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Nostalgia for the Light 2010
Documentary
In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.
The sides of Nostalgia for the Light
- Astronomers in Chile's Atacama Desert
- Women searching the sand for their dead
- Pinochet's political prisoners
Good for you if
- you like looking at the stars and thinking about where we come from.
- you like a quiet, patient film that leaves room to think.
- you want to understand how Chile lives with the Pinochet years.
Bad for you if
- you can't face mothers still searching for the remains of their children.
About: memory · grief · the cosmos · justice
Encounters at the End of the World 2008
Documentary
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and a group of truly unique people who risk their lives to study it. Centered at McMurdo Station, the United States' largest Antarctic research center, Herzog explores the minds of the scientists willing to abandon civilization and endure volatile conditions to learn more about the continent's wildlife and awe-inspiring natural wonders.
The sides of Encounters at the End of the World
- A research station in Antarctica
- Divers under the ice
- A penguin heading inland alone
Good for you if
- you like ice caves, volcanoes and seals under the sea ice.
- you like silent dives beneath the Antarctic ice.
- you like Werner Herzog's odd questions to odd people.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and this one wanders at Herzog's pace.
- you'd rather not hear musings on the end of humanity.
About: nature · solitude · science · the end of the world
A Trip to Infinity 2022
Documentary
Does infinity exist? Can we experience the Infinite? In an animated film (created by artists from 10 countries) the world's most cutting-edge scientists and mathematicians go in search of the infinite and its mind-bending implications for the universe. Eminent mathematicians, particle physicists and cosmologists dive into infinity and its mind-bending implications for the universe.
The sides of A Trip to Infinity
- Mathematicians and physicists on infinity
- Animated sequences from artists in ten countries
- Hotels with infinite rooms and endless universes
Good for you if
- you like your head spinning at the size of the universe.
- you like a paradox you keep thinking about after the film.
- you like cosmologists asking if the universe goes on forever.
Bad for you if
- you want people and stories, not ideas.
- you don't like a documentary carried by animation.
About: infinity · time · the universe
A Brief History of Time 1991
Documentary
Partly adapted from cosmologist Stephen Hawking's popular book about his theories of the universe, this in-depth documentary also presents Hawking's daily life as he deals with the ALS that renders him virtually immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawking's friends, family, former classmates and peers are interviewed about not only his theories but the man himself.
The sides of A Brief History of Time
- Stephen Hawking speaking through a computer
- Black holes and the origin of time
- Family and classmates remembering him
Good for you if
- you like being shown how small we are next to the universe.
- you want the man behind the book, his illness and his family.
- you love black holes, the Big Bang and where time comes from.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum and quiet interviews lose you.
- you can't watch an illness slowly take away a man's body and voice.
About: time · the universe · disability · curiosity
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds 2020
Documentary
This remarkable journey across our planet and universe explores how meteorites, shooting stars, and deep impacts have awoken our wonder about other realms—and make us rethink our destinies.
The sides of Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
- Werner Herzog chasing meteorites
- Craters from Mexico to Australia
- Scientists and believers who read the sky
Good for you if
- you like Herzog in awe before giant craters and the night sky.
- you like hearing where shooting stars come from.
- you like the odd people and rituals that gather around meteorites.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and Herzog takes his time.
- you want explosions, not crater visits.
About: the cosmos · belief · curiosity

Blue 1993
Documentary
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.
The sides of Blue
- A single blue screen for the whole film
- Derek Jarman's voice on losing his sight
- Music and sound in place of images
Good for you if
- you like a film that is only one colour and a voice.
- you like a soundtrack of voices and music that does all the work.
- you want Derek Jarman's own account of living with AIDS.
Bad for you if
- you need images to hold your attention.
- you can't take a film about dying of AIDS.
- you need momentum. Its voices and sounds drift slowly for 79 minutes.
About: illness · death · blindness
The Wild Blue Yonder 2005
Documentary
An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.
The sides of The Wild Blue Yonder
- An alien narrator from a dying planet
- Real astronauts in orbit
- Footage from under the Antarctic ice
Good for you if
- you like Werner Herzog turning real footage into a science fiction tale.
- you like the feeling of drifting through space and ice.
