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The Yes Men 2003
Documentary
A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on television and at business conferences around the world.
The sides of The Yes Men
- Two pranksters posing as the WTO
- Fake speeches at business conferences
- Audiences who never catch on
Good for you if
- you like watching a straight face hold through an absurd speech.
- you like real pranks played on real conference rooms.
- you like seeing the global economy mocked to its face.
Bad for you if
- you can't laugh at a fake WTO speech about recycling hamburgers for the Third World.
- you can't stand a film made mostly of speeches.
About: activism · globalization · satire
How To with John Wilson 2020
Documentary
In a uniquely hilarious odyssey of self-discovery and cultural observation, documentary filmmaker and self-described "anxious New Yorker" John Wilson covertly and obsessively films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on relatable topics. The awkward contradictions of modern life are eased by Wilson’s candid, unpolished commentary. Building upon Wilson’s previously released "how to" short films, each episode takes wildly unexpected turns but is grounded in John's refreshing honesty.
The sides of How To with John Wilson
- An anxious filmmaker secretly filming New York
- Everyday advice like making small talk
- Strangers met by chance on the street
Good for you if
- you laugh at awkward, deadpan narration over odd street footage.
- you like an episode about small talk that ends up somewhere you never expected.
- you like real New Yorkers, filmed as they are.
Bad for you if
- you want things to happen fast, and this is a man with a camera walking around the city.
- you need momentum, and each episode wanders wherever the camera happens to go.
About: loneliness · city life · awkwardness · connection
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

The Yes Men Fix the World 2009
Documentary
THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks.
The sides of The Yes Men Fix the World
- A fake Dow Chemical spokesman on the BBC
- Two pranksters in cheap suits
- Hoaxes at big business conferences
Good for you if
- you like executives applauding absurd ideas with a straight face.
- you like seeing big corporations caught off guard.
- you like real pranks pulled on real conferences and newsrooms.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at films with a message to sell.
- you can't laugh at a hoax built on the Bhopal disaster.
About: activism · corporate power · truth
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 2006
Documentary
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
American: The Bill Hicks Story 2010
Documentary
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
The Rehearsal 2022
Documentary
With a construction crew, a legion of actors, and seemingly unlimited resources, Nathan Fielder allows ordinary people to prepare for life's biggest moments by "rehearsing" them in carefully crafted simulations of his own design. When a single misstep could shatter your entire world, why leave life to chance?
The sides of The Rehearsal
- Nathan Fielder rehearsing people's real lives
- Full size replicas of bars and homes
- Child actors playing a growing son
Good for you if
- you laugh at awkwardness so long it hurts.
- you like a show that builds a fake life to prepare for a real one.
- you like never knowing where the comedy ends and the real thing begins.
Bad for you if
- you need a show that feels safe and easy. Every episode runs on discomfort.
- you can't laugh at real people's fears being acted out for a camera.
About: control · anxiety · parenthood
An Honest Liar 2014
Documentary
An Honest Liar tells the incredible story of the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. The film brings to life Randi's intricate investigations that publicly exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists with quasi-religious fervor. A master deceiver who came out of the closet at the age of 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru named Carlos.
The sides of An Honest Liar
- A stage magician who exposed psychics and faith healers
- A fake guru named Carlos on Australian TV
- A secret kept by his partner Jose
Good for you if
- you like a magician's true story full of real hoaxes.
- you like a story about tricks that plays a few on you too.
- you like a portrait of James Randi, a showman who made his name unmasking others.
Bad for you if
- you find old 1970s TV clips dated.
- you'd rather keep believing in the mysterious than see how the trick is done.
About: deception · truth · love · skepticism
Hail Satan? 2019
Documentary
The story of The Satanic Temple, a controversial movement that combines religion and activism with the apparent purpose of questioning the basic foundations of US society.
The sides of Hail Satan?
- The Satanic Temple and its members
- A goat-headed statue at a state capitol
- Fights over religion in public life
Good for you if
- you want to meet the real people behind a movement that sounds like a joke.
- you like activists using Satan to make a serious point with a grin.
- you like a film about religion, the law and who gets a say.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see black masses and Baphomet statues.
- you want devil-worship horror, and this is about lawsuits and town councils.
About: religious freedom · activism · belonging

George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing 2005
Documentary
Carlin returns to the stage in his 13th live comedy stand-up special, performed at the Beacon Theatre in New York City for HBO®. His spot-on observations on the deterioration of human behavior include Americans’ obsession with their two favorite addictions - shopping and eating; his creative idea for The All-Suicide Channel, a new reality TV network; and the glorious rebirth of the planet to its original pristine condition - once the fires and floods destroy life as we know it.
The sides of George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing
- George Carlin on stage in New York
- A TV channel for suicides
- Shopping, eating and the end of the world
Good for you if
- you like laughing at death and the end of humanity.
- you like a comedian who rants without stopping for breath.
- you like words chosen as carefully as a poem.
Bad for you if
- you can't laugh at jokes about suicide.
- you want gentle comedy that leaves you feeling good.
About: death · consumerism · human folly
An Evening with Kevin Smith 2002
Documentary
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
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
An Idiot Abroad 2010
Documentary
An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary television series broadcast on Sky1 and Science, as well as spin-off books published by Canongate Books, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and starring Karl Pilkington. The ongoing theme of both the television series and the books is that Pilkington has no interest in global travel, so Merchant and Gervais make him travel while they stay in the United Kingdom and monitor his progress.
