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The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 2006
Documentary
A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek's most exciting ideas on personal subjectivity, fantasy and reality, desire and sexuality.
The sides of The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
- Slavoj Žižek talking through famous films
- Rebuilt sets from Hitchcock and Lynch films
- Psychoanalysis applied to desire and fantasy
Good for you if
- you like an excited philosopher talking nonstop about movies.
- you like strange readings of Psycho, The Birds and Blue Velvet.
- you love classic Hollywood and want to see it with new eyes.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours of lecture is too much for you.
- you need a story with people to follow, not one man talking over film clips.
About: desire · fantasy · cinema
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? 2004
Documentary
Amanda is a divorced woman who makes a living as a photographer. During the Fall of the year Amanda begins to see the world in new and different ways when she begins to question her role in life, her relationships with her career and men and what it all means. As the layers to her everyday experiences fall away insertions in the story with scientists, and philosophers and religious leaders impart information directly to an off-screen interviewer about academic issues, and Amanda begins to understand the basis to the quantum world beneath. During her epiphany as she considers the Great Questions raised by the host of inserted thinkers, she slowly comprehends the various inspirations and begins to see the world in a new way.
The sides of What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
- A divorced photographer questioning her life
- Interviews about quantum physics and the mind
- Animated cells at a wedding party
Good for you if
- you like big questions about consciousness and reality.
- you enjoy a mix of fiction, interviews and odd animated sequences.
Bad for you if
- you need the science to hold up to scrutiny.
- you roll your eyes at talk of creating your own reality.
About: consciousness · self-help · spirituality
A Trip to Infinity 2022
Documentary
Does infinity exist? Can we experience the Infinite? In an animated film (created by artists from 10 countries) the world's most cutting-edge scientists and mathematicians go in search of the infinite and its mind-bending implications for the universe. Eminent mathematicians, particle physicists and cosmologists dive into infinity and its mind-bending implications for the universe.
The sides of A Trip to Infinity
- Mathematicians and physicists on infinity
- Animated sequences from artists in ten countries
- Hotels with infinite rooms and endless universes
Good for you if
- you like your head spinning at the size of the universe.
- you like a paradox you keep thinking about after the film.
- you like cosmologists asking if the universe goes on forever.
Bad for you if
- you want people and stories, not ideas.
- you don't like a documentary carried by animation.
About: infinity · time · the universe
AlphaGo 2017
Documentary
The ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial intelligence. Yet in 2016, Google's DeepMind team announced that they would be taking on Lee Sedol, the world's most elite Go champion. AlphaGo chronicles the team as it prepares to test the limits of its rapidly-evolving AI technology. The film pits man against machine, and reveals as much about the workings of the human mind as it does the future of AI.
The sides of AlphaGo
- Google DeepMind's program against Lee Sedol
- A five-game Go match in Seoul
- Engineers watching their machine play
Good for you if
- you like holding your breath over a single move on a Go board.
- you like a champion facing an opponent nobody has faced before.
- you want to see the real match that made the news in 2016.
Bad for you if
- you need more on screen than two players and a board.
- you won't read subtitles for the Korean commentary and interviews.
About: artificial intelligence · man against machine · defeat
Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge 2016
Documentary
Derren Brown investigates the power of social compliance by persuading an unwitting member of the public into believing that they have pushed someone to their death.
The sides of Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge
- An ordinary man at a staged charity event
- Actors steering him step by step
- A push from a rooftop
Good for you if
- you like watching someone pressured closer and closer to the edge.
- you want to see how far social pressure can push a real person.
- you like Derren Brown's stunts and the reveal he builds each one toward.
Bad for you if
- you can't enjoy a host who tricks a stranger for the cameras.
- you want an easy watch, and squirming makes you switch off.
About: obedience · peer pressure · manipulation
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? 2013
Documentary
A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.
The sides of Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
- Noam Chomsky in conversation
- Michel Gondry's hand-drawn animation
- Questions about language and how we think
Good for you if
- you like hearing Noam Chomsky explain language and the mind.
- you like Michel Gondry's doodles moving to every idea.
- you want to hear Noam Chomsky talk about his own childhood and family.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you'd rather not work through linguistics and philosophy.
