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Burden of Dreams 1982
Documentary
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
The sides of Burden of Dreams
- Werner Herzog shooting Fitzcarraldo in the Amazon
- A steamboat pulled over a mountain
- A film crew facing accidents and delays
Good for you if
- you like watching a real film shoot slowly fall apart.
- you like the Peruvian jungle filmed up close.
- you like the sight of a whole steamboat hauled up a hill.
Bad for you if
- you find early 1980s footage dated.
- you need a film that moves faster than a jungle shoot.
About: obsession · filmmaking · nature
American Movie 1999
Documentary
American Movie documents the story of filmmaker Mark Borchardt, his mission, and his dream. Spanning over two years of intense struggle with his film, his family, financial decline, and spiritual crisis, American Movie is a portrayal of ambition, obsession, excess, and one man's quest for the American Dream.
The sides of American Movie
- A Wisconsin man determined to make his own movies
- His friend Mike and his elderly uncle Bill
- A short horror film called Coven
Good for you if
- you like spending time with a real dreamer who won't give up.
- you like laughing with people who are very much themselves.
- you want the real, messy side of making a film with no money.
Bad for you if
- you feel uneasy laughing at a real man's struggles.
- you can't take watching drinking, debt and family arguments.
About: ambition · obsession · the American dream · friendship
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991
Documentary
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
The sides of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
- The shoot of Apocalypse Now in the Philippines
- Footage filmed by Eleanor Coppola
- A typhoon, a heart attack and a director near breaking point
Good for you if
- you like seeing how a famous film almost never got made.
- you like watching Francis Ford Coppola stake everything on one film.
- you like the strange scenes of Brando improvising in the dark and Dennis Hopper rambling.
Bad for you if
- you want the battles of the film, not the chaos behind them.
- you find grainy 1970s home footage dated.
About: obsession · art · ego · madness
Tabloid 2011
Documentary
One of America's top documentary filmmakers turns his attention to the outrageous and nearly unbelievable story of Joyce McKinney, a former Miss Wyoming beauty queen who gained a great deal of notoriety after being accused of kidnapping a young Mormon missionary, restraining him in chains and raping him in 1977 England. The unbalanced McKinney is extensively interviewed, particularly about her ambition to write a memoir telling her side of the tale.
The sides of Tabloid
- A former beauty queen telling her side
- A Mormon missionary who vanished in 1977 England
- British tabloids racing for the scoop
Good for you if
- you like laughing at a true story so strange it sounds invented.
- you like a real 1977 scandal and the British tabloids that fought over it.
- you can't look away from Joyce McKinney telling her version with total conviction.
Bad for you if
- you need to know at the end who was telling the truth.
- you can't hear a kidnapping and rape accusation told as a strange, funny story.
About: obsession · the press · truth
Tiger King 2020
Documentary
A zoo owner spirals out of control amid a cast of eccentric characters in this true murder-for-hire story from the underworld of big cat breeding.
The sides of Tiger King
- A private zoo full of tigers in Oklahoma
- A feud between Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin
- A murder-for-hire plot
Good for you if
- you can laugh at how far a feud between zoo owners goes.
- you like a real story stranger than anything you'd make up.
- you like a cast of big cat breeders who each seem invented.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch big cats kept in cages and badly treated.
- you need answers, and the disappearance of Carole Baskin's husband is never solved.
About: obsession · rivalry · greed
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
Woody Allen: A Documentary 2011
Documentary
An intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his life, family and friends; his writing and directing habits, and his relationship with performers.
The sides of Woody Allen: A Documentary
- Woody Allen at his typewriter
- His stand-up years in New York
- Actors who worked with him
Good for you if
- you like seeing how Woody Allen writes and directs.
- you like his old stand-up jokes and TV clips.
- you like going back to Annie Hall and Manhattan through clips and stories from the set.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through three hours on one filmmaker.
- you want more than interviews and film clips.
About: creativity · work · comedy
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead 2018
Documentary
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
The sides of They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
- Orson Welles making his last film
- The Other Side of the Wind
- Years of chaotic shooting and money troubles
Good for you if
- you want the real story behind a film shot over years and left unfinished.
- you like a portrait of a stubborn filmmaker late in life.
- you love old Hollywood and the era of Welles.
Bad for you if
- you need a story told in order, without a flood of archive footage.
- you want a warm, easy watch rather than a chaotic shoot.
