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The Dissident 2020
Documentary
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together the clues to a brutal murder and expose a global cover up perpetrated by the very country he loved.
The sides of The Dissident
- A journalist who walks into a consulate in Istanbul
- His fiancée waiting outside
- Dissidents fighting a state online
Good for you if
- you want the facts of the Jamal Khashoggi case laid out piece by piece.
- you like an investigation that plays like a thriller.
- you want to understand how a state hunts its critics abroad.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit with a real murder and the grief of the people left behind.
- you can't hear the details of a killing described.
About: free speech · surveillance · impunity
Collective 2019
Documentary
In the aftermath of a tragic fire in a Romanian club, burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life threatening. A team of investigative journalists move into action uncovering the mass corruption of the health system and of the state institutions. Collective follows journalists, whistle blowers, and authorities alike. An immersive and uncompromising look into a dysfunctional system, exposing corruption, propaganda, and manipulation that nowadays affect not only Romania, but societies around the world.
The sides of Collective
- A nightclub fire in Bucharest
- Sports journalists investigating hospitals
- A new health minister inside the system
Good for you if
- you want a true investigation filmed as it happens.
- you like seeing how corruption reaches from hospitals to ministers.
- you like a documentary that plays like a political thriller.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Romanian.
- you can't watch burn victims and grieving families on screen.
About: corruption · journalism · grief · public health
Chernobyl 2019
Serie
En Abril de 1986, la Central Nuclear de Chernóbil en Ucrania (en aquel entonces, la Unión Soviética), sufrió una explosión masiva que liberó material radioactivo en Bielorrusia, Rusia, Ucrania, así como en zonas de Escandinavia y Europa Central. La serie relata lo que aconteció en 1986, en uno de los mayores desastres provocados por el hombre en la historia reciente, así como los sacrificios realizados para salvar al continente de un desastre sin precedentes.
Las caras de Chernobyl
- La noche en que explotó un reactor
- Científicos contra las mentiras de un Estado
- Hombres enviados al tejado
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una angustia que nunca suelta.
- quieres entender un desastre real.
- puedes con una historia sombría y sin adornos.
Mala para ti si
- la enfermedad por radiación mostrada con detalle es demasiado dura para ti.
- no soportas ver animales abatidos a tiros. Los soldados limpian la zona de las mascotas abandonadas.
Temas: la verdad · el sacrificio · la mentira
Citizenfour 2014
Documentary
In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.
The sides of Citizenfour
- Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel room
- Journalists deciding what to publish
- A fire alarm that makes everyone freeze
Good for you if
- you like the days before a leak, filmed as they happen in one hotel room.
- you want to watch Snowden explain, in his own words, why he did it.
- you like seeing how governments watch their own citizens.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and most of it is people talking at a desk.
- you want scale and sound, not a laptop and a hotel bed.
About: surveillance · privacy · courage
Mr. Nobody Against Putin 2025
Documentary
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his own school.
The sides of Mr. Nobody Against Putin
- A teacher filming in his own school
- War propaganda in Russian classrooms
- A small Russian town
Good for you if
- you want to see what Russian schools did after the invasion of Ukraine.
- you want to see how propaganda reaches children.
- you want to see a war from far behind the front.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you need some hope by the end.
About: propaganda · courage · childhood

Bus 174 2002
Documentary
On 12 June 2000, in Rio de Janeiro, Ônibus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to kill all the passengers. Transmitted live on all national networks, this shocking and tragic event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the most terrifying examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.
The sides of Bus 174
- A bus held hostage in Rio in 2000
- Live television footage of the standoff
- The life of the young man holding the gun
Good for you if
- you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.
- you can sit through hours of a standoff that could break at any second.
- you can take a true story with no comfort at the end.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real footage of a hostage taking that ends in death.
- you can't face a street kid's life of loss, prison and police abuse.
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Portuguese.
About: poverty · police violence · invisibility
Icarus 2017
Documentary
While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer despite shocking allegations that place Rodchenkov at the center of Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program.
The sides of Icarus
- An amateur cyclist doping himself to test the system
- A Russian scientist on Skype calls
- Russia's state doping programme at the Olympics
Good for you if
- you like a film that starts as a stunt and turns into a political thriller.
- you want to know how athletes beat the drug tests.
- you like a true story told by the man who ran Russia's anti-doping lab.
Bad for you if
- you want an easygoing sports film. Icarus is about doping, lies and a whistleblower who fears for his safety.
- you want more than calls, documents and interviews.
About: cheating · courage · the state
The Great Hack 2019
Documentary
Data—arguably the world’s most valuable asset—is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered through the unpredictable, personal journeys of players on different sides of the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data story.
The sides of The Great Hack
- Cambridge Analytica and Facebook data
- A former insider who turns whistleblower
- Brexit and the 2016 US election
Good for you if
- you want to understand the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- you like stories about who controls elections and how.
- you like a documentary that plays like a political thriller.
Bad for you if
- you need some hope, not a worrying look at your own data.
- you lose track when a film follows Brittany Kaiser, David Carroll and a journalist all at once.
About: privacy · democracy · manipulation
Athlete A 2020
Documentary
Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts.
