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  1. How the Universe Works 2010

    Documentary

    A users' guide to the cosmos, from the Big Bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons: where did it all come from and how does it all fit together? A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.

    The sides of How the Universe Works

    • The Big Bang to black holes
    • Astrophysicists explaining the cosmos
    • Computer-animated planets and stars

    Good for you if

    • you like learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born.
    • you like feeling very small under the night sky.
    • you like exploding stars and colliding galaxies on a big screen.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't commit to 11 seasons of episodes.
    • you need people and a story, not a science lesson.

    About: the cosmos · physics · origins

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  2. 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

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  3. The Universe 2007

    Documentary

    From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in a wondrous yet deadly adventure through space and time.

    The sides of The Universe

    • The planets of the solar system
    • Black holes and dying stars
    • Astronomers explaining the cosmos

    Good for you if

    • you like feeling small next to galaxies and black holes.
    • you want a tour of the solar system and far beyond.
    • you want real astronomy explained by scientists.

    Bad for you if

    • nine seasons is too much for you.
    • you need characters to follow, not planets.

    About: the cosmos · time · scale

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  4. Tim's Vermeer 2013

    Documentary

    Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artista David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarques on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.

    The sides of Tim's Vermeer

    • An inventor who has never painted
    • A room in Texas rebuilt like Vermeer's
    • Mirrors, lenses and years of patience

    Good for you if

    • you like a theory tested with real lenses and mirrors.
    • you like a centuries old question about how Vermeer painted.
    • you like Dutch painting from the 1600s.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and months of painting wear you out.
    • you want Penn and Teller's stage comedy. Here they mostly watch a friend paint.

    About: art · obsession · patience

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  5. NOVA 1974

    Documentary

    PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.

    The sides of NOVA

    • The science behind the headlines
    • Scientists at work in labs and in the field
    • Space, the body, the planet and technology

    Good for you if

    • you want science explained carefully by the people who do it.
    • you like the feeling of understanding something huge about the universe.
    • you like episodes on animals, volcanoes and the planet.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face a series that has run for over fifty seasons.
    • you want characters to follow, not a new subject every episode.

    About: discovery · curiosity · knowledge

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  6. Life After People is a television series on which scientists, structural engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of Earth should humanity instantly disappear. The featured experts also talk about the impact of human extinction on the environment, and the vestiges of civilization thus left behind.

    The sides of Life After People: The Series

    • Cities without a single human
    • Engineers predicting how buildings fall
    • Nature taking back the streets

    Good for you if

    • you like imagining the world going on without us.
    • you like watching plants and animals take back a city.
    • you want experts explaining what would really happen to steel and concrete.

    Bad for you if

    • you need people and a story to follow.
    • you'd rather not spend an evening on a world where humanity is gone for good.

    About: time · extinction · nature

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  7. Welcome to Wrexham 2022

    Documentary

    Documentary series tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars (Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds) take ownership of the town’s historic yet struggling football club.

    The sides of Welcome to Wrexham

    • Two Hollywood actors buying a Welsh football club
    • A working-class town in North Wales
    • Fans, players and staff of Wrexham AFC

    Good for you if

    • you like the ups and downs of a lower league football season.
    • you like being moved by a town that lives for its club.
    • you laugh at Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds learning football.

    Bad for you if

    • five seasons is too much for you.
    • you roll your eyes at heartfelt underdog stories.

    About: community · hope · belonging

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  8. That Sugar Film 2014

    Documentary

    One man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy'. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves.

    The sides of That Sugar Film

    • Damon Gameau eating a high sugar diet for sixty days
    • Sugar hidden in so-called healthy foods
    • Doctors checking his body along the way

    Good for you if

    • you like a man testing a diet on his own body.
    • you want a health film with jokes and playful sketches.
    • you like a claim checked with doctors and blood tests.

    Bad for you if

    • you need suspense, and this is a diet experiment.
    • you roll your eyes at a film that wants you to change your shopping.

    About: health · food · the food industry

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  9. A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek's most exciting ideas on personal subjectivity, fantasy and reality, desire and sexuality.

