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  1. 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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  2. 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

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  3. 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

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  4. With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.

    The sides of The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

    • Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos
    • A blood test machine that never worked
    • A ten billion dollar company that collapsed

    Good for you if

    • you want the true story of Theranos and its blood test.
    • you like watching hype and investors carry a company to ten billion dollars.
    • you want to understand how Elizabeth Holmes convinced so many people.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more than interviews and boardroom footage.
    • you want surprises, and you already know how Theranos ended.

    About: fraud · ambition · hype

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  5. Betting on Zero 2016

    Documentary

    Controversial hedge fund titan Bill Ackman is on a crusade to expose global nutritional giant Herbalife as the largest pyramid scheme in history while Herbalife execs claim Ackman is a market manipulator out to bankrupt them and make a killing off his billion dollar short.

    The sides of Betting on Zero

    • Bill Ackman's billion dollar bet against Herbalife
    • Families who lost their savings
    • A fight over what a pyramid scheme is

    Good for you if

    • you like watching billionaires fight over money and influence.
    • you want the real Wall Street battle over Herbalife.
    • you like a bet where every share price move counts.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch families losing everything they saved.
    • you want something light, and this stays serious.

    About: greed · the American dream · finance

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  6. Cocaine Cowboys 2006

    Documentary

    In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago - and it put the city on the map. "Cocaine Cowboys" is the true story of how Miami became the drug, murder and cash capital of the United States, told by the people who made it all happen.

    The sides of Cocaine Cowboys

    • Miami in the cocaine boom of the 1980s
    • Smugglers and a hitman telling their own story
    • Griselda Blanco and the drug wars

    Good for you if

    • you like smugglers explaining how the cocaine reached Miami.
    • you want the true story told by the people who lived it.
    • you like seeing how drug money built a city's banks and towers.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand crime scene photos and talk of killings.
    • you can't listen to smugglers and a hitman telling their stories with pride.

    About: greed · drugs · money

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  7. 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

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  8. Inside Job 2010

    Documentary

    A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

    The sides of Inside Job

    • The 2008 financial crisis, from Iceland to Wall Street
    • Bankers, regulators and economists in front of the camera
    • Professors who can't answer a simple question

    Good for you if

    • you want to know who made money from the crash and who paid.
    • you like a case built with real figures, real names and real interviews.
    • you like interviews where the person in the chair starts to squirm.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't want to follow derivatives and credit default swaps for an evening.
    • you want a reassuring ending. Here almost nobody goes to jail.

    About: greed · corruption · the economy

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  9. Deep Web 2015

    Documentary

    Deep Web gives the inside story of one of the most important and riveting digital crime sagas of the century -- the arrest of Ross William Ulbricht, the 30-year-old entrepreneur convicted of being 'Dread Pirate Roberts,' creator and operator of online black market Silk Road. As the only film with exclusive access to the Ulbricht family, Deep Web explores how the brightest minds and thought leaders behind the Deep Web and Bitcoin are now caught in the crosshairs of the battle for control of a future inextricably linked to technology, with our digital rights hanging in the balance.

    The sides of Deep Web

    • Silk Road, an online drug market
    • Ross Ulbricht and his family
    • Keanu Reeves narrating

    Good for you if

    • you like the story of Silk Road and Dread Pirate Roberts.
    • you want the Ross Ulbricht case told with his family close by.
    • you care about who controls the internet and your privacy.

    Bad for you if

    • you need striking images. Much of it is screens, chat logs and interviews.
    • you roll your eyes at a heartfelt plea for digital freedom.

    About: privacy · freedom · justice

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  10. 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

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  11. 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

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  12. O.J.: Made in America 2016

    Documentary

    A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.

    The sides of O.J.: Made in America

    • A football star's rise in the 1960s and 70s
    • Los Angeles, race and the LAPD
    • The 1995 murder trial and what came after

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand a trial through the city around it.
    • you like a true crime story told with care for the facts.
    • you want O.J. the running back at USC and Buffalo, long before the trial.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly eight hours is too much for you.
    • you can't look at real crime scene photos of two victims.

    About: race · fame · justice · America

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  13. The Seven Five 2015

    Documentary

    Meet the dirtiest cop in NYC history. Michael Dowd stole money and dealt drugs while patrolling the streets of '80s Brooklyn.

