curiosity · risk · the forces of nature

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  9. 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

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  10. The secret life of a young World of Warcraft gamer is vividly reimagined when his online friends contact his family after his death.

    The sides of The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

    • A young man with a muscle wasting disease
    • His life online in World of Warcraft
    • Parents discovering his friends after his death

    Good for you if

    • you're ready to cry over a life that was richer than his parents knew.
    • you believe friends made online can be real friends.
    • you want a true story pieced together from his game logs and chat messages.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a Norwegian film.
    • you can't face a young man's illness and death.

    About: friendship · disability · grief

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  11. Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

    The sides of Saving Mr. Banks

    • P.L. Travers fighting Walt Disney over Mary Poppins
    • A childhood in Queensland with a drinking father
    • Songwriters at a piano in 1960s Los Angeles

    Good for you if

    • you like Emma Thompson's prickly author slowly letting people in.
    • you like a film that reveals the father behind Mr. Banks and makes you cry.
    • you like the true story behind a film you grew up with.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at Disney telling a heartwarming story about Disney.
    • you can't watch a little girl growing up with an alcoholic father.

    About: childhood · grief · fathers · creation

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  12. RBG 2018

    Documentary

    Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.

    The sides of RBG

    • Ruth Bader Ginsburg at 84
    • The equal rights cases she argued
    • Her marriage to Marty Ginsburg

    Good for you if

    • you want the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her own words.
    • you like seeing how a few court cases changed the law for women.
    • you're moved by her long marriage to Marty.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at an admiring portrait.
    • you need more than interviews and archive footage.

    About: equality · law · marriage

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  13. Dallas Buyers Club 2013

    Película

    Basada en la vida real de Ron Woodroof, un cowboy de rodeo texano, drogadicto y mujeriego, al que en 1986 le diagnosticaron SIDA y le pronosticaron un mes de vida. Empezó entonces a tomar AZT, el único medicamento disponible en aquella época para luchar contra tan terrible enfermedad

    Las caras de Dallas Buyers Club

    • Un vaquero de rodeo diagnosticado con VIH
    • Medicinas de contrabando a través de fronteras
    • Un socio improbable

    Buena para ti si

    • te gustan los actores transformados en cuerpo y alma.
    • te gustan las historias reales de gente que luchó contra el sistema.
    • te gusta un hombre lleno de prejuicios que cambia.

    Mala para ti si

    • la enfermedad y la muerte por sida son demasiado pesadas para ti esta noche.
    • prefieres evitar las escenas de sexo explícitas, o la estás viendo en familia.

    Temas: la supervivencia · los prejuicios · el desafío

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  14. 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

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  15. An in-depth look at the Canadian rock band Rush, chronicling the band's musical evolution from their progressive rock sound of the '70s to their current heavy rock style.

    The sides of Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

    • Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart
    • Decades of a Canadian rock band
    • Fans and fellow musicians on why it matters

    Good for you if

    • you love Rush or want to understand their sound.
    • you like three friends who stayed together for decades.
    • you want the band's whole story, from the start.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit with Neil Peart's loss of his daughter and wife.
    • you roll your eyes at fellow musicians lining up to praise a band.

    About: friendship · loyalty · craft

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  16. Una mente maravillosa 2001

    Película

    Obsesionado con la búsqueda de una idea matemática original, el brillante estudiante John Forbes Nash llega a Princeton para realizar sus estudios de postgrado. Es un muchacho extraño y solitario, al que sólo comprende su compañero de cuarto. Por fin, Nash esboza una revolucionaria teoría y consigue una plaza de profesor en el MIT. Alicia Lardé, una de sus alumnas, lo deja fascinado al mostrarle que las leyes del amor están por encima de las de las matemáticas. Gracias a su prodigiosa habilidad para descifrar códigos es reclutado por Parcher William, del departamento de Defensa, para ayudar a los Estados Unidos en la Guerra Fría contra la Unión Soviética.

    Las caras de Una mente maravillosa

    • Un genio de las matemáticas en Princeton
    • Códigos que solo él ve
    • Una esposa que se queda

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta un protagonista brillante y frágil.
    • te gusta una historia de amor que sobrevive a la enfermedad.
    • te gusta una película que te hace dudar de lo que viste.

    Mala para ti si

    • no puedes ver la enfermedad mental de cerca. La película se queda con Nash en lo peor.
    • pones los ojos en blanco ante los discursos sinceros. El discurso del Nobel a su esposa se entrega por completo.

    Temas: el genio · la enfermedad · el amor

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  17. Pamela, A Love Story 2023

    Documentary

    In her own words, through personal video and diaries, Pamela Anderson shares the story of her rise to fame, rocky romances and infamous sex tape scandal.

    The sides of Pamela, A Love Story

    • Pamela Anderson's home videos and diaries
    • A rise from small town Canada to Baywatch
    • A stolen sex tape and the tabloids

    Good for you if

    • you want Pamela Anderson telling her own story, from her home videos and diaries.
    • you like someone taking back a life the tabloids wrote for her.
    • you are curious about her marriages, Tommy Lee included.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't hear about childhood abuse and a stolen sex tape.
    • you need more than a woman reading her diaries at home.

    About: fame · privacy · love

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  18. Beckham 2023

    Documentary

    With never-before-seen footage, this docuseries follows David Beckham's meteoric rise from humble beginnings to global football stardom.

    The sides of Beckham

    • A boy from East London at Manchester United
    • A red card at the 1998 World Cup
    • A marriage to a Spice Girl

    Good for you if

    • you like football from the inside, Old Trafford to Madrid.
    • you like a famous man looking back on the years the press turned on him.
    • you like David and Victoria telling how they met and fell for each other.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a man relive the hate and threats he got after 1998.
    • four long episodes on one footballer's life is too much for you.

    About: fame · ambition · marriage

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  19. Dick Johnson Is Dead 2020

    Documentary

    With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.

    The sides of Dick Johnson Is Dead

    • A daughter filming her father's last years
    • Staged deaths with stunt doubles
    • A father living with dementia

    Good for you if

    • you can laugh at a daughter staging her father's death again and again.
    • you want to be moved by a father and daughter saying goodbye.
    • you like a close, playful bond between a father and his daughter.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a parent's memory fade right now.
    • you'd rather a documentary stay plain, without staged scenes of heaven.

    About: death · memory · father and daughter

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  20. John Candy: I Like Me 2025

    Documentary

    Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-before-seen archival footage, imagery, and interviews.

    The sides of John Candy: I Like Me

    • John Candy's life and comedy
    • Friends and family remembering him
    • Archive footage never seen before

    Good for you if

    • you grew up laughing at John Candy in Uncle Buck or Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
    • you can be moved by friends talking about a man they still miss.
    • you like hearing a real life told by the people who were there.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face grief and an early death on screen.
    • you roll your eyes at warm tributes from famous friends.

    About: kindness · grief · fame

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