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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
Oppenheimer 2023
Película
Película sobre el físico J. Robert Oppenheimer y su papel como desarrollador de la bomba atómica. Basada en el libro 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer' de Kai Bird y Martin J. Sherwin.
Las caras de Oppenheimer
- El hombre que construyó la bomba
- Un pueblo secreto en el desierto
- Una audiencia que decide su destino
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una interpretación protagonista sostenida por la mirada.
- te gustan las salas llenas de gente brillante discutiendo.
- quieres sentir la primera prueba en el pecho.
Mala para ti si
- tres horas de conversación son demasiado para una sola noche.
- quieres acción. Son sobre todo reuniones y audiencias.
- quieres una historia contada en orden. Salta entre épocas.
Temas: la culpa · el poder · la ciencia
The Vietnam War 2017
Documentary
An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
The sides of The Vietnam War
- Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's history of the war
- American veterans, protesters and Vietnamese witnesses
- From French Indochina to the fall of Saigon
Good for you if
- you want the whole war, from the French colonial years to 1975.
- you like hearing soldiers from both sides describe the same battles.
- you want witnesses rather than actors.
Bad for you if
- ten long episodes is too much for you.
- you can't stand real footage of combat and the dead.
About: war · lies of power · memory
Hitler: A Career 1977
Documentary
A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of mass psychology and how the desperate crowd can be deceived and shepherded to the slaughterhouse.
The sides of Hitler: A Career
- Archive footage of Hitler's rise
- Crowds at Nazi rallies
- The Weimar Republic sliding into dictatorship
Good for you if
- you want to understand how the Weimar Republic fell to the Nazis.
- you're interested in how crowds are swayed by propaganda.
- you want the story told through footage from the time.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours of archive footage is too much for you.
- you can't sit through so many images of Nazi crowds and war.
About: propaganda · mass psychology · dictatorship
The World at War 1973
Documentary
A documentary series that gives a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it profoundly influenced.
The sides of The World at War
- World War II from its roots to its aftermath
- Interviews with soldiers, civilians and leaders
- Archive footage narrated by Laurence Olivier
Good for you if
- you want the whole Second World War told in order, front by front.
- you like hearing soldiers who were there tell what they saw.
- you like the grave, haunting Carl Davis theme that opens every episode.
Bad for you if
- you find 1970s television and black and white archives dated.
- you can't watch footage of the camps and the dead.
- you won't commit to twenty six episodes of nearly an hour each.
About: war · memory · genocide
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror 2021
Documentary
Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.
The sides of Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
- The September 11 attacks
- Twenty years of war in Afghanistan
- Survivors, soldiers and officials remembering
Good for you if
- you want the personal stories of people who lived through that day.
- you like seeing how one day reshaped the following twenty years.
- you want to understand the choices made in Washington after the attacks.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch footage of the attacks and accounts of torture.
- you want something light for your evening.
About: terrorism · grief · security and freedom
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 2023
Documentary
Explore how one man's relentless drive and invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war forever, led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed mass hysteria.
The sides of To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
- J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project
- The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Archive footage and historians' interviews
Good for you if
- you want the real story behind the Oppenheimer film.
- you like the question of who decides to use a weapon.
- you want to understand how the bomb changed war forever.
Bad for you if
- you can't look at the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- you want a big-screen drama more than archive and interviews.
About: guilt · science · war · responsibility
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 Civil War 1990
Documentary
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
The sides of The Civil War
- Archive photographs of soldiers and battlefields
- Letters and diaries read aloud
- From secession to Lincoln's assassination
Good for you if
- you want to understand how the United States came apart and back together.
- you like a haunting fiddle tune that returns through every episode.
- you want the battles told through the people who fought them.
Bad for you if
- you can't give more than ten hours to one documentary.
- you need moving footage, not slow pans over still photographs.
About: slavery · the union · sacrifice
Hearts and Minds 1974
Documentary
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
The sides of Hearts and Minds
- Interviews with generals and veterans
- Vietnamese villagers after the bombing
- The Vietnam War filmed while it was still going on
Good for you if
- you want to see what the Vietnam War did to the people on both sides.
- you like a film made in the middle of the events it shows.
- you like seeing official speeches set against what happened on the ground.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real footage of napalm and wounded civilians.
- you find seventies footage dated.
About: war · propaganda · guilt
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass 2021
Documentary
Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
The sides of JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
- Oliver Stone back on the Kennedy case
- Declassified files from the assassination
- Dallas, November 22, 1963
Good for you if
- you want to go through the real documents released decades after Dallas.
- you like going back over who shot Kennedy, piece by piece.
- you want to look at what the CIA and Washington knew in 1963.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch the Zapruder footage of the shooting played again.
- you need a final, settled answer about who killed Kennedy.
About: political assassination · government secrecy · american history
Fahrenheit 9/11 2004
Documentary
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The sides of Fahrenheit 9/11
- The 2000 election and September 11
- A president in a classroom after the attacks
- A mother from Flint who lost her son in Iraq
Good for you if
- you want news footage and interviews from the Bush years in one film.
- you like following money and oil between Washington and Saudi Arabia.
- you like Michael Moore's mocking edits and pop songs over politicians.
Bad for you if
- a mother reading her dead son's last letter is too much for you.
- you can't watch real footage of wounded civilians and soldiers in Iraq.
About: war · grief · politics
Hitler: The Rise of Evil 2003
Series
This biopic profiles history's most spectacular madman, tracing his journey from humble roots to complete mastery of Germany.
The sides of Hitler: The Rise of Evil
- Hitler's rise from Vienna to power
- Robert Carlyle as Hitler
- A journalist who tried to warn Germany
Good for you if
- you want to see how Germany handed power to Hitler step by step.
- you want to watch Robert Carlyle's Hitler.
- you want the true story of Fritz Gerlich, the journalist who tried to warn Germany.
Bad for you if
- you can't bear spending hours with Hitler.
- you want the Second World War, and this story stops before it begins.
About: power · complicity · the rise of fascism
El hundimiento 2004
Película
Berlín, abril de 1945. En las calles de Berlín se libra una encarnizada batalla. Hitler y sus fieles se han atrincherado en un búnker. Entre ellos se encuentra Traudl Junge, la secretaria personal del Führer. En el exterior, la situación se recrudece. A pesar de que Berlín ya no puede resistir más, Hitler se niega a abandonar la ciudad y, acompañado de Eva Braun, prepara su despedida.
Las caras de El hundimiento
- Los últimos días de Hitler en su búnker de Berlín
- Su joven secretaria
- Berlín cayendo ante el ejército soviético
Buena para ti si
- quieres ver de cerca los últimos días del Tercer Reich.
- no puedes apartar la vista de Bruno Ganz como Hitler.
- te gusta la angustia asfixiante de un búnker mientras la ciudad cae arriba.
Mala para ti si
- no lees subtítulos en una película alemana.
- no soportas ver cómo se acumulan la desesperación y los suicidios en un búnker.
Temas: la negación · la lealtad ciega · la derrota
Why We Fight 2005
Documentary
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
The sides of Why We Fight
- Eisenhower's warning about the military-industrial complex
- A retired New York policeman who lost his son on 9/11
- Soldiers, officials and arms makers on the Iraq war
Good for you if
- you want to understand how money and politics shape war.
- you want to trace America's wars from Eisenhower's farewell speech to Baghdad.
- you want the Iraq war seen from Washington and the factories.
Bad for you if
- a father's grief and bombings on screen are too much for you.
- you'd rather make up your own mind than follow a film that argues one side.
About: power · war · grief
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan 2021
Documentary
Dynamic reenactments and expert commentaries bring to life the tumultuous history and power struggles of a warring 16th-century feudal Japan.
The sides of Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
- Warlords fighting to unite 16th-century Japan
- Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Reenactments mixed with historians
Good for you if
- you want the Sengoku period explained clearly from start to finish.
- you like samurai armies and sieges brought back to life.
- you like betrayals and alliances decided by who will rule Japan.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch bloody battle reenactments.
- you can't take ritual suicide shown on screen.
About: ambition · loyalty · unification