- you love dreamlike images of divers under the ice.
Bad for you if
- you need science fiction where the science holds up.
- you need momentum. Herzog lingers for minutes on astronauts floating in orbit.
About: exile · the end of a world · the search for a home
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey 2017
Documentary
A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet.
The sides of Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
- The birth of the universe
- Life appearing and evolving on Earth
- A narrator asking questions to a mother figure
Good for you if
- you like feeling small in front of billions of years.
- you want galaxies, volcanoes and cells as pure images.
- you like the cosmos from its first moment to its end.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that moves, not a long meditation.
- you roll your eyes at whispered questions to the universe.
About: creation · the meaning of life · time
Naqoyqatsi 2002
Documentary
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
The sides of Naqoyqatsi
- A wordless montage of a digital world
- A Philip Glass score with Yo-Yo Ma's cello
- Archive images reworked by computers
Good for you if
- you like letting images wash over you for an hour and a half.
- you like a Philip Glass score carrying a whole film.
- you like the third Qatsi film's strange computer-made imagery.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that moves forward.
- you want people talking, and nobody speaks here.
About: technology · violence · modern life
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself 2020
Documentary
Storyteller and Conceptual Magician Derek DelGaudio attempts to understand the illusory nature of identity and answer the deceptively simple question 'Who am I?'
The sides of Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
- A magician alone on a small stage
- Audience members choosing who they are
- Card tricks that turn into confessions
Good for you if
- you like magic that leaves you quiet rather than clapping.
- you can watch one man hold a room with stories and cards for ninety minutes.
- you'd rather keep a question like "who am I" than get it answered.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at a stage show that asks you to be moved.
- you need momentum. Most of it is one man speaking softly on a small stage.
About: identity · illusion · being seen
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage 1980
Documentary
Carl Sagan covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.
The sides of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
- Carl Sagan explaining the universe
- The whole history of the cosmos on one calendar
- A spaceship of the imagination
Good for you if
- you like feeling small in front of the age of the universe.
- you like stars, planets and how we learned what they are.
- you like a scientist who speaks about humanity with real feeling.
Bad for you if
- you find 1980 effects and pacing dated.
- you need momentum. Carl Sagan takes his time, with long pauses on music and images of space.
About: our place in the universe · science · humanity
2001. Una odisea del espacio 1968
Película
Mientras investigan la aparición de misteriosos monolitos en el universo, dos astronautas luchan contra la inteligencia artificial de su nave.
Las caras de 2001. Una odisea del espacio
- Simios que descubren las herramientas
- Una computadora que no abre las puertas
- Un viaje más allá del infinito
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las naves que bailan un vals al ritmo de El Danubio azul, en planos perfectamente compuestos.
- te gusta una película que avanza como una sinfonía.
- quieres sentirte pequeño ante el universo.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas personajes con los que conectar. Dave y Frank siguen fríos y tranquilos, y la computadora HAL es la que muestra más sentimiento.
- quieres que pase algo. Hay tramos largos en silencio.
- quieres una explicación clara del final.
Temas: la evolución · la tecnología · lo desconocido
The Social Dilemma 2020
Documentary
This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
The sides of The Social Dilemma
- Former tech insiders explaining what they built
- A fictional family glued to their phones
- The algorithm played by three actors
Good for you if
- you want to hear from the people who designed the like button and the feed.
- you like seeing who profits from the hours you spend scrolling.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at dramatized scenes and warnings about the end of society.
- you can't take figures on teen self-harm and depression.
About: technology · manipulation · addiction
Into the Inferno 2016
Documentary
With stunning views of eruptions and lava flows, Werner Herzog captures the raw power of volcanoes and their ties to indigenous spiritual practices.
The sides of Into the Inferno
- Werner Herzog and volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer
- Lava lakes in Vanuatu and Ethiopia
- A North Korean volcano treated as sacred
Good for you if
- you like standing at the edge of a boiling lava lake.
- you want eruptions and lava flows filmed up close.
- you like Herzog drifting from volcanoes to cults and myths.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, not Herzog's long detours.
- you want eruptions back to back, not interviews between them.
About: nature · belief · the end of the world
Lessons of Darkness 1992
Documentary
Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed this apocalyptic landscape with its murky skies, scorched earth and capricious flames.