The sides of An Idiot Abroad
- A reluctant traveler sent around the world
- The Seven Wonders of the World
- Trips set up by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant
Good for you if
- you like Karl Pilkington grumbling in front of the Great Wall of China.
- you like his deadpan phone calls with Gervais and Merchant.
- you like real trips with no script for the traveler.
Bad for you if
- you want awe at the world's wonders, not complaints about them.
- you can't laugh at a man pranked into trips he hates. Gervais and Merchant enjoy his misery from London.
About: travel · culture shock · friendship
Exit Through the Gift Shop 2010
Documentary
Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner.
The sides of Exit Through the Gift Shop
- A French shopkeeper filming street artists at night
- Banksy turning the camera around
- A huge art show built from nothing
Good for you if
- you like an eccentric who becomes an art star almost by accident.
- you like never being sure whether it's all a prank.
- you like night footage of graffiti artists at work.
Bad for you if
- you need to know a documentary is telling the truth. Many suspect a hoax.
- you need suspense to stay hooked. It's interviews and night footage of artists painting walls.
About: art · fame · authenticity
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold 2011
Documentary
A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement.
The sides of POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
- Morgan Spurlock selling his own film to sponsors
- A documentary paid for by product placement
- Meetings with real brand executives
Good for you if
- you like a joke that pays for itself, a film about ads made entirely with ads.
- you want to see real marketing meetings from the inside.
- you like learning how brands buy their way onto your screen.
Bad for you if
- you want a documentary with real stakes and suspense.
- you want an investigation that exposes someone. Spurlock jokes along with the brands he meets.
About: advertising · money · media
The Aristocrats 2005
Documentary
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
The sides of The Aristocrats
- One joke told by a hundred comedians
- Comedians explaining how a joke works
- A punchline that never changes
Good for you if
- you like laughing at things you know you shouldn't.
- you like hearing comedians try to top each other.
- you like talk about the craft of telling a joke.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through ninety minutes of graphic sex talk.
- you lose track when a hundred comedians cut in and out a few seconds each.
About: the craft of comedy · taboo · improvisation
Thanks Boss! 2016
Documentary
A family fired by a company owned by LVMH (Group owned by French billionaire, Bernard Arnault) seeks reparation from their previous employer with the help of the movie director.
The sides of Thanks Boss!
- A laid-off couple in northern France
- A prank on the LVMH group
- A director playing the go-between
Good for you if
- you like a documentary run like a prank, with fake names and hidden cameras.
- you enjoy watching a small family take on Bernard Arnault's empire.
- you want real people from a closed factory telling their own story.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film in French.
- you want a documentary with composed, polished images. This one is shot like a hidden camera prank.
About: work · money · revenge
Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction 2009
Documentary
HBO presents one of the most gifted and revered performers of our time, Academy-Award winning Robin Williams, starring in his fifth exclusive HBO special, taped before a live audience at Washington's Constitution Hall.
The sides of Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction
- Robin Williams live in Washington
- Jokes about rehab and his heart surgery
- Riffs on politics and religion
Good for you if
- you want ninety minutes of Robin Williams at full speed.
- you like watching Robin Williams riff, voices and all.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand crude jokes about sex and drugs.
- you'd rather follow a story and characters than stand-up.
About: addiction · aging · politics
La gran apuesta 2015
Película
Cuando cuatro tipos fuera del sistema descubren que los grandes bancos, los medios de comunicación y el gobierno se niegan a reconocer el colapso de la economía, tienen una idea: 'La Gran Apuesta'… pero sus inversiones de riesgo les conducen al lado oscuro de la banca moderna, donde deben poner en duda todo y a todos...
Las caras de La gran apuesta
- Marginados que vieron venir la crisis de 2008
- Famosos que explican las finanzas
- Apostar contra la economía
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una comedia rápida y furiosa sobre un desastre real.
- te gustan los personajes afilados y cínicos.
- te gusta entender cómo pasó algo de verdad.
Mala para ti si
- te aburren los bancos y las hipotecas. Toda la película trata de dinero.
- necesitas algo de esperanza. Los banqueros salen impunes y millones de personas pierden su casa.
Temas: la codicia · la verdad · los sistemas
The People vs. George Lucas 2010
Documentary
The passion the original Star Wars trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled; but when it comes to George Lucas himself, many have found their ardor has cooled into a complicated love-hate relationship. This hilarious, heartfelt documentary delves deep into Lucas’s cultural legacy, asking all the tough questions. Has Lucas betrayed his masterwork? Should he just have left the original trilogy alone? Is The Phantom Menace so bad it should carry a health warning? Utilizing interviews taken from over 600 hours of footage, and peppered with extraordinary Star Wars and Indiana Jones recreations lovingly immortalized in song, needlepoint, Lego, claymation, puppets and paper-mâché, above all this film asks the question: who truly owns that galaxy far, far away—the man who created it, or the fans who worship it?
The sides of The People vs. George Lucas
- Star Wars fans arguing about George Lucas
- The Special Editions and Jar Jar Binks
- Fan remakes in Lego, puppets and song
Good for you if
- you like fans being funny about the films they love and resent.
- you like a long argument about who owns Star Wars.
- you like homemade fan films in claymation and needlepoint.
Bad for you if
- you want Star Wars itself, not people talking about it.
- you roll your eyes at grown fans saying Star Wars shaped their whole lives.
About: fandom · creative ownership · nostalgia