Einstein and the Bomb 2024
Documentary
What happened after Einstein fled Nazi Germany? Using archival footage and his own words, this docudrama dives into the mind of a tortured genius.
The sides of Einstein and the Bomb
- Einstein fleeing Nazi Germany
- A letter that helped start the atomic bomb
- An actor speaking Einstein's own words
Good for you if
- you like the years that led to the atomic age.
- you like a famous scientist in his own words.
- you like the Second World War seen from a scientist's desk.
Bad for you if
- you need more than talk and archive footage.
- you'd rather not face the atomic bombings.
About: guilt · science · exile

Hugo Chávez, El Comandante 2017
Documentary
The life of Hugo Chavez; from childhood, his arrival to power, confrontations, and loves to his last days as president.
The sides of Hugo Chávez, El Comandante
- A soldier from the Venezuelan plains who becomes president
- A failed coup and a prison cell
- Years of speeches and oil money
Good for you if
- you want the life of a real president, from childhood to his last days.
- you like watching how a man takes a country and keeps it.
- you want the Venezuela of the nineties and the two thousands up close.
Bad for you if
- you want suspense, and you already know how this life ends.
About: power · ambition · a country
The Edge of Democracy 2019
Documentary
A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.
The sides of The Edge of Democracy
- Lula and Dilma Rousseff up close
- An impeachment seen from inside the palace
- A director whose own family is part of the story
Good for you if
- you like watching who really holds power in a country fall apart in real time.
- you want the Brazil of Lula and Dilma Rousseff filmed from the inside.
- you like a political story told through the director's own parents and grandparents.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for two hours of Portuguese.
- you need some hope by the end, not a divided country left as it is.
About: democracy · polarization · memory

Taxi to the Dark Side 2008
Documentary
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
The sides of Taxi to the Dark Side
- An Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar
- Detention at Bagram and Guantanamo
- Soldiers and officials on interrogation orders
Good for you if
- you want the true story of one innocent man who died in US custody.
- you want to see how orders from the top reached a prison cell.
- you want to understand what the war on terror did behind closed doors.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a story of torture and death of an innocent man.
- you can't look at photos of prisoners being abused.
About: torture · responsibility · justice