    The sides of The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

    • Slavoj Žižek talking through famous films
    • Rebuilt sets from Hitchcock and Lynch films
    • Psychoanalysis applied to desire and fantasy

    Good for you if

    • you like an excited philosopher talking nonstop about movies.
    • you like strange readings of Psycho, The Birds and Blue Velvet.
    • you love classic Hollywood and want to see it with new eyes.

    Bad for you if

    • two and a half hours of lecture is too much for you.
    • you need a story with people to follow, not one man talking over film clips.

    About: desire · fantasy · cinema

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  10. 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

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  11. Kevin Smith interacts in Q&A sessions throughout various college stops in the USA.

    The sides of An Evening with Kevin Smith

    • Kevin Smith answering students' questions
    • Stories from making his films
    • A college Q&A tour

    Good for you if

    • you like a director telling long, rambling behind-the-scenes stories.
    • you like Kevin Smith's foul-mouthed, self-mocking humour.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly four hours of one man talking is too much for you.
    • you want something to look at beyond a man with a microphone.

    About: filmmaking · Hollywood · fandom

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  12. Marte (The Martian) 2015

    Película

    Un explorador espacial queda atrapado en Marte, luego de ser abandonado por los miembros de su tripulación, quienes pensaron que había muerto a consecuencia de una tormenta. Casi sin recursos y con solo su ingenio, intentará sobrevivir mientras la NASA, por un lado, y los miembros de su tripulación, por su propia cuenta, intentan rescatarlo.

    Las caras de Marte (The Martian)

    • Un astronauta abandonado en Marte
    • Cultivar patatas con ciencia
    • Todo un planeta intentando traerlo de vuelta

    Buena para ti si

    • te gustan los problemas resueltos con ciencia real, paso a paso.
    • te gusta un héroe que sobrevive a base de bromas y música disco.
    • quieres una película llena de esperanza donde gente brillante colabora.

    Mala para ti si

    • quieres acción. Esto es sobre todo resolver problemas.
    • casi dos horas y media en Marte te parecen demasiado.

    Temas: la supervivencia · el ingenio · la cooperación

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  13. Return to Space 2022

    Documentary

    The inspirational rise of SpaceX as well as Elon Musk's two-decade effort to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions.

    The sides of Return to Space

    • SpaceX's early rockets and failures
    • Rockets landing upright to fly again
    • Two NASA astronauts on a SpaceX capsule

    Good for you if

    • you like watching a crewed launch to the space station up close.
    • you want to see a rocket land itself upright on a barge at sea.
    • you like the real engineers and astronauts behind SpaceX's first crewed flight.

    Bad for you if

    • an upbeat story about a company and its founder makes you roll your eyes.
    • over two hours is a lot for you in one documentary.

    About: ambition · exploration · failure

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  14. Penn & Teller: Bull! 2003

    Documentary

    This daring original series stars postmodern bad boys of magic Penn & Teller as they question many of our culture's most cherished and widely held beliefs. From the truth about palm readings and TV psychics to the reality behind Feng Shui and Ouija boards, the archly comic masters of misdirection host this eye-opening analysis of the middle-ground between perception and reality.

    The sides of Penn & Teller: Bull!

    • Two magicians testing psychics and palm readers
    • Feng Shui and Ouija boards under the microscope
    • A loud, swearing host and a silent partner

    Good for you if

    • you like Penn ranting and Teller staying silent while they take a belief apart.
    • you like real people, real claims and a hidden camera or two.
    • you want every claim checked against the evidence.

    Bad for you if

    • eight seasons of half-hour episodes is too much for you.
    • you'd rather not see the nudity in some episodes.

    About: skepticism · belief · deception

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  15. Hawking gives us the ultimate guide to the universe, a ripping yarn based on real science, spanning the whole of space and time -- from the nature of the universe itself, to the chances of alien life, and the real possibility of time travel.

