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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
Apocalypse: The Second World War 2009
Documentary
A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens. The series is shown in color, with the black and white footage being fully colorized, save for some original color footage. The only exception to the treatment are most Holocaust scenes, which are presented in the original black and white.
The sides of Apocalypse: The Second World War
- Archive footage shot by soldiers and civilians
- Black and white images restored in color
- The whole war in six parts
Good for you if
- you want to see the Second World War through the eyes of those who filmed it.
- you like the whole war told from start to end in six episodes.
- you want to see black and white archive footage restored in colour.
Bad for you if
- you can't face the footage of the Holocaust.
- you can't watch real combat and real bodies.
About: war · memory · the Holocaust
La lista de Schindler 1993
Película
Oskar Schindler, un hombre de enorme astucia y talento para las relaciones públicas, organiza un ambicioso plan para ganarse la simpatía de los nazis. Después de la invasión de Polonia por los alemanes, consigue, gracias a sus relaciones con los nazis, la propiedad de una fábrica de Cracovia. Allí emplea a cientos de operarios judíos, cuya explotación le hace prosperar rápidamente. Su gerente, también judío, es el verdadero director en la sombra, pues Schindler no tiene el menor conocimiento industrial.
Las caras de La lista de Schindler
- Un empresario que salva a sus trabajadores
- Blanco y negro, y un abrigo rojo
- Una lista que significa vida
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las imágenes potentes en blanco y negro, y una niña con abrigo rojo que no olvidarás.
- te gusta un villano terriblemente humano.
- quieres entender una historia real desde dentro.
Mala para ti si
- el Holocausto en pantalla es demasiado para ti esta noche.
- más de tres horas es demasiado para una sola noche.
- el blanco y negro te echa para atrás.
Temas: la humanidad · el valor · el mal
Shoah 1985
Documentary
Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three categories – survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators – Lanzmann presents testimonies from survivors of the Chelmno concentration camp, an Auschwitz escapee, and witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as a chilling report of gas chambers from an SS officer at Treblinka.
The sides of Shoah
- Survivors, bystanders and perpetrators interviewed
- The sites of the camps filmed decades later
- No archive footage at all
Good for you if
- you want the Holocaust told by those who were there.
- you can sit with long silences and slow train journeys.
- you can be moved to tears by a barber breaking down as he recalls Treblinka.
Bad for you if
- you can't give more than nine hours to one film.
- you won't read subtitles, and the film moves between many languages.
- you can't hear first-hand accounts of mass murder.
About: memory · testimony · genocide

Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution 2005
Documentary
This documentary series tackles one of history's most horrifying subjects: the Holocaust and the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
The sides of Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution
- The history of Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Testimony from survivors and former perpetrators
- Reconstructions of Nazi decisions
Good for you if
- you want to understand how Auschwitz was built and run.
- you need to hear survivors and former guards tell it themselves.
- you want to understand the Second World War beyond the battlefields.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch testimony about mass murder.
- you need some hope from what you watch.
About: memory · genocide · responsibility
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
World War II: From the Frontlines 2023
Documentary
Through vividly enhanced archival footage and voices from all sides of the conflict, this docuseries brings WWII to life like never before.
The sides of World War II: From the Frontlines
- Enhanced archival footage of the Second World War
- Voices from all sides of the conflict
- Real soldiers and civilians
Good for you if
- you want the Second World War told from start to finish.
- you like seeing the front lines in sharper, restored footage.
- you want the words of people who lived through it.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real footage of combat and death.
- the suffering of real victims is too much for you.
About: war · memory · the cost of conflict
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
El pianista 2002
Película
Varsovia, 1939. El pianista polaco de origen judío Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody) interpreta un tema de Chopin en la radio nacional de Polonia mientras la aviación alemana bombardea la capital. El régimen nazi ha invadido el país, y como hace en otros países invadidos, lleva a cabo la misma política con respecto a los judíos. Así Szpilman y toda su familia -sus padres, su hermano y sus dos hermanas- se ven obligados a dejar su casa y todo lo que les pertenece para trasladarse con miles de personas de origen judío al ghetto de Varsovia. Mientras Wladyslaw trabaja como pianista en un restaurante propiedad de un judío que colabora con los nazis, su hermano Henryk (Ed Stoppard) prefiere luchar contra los nazis. Pero tres años más tarde, los habitantes del ghetto son trasladados en trenes hacia campos de concentración.
Las caras de El pianista
- Un pianista escondido en Varsovia
- Años solo en pisos vacíos
- Música para un oficial enemigo
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una interpretación callada de pura supervivencia.
- te gusta una historia real que se queda contigo.
- te gusta ver a alguien aguantar a pesar de todo.
Mala para ti si
- el Holocausto mostrado con detalle es demasiado esta noche.
- dos horas y media es demasiado para tu noche.
Temas: la supervivencia · el arte · la humanidad
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
World War II in Colour 2009
Documentary
World War II In Colour is a 13-episode television documentary miniseries recounting the events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell. The show covers the Western Front, Eastern Front, and the Pacific War. It is on syndication in America on the Military Channel. This series is in full color, combining both original and colorized footage.
The sides of World War II in Colour
- Archive footage of the Second World War in colour
- Robert Powell's narration
- The Western Front, the Eastern Front and the Pacific
Good for you if
- you want the whole war told in order, front by front.
- you like seeing soldiers and battles as real people saw them.
- you like real footage that feels closer once it's in colour.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand real images of the dead.
- you find archive footage dated, even colorized.
About: war · sacrifice · the world order

