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  1. Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act of creation and other big questions that mankind has continuously asked.

    The sides of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman

    • Morgan Freeman traveling to holy places
    • How religions see death and creation
    • Conversations with believers and scholars

    Good for you if

    • you like big questions about creation and life after death.
    • you like learning how ancient civilizations imagined their gods.
    • you like meeting believers of many faiths around the world.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and a reflective travel documentary feels slow to you.
    • you roll your eyes at sincere talk about faith and meaning.

    About: faith · death · creation · meaning

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  2. 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

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  3. 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

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  4. An Inconvenient Truth 2006

    Documentary

    A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

    The sides of An Inconvenient Truth

    • Al Gore's slideshow on global warming
    • Melting glaciers, before and after
    • A politician's own story between the charts

    Good for you if

    • you like a clear case built on data and photographs.
    • you care about glaciers, oceans and the climate.
    • you like a man who believes every word he says on stage.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum. Most of it is a lecture with graphs.
    • you'd rather keep politics out of it. A former US vice president makes the case.

    About: climate · responsibility · politics

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  5. 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

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  6. The 11th Hour 2007

    Documentary

    A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems. Featuring ongoing dialogues of experts from all over the world, including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, former head of the CIA R. James Woolse

    The sides of The 11th Hour

    • Leonardo DiCaprio on the state of the planet
    • Scientists and thinkers including Stephen Hawking
    • Ideas for saving ecosystems

    Good for you if

    • you care about melting ice, forests and the oceans.
    • you want experts explaining climate change in their own words.
    • you like a sincere call to act before it is too late.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more than a long line of interviews.
    • you can't sit through warnings about the end of the planet.

    About: climate change · ecology · responsibility

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  7. Before the Flood 2016

    Documentary

    A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native communities across the planet.

    The sides of Before the Flood

    • Leonardo DiCaprio travelling as a UN climate messenger
    • Melting Arctic ice, burning forests, flooded islands
    • Meetings with scientists and world leaders

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing the effects of climate change on the ground, country by country.
    • you care about forests, ice and endangered species.
    • you want to know who blocks climate action and why.

    Bad for you if

    • a film star's sincere voice-over about saving the planet makes you roll your eyes.
    • you want something reassuring. This is a warning.

    About: climate · responsibility · the future

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  8. 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

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  9. Take a trip inside the mind of Bill Gates as the billionaire opens up about those who influenced him and the audacious goals he's still pursuing.

    The sides of Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates

    • Bill Gates talking about his childhood
    • His foundation's work on toilets, polio and nuclear power
    • The people who shaped him

    Good for you if

    • you like a portrait of a real man in his own words.
    • you want to understand how Bill Gates thinks.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at big plans to save the world with new toilets and vaccines.
    • you need momentum. Much of it is Gates thinking out loud on long walks.

    About: ambition · philanthropy · the mind

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  10. 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

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  11. Religulous 2008

    Documentary

    Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about their faith. Traveling around the world, Maher examines the tenets of Christianity, Judaism and Islam and raises questions about homosexuality, proof of Christ's existence, Jewish Sabbath laws, violent Muslim extremists.

    The sides of Religulous

    • A comedian interviewing believers of several faiths
    • A chapel for truckers and a creationism museum
    • A visit to a rabbi and to a Vatican priest

    Good for you if

    • you laugh when an interviewer keeps a straight face and lets an answer hang.
    • you like watching someone argue for an hour and a half.
    • you like real people filmed in their own churches and shops.

    Bad for you if

    • you want believers taken at their word, not set up for a laugh.
    • you want a calm evening, and this is a dispute in almost every scene.

    About: faith · doubt · religion

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  12. In this docuseries, meet the heroes on the front lines of the battle against influenza and learn about their efforts to stop the next global outbreak.

    The sides of Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak

    • Researchers working on a universal flu vaccine
    • Doctors facing flu outbreaks around the world
    • A series released just before COVID-19

    Good for you if

    • you like meeting the real people who work to stop the next outbreak.
    • you like following doctors and researchers through long days at work and at home.

    Bad for you if

    • you lose track when a series keeps cutting between doctors and researchers in several countries.
    • you roll your eyes at heroic portraits of people at work.

