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  1. Spellbound 2002

    Documentary

    This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C.

    The sides of Spellbound

    • Eight kids heading for the national spelling bee
    • Parents and coaches drilling word lists
    • A final round in Washington

    Good for you if

    • you hold your breath over one letter in a hard word.
    • you want kids you root for, from very different homes.
    • you like real kids and their real families, followed all the way to the national final.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more happening than children spelling words.
    • you roll your eyes at hard work and the American dream.

    About: ambition · immigration · childhood

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  2. Free to Play 2014

    Documentary

    Follow three professional video game players as they overcome personal adversity, family pressures, and the realities of life to compete in a $1,000,000 tournament that could change their lives forever.

    The sides of Free to Play

    • Three Dota 2 players at the first International
    • A million dollar prize in Cologne
    • Families who don't understand the dream

    Good for you if

    • you like underdogs chasing one big tournament.
    • you like young players torn between the game and families who don't understand it.
    • you want the real lives of Dendi, Fear and hyhy before esports was big.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at young players talking sincerely about chasing their dream.
    • you'd rather not hear Dendi talk about losing his father.

    About: competition · ambition · family

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Tiger King 2020

    Documentary

    A zoo owner spirals out of control amid a cast of eccentric characters in this true murder-for-hire story from the underworld of big cat breeding.

    The sides of Tiger King

    • A private zoo full of tigers in Oklahoma
    • A feud between Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin
    • A murder-for-hire plot

    Good for you if

    • you can laugh at how far a feud between zoo owners goes.
    • you like a real story stranger than anything you'd make up.
    • you like a cast of big cat breeders who each seem invented.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch big cats kept in cages and badly treated.
    • you need answers, and the disappearance of Carole Baskin's husband is never solved.

    About: obsession · rivalry · greed

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  6. Diego Maradona 2019

    Documentary

    Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the personal life and career of the controversial football player Diego Maradona who played for SSC Napoli and Argentina in the 1980s.

    The sides of Diego Maradona

    • Maradona's years at Napoli
    • Never-seen footage from the 1980s
    • The 1986 World Cup and the Hand of God

    Good for you if

    • you like football told through its most famous goals.
    • you like a life told only with footage from the time.
    • you like a man split between the hero Diego and the star Maradona.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch cocaine and a slow fall from grace.
    • two hours and ten minutes is too much for you.

    About: fame · Naples · addiction · talent

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  7. 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

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  8. 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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  9. Best Worst Movie 2009

    Documentary

    A look at the making of the film Troll 2 (1990) and its journey from being crowned the "worst film of all time" to a cherished cult classic.

    The sides of Best Worst Movie

    • The cast of Troll 2, years later
    • A dentist from Alabama who once played a dad
    • Fans who love a film for being terrible

    Good for you if

    • you like fans quoting the lines of a famous flop with joy.
    • you want a warm film about people finding an odd second life.
    • you like hearing what happened to the actors after the cameras stopped.

    Bad for you if

    • you want suspense, not a fan convention.
    • you can't stand cult oddities and people in costume.

    About: cult films · fandom · failure

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  10. Pumping Iron 1977

    Documentary

    Amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests as five-time champion Arnold Schwarzenegger defends his Mr. Olympia title against Serge Nubret and the shy young Lou Ferrigno.

    The sides of Pumping Iron

    • Arnold Schwarzenegger chasing a sixth Mr. Olympia
    • The shy young Lou Ferrigno
    • Gyms and contests in 1975

    Good for you if

    • you like the training and rivalry behind a bodybuilding title.
    • you want to see Schwarzenegger before Hollywood.
    • you can't look away from young Arnold's charm and mind games.

    Bad for you if

    • a grainy 1977 documentary feels dated to you.
    • you can't root for a champion who boasts he skipped his father's funeral to train.

    About: ambition · rivalry · the body

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  11. 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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  12. Pepsi, Where's My Jet? 2022

    Documentary

    When a 20-year-old attempts to win a fighter jet in a Pepsi sweepstakes, he sets the stage for a David versus Goliath court battle for the history books.

    The sides of Pepsi, Where's My Jet?

    • A Pepsi ad promising a fighter jet
    • A 20 year old collecting the points
    • A lawsuit against a giant brand

    Good for you if

    • you like true stories so absurd they sound made up.
    • you like a documentary that has fun with 90s advertising.
    • you like one young man taking on a giant company in court.

