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  1. Super Size Me 2004

    Documentary

    Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days without exercising to try to prove why so many Americans are fat or obese. He submits himself to a complete check-up by three doctors, comparing his weight along the way, resulting in a scary conclusion.

    The sides of Super Size Me

    • Thirty days of McDonald's three times a day
    • Three doctors watching his health drop
    • School lunches and fast food marketing

    Good for you if

    • you want to see one man's body change over a month of fast food.
    • you like a filmmaker who jokes his way through Big Macs and checkups.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at message films. Spurlock turns his month into a warning about fast food.
    • you need hard science. It's one man's month, not a study.

    About: health · food · the food industry

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  2. Muckraking filmmaker Morgan Spurlock reignites his battle with the food industry — this time from behind the register — as he opens his own fast food restaurant.

    The sides of Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!

    • Morgan Spurlock opening a chicken restaurant
    • Chicken farmers in debt to big companies
    • Fast food marketing taken apart

    Good for you if

    • you like Morgan Spurlock's jokey, stunt-driven style.
    • you want to know where a fast food chicken really comes from.
    • you like seeing how big food companies squeeze farmers.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a filmmaker on a crusade.
    • you'd rather not think about what's on your plate. The film takes you inside crowded chicken houses.

    About: fast food · marketing · farming

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  3. In this docuseries, meet the heroes on the front lines of the battle against influenza and learn about their efforts to stop the next global outbreak.

    The sides of Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak

    • Researchers working on a universal flu vaccine
    • Doctors facing flu outbreaks around the world
    • A series released just before COVID-19

    Good for you if

    • you like meeting the real people who work to stop the next outbreak.
    • you like following doctors and researchers through long days at work and at home.

    Bad for you if

    • you lose track when a series keeps cutting between doctors and researchers in several countries.
    • you roll your eyes at heroic portraits of people at work.

    About: public health · science · dedication

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  4. Fed Up 2014

    Documentary

    Fed Up blows the lid off everything we thought we knew about food and weight loss, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public, resulting in one of the largest health epidemics in history.

    The sides of Fed Up

    • Sugar in American food
    • Teenagers trying to lose weight
    • The food industry and Washington

    Good for you if

    • you want to know what is really in the food on your plate.
    • you like seeing how lobbies shape what the government tells you to eat.
    • you care about the kids and parents fighting their weight at home.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a documentary on a mission.
    • you want a light evening, and this may change how you look at your fridge.

    About: health · industry · childhood

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. Forks Over Knives 2011

    Documentary

    Examines the profound claim that most; if not all; of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled; or even reversed; by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The idea of food as medicine is put to the test. Cameras follow "reality patients" who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a whole-foods, plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments - while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys are revealed.

    The sides of Forks Over Knives

    • Doctors who say food can reverse disease
    • Patients with heart disease and diabetes changing their diet
    • A case for whole foods and plants

    Good for you if

    • you like real patients trying a new diet and getting their test results back.
    • you like a documentary that sincerely wants to change how you eat.
    • you like following two doctors, Campbell and Esselstyn, who spent decades on one idea.

    Bad for you if

    • you want an exposé of the food industry. This one stays with doctors, patients and their plates.
    • you need more on screen than interviews, charts and kitchens.

    About: health · food · medicine

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  8. 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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  9. Where to Invade Next 2015

    Documentary

    To understand firsthand what the United States of America can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully “invades” some to see what they have to offer.

    The sides of Where to Invade Next

    • Michael Moore planting a flag in Italy
    • Italian workers counting their paid weeks off
    • A Norwegian prison without bars

    Good for you if

    • you like a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad.
    • you like asking who decides how a country is run.
    • you like Michael Moore's deadpan while he plants his flag.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand a film that sets out to teach you a lesson.
    • you won't read subtitles. the Italian couple, the French school cooks and the Tunisian activists all speak their own language.

    About: work · welfare · national pride

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  10. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead 2010

    Documentary

    100 pounds overweight, loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, Joe Cross is at the end of his rope and the end of his hope. In the mirror he saw a 310lb man whose gut was bigger than a beach ball and a path laid out before him that wouldn't end well— with one foot already in the grave, the other wasn't far behind. FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD is an inspiring film that chronicles Joe's personal mission to regain his health.

    The sides of Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead

    • An Australian man on a 60 day juice fast
    • A road trip across America
    • A truck driver he inspires

    Good for you if

    • you like a sincere story of a man changing his life.
    • you want a real person fighting for his health.
    • you're moved by strangers helping each other get better.

    Bad for you if

    • you need medical trials, not one man's experience.
    • you want suspense, and this is a steady personal journey.

    About: health · willpower · second chances

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  11. 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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  12. What the Health 2017

    Documentary

    Filmmaker Kip Andersen uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases, and he investigates why the nation's leading health organizations doesn't want people to know about it.