About: language · thought · curiosity
The Unbelievers 2013
Documentary
Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss travel the globe promoting a scientific worldview and the rational questioning of religious belief.
The sides of The Unbelievers
- Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss on tour
- Science against religious belief
- Packed halls and debates around the world
Good for you if
- you like long conversations about science and belief.
- you want arguments built on evidence.
- you like spending time on the road with two well-known scientists.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at people making the case for their own side on stage.
- you want a portrait of the men themselves. The film follows their talks more than their lives.
About: reason · religion · doubt
A Brief History of Time 1991
Documentary
Partly adapted from cosmologist Stephen Hawking's popular book about his theories of the universe, this in-depth documentary also presents Hawking's daily life as he deals with the ALS that renders him virtually immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawking's friends, family, former classmates and peers are interviewed about not only his theories but the man himself.
The sides of A Brief History of Time
- Stephen Hawking speaking through a computer
- Black holes and the origin of time
- Family and classmates remembering him
Good for you if
- you like being shown how small we are next to the universe.
- you want the man behind the book, his illness and his family.
- you love black holes, the Big Bang and where time comes from.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum and quiet interviews lose you.
- you can't watch an illness slowly take away a man's body and voice.
About: time · the universe · disability · curiosity
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World 2016
Documentary
Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.
The sides of Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
- Werner Herzog asking what the internet is doing to us
- The first message sent between two computers
- Robots, hackers and dreams of Mars
Good for you if
- you like hearing the people who built the internet tell how it began.
- you like Herzog asking whether the internet dreams of itself.
- you like odd detours to people who flee all radio waves.
Bad for you if
- you can't face a family harassed online after their daughter's death.
- you need momentum more than ten loose chapters of musing.
About: technology · the future · human connection
Particle Fever 2013
Documentary
As the Large Hadron Collider is about to be launched for the first time, physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time - or perhaps their greatest failure.
The sides of Particle Fever
- The Large Hadron Collider switching on
- Physicists at CERN
- The hunt for the Higgs boson
Good for you if
- you like the feeling of being there for a discovery about the universe.
- you want real physics explained by the people doing it.
- you like following real scientists through years of waiting.
Bad for you if
- you need more on screen than physicists and control rooms.
- you want a story where every question gets answered.
About: discovery · patience · curiosity
Stutz 2022
Documentary
In candid conversations with actor Jonah Hill, leading psychiatrist Phil Stutz explores his early life experiences and unique, visual model of therapy.
The sides of Stutz
- Jonah Hill filming his own therapist
- Therapy tools drawn on index cards
- A psychiatrist living with Parkinson's
Good for you if
- you like long, honest conversations about how to live.
- you like the warmth between Jonah Hill and Phil Stutz.
- you want to know the man behind the therapist.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at self-help and open hearts on camera.
- you need more than two men talking in a room.
About: therapy · self-acceptance · mentorship
Tim's Vermeer 2013
Documentary
Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artista David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarques on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.
The sides of Tim's Vermeer
- An inventor who has never painted
- A room in Texas rebuilt like Vermeer's
- Mirrors, lenses and years of patience
Good for you if
- you like a theory tested with real lenses and mirrors.
- you like a centuries old question about how Vermeer painted.
- you like Dutch painting from the 1600s.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and months of painting wear you out.
- you want Penn and Teller's stage comedy. Here they mostly watch a friend paint.
About: art · obsession · patience
Life After People: The Series 2009
Documentary
Life After People is a television series on which scientists, structural engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of Earth should humanity instantly disappear. The featured experts also talk about the impact of human extinction on the environment, and the vestiges of civilization thus left behind.
The sides of Life After People: The Series
- Cities without a single human
- Engineers predicting how buildings fall
- Nature taking back the streets
Good for you if
- you like imagining the world going on without us.
- you like watching plants and animals take back a city.
- you want experts explaining what would really happen to steel and concrete.
Bad for you if
- you need people and a story to follow.
- you'd rather not spend an evening on a world where humanity is gone for good.
About: time · extinction · nature

Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking 2010
Documentary
Hawking gives us the ultimate guide to the universe, a ripping yarn based on real science, spanning the whole of space and time -- from the nature of the universe itself, to the chances of alien life, and the real possibility of time travel.