    About: public health · science · dedication

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  13. The Corporation 2003

    Documentary

    Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.

    The sides of The Corporation

    • The corporation treated as a legal person
    • A psychiatric checklist applied to big business
    • Interviews with CEOs, activists and economists

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand how companies came to hold so much power.
    • you like real case studies more than abstract theory.
    • you enjoy a long argument built from dozens of interviews.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly two and a half hours of documentary is too much for you.
    • you want striking images, and this is built from interviews and archive footage.

    About: capitalism · democracy · responsibility

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  14. Tomorrow 2015

    Documentary

    Climate is changing. Instead of showing all the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions.

    The sides of Tomorrow

    • A film crew travelling to ten countries
    • Urban farms, local currencies and clean energy
    • People already fixing things where they live

    Good for you if

    • you want a climate film that offers hope instead of fear.
    • you care about farming, energy and the planet.
    • you like meeting real people who started change in their own town.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles, and this documentary is mostly in French.
    • you need conflict and suspense to stay with a documentary.

    About: the climate · hope · local action · democracy

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  15. Zero Days 2016

    Documentary

    Alex Gibney explores the phenomenon of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer virus discovered in 2010 by international IT experts. Evidently commissioned by the US and Israeli governments, this malware was designed to specifically sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme. However, the complex computer worm ended up not only infecting its intended target but also spreading uncontrollably.

    The sides of Zero Days

    • A computer worm aimed at Iran's nuclear program
    • Officials who won't speak on record
    • Alex Gibney chasing who built Stuxnet

    Good for you if

    • you like a true story about the first cyberweapon to break real machines.
    • you want to know how governments wage secret wars with code.
    • you like an investigation that feels like a spy thriller.

    Bad for you if

    • you want things blowing up, and this is mostly interviews and lines of code.
    • you need clear answers, and many people here refuse to give them.

    About: secrecy · cyberwar · state power

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  16. Fed Up 2014

    Documentary

    Fed Up blows the lid off everything we thought we knew about food and weight loss, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public, resulting in one of the largest health epidemics in history.

    The sides of Fed Up

    • Sugar in American food
    • Teenagers trying to lose weight
    • The food industry and Washington

    Good for you if

    • you want to know what is really in the food on your plate.
    • you like seeing how lobbies shape what the government tells you to eat.
    • you care about the kids and parents fighting their weight at home.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a documentary on a mission.
    • you want a light evening, and this may change how you look at your fridge.

    About: health · industry · childhood

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  17. I Am Not Your Negro 2017

    Documentary

    Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.

    The sides of I Am Not Your Negro

    • James Baldwin's unfinished book
    • Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King
    • Archive footage of America then and now

    Good for you if

    • you want Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King through James Baldwin's eyes.
    • you want the real archive footage of the civil rights years.
    • you like James Baldwin's words, read by Samuel L. Jackson.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch archive images of racist violence.
    • you need a story that moves faster than an essay.

    About: racism · memory · American identity

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  18. Carl Sagan covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.

    The sides of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

    • Carl Sagan explaining the universe
    • The whole history of the cosmos on one calendar
    • A spaceship of the imagination

    Good for you if

    • you like feeling small in front of the age of the universe.
    • you like stars, planets and how we learned what they are.
    • you like a scientist who speaks about humanity with real feeling.

    Bad for you if

    • you find 1980 effects and pacing dated.
    • you need momentum. Carl Sagan takes his time, with long pauses on music and images of space.

    About: our place in the universe · science · humanity

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  19. Into the Inferno 2016

    Documentary

    With stunning views of eruptions and lava flows, Werner Herzog captures the raw power of volcanoes and their ties to indigenous spiritual practices.

    The sides of Into the Inferno

    • Werner Herzog and volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer
    • Lava lakes in Vanuatu and Ethiopia
    • A North Korean volcano treated as sacred

    Good for you if

    • you like standing at the edge of a boiling lava lake.
    • you want eruptions and lava flows filmed up close.
    • you like Herzog drifting from volcanoes to cults and myths.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, not Herzog's long detours.
    • you want eruptions back to back, not interviews between them.

    About: nature · belief · the end of the world

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  20. 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

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