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The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in 1996. How director Richard Stanley spent four years developing the project just to find an abrupt end to his work while leading actor Marlon Brando pulled the strings in the shadows. Now for the first time, the living key players recount what really happened and why it all went so spectacularly wrong.
The sides of Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
- A director fired from his own dream project
- Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer on a chaotic set
- A shoot in the jungle that falls apart
Good for you if
- you love true stories of films that went wrong.
- you laugh at how far a shoot can spin out of control.
- you like Richard Stanley's strange, mystical side.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather watch a film than hear people talk about one.
- you want one clear answer about who was to blame.
About: ambition · ego · hollywood
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014
Documentary
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
The sides of Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
- Two Israeli cousins running a Hollywood studio
- Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson action films
- Actors and crew telling stories of the 1980s
Good for you if
- you like true stories about how movies really get made.
- you laugh at wild anecdotes from cheap 1980s film sets.
- you grew up on video store shelves and want the story behind them.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather avoid the many nude clips from the films.
- you can't stand gory clips, even short ones.
About: ambition · excess · show business
The Movies That Made Us 2019
Documentary
These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.
The sides of The Movies That Made Us
- The making of big blockbusters
- Actors, directors and crew telling their stories
- Disasters on set that nearly sank the films
Good for you if
- you like hearing how the films you grew up with actually got made.
- you like funny stories from chaotic film sets.
Bad for you if
- you're watching with kids. The stories come with plenty of swearing.
- you find eighties and nineties blockbusters dated.
About: filmmaking · nostalgia · creativity
Disclosure 2020
Documentary
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
The sides of Disclosure
- Trans actors and writers talking about the screen
- Decades of film and TV clips
- How Hollywood shaped the way people see trans lives
Good for you if
- you want trans people telling their own story of growing up with Hollywood.
- you like tracing a century of film and TV images.
- you like being moved by people recalling what the screen did to them.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through cruel jokes and painful scenes being replayed.
- you'd rather keep your distance from heartfelt, personal testimony.
About: representation · identity · media
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991
Documentary
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
The sides of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
- The shoot of Apocalypse Now in the Philippines
- Footage filmed by Eleanor Coppola
- A typhoon, a heart attack and a director near breaking point
Good for you if
- you like seeing how a famous film almost never got made.
- you like watching Francis Ford Coppola stake everything on one film.
- you like the strange scenes of Brando improvising in the dark and Dennis Hopper rambling.
Bad for you if
- you want the battles of the film, not the chaos behind them.
- you find grainy 1970s home footage dated.
About: obsession · art · ego · madness
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes 2022
Documentary
This documentary explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle.
The sides of The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
- Unheard interviews with Marilyn's inner circle
- The night of her death in 1962
- Hollywood stardom and its price
Good for you if
- you like hearing the people who actually knew Marilyn Monroe.
- you want to go back over the questions around her death.
- you like old Hollywood told through archive footage.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not dwell on a lonely death and a troubled life.
- you need a clear answer, not theories.
About: fame · loneliness · secrets
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy 2004
Documentary
From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy.
The sides of Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
- George Lucas's early scripts
- Auditions for Luke, Leia and Han
- An effects team inventing as it went
Good for you if
- you like hearing George Lucas and his cast tell how Star Wars was made.
- you like seeing 1970s Hollywood take a risk on a space movie.
- you like George Lucas fighting to keep control of his sequels and toys while Fox doubted him.
Bad for you if
- you find two and a half hours of making-of too long.
- you want space battles, not interviews.
About: ambition · creativity · risk

Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film 2001
Documentary
With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime collaborator, interviews heavyweights like Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen and Sydney Pollack, who explain the influence of Kubrick classics like "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," and how he absorbed visual clues from disposable culture such as television commercials.
The sides of Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
- Stanley Kubrick's life and films
- Interviews with Jack Nicholson and others who worked with him
- Home footage from his family
Good for you if
- you love Dr. Strangelove, 2001 and the films around them.
- you want to know the man behind the legend from people who knew him.
- you care about how every Kubrick frame was built.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through almost two and a half hours of documentary.
- you need a story, not a career told in interviews.
About: obsession · creation · cinema
The Pixar Story 2007
Documentary
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
The sides of The Pixar Story
- John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs
- The making of Toy Story
- Pixar's early years with Disney
Good for you if
- you like the true story of how a small studio changed animation.
- you want a warm, upbeat story of artists getting to make the films they dreamed of.
- you like getting to know John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs and what each brought to Pixar.
Bad for you if
- you want a documentary with real conflict and suspense.
- you roll your eyes at a company telling its own success story.
About: creativity · teamwork · technology
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead 2018
Documentary
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
The sides of They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
- Orson Welles making his last film
- The Other Side of the Wind
- Years of chaotic shooting and money troubles
Good for you if
- you want the real story behind a film shot over years and left unfinished.
- you like a portrait of a stubborn filmmaker late in life.
- you love old Hollywood and the era of Welles.
Bad for you if
- you need a story told in order, without a flood of archive footage.
- you want a warm, easy watch rather than a chaotic shoot.
About: ambition · legacy · art
Depp V Heard 2023
Documentary
The story of the tumultuous defamation trial between superstar Johnny Depp and his former wife Amber Heard.
The sides of Depp V Heard
- The 2022 defamation trial in Virginia
- Testimony from both sides
- Online reactions to the case as it unfolded
Good for you if
- you want to understand a real trial that played out in public.