    The sides of The Seven Five

    • Michael Dowd, a corrupt Brooklyn cop
    • The 75th Precinct in the 1980s
    • Cocaine dealers paying police for protection

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing how a cop ran a drug business from his patrol car.
    • you want the real story behind a police scandal.
    • you're fascinated by a man who brags about what he did.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand cops and dealers describing beatings and threats.
    • you can't watch a cop's slide into cocaine addiction told in his own words.

    About: corruption · loyalty · betrayal

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  14. Dopesick 2021

    Series

    The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of "one percenter" Big Pharma Manhattan.

    The sides of Dopesick

    • A drug company selling OxyContin
    • A small-town doctor in a mining community
    • Investigators chasing the company

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand how the opioid epidemic began.
    • you like seeing how a pharmaceutical company and its owners shaped a whole crisis.
    • you like Michael Keaton as a trusting country doctor.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch addiction and overdoses on screen.
    • you lose track when a story jumps between years and several storylines.

    About: addiction · greed · justice

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  15. Investigators reveal how Boeing’s alleged priority of profit over safety could have contributed to two catastrophic crashes within months of each other.

    The sides of Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

    • Two 737 MAX crashes months apart
    • Families of the victims
    • Engineers and pilots on the record

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand what led to two real crashes.
    • you like seeing how money can win over safety inside a company.
    • you want the technical failures explained clearly.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch grieving families talk about the people they lost.
    • you need some hope by the end. The families are still waiting for justice.

    About: profit · accountability · grief

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  16. 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

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  17. The Central Park Five 2012

    Documentary

    In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, this is the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.

    The sides of The Central Park Five

    • Five Harlem teenagers arrested in 1989
    • Confessions taken after hours of questioning
    • Years in prison before the real attacker confesses

    Good for you if

    • you want the Central Park case told carefully, with the facts.
    • you want to see how police, press and public rushed to judgment.
    • you want the five men to tell it in their own words.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit with a rape case and teenagers sent to prison.
    • you need some hope, and stolen years are hard for you to watch.

    About: injustice · racism · the press

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  18. A revealing look at Sean 'Diddy' Combs' journey from music mogul to high-profile sexual offender, featuring footage and insider accounts that expose both his groundbreaking success with Bad Boy Entertainment and the troubling shadows behind his empire.

    The sides of Sean Combs: The Reckoning

    • A hip-hop mogul's rise with Bad Boy
    • Former insiders speaking on camera
    • Accusations of sexual abuse and a criminal case

    Good for you if

    • you want the real story behind a music career you followed.
    • you're drawn to how fame and money can shield a man.
    • you watch true crime that listens to the people who were there.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through accounts of sexual violence.
    • you want something light for your evening.

    About: power · abuse · fame

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  19. American Gangster 2007

    Película

    Nueva York, 1968. Frank Lucas es el taciturno chófer de un importante mafioso negro de Harlem. Cuando su jefe muere inesperadamente, Frank aprovecha la oportunidad para construir su propio imperio. Gracias a su talento, se convierte no sólo en el principal narcotraficante de la ciudad, inundando las calles con productos de mejor calidad y precio, sino también en un hombre público muy respetado. Richie Roberts, un policía incorruptible marginado por su honradez que conoce bien las calles, se da cuenta de que una persona ajena a los clanes trepa por la escalera del poder. Tanto Roberts como Lucas comparten un estricto código ético que les aparta de los demás y los convierte en dos figuras solitarias en lados opuestos de la ley. Cuando se encuentren, el enfrentamiento entre ellos será inevitable.

    Las caras de American Gangster

    • Frank Lucas importando heroína desde Vietnam
    • Un policía honrado en un cuerpo corrupto
    • Harlem a finales de los años 60

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una historia basada libremente en los verdaderos Frank Lucas y Richie Roberts.
    • te gusta Denzel Washington como un empresario sereno e implacable.
    • te gusta el ascenso y la caída de un imperio de la droga.

    Mala para ti si

    • dos horas y media es demasiado para ti.
    • no soportas los tiroteos y las palizas repentinos a plena luz del día.

    Temas: la ambición · la corrupción · el narcotráfico

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  20. The Wire 2002

    Series

    Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

    The sides of The Wire

    • Baltimore cops wiretapping a drug crew
    • The docks, the schools, City Hall and the newspaper
    • Dealers and detectives seen from both sides

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing how police, politics and schools keep a city stuck.
    • you like a case built patiently over a whole season.
    • you want people like Omar, Stringer Bell and McNulty to stay with you.

    Bad for you if

    • you lose track with dozens of characters on both sides.
    • you need some hope. Baltimore rarely changes here.

    About: institutions · the drug war · loyalty

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