    The sides of What the Health

    • A filmmaker asking what food does to health
    • Meat and dairy under the spotlight
    • Questions to health organizations

    Good for you if

    • you want to question what ends up on your plate.
    • you like a film that asks who funds health advice.

    Bad for you if

    • you need every health claim backed by careful science.
    • you roll your eyes at a film on a mission to change your diet.

    About: diet · health · industry

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  13. In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust, and ran without gasoline... Ten years later, these cars were destroyed.

    The sides of Who Killed the Electric Car?

    • General Motors' EV1 electric car
    • California drivers fighting to keep their cars
    • Electric cars sent to the crusher

    Good for you if

    • you like a true story about cars you never knew existed.
    • you want to see how carmakers, oil companies and governments decide what you drive.
    • you like a documentary built like a whodunit, with a list of suspects.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more than interviews and archive news footage.
    • you roll your eyes at a documentary that openly takes a side.

    About: the car industry · oil · clean energy

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  14. 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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  15. Take a trip inside the mind of Bill Gates as the billionaire opens up about those who influenced him and the audacious goals he's still pursuing.

    The sides of Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates

    • Bill Gates talking about his childhood
    • His foundation's work on toilets, polio and nuclear power
    • The people who shaped him

    Good for you if

    • you like a portrait of a real man in his own words.
    • you want to understand how Bill Gates thinks.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at big plans to save the world with new toilets and vaccines.
    • you need momentum. Much of it is Gates thinking out loud on long walks.

    About: ambition · philanthropy · the mind

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  16. Living on One Dollar 2013

    Documentary

    How do 1.1 billion people around the world live on less than one dollar a day? Four young friends set out to research and live this reality. Armed with only a video camera and a desire to understand, they spend just 56 dollars each for 56 days in rural Pena Blanca, Guatemala. They battle E.Coli, financial stress, and the realization that there are no easy answers. Yet, the generosity and strength of their neighbors, Rosa, Anthony and Chino gives them resilient hope. They return home transformed and embark on a mission to share their new found understanding with other students, inspiring and challenging their generation to make a difference.

    The sides of Living on One Dollar

    • Four students living on a dollar a day
    • A village in rural Guatemala
    • Neighbours named Rosa, Anthony and Chino

    Good for you if

    • you want to see what poverty means day to day.
    • you like four friends going through it together.
    • you like a sincere film that wants you to act.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch hunger and illness up close.
    • you want the politics and money behind poverty, and this stays with four students in one village.

    About: poverty · generosity · privilege

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  17. Food, Inc. 2008

    Documentary

    Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it's sold. Narrated by author and activist Eric Schlosser, the film features interviews with average Americans about their dietary habits, commentary from food experts like Michael Pollan and unsettling footage shot inside large-scale animal processing plants.

    The sides of Food, Inc.

    • The few companies behind most of what sits on the shelves
    • A mother campaigning after losing her young son to contaminated food
    • Farms and processing lines filmed from the inside

    Good for you if

    • you want farms, factories and the people who work in them, not a studio debate.
    • you want to see who owns the food chain.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch what the camera finds inside an industrial slaughterhouse.
    • you want an evening that leaves your next meal alone.

    About: industry · health · what you eat

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  18. Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to sustainability.

    The sides of Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret

    • A filmmaker questioning the meat industry
    • Environmental groups asked about livestock
    • The case for a plant-based diet

    Good for you if

    • you want a filmmaker digging into what farming does to the planet.
    • you care about climate change, forests and oceans.
    • you like a filmmaker chasing why environmental groups stay quiet about livestock.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a filmmaker on a personal crusade.
    • you need every number checked before you trust it.

    About: climate · food · veganism

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  19. Period. End of Sentence. 2018

    Documentary

    In an effort to improve feminine hygiene, a machine that creates low-cost biodegradable sanitary pads is installed in a rural village in Northern India. Using the machine, a group of local women is employed to produce and sell pads, offering them newfound independence and helping to destigmatize menstruation for all.

    The sides of Period. End of Sentence.

    • A pad-making machine in a village in northern India
    • Women earning their own money
    • Talking openly about periods

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing village women run their own small business.
    • you like a short, hopeful story of a taboo breaking.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles.
    • you want suspense more than a gentle social portrait.

    About: women's independence · taboo · dignity

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  20. A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease?

    The sides of STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

    • Michael J. Fox telling his own life
    • A Parkinson's diagnosis at twenty-nine
    • Clips from Back to the Future and Family Ties

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing Michael J. Fox tell his story in his own words.
    • you like being moved by his family standing by him.
    • you like his jokes about his own falls and tremors.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch someone live with an incurable illness.
    • you want a grim, unresolved look at Parkinson's. His optimism carries every scene.

    About: illness · optimism · fame

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