About: ambition · legacy · art
Érase una vez en… Hollywood 2019
Película
Los Angeles, 1969. La estrella de televisión Rick Dalton, un actor en horas bajas especializado en westerns, y el doble de acción Cliff Booth, su mejor amigo, tratan de sobrevivir a una industria cinematográfica en constante cambio. Dalton es vecino de la joven y prometedora actriz y modelo Sharon Tate, que acaba de casarse con el prestigioso director polaco Roman Polanski…
Las caras de Érase una vez en… Hollywood
- Un actor de televisión en declive y su doble
- Los Ángeles en 1969
- Un día cualquiera y una noche que lo cambia
Buena para ti si
- te gusta pasar el rato con los personajes más que seguir una trama.
- te gustan los actores que hablan en coches y en sets de rodaje.
- te encantan la música, los coches y los cines de 1969.
Mala para ti si
- no puedes reírte cuando alguien sale lastimado, y Tarantino trata las peleas de Cliff como comedia.
- una última escena muy violenta te arruinaría la película.
Temas: la fama · la amistad · la nostalgia
Money Heist: From Tokyo to Berlin 2021
Documentary
The filmmakers and actors behind "Money Heist" characters like Tokyo and the Professor talk about the emotional artistic process of filming the series.
The sides of Money Heist: From Tokyo to Berlin
- The cast and creators of Money Heist
- Behind the scenes of the final part
- Actors talking about Tokyo, the Professor and Berlin
Good for you if
- you love Tokyo, the Professor and Berlin and want to meet the actors.
- you like a cast that grew close over years of filming.
Bad for you if
- you want the tension of the heist, not actors looking back on it.
About: acting · farewells · teamwork
Lost in La Mancha 2002
Documentary
Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.
The sides of Lost in La Mancha
- Terry Gilliam shooting Don Quixote in Spain
- A flash flood on the set
- A lead actor too injured to ride
Good for you if
- you like watching a real film shoot fall apart day by day.
- you can laugh when storms, jets overhead and bad luck all pile up.
- you like Terry Gilliam holding on to a dream he can't let go.
Bad for you if
- you need some hope, and can't watch a man's dream project crumble around him.
- you need momentum. Much of the film is meetings, fittings and waiting for actors before the cameras roll.
About: ambition · failure · filmmaking
Intocable 2011
Película
Un hombre tetraplégico y millonario contrata como cuidador a domicilio a Driss, un inmigrante de un barrio marginal recién salido de la cárcel. Aunque no parece la persona más indicada, congenian hasta forjar una amistad tan sólida como inesperada.
Las caras de Intocable
- Un hombre rico que no puede moverse
- Un cuidador de los suburbios
- Una amistad que nadie esperaba
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una comedia en la que dos hombres opuestos se pican.
- te gusta una película que sienta bien y que además te emociona.
- te gusta una historia real, con los verdaderos Philippe y Abdel al final.
Mala para ti si
- no lees subtítulos. Está en francés, aunque existe una versión doblada.
- no te ríes de los chistes sobre un hombre que no puede moverse.
Temas: la amistad · la discapacidad · las clases sociales
Pumping Iron 1977
Documentary
Amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests as five-time champion Arnold Schwarzenegger defends his Mr. Olympia title against Serge Nubret and the shy young Lou Ferrigno.
The sides of Pumping Iron
- Arnold Schwarzenegger chasing a sixth Mr. Olympia
- The shy young Lou Ferrigno
- Gyms and contests in 1975
Good for you if
- you like the training and rivalry behind a bodybuilding title.
- you want to see Schwarzenegger before Hollywood.
- you can't look away from young Arnold's charm and mind games.
Bad for you if
- a grainy 1977 documentary feels dated to you.
- you can't root for a champion who boasts he skipped his father's funeral to train.
About: ambition · rivalry · the body
Crumb 1995
Documentary
This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Through interviews with his mother, two brothers, wife, ex-wife and ex-girlfriends, as well as selections from his vast quantity of graphic art, we are treated to a darkly comic ride through one man's subconscious mind.
The sides of Crumb
- The cartoonist Robert Crumb at home and on the street
- His two troubled brothers
- Underground comics from the sixties
Good for you if
- you like a portrait of an artist that doesn't look away from his obsessions.
- you can laugh at a family this strange and this sad.
- you're drawn to the odd corners of sixties counterculture.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see Crumb's sexual drawings up close.