The sides of Lessons of Darkness
- Kuwait's oil fields burning after the Gulf War
- Firefighters capping the wells
- Werner Herzog filming Earth like another planet
Good for you if
- you like burning oil fields filmed like an alien world.
- you like images carried by Wagner and Verdi.
- you like Werner Herzog's strange, poetic way of seeing.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum. Long shots of burning wells glide by with barely a word.
- you want things explained. Herzog never lays out the war and narrates it like science fiction.
About: war · apocalypse · landscape
The Midnight Gospel 2020
Series
Traversing trippy worlds inside his universe simulator, Clancy the space caster explores existential questions about life, death and everything in between.
The sides of The Midnight Gospel
- A space caster interviewing people in dying worlds
- Real podcast conversations about death and meditation
- A last talk between a son and his mother
Good for you if
- you like psychedelic worlds where anything can melt or explode.
- you like long, calm conversations about life and death.
- you like being moved, and the last talk between Clancy and his mother can bring tears.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you need a plot that moves, and Clancy mostly talks while worlds end around him.
About: death · acceptance · meditation
Cave of Forgotten Dreams 2010
Documentary
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.
The sides of Cave of Forgotten Dreams
- The Chauvet cave in southern France
- The oldest known paintings by humans
- Werner Herzog's voice in the dark
Good for you if
- you feel awe before horses painted more than thirty thousand years ago.
- you want to see a prehistoric cave few people will ever enter.
- you like rock walls lit by torchlight, filmed up close.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, not long silent shots of cave walls.
- you roll your eyes at Herzog's strange musings and albino crocodiles.
About: prehistory · art · time
AlphaGo 2017
Documentary
The ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial intelligence. Yet in 2016, Google's DeepMind team announced that they would be taking on Lee Sedol, the world's most elite Go champion. AlphaGo chronicles the team as it prepares to test the limits of its rapidly-evolving AI technology. The film pits man against machine, and reveals as much about the workings of the human mind as it does the future of AI.
The sides of AlphaGo
- Google DeepMind's program against Lee Sedol
- A five-game Go match in Seoul
- Engineers watching their machine play
Good for you if
- you like holding your breath over a single move on a Go board.
- you like a champion facing an opponent nobody has faced before.
- you want to see the real match that made the news in 2016.
Bad for you if
- you need more on screen than two players and a board.
- you won't read subtitles for the Korean commentary and interviews.
About: artificial intelligence · man against machine · defeat

Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers 2018
Documentary
Area 51, flying saucers from another world - and the program to create a fierce technology. Bob Lazar remains the singular most famous and controversial name in the world of UFOs. The reason you know about Area 51 is because Lazar came forward and told you about it. His disclosures have turned his life upside-down and he has tried to stay out of the spotlight. For this reason, he has never let any filmmaker into the private world of his daily life - that is - until now. Corbell’s film explores Lazar’s claims through the lens of thirty years - providing rare and never before revealed footage - guaranteed to alter the landscape of the debate.
The sides of Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
- Bob Lazar, who says he worked on alien craft
- Area 51 and flying saucers
- Thirty years of the same claims
Good for you if
- you like stories about flying saucers and secret bases.
- you like weighing a man's claims for yourself.
- you want to meet the man who made Area 51 famous.
Bad for you if
- you need hard proof before you hear out a UFO story.
- you need momentum. Much of it is a quiet look at Lazar's daily life.
About: secrets · belief · government
Unacknowledged 2017
Documentary
Dr. Steven Greer presents brand new top-secret evidence supporting extraterrestrial contact, including witness testimony, classified documents, and UFO footage, while also exploring the consequences of ruthlessly enforcing such secrecy.
The sides of Unacknowledged
- Dr. Steven Greer on UFO secrecy
- Witness testimony and classified documents
- UFO footage
Good for you if
- you like the idea that aliens have already been here.
- you enjoy pulling at the thread of a government cover-up.
- you like hearing former military and intelligence insiders tell what they say they saw.
Bad for you if
- you need hard proof before you believe in alien visitors.
- you need momentum, and you get mostly interviews and documents.
About: secrecy · belief · the unknown