D-Day Sacrifice 2014
Documentary
Comprised entirely of re-mastered and colorised archive footage from World War II, much of it never before seen, Sacrifice recounts the story of D-Day through the testimonies of those who lived it. These important historical days are seen through the eyes of French civilians and members of the military fighting on both sides. The testimonies of famous individuals like Dwight D. Eisenhower and Erwin Rommel are intertwined with those of anonymous soldiers and citizens, such as film director Samuel Fuller and Eisenhower's chauffeur, Kay Summersby. From the preparations for D-Day all the way through to the liberation of Paris, the accounts of these men and women provide a moving and invaluable retelling of this pivotal time in history.
The sides of D-Day Sacrifice
- Colorised archive footage of World War II
- The Normandy landings
- Soldiers and French civilians on both sides
Good for you if
- you want to follow D-Day from the preparations to the liberation of Paris.
- you like war seen by soldiers and civilians on both sides.
- you want real footage and real testimonies, with no actors.
Bad for you if
- you find wartime archive footage dated, even in colour.
- you can't watch real images of dead and wounded soldiers.
About: sacrifice · liberation · memory
Night and Fog 1956
Documentary
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
The sides of Night and Fog
- The grass grown back over Auschwitz ten years after
- Archive film and photographs from the camps
- A commentary written by a deported poet
Good for you if
- you want the camps documented a decade after, while the sites were still standing.
- you want the record itself, the archives and the places as they were left.
- you can face what was done there, stated plainly.
Bad for you if
- you can't look at archive images of the dead and the survivors of the camps.
- you need a film to leave you some hope, and this one closes by asking who is still keeping watch.
About: the camps · memory · war
Apocalypse: World War I 2014
Documentary
Colorized historical footage in ascending order of World War 1. Not only the relatively known Flanders and France battles, but also the generally unknown Italian-Austrian, German-Polish-Russian, Japanese-German, Ottoman Empire- Allied and African German Colonies, and other unknown or forgotten fronts and battles.
The sides of Apocalypse: World War I
- Archive footage of the Great War in color
- Fronts from Flanders to Africa and the Ottoman Empire
- Soldiers and civilians caught in four years of war
Good for you if
- you want the whole of World War I told in order, forgotten fronts included.
- you want to see the trenches as the soldiers lived them.
- you like real faces from 1914 brought closer by color.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real footage of the wounded and the dead.
- you can't take the scale of real loss in one evening.
About: war · memory · loss

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
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

The Untold History Of The United States 2012
Documentary
Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.
The sides of The Untold History Of The United States
- Oliver Stone narrating American history
- From the Second World War to the present
- Presidents, bombs and the Cold War
Good for you if
- you like a sweeping run through the American century.
- you like asking who really made the big decisions.
- you like archive footage of real leaders and real events.
Bad for you if
- you find almost ten hours too much for one documentary.
- you'd rather not spend hours on wars and bombs.
About: empire · power · memory
Band of Brothers 2001
Series
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.
The sides of Band of Brothers
- The paratroopers of Easy Company
- A night jump over Normandy on D-Day
- The Battle of the Bulge in winter
Good for you if
- you want a war story built from the real men's interviews and letters.
- you like soldiers who become brothers, from training in Georgia to the end.
- you want to follow one company from Normandy to Bastogne and the end of the war.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch men wounded and killed in combat.
- you need some lightness, and the cold of Bastogne and the camps are too much for you.
About: brotherhood · courage · war
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
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