The sides of Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
- Stephen Hawking's ideas about the cosmos
- The chances of alien life
- Whether time travel is possible
Good for you if
- you like imagining the universe from the Big Bang to its end.
- you like wondering what alien life might look like.
- you want big questions grounded in real physics.
Bad for you if
- you need people and a story, not a guided tour of the cosmos.
- you need things to happen, not ideas explained over CGI.
About: time · the cosmos · curiosity
The Rehearsal 2022
Documentary
With a construction crew, a legion of actors, and seemingly unlimited resources, Nathan Fielder allows ordinary people to prepare for life's biggest moments by "rehearsing" them in carefully crafted simulations of his own design. When a single misstep could shatter your entire world, why leave life to chance?
The sides of The Rehearsal
- Nathan Fielder rehearsing people's real lives
- Full size replicas of bars and homes
- Child actors playing a growing son
Good for you if
- you laugh at awkwardness so long it hurts.
- you like a show that builds a fake life to prepare for a real one.
- you like never knowing where the comedy ends and the real thing begins.
Bad for you if
- you need a show that feels safe and easy. Every episode runs on discomfort.
- you can't laugh at real people's fears being acted out for a camera.
About: control · anxiety · parenthood
Alien Worlds 2020
Documentary
Applying the laws of life on Earth to the rest of the galaxy, this series blends science fact and fiction to imagine alien life on other planets.
The sides of Alien Worlds
- Imagined planets and the life on them
- Animals on Earth as the model
- Computer-made alien creatures
Good for you if
- you like imagining what life could look like on other planets.
- you like exoplanets and the science of where life could exist.
- you like real animals on Earth used to explain alien ones.
Bad for you if
- you don't like documentaries built on computer-animated creatures.
- you need people and a story to follow.
About: life · evolution · the universe

The Universe 2007
Documentary
From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in a wondrous yet deadly adventure through space and time.
The sides of The Universe
- The planets of the solar system
- Black holes and dying stars
- Astronomers explaining the cosmos
Good for you if
- you like feeling small next to galaxies and black holes.
- you want a tour of the solar system and far beyond.
- you want real astronomy explained by scientists.
Bad for you if
- nine seasons is too much for you.
- you need characters to follow, not planets.
About: the cosmos · time · scale
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology 2012
Documentary
A journey into the labyrinthine heart of ideology, which shapes and justifies both collective and personal beliefs and practices: with an infectious zeal and voracious appetite for popular culture, Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek analyzes several of the most important films in the history of cinema to explain how cinematic narrative helps to reinforce prevailing ethics and political ideas.
The sides of The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
- Slavoj Žižek standing inside scenes from famous films
- Ideology read through Hollywood
- Psychoanalysis applied to pop culture
Good for you if
- you like a philosopher talking nonstop about films you know.
- you like ideas you have to work to follow.
- you want to see how films quietly sell you politics.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through more than two hours of one man talking.
- you want a story with people, not a lecture.
About: ideology · cinema · belief
How the Universe Works 2010
Documentary
A users' guide to the cosmos, from the Big Bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons: where did it all come from and how does it all fit together? A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.
The sides of How the Universe Works
- The Big Bang to black holes
- Astrophysicists explaining the cosmos
- Computer-animated planets and stars
Good for you if
- you like learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born.
- you like feeling very small under the night sky.
- you like exploding stars and colliding galaxies on a big screen.
Bad for you if
- you can't commit to 11 seasons of episodes.
- you need people and a story, not a science lesson.
About: the cosmos · physics · origins
Behind the Curve 2018
Documentary
Meet the growing, worldwide community of theorists who defend the belief that the Earth is flat while living in a society who vehemently rejects it.
The sides of Behind the Curve
- Flat Earth believers at a convention
- Mark Sargent and his YouTube videos
- An experiment that does not go their way
Good for you if
- you're curious about people who believe the Earth is flat.
- you like a portrait that takes Mark Sargent and his friends seriously.
- you like a tight community of believers who find friends, and rivals, in each other.
Bad for you if
- you want to laugh at flat Earthers. The film listens to them instead.
- you need more happening than people talking on camera.
About: belief · community · science