The sides of Athlete A
- Reporters at the Indianapolis Star
- Gymnasts telling what Larry Nassar did
- A federation that protected itself
Good for you if
- you want to hear the gymnasts tell their story in their own words.
- you want to see how USA Gymnastics kept the abuse quiet for years.
- you like following a newspaper investigation as it closes in.
Bad for you if
- you can't take testimony about the sexual abuse of young athletes.
- you want something gentle and safe to watch tonight.
About: abuse · justice · courage · journalism
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
The Edge of Democracy 2019
Documentary
A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.
The sides of The Edge of Democracy
- Lula and Dilma Rousseff up close
- An impeachment seen from inside the palace
- A director whose own family is part of the story
Good for you if
- you like watching who really holds power in a country fall apart in real time.
- you want the Brazil of Lula and Dilma Rousseff filmed from the inside.
- you like a political story told through the director's own parents and grandparents.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for two hours of Portuguese.
- you need some hope by the end, not a divided country left as it is.
About: democracy · polarization · memory
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

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
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 2005
Documentary
A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
The sides of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
- Enron's executives and their fake profits
- Traders and the California blackouts
- Employees who lost their savings
Good for you if
- you like watching executives build a giant on numbers that weren't real.
- you want to understand how Enron fell in 2001.
- you can laugh grimly at traders joking on tape about California's blackouts.
Bad for you if
- you need more than charts, tapes and interviews.
- you need some hope, and thousands of employees lose everything here.
About: greed · deception · money
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks 2013
Documentary
Julian Assange. Bradley Manning. Collateral murder. Cablegate. WikiLeaks. These people and terms have exploded into public consciousness by fundamentally changing the way democratic societies deal with privacy, secrecy, and the right to information, perhaps for generations to come. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is an extensive examination of all things related to WikiLeaks and the larger global debate over access to information.
The sides of We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
- Julian Assange and the rise of WikiLeaks
- Chelsea Manning and the leaked war files
- Governments, secrets and journalists
Good for you if
- you like seeing who controls secrets and who pays for leaking them.
- you want the real story behind Cablegate and the war logs.
- you'd rather judge Assange yourself than be handed a hero.
Bad for you if
- you find two hours of interviews too much for one evening.
- you can't watch real footage, filmed from a helicopter, of civilians shot in Baghdad.
About: secrecy · freedom of information · power · betrayal
Dirty Wars 2013
Documentary
Investigative journalist, Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars, and examines how the US government has responded to international terrorist threats in ways that seem to go against the established laws of the land.
The sides of Dirty Wars
- A journalist following covert US operations
- A night raid in Afghanistan
- Families of victims telling their story
Good for you if
- you want to see what happens far from official statements.
- you like asking who decides on secret wars.
- you like following Jeremy Scahill from one lead to the next.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grieving families talking about their dead.
- you need a film that ends with some hope.
About: secrecy · accountability · war
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi 2022
Documentary
Rome, 1983. After leaving a music lesson, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanishes — embroiling the Vatican in a decades-long mystery.
The sides of Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
- A 15-year-old girl who vanished in Rome in 1983
- A brother who never stopped searching
- Questions that reach the Vatican
Good for you if
- you want a careful account of a real family's long search.
- you like following theories and leads across four decades.
- you want to see how powerful institutions answer hard questions.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for an Italian documentary.
- you need a case with a clear answer at the end.
About: grief · secrecy · the Church · justice
The Mole: Undercover in North Korea 2020
Documentary
A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world's most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.
The sides of The Mole: Undercover in North Korea
- An ordinary Danish man infiltrating North Korea's allies
- A fake businessman and hidden cameras
- Secret arms deals discussed over dinner
Good for you if
- you like a real undercover operation where one slip could be fatal.
- you want a true story that plays like a spy thriller.
- you're curious how a closed dictatorship does business abroad.
Bad for you if
- you want chases and shootouts rather than tense meetings.
- two hours of hidden-camera footage is too much for you.
About: deception · dictatorship · courage
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 2022
Documentary
Jimmy Savile was one of the United Kingdom’s most beloved TV personalities. Shortly after his death in 2011, an investigation prompted more than 450 horrific allegations of sexual assault and abuse, with victims as young as 5.
The sides of Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story
- A TV star loved by the British public
- Archive footage of his decades of fame
- Survivors of his abuse
Good for you if
- you want to understand a real case that shook Britain.
- you want to see how fame and institutions protected Jimmy Savile.
- you want to know how this stayed hidden for so long.
Bad for you if
- you can't take accounts of child sexual abuse.
- you need some justice at the end, and he died before any trial.
About: abuse of power · silence · celebrity
The Perfect Neighbor 2025
Documentary
Police bodycam footage reveals how a long-running neighborhood dispute turned fatal in this documentary about fear, prejudice and Stand Your Ground laws.
The sides of The Perfect Neighbor
- A neighborhood feud seen through police bodycam footage
- A mother shot through a closed door in Florida
- Florida's Stand Your Ground law
Good for you if
- you like watching a small dispute build call after call toward something worse.
- you want a story told almost only through real police footage.
- you want to see how Florida's Stand Your Ground law plays out after a shooting.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a real mother's death and her children's grief.
- you need some hope by the end of a true story.
About: fear · prejudice · justice