- you can't take mental illness and a family falling apart on screen.
About: art · brothers · obsession · the family

Making 'The Shining' 1980
Documentary
Directed and edited by Stanley Kubrick's daughter Vivian Kubrick, this film offers a look behind the scenes during the making of The Shining.
The sides of Making 'The Shining'
- Stanley Kubrick at work on set
- Jack Nicholson getting into character
- Shelley Duvall under pressure
Good for you if
- you want to see how The Shining was really made.
- you love Kubrick and the cinema of that era.
- you like watching Jack Nicholson work himself up before a take.
Bad for you if
- you want to be scared, and this is the set, not the film.
- you want the big scenes, not rehearsals and breaks.
About: filmmaking · pressure · obsession
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters 2007
Documentary
In this hilarious arcade showdown, a humble novice goes head-to-head against the reigning Donkey Kong champ in a confrontation that rocks the gaming world to its processors! For over 20 years, Billy Mitchell has owned the throne of the Donkey Kong world. No one could beat his top score until now. Newcomer Steve Wiebe claims to have beaten the unbeatable, but Mitchell isn't ready to relinquish his crown without a fight. Go behind the barrels as the two battle it out in a vicious war to earn the title of the true King of Kong.
The sides of The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
- A Donkey Kong world record
- A humble family man from Washington state
- A reigning champion who won't let go
Good for you if
- you like the odd world of competitive Donkey Kong.
- you like a rivalry where the prize is a high score.
- you want a true story about real people, with an underdog to root for.
Bad for you if
- you need more happening than men at an arcade cabinet.
- you need beautiful images. This is camcorder footage in fluorescent-lit arcades.
About: obsession · rivalry · recognition
Weiner 2016
Documentary
Documentary featuring a jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes look at the attempted comeback of Anthony Weiner in 2013 as he mounts a campaign for New York City mayor in the wake of his sexting scandal. Featuring unfettered access to the candidate and his campaign.
The sides of Weiner
- Anthony Weiner running for New York mayor in 2013
- A new sexting scandal breaking mid-campaign
- Huma Abedin watching from the campaign office
Good for you if
- you like a camera that keeps rolling while a campaign falls apart.
- you want to see a New York mayoral race from the inside.
- you can laugh at a candidate digging himself deeper on live television.
Bad for you if
- you can't root for a candidate who keeps hiding the truth from his own team.
- you need something light, and watching a marriage strain in public isn't.
About: ambition · shame · the media
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in 1996. How director Richard Stanley spent four years developing the project just to find an abrupt end to his work while leading actor Marlon Brando pulled the strings in the shadows. Now for the first time, the living key players recount what really happened and why it all went so spectacularly wrong.
The sides of Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
- A director fired from his own dream project
- Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer on a chaotic set
- A shoot in the jungle that falls apart
Good for you if
- you love true stories of films that went wrong.
- you laugh at how far a shoot can spin out of control.
- you like Richard Stanley's strange, mystical side.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather watch a film than hear people talk about one.
- you want one clear answer about who was to blame.
About: ambition · ego · hollywood
Listen to Me Marlon 2015
Documentary
With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen with Brando himself as your guide, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon's perspective, entirely in his own voice. No talking heads, no interviewees, just Brando on Brando and life.
The sides of Listen to Me Marlon
- Marlon Brando's private audio tapes
- A digital head of Brando speaking
- His life told in his own voice
Good for you if
- you like hearing Marlon Brando tell his own life, with no interviews.
- you like a portrait of a troubled man beyond his famous roles.
- you love clips of A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that moves, not a voice over archives.
- you can't take the family tragedies that marked his later life.
About: fame · acting · solitude
My Scientology Movie 2016
Documentary
After being denied access to the Church of Scientology's headquarters, documentarian Louis Theroux teams up with ex-Scientology official Marty Rathbun to stage re-enactments of alleged abuses within the organization. Theroux soon discovers that the church is watching his every move.
The sides of My Scientology Movie
- Louis Theroux shut out of Scientology
- Actors auditioning to play its leader
- Cameras filming the man who films them
Good for you if
- you like Louis Theroux's deadpan face to face moments.
- you like actors re-enacting scenes described by former members.
- you like Theroux being followed and filmed by the people he's filming.
Bad for you if
- you want answers, and the church never lets him in.
- you'd rather not hear former members describe alleged abuse.
About: control · faith · fear