    Bad for you if

    • you want real suspense, and you may already know how the case ended.
    • you need momentum, and one court case over several episodes feels slow to you.

    About: advertising · David and Goliath · the 1990s

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  13. The Sparks Brothers 2021

    Documentary

    Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron & Russell Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band’s favorite band.

    The sides of The Sparks Brothers

    • Two brothers in the same band for five decades
    • Ron Mael's deadpan stare
    • Musicians who say Sparks changed them

    Good for you if

    • you like discovering a band you somehow missed.
    • you like a music documentary that keeps making you laugh.
    • you like artists who never did what was expected.

    Bad for you if

    • you find two hours twenty too long for a band documentary.
    • you need drama and conflict to stay hooked.

    About: brotherhood · persistence · art

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  14. 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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  15. The Armstrong Lie 2013

    Documentary

    In 2009, Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong's comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong's confession. The Armstrong Lie picks up in 2013 and presents a riveting, insider's view of the unraveling of one of the most extraordinary stories in the history of sports. As Lance Armstrong says himself, "I didn't live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one."

    The sides of The Armstrong Lie

    • A comeback film that became a confession
    • Lance Armstrong and the Tour de France
    • Years of doping and denial

    Good for you if

    • you want the inside story of a lie told to the whole world.
    • you like cycling and the Tour de France from inside the team.
    • you want to spend two hours with a champion you can't quite root for.

    Bad for you if

    • two hours of interviews and archive footage is too much for you.
    • you'd rather skip the lawyers, sponsors and cycling officials who kept the lie going.

    About: lies · ambition · fame

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  16. Winnebago Man 2010

    Documentary

    Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of - after cursing his way through a Winnebago sales video, Rebney's outrageously funny outtakes became an underground sensation and made him an internet superstar. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer journeys to the top of a mountain to find the recluse who unwittingly became the "Winnebago Man".

    The sides of Winnebago Man

    • A salesman swearing through a Winnebago video
    • Outtakes that went viral
    • A filmmaker looking for a recluse in the mountains

    Good for you if

    • you still laugh at Jack Rebney cursing at a motorhome.
    • you like meeting the real man behind a famous clip.
    • you're curious what happens to someone the internet made famous without asking.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes when a funny documentary turns tender.
    • you can't spend time with a man who curses out everyone, the filmmaker included.

    About: internet fame · solitude · anger

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  17. Beastie Boys Story 2020

    Documentary

    Here's a little story they're about to tell... Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of their band and 40 years of friendship in a live documentary experience directed by friend, collaborator, and their former grandfather, Spike Jonze.

    The sides of Beastie Boys Story

    • Two Beastie Boys telling their story on stage
    • Forty years of friendship
    • Archive footage from early hip-hop

    Good for you if

    • you grew up on the Beastie Boys or love early hip-hop.
    • you like two old friends looking back on a life together.
    • you like stories told with jokes and self-mockery.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather a music story stayed light, without a lump in your throat.
    • you want a concert film more than two men telling stories on a stage.

    About: friendship · growing up · loss

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  18. The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.

    The sides of Bobby Fischer Against the World

    • A Brooklyn chess prodigy
    • The 1972 match against Spassky in Reykjavik
    • A champion who vanishes into paranoia

    Good for you if

    • you like the true story of a genius who never fit in.
    • you like the Cold War played out on a chessboard.
    • you're drawn to an obsessive mind, brilliant and troubled.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't bear to watch a man's mental decline.
    • you need more movement than archive footage of chess games.

    About: obsession · genius · isolation

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  19. Mr. McMahon 2024

    Documentary

    WWE experienced record-breaking highs and crushing lows under Vince McMahon's leadership. This docuseries delves into the mogul's controversial reign.

    The sides of Mr. McMahon

    • Vince McMahon in his own interviews
    • Decades of WWE history
    • Allegations of sexual misconduct

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear the people who built WWE tell it themselves.
    • you like watching how one man ran an empire and everyone in it.
    • you grew up on pro wrestling and want to see behind the curtain.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through accounts of abuse and coercion.
    • you want a light trip down memory lane with your old wrestling heroes.

    About: power · ambition · accountability

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  20. 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

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