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  1. 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

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  2. 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

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  3. 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

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  4. 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

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  5. Bowling for Columbine 2002

    Documentary

    This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old. Bowling for Columbine is a journey through the US, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.

    The sides of Bowling for Columbine

    • A bank that hands out a rifle when you open an account
    • Columbine security camera footage
    • An interview with Charlton Heston at his home

    Good for you if

    • you want a road trip through America asking why it has so many shootings.
    • you can laugh at a cartoon history of America while the subject is gun deaths.
    • you like a sardonic narrator who questions everyone from Marilyn Manson to Charlton Heston.

    Bad for you if

    • a school shooting and a six-year-old girl's death are too much for you.
    • you can't watch real footage from inside a school during a shooting.

    About: guns · fear · violence

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  6. Fahrenheit 11/9 2018

    Documentary

    Michael Moore's provocative documentary explores the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How did we get here, and how do we get out.

    The sides of Fahrenheit 11/9

    • Michael Moore on the 2016 election
    • The Flint water crisis
    • Students marching after the Parkland shooting

    Good for you if

    • you want the Flint water crisis told by the people who lived it.
    • you like Michael Moore asking how Donald Trump came to power.
    • you like Michael Moore's sarcastic stunts.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at Michael Moore's angry, heartfelt pleas to camera.
    • you can't watch the Flint water crisis and a school shooting up close.

    About: democracy · protest · public health

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  7. 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

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  8. 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

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  9. A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.

    The sides of Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

    • Robin Williams in his own words
    • Stand-up clips from the late 1970s
    • Friends and family remembering him

    Good for you if

    • you want to laugh again at Robin Williams improvising at full speed.
    • you like a portrait that makes you laugh and cry in the same scene.
    • you want to hear the man behind Mork and Mrs. Doubtfire talk about himself.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face depression and a death by suicide on screen.
    • you roll your eyes at loving tributes from famous friends.

    About: comedy · mental health · fame

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  10. 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

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  11. Patton Oswalt, despite a personal tragedy, produces his best standup yet. Focusing on the tribulations of the Trump era and life after the loss of a loved one, Oswalt continues his journey to contribute joy to the world.

    The sides of Patton Oswalt: Annihilation

    • Patton Oswalt after his wife's sudden death
    • Raising his young daughter alone
    • Jokes about the Trump era and internet trolls

    Good for you if

    • you like a comedian finding jokes inside his own grief.
    • you like a father's stories about raising his young daughter alone.
    • you like comedy that can move you in the same breath.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take grief on stage, even with jokes.
    • you roll your eyes when a comedian turns sincere about being kind.

    About: grief · fatherhood · politics

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  12. Sicko 2007

    Documentary

    A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States whose main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance, the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.

    The sides of Sicko

    • Americans refused care by their insurers
    • Hospitals in Canada, Britain, France and Cuba
    • Michael Moore sailing to Guantanamo with 9/11 rescue workers

    Good for you if

    • you want to know how an insurer makes money by saying no.
    • you like ordinary people telling what their illness cost them.
    • you let yourself be moved by 9/11 rescue workers finally treated in a Havana hospital.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take grief on screen. Families tell how a loved one died after an insurer said no.
    • you roll your eyes at emotional appeals and swelling music.

    About: health · money · dignity

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  13. 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

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  14. Roger & Me 1989

    Documentary

    A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.

    The sides of Roger & Me

    • Michael Moore chasing the head of General Motors
    • Flint, Michigan after the plant closures
    • Evictions at Christmas

    Good for you if

    • you like laughing at a town's collapse to keep from crying.
    • you like seeing who pays when a giant company leaves.
    • you want the real people of Flint telling their own story.

    Bad for you if

    • you need some hope, and Flint keeps losing.
    • you can't watch families being evicted from their homes on camera.

    About: unemployment · corporate power · a hometown

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  15. Good Hair 2009

    Documentary

    An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the Black community.

    The sides of Good Hair

    • Chris Rock asking why his daughter wants good hair
    • A hair show battle in Atlanta
    • Temples in India where hair is shaved for weaves

    Good for you if

    • you like Chris Rock cracking jokes in salons and barbershops.
    • you want to know where weaves come from and what they cost.
    • you like a father trying to answer his little girl's question.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a story with something at stake.
    • you want hard numbers rather than a comedian's interviews.

    About: beauty · self-esteem · money

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  16. 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

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  17. Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.

    The sides of How to Make Money Selling Drugs

    • Ten steps from street dealer to kingpin
    • Former dealers, police and prison staff
    • The war on drugs and who profits from it

    Good for you if

    • you're curious how a drug business actually runs.
    • you want to see who wins from strict drug laws.
    • you want former dealers telling their own stories to the camera.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch addiction and prison up close.
    • you lose track when dozens of dealers, guards and officials take turns talking.

    About: drugs · money · the justice system

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  18. Comedian 2002

    Documentary

    A look at the work of two stand-up comics, Jerry Seinfeld and a lesser-known newcomer, detailing the effort and frustration behind putting together a successful act and career while living a life on the road.

    The sides of Comedian

    • Jerry Seinfeld starting over with new material
    • Small comedy clubs and rough nights
    • A young comic, Orny Adams, chasing a break

    Good for you if

    • you like watching jokes being built and tested.
    • you want the work behind stand-up, not the polished special.
    • you like the contrast between a star and a newcomer.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum more than backstage chatter.
    • you want striking images, not handheld camera footage.

    About: work · ambition · doubt

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  19. Feels Good Man 2020

    Documentary

    When indie comic character Pepe the Frog becomes an unwitting icon of hate, his creator, artist Matt Furie, fights to bring Pepe back from the darkness and navigate America's cultural divide.

    The sides of Feels Good Man

    • Pepe the Frog, a stoner comic character
    • A meme taken over by hate groups
    • Artist Matt Furie trying to win him back

    Good for you if

    • you want the true story behind a meme you've seen everywhere.
    • you like a gentle artist caught in something huge.
    • you're curious how internet culture reached politics.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand hate symbols and online harassment.
    • you want something light about a cartoon frog.

    About: the internet · ownership · hate

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  20. Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he caught on fire.

    The sides of Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

    • A comedian alone on stage
    • Jokes about his freebasing addiction
    • The night he caught on fire

    Good for you if

    • you want to laugh hard for eighty minutes.
    • you like a man joking about the night he set himself on fire.
    • you like watching Richard Pryor hold a whole room by himself.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't laugh at addiction and near death.
    • you find early-1980s stand-up dated.

    About: addiction · honesty · fame

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