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  1. Imagine: John Lennon 1988

    Documentary

    The biography of former Beatle, John Lennon—narrated by Lennon himself—with extensive material from Yoko Ono's personal collection, previously unseen footage from Lennon's private archives, and interviews with David Bowie, his first wife Cynthia, second wife Yoko Ono and sons Julian and Sean.

    The sides of Imagine: John Lennon

    • John Lennon telling his own life
    • Home footage from Yoko Ono's archives
    • Cynthia, Julian and Sean looking back

    Good for you if

    • you love the Beatles and Lennon's solo songs.
    • you want Lennon in his own voice, from Liverpool to New York.
    • you like a portrait of a man with all his contradictions.

    Bad for you if

    • you find old 1960s and 70s footage dated.
    • you can't revisit his murder in New York in 1980.

    About: fame · love · peace · loss

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  2. When You're Strange 2010

    Documentary

    The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists —drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison— made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas.

    The sides of When You're Strange

    • The Doors from film school to sold out arenas
    • Jim Morrison on stage and on trial
    • Footage shot between 1965 and 1971

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing The Doors' songs alongside how they were made.
    • you like the late 1960s seen through archive footage only.
    • you want the true story of Jim Morrison's rise and fall.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch drink, drugs and a death at 27 up close.
    • you can't stand following a singer who taunts his crowds and ends up on trial.

    About: fame · excess · rebellion

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  3. Soaked in Bleach 2015

    Documentary

    Twenty years ago, Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The world was told it was a suicide, but evidence would lead many people to believe it might be otherwise. The film investigates the possibilities that exist that Kurt Cobain's death might not have been a suicide, that the Seattle Police Department rushed their verdict, and the global media perpetuated lies and misinformation fed to them by Courtney Love that created the belief in many that Cobain killed himself—but when revealed to be lies—lead many to now question what happened.

    The sides of Soaked in Bleach

    • The death of Kurt Cobain
    • A private investigator's recorded calls
    • Reenactments of the last days in Seattle

    Good for you if

    • you like a cold case reopened through tapes and reenactments.
    • you want to hear the questions raised about Kurt Cobain's death.
    • you like a private detective, Tom Grant, building his own case against a quick police verdict.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a film about a real death and a possible suicide.
    • you need answers, and this film leaves Cobain's death an open question.

    About: fame · doubt · grief

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  4. A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.

    The sides of No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    • Bob Dylan from 1961 to 1966
    • Greenwich Village folk clubs
    • Fans booing when he goes electric

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear Dylan's songs as they were first played.
    • you like the sixties, from the folk scene to the protest years.
    • you like a life story told by the people who were there.

    Bad for you if

    • three and a half hours is too much for you.
    • you find black and white footage from the sixties dated.

    About: reinvention · fame · the voice of a generation

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  5. Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

    The sides of Saving Mr. Banks

    • P.L. Travers fighting Walt Disney over Mary Poppins
    • A childhood in Queensland with a drinking father
    • Songwriters at a piano in 1960s Los Angeles

    Good for you if

    • you like Emma Thompson's prickly author slowly letting people in.
    • you like a film that reveals the father behind Mr. Banks and makes you cry.
    • you like the true story behind a film you grew up with.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at Disney telling a heartwarming story about Disney.
    • you can't watch a little girl growing up with an alcoholic father.

    About: childhood · grief · fathers · creation

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  6. Andre the Giant 2018

    Documentary

    An ambitious and wide-ranging documentary exploring Andre’s upbringing in France, his celebrated career in WWE, and his forays in the entertainment world.

    The sides of Andre the Giant

    • A giant from a farm in France
    • Wrestling legends telling his story
    • A body that never stopped growing

    Good for you if

    • you like the life of André Roussimoff, from a French farm to the WWE.
    • you like wrestling told by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair.
    • you can be moved by a giant who never fit in the world.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a man's body slowly failing him.
    • you want full matches more than interviews.

    About: loneliness · fame · the body

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  7. 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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  8. I Am Heath Ledger 2017

    Documentary

    The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera.

    The sides of I Am Heath Ledger

    • Heath Ledger's own home videos
    • Friends and family remembering him
    • A young actor from Perth to Hollywood

    Good for you if

    • you want to see Heath Ledger through his own camera.
    • you want a portrait that moves you to tears.
    • you like hearing who he was away from the set.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take a story you know ends with an early death.
    • you roll your eyes at a tribute where everyone only praises.

    About: creativity · grief · fame

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  9. Diana: In Her Own Words 2017

    Documentary

    Using home videos recorded by her voice coach, Diana takes us through the story of her life.

    The sides of Diana: In Her Own Words

    • Princess Diana's own voice on tape
    • Home videos recorded with her voice coach
    • A royal marriage falling apart

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear Diana tell her life story herself.
    • you want to hear her talk about her marriage and becoming a mother.
    • you're curious about the royal family in the 1980s and 1990s.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through talk of bulimia, self-harm and despair.
    • you need striking images more than grainy home video.

    About: fame · marriage · loneliness · motherhood

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  10. 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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  11. Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), a trans activist group based in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village. Her death in 1992 was declared a suicide by the NYPD, but friends never accepted that version of events. Structured as a whodunit, with activist Victoria Cruz cast as detective and audience surrogate, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson celebrates the lasting political legacy of Johnson, while seeking to finally solve the mystery of her unexplained death.