- you like a case where you have to decide for yourself who to believe.
- you want a short miniseries you can finish in an evening or two.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not hear testimony about domestic violence.
- you want a lighter watch than a real court case.
About: fame · social media · truth

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream 2006
Documentary
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
The sides of Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
- Six cult films shown at midnight in the 1970s
- El Topo, Eraserhead and Rocky Horror
- Directors looking back on how it happened
Good for you if
- you love the cinema of the 1970s.
- you like the strangest films that ever found a crowd.
- you want the true story of how midnight screenings became a ritual.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see raw clips from films like Pink Flamingos.
- you want one story to follow, not six films and many interviews.
About: cult cinema · the counterculture · audiences
Side by Side 2012
Documentary
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.
The sides of Side by Side
- Keanu Reeves interviewing directors
- Film stock against digital cameras
- Nolan, Lynch and Cameron on how they shoot
Good for you if
- you care about how every frame is shot.
- you like hearing Nolan, Lynch and Scorsese argue film versus digital.
- you want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did.
Bad for you if
- you need things to happen, not an hour and a half of camera talk.
- you want people and their story, not a debate about sensors.
About: craft · change · cinema
Spielberg 2017
Documentary
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
The sides of Spielberg
- Steven Spielberg telling his own story
- From Jaws to Lincoln
- His parents and his childhood
Good for you if
- you want Steven Spielberg telling his own story, film by film.
- you like hearing how his parents' divorce runs through his films.
- you like fifty years of Hollywood seen through one career.
Bad for you if
- you find two and a half hours of interviews too much.
- you roll your eyes at filmmakers praising each other.
About: childhood · ambition · cinema
Waking Sleeping Beauty 2010
Documentary
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over. Maybe the public didn't care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits - "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast ," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," and more - over a 10-year period.
The sides of Waking Sleeping Beauty
- Disney animation in crisis in the mid-1980s
- Studio executives fighting over control
- The run from The Little Mermaid to The Lion King
Good for you if
- you want the true story of how Disney went from flops to The Lion King.
- you like the studio fights between Katzenberg, Eisner and Roy Disney.
Bad for you if
- you need more than interviews and home video footage.
- you don't care about animated films, even how they were made.
About: creativity · rivalry · reinvention
The Fog of War 2003
Documentary
Former corporate whiz kid Robert McNamara was the controversial Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, during the height of the Vietnam War. Augmented by archival footage and cabinet conversation recordings, Errol Morris gives the conflicted McNamara a platform on which he attempts to confront his and the U.S. government's actions in Southeast Asia in light of the horrors of modern warfare, the end of ideology and the punitive judgment of history.
The sides of The Fog of War
- Robert McNamara looking back at his life
- The Cuban missile crisis and Vietnam
- White House recordings
Good for you if
- you like hearing a man in power explain his own decisions.
- you want the Cold War told from inside the room.
- you want to think about how wars are decided and why they go wrong.
Bad for you if
- you want a clear verdict on McNamara, and the film leaves you to judge him.
- you need momentum, and this is one man talking to the camera.
About: responsibility · war · memory · power
The Unknown Known 2013
Documentary
Former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
The sides of The Unknown Known
- Donald Rumsfeld facing the camera
- His thousands of office memos
- The road to the Iraq war
Good for you if
- you want to hear a man who ran the Pentagon explain himself.
- you like Errol Morris questioning someone who plays with words.
- you're fine ending a film without a clear answer about the man.
Bad for you if
- you need more than one man talking for an hour and a half.
- you'd rather not revisit the Iraq war through the man who planned it.
About: power · language · responsibility
The Last Dance 2020
Documentary
A 10-part documentary chronicling the untold story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty with rare, never-before-seen footage and sound from the 1997-98 championship season – plus over 100 interviews with famous figures and basketball’s biggest names.
The sides of The Last Dance
- The Chicago Bulls' 1997-98 season
- Michael Jordan watching old clips on a tablet
- Rare footage from inside the locker room
Good for you if
- you like basketball games replayed with the players telling you what they felt.
- you want Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and Phil Jackson in their own words.
- you like the 1990s NBA, from the Bad Boys Pistons to the sixth title.
Bad for you if
- ten episodes on one team is too much for you.
- a hundred interviews and a whole roster to keep track of lose you.
About: winning · competition · fame
My Best Fiend 1999
Documentary
A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
The sides of My Best Fiend
- Werner Herzog remembering Klaus Kinski
- Five films made together, from the jungle of Peru
- Rages on set caught on camera
Good for you if
- you want the true story behind Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo.
- you laugh at a director calmly recalling his plan to kill his star.
- you like two impossible men who could not work apart.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film partly in German.
- you find footage from the seventies dated.
About: art · obsession · love and hate
Best of Enemies 2015
Documentary
A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers, and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, "What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?"
The sides of Best of Enemies
- Gore Vidal against William F. Buckley Jr.
- Televised debates during the 1968 conventions
- A night when the insults went live
Good for you if
- you love two brilliant speakers trading cutting lines.
- you like politics as a duel, the liberal Vidal against the conservative Buckley.
- you're drawn to 1968 America, Miami and Chicago.
Bad for you if
- you need something to look at, not archive footage of two men seated in a TV studio.
- you find grainy sixties TV footage dated.
About: politics · television · rivalry