    The sides of Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking

    • Stephen Hawking's ideas about the cosmos
    • The chances of alien life
    • Whether time travel is possible

    Good for you if

    • you like imagining the universe from the Big Bang to its end.
    • you like wondering what alien life might look like.
    • you want big questions grounded in real physics.

    Bad for you if

    • you need people and a story, not a guided tour of the cosmos.
    • you need things to happen, not ideas explained over CGI.

    About: time · the cosmos · curiosity

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  16. Interstellar 2014

    Película

    En una Tierra moribunda, un antiguo piloto de la NASA deja atrás a sus dos hijos para cruzar un agujero de gusano y buscar un planeta donde pueda vivir la humanidad.

    Las caras de Interstellar

    • El padre y la hija
    • Una ciencia en la que puedes creer
    • El órgano y el silencio
    • La soledad allá arriba

    Buena para ti si

    • las despedidas te afectan más que las explosiones.
    • te gustan los agujeros de gusano, los agujeros negros y un planeta donde una hora cuesta años.
    • quieres sentirte muy pequeño en tu butaca.

    Mala para ti si

    • prefieres no pensar en la relatividad y en el tiempo que se estira para seguir una historia.
    • los grandes discursos sobre el amor te hacen poner los ojos en blanco.
    • casi tres horas son demasiado para una noche.

    Temas: el tiempo · el sacrificio · el hogar · los que se quedan atrás

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  17. How It's Made 2001

    Documentary

    Have you ever wondered how the products you use every day are made? How It's Made leads you through the process of how everyday products, such as apple juice, skateboards, engines, contact lenses, and many more objects are manufactured.

    The sides of How It's Made

    • Factory lines making everyday objects
    • Apple juice, skateboards and engines
    • Short segments with a calm narrator

    Good for you if

    • you like calm machines doing their job, nothing at stake.
    • you want hundreds of short episodes to dip into, from apple juice to engines.
    • you want something curious kids can watch with you.

    Bad for you if

    • you need people and stories to care about.
    • you need something to happen to stay awake.

    About: curiosity · work · objects

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  18. Purple colors the city of Los Angeles, as BTS brings their "Permission to Dance" concert to SoFi Stadium for the first time in two years. In a stadium radiating anticipation and cheer, splendid performances from "On" to "Permission to Dance" glorify the stage that now comes to life on screen. Be united once again by the power of music.

    The sides of BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage - LA

    • BTS live at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles
    • A stadium lit in purple
    • Songs from On to Permission to Dance

    Good for you if

    • you love BTS and want the full setlist.
    • you want the feeling of a packed stadium on screen.
    • you like the members' heartfelt thank-you speeches to their fans.

    Bad for you if

    • two hours of concert is too much for you.
    • you'd rather see the members off stage than a filmed show.

    About: music · fandom · reunion

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  19. Oppenheimer 2023

    Película

    Película sobre el físico J. Robert Oppenheimer y su papel como desarrollador de la bomba atómica. Basada en el libro 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer' de Kai Bird y Martin J. Sherwin.

    Las caras de Oppenheimer

    • El hombre que construyó la bomba
    • Un pueblo secreto en el desierto
    • Una audiencia que decide su destino

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una interpretación protagonista sostenida por la mirada.
    • te gustan las salas llenas de gente brillante discutiendo.
    • quieres sentir la primera prueba en el pecho.

    Mala para ti si

    • tres horas de conversación son demasiado para una sola noche.
    • quieres acción. Son sobre todo reuniones y audiencias.
    • quieres una historia contada en orden. Salta entre épocas.

    Temas: la culpa · el poder · la ciencia

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  20. Mayday 2003

    Documentary

    Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.

    The sides of Mayday

    • Real air disasters reconstructed
    • Cockpit voice recordings and crash investigators
    • The chain of small errors behind each crash

    Good for you if

    • you like reliving the last minutes in a cockpit.
    • you like eyewitnesses and real air crash experts telling what happened.
    • you like investigators piecing together a crash from the wreckage.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't commit to twenty six seasons.
    • you're nervous on planes and have a flight coming up.

    About: human error · safety · disaster

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