    The sides of The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

    • A trans activist found dead in the Hudson in 1992
    • Victoria Cruz reopening the case
    • Stonewall and the birth of S.T.A.R.

    Good for you if

    • you want to know who Marsha P. Johnson was beyond the Stonewall legend.
    • you like a cold case reopened by an activist who won't let it go.
    • you care about New York's gay and trans history since Stonewall.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face a death ruled a suicide and the violence against trans women around it.
    • you need a case that ends with an answer.

    About: trans rights · justice · memory

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  12. Val 2021

    Documentary

    For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors, has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

    The sides of Val

    • Val Kilmer's own home videos over forty years
    • His son reading his words
    • Throat cancer and a lost voice

    Good for you if

    • you like an actor's life told through his own camera.
    • you can be moved by Val Kilmer struggling to speak after cancer.
    • you like a family story, from 16mm films made with his brothers to his son reading his words.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch illness and a body that fails.
    • you want the energy of his films, not a quiet look back.

    About: art · illness · memory

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  13. Britney vs. Spears 2021

    Documentary

    Journalist Jenny Eliscu and filmmaker Erin Lee Carr investigate Britney Spears' fight for freedom by way of exclusive interviews and confidential evidence.

    The sides of Britney vs. Spears

    • A pop star under a court conservatorship
    • Two journalists digging through legal papers
    • A father in control of his daughter's life

    Good for you if

    • you want the real story behind the headlines about Britney Spears.
    • you like seeing who held the money and the decisions, and how.
    • you like an investigation built on documents and sources.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take a story of control and abuse inside a family.
    • you want a story with an ending. The court case was still open when it was made.

    About: freedom · control · fame

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  14. The Times of Harvey Milk 1984

    Documentary

    Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.

    The sides of The Times of Harvey Milk

    • Harvey Milk's rise in San Francisco politics
    • One of the first openly gay elected officials in the US
    • The 1978 assassination and the city's response

    Good for you if

    • you want the real Harvey Milk, in the footage of his time.
    • you like seeing 1970s San Francisco and its fight for gay rights.
    • you can be moved by a candlelight march for a murdered man.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not sit through a real assassination and its grief.
    • you find 1980s documentary footage dated.

    About: gay rights · political courage · grief

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  15. The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

    The sides of Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

    • A Hollywood star who was also an inventor
    • A wartime patent for radio frequency hopping
    • Her own voice on rediscovered tapes

    Good for you if

    • you like learning that a Hollywood star co-invented frequency hopping.
    • you like a life that crosses Vienna in the 1930s and Hollywood in the 1940s.
    • you like a portrait of a woman nobody took seriously beyond her face.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more than interviews and archive clips.
    • you find old Hollywood archive footage dated.

    About: genius · beauty · recognition

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  16. An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

    The sides of Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    • Miles Davis and his trumpet
    • Jazz from bebop to fusion
    • Musicians and family remembering him

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear Kind of Blue and the records that changed jazz.
    • you like a portrait that shows a genius and his darker side.
    • you're curious about racism in America through one musician's life.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face drug addiction and abuse of a wife on screen.
    • you can't spend two hours admiring a man you wouldn't root for.

    About: genius · reinvention · racism

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  17. Finding Vivian Maier 2014

    Documentary

    Vivian Maier's photos were seemingly destined for obscurity, lost among the clutter of the countless objects she'd collected throughout her life. Instead these images have shaken the world of street photography and irrevocably changed the life of the man who brought them to the public eye. This film brings to life the interesting turns and travails of the improbable saga of John Maloof's discovery of Vivian Maier, unravelling this mysterious tale through her documentary films, photographs, odd collections and personal accounts from the people that knew her. What started as a blog to show her work quickly became a viral sensation in the photography world. Photos destined for the trash heap now line gallery exhibitions, a forthcoming book and this documentary film.

    The sides of Finding Vivian Maier

    • A nanny who secretly took thousands of photos
    • Boxes of negatives bought at an auction
    • The families she worked for remembering her

    Good for you if

    • you like piecing together who a secretive woman really was.
    • you love street photography of the American city in the fifties and sixties.
    • you like a real discovery told by the man who made it.

    Bad for you if

    • you want every question about her life answered.
    • you need more happening on screen than people talking about photos.

    About: art · privacy · recognition

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  18. Not long after the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles opened in 1924, a guest committed suicide in one of its rooms, beginning a decades-long string of murders, suicides or otherwise unexplained...

    The sides of Horror at the Cecil Hotel

    • A Los Angeles hotel opened in 1924
    • Decades of deaths and unexplained cases
    • Investigators retracing its history

    Good for you if

    • you want the real history behind a building with a dark reputation.
    • you like going back over deaths that were never fully explained.
    • you like the chill of a true story told at night.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real suicides and murders being retold.
    • you need every case closed with a clear answer.

    About: death · urban legend · Los Angeles

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  19. 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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  20. Teen Michelle Carter’s actions shocked a nation — but what really happened behind closed doors?

    The sides of I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter

    • A young man's suicide in 2014
    • Thousands of text messages
    • A trial over words rather than acts

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand a real case that divided a country.
    • you like piecing together what happened through thousands of text messages.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not watch a story centred on a teenager's suicide.
    • you need some hope by the end.

    About: guilt · loneliness · justice

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