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Three Identical Strangers 2018
Documentary
New York, 1980. Three complete strangers accidentally discover that they're identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds' joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives – and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.
The sides of Three Identical Strangers
- Three 19-year-olds who discover they are triplets
- Talk shows and fame in 1980s New York
- A secret study behind their adoption
Good for you if
- you like a happy story that turns dark halfway through.
- you like hearing the brothers tell it themselves.
- you want to think about what we owe to genes and what we owe to parents.
Bad for you if
- you can't take mental illness in a real family, told by the people who lived it.
- you want the joyful reunion to stay joyful.
About: identity · nature and nurture · brotherhood
Life, Animated 2016
Documentary
At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind ceased to speak, disappearing into autism with apparently no way out. Almost four years passed and the only stimuli that engaged Owen were Disney films. Then one day, his father donned a puppet—Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin—and asked “what’s it like to be you?” And poof! Owen replied, with dialogue from the movie. Life, Animated tells the remarkable story of how Owen found in Disney animation a pathway to language and a framework for making sense of the world.
The sides of Life, Animated
- A boy with autism who speaks through Disney films
- A family learning his language
- Owen growing up and living on his own
Good for you if
- you like parents and a brother finding a way to reach Owen.
- you're ready to cry when a puppet of Iago gets a reply.
- you like following Owen as he grows up and moves out.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather a story that doesn't end on hope.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt family moments.
About: autism · communication · family love
Will & Harper 2024
Documentary
When Will Ferrell's good friend Harper comes out as a trans woman, they take a road trip to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true self.
The sides of Will & Harper
- Will Ferrell and his old friend Harper
- A road trip across America
- A trans woman seeing the country again as herself
Good for you if
- you like a long friendship tested and made stronger.
- you want Will Ferrell being silly on the road.
- you like hearing Harper Steele tell her own story.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt talks in a car.
- you don't want to cry at a Will Ferrell movie.
About: friendship · identity · acceptance
The Eagle Huntress 2016
Documentary
Follow Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rise to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been typically been handed down from father to son for centuries.
The sides of The Eagle Huntress
- A 13-year-old Kazakh girl training a golden eagle
- Mountains and snow in western Mongolia
- A father teaching his daughter an old tradition
Good for you if
- you like wide Mongolian landscapes and a wild eagle on a girl's arm.
- you want a true story to watch with children.
- you like a girl proving herself in a tradition passed from father to son.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for the family's Kazakh.
- you want real danger and suspense, not a warm triumph.
About: tradition · girlhood · fathers and daughters
Four Daughters 2023
Documentary
Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. To fill in their absence, the filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses and invents a unique cinema experience that will lift the veil on Olfa and her daughters' life stories. An intimate journey of hope, rebellion, violence, transmission and sisterhood that will question the very foundations of our societies.
The sides of Four Daughters
- A Tunisian mother and her four daughters
- Two daughters who left home and never came back
- Actresses standing in for the missing
Good for you if
- you like a story about mothers and daughters told without hiding the hard parts.
- you want a true story told by the family who lived it.
- you want to be moved to tears by two sisters facing the actresses who play their missing sisters.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Arabic.
- you can't watch a family talk about abuse, violence and radicalisation.
About: motherhood · sisterhood · radicalisation · memory
Tell Me Who I Am 2019
Documentary
In this documentary, Alex trusts his twin, Marcus, to tell him about his past after he loses his memory. But Marcus is hiding a dark family secret.
The sides of Tell Me Who I Am
- A man who lost his memory at eighteen
- A twin brother who rebuilt his past for him
- A family secret kept for decades
Good for you if
- you like a true story where the truth comes out piece by piece.
- you want two brothers finally facing what happened in their home.
- you like being moved by a hard conversation between twins.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a film where buried childhood pain comes back to the surface.
- you need momentum more than long, quiet interviews.
About: memory · family secrets · brotherhood · trauma
A Band Called Death 2013
Documentary
Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early '70s by three teenage brothers from Detroit, Death is credited as being the first black punk band, and the Hackney brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis, are now considered pioneers in their field. But it wasn’t until recently — when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of Bobby’s attic nearly 30 years after Death’s heyday — that anyone outside a small group of punk enthusiasts had even heard of them.
The sides of A Band Called Death
- Three brothers playing punk in 1970s Detroit
- A band name nobody would book
- A forgotten demo tape found decades later
Good for you if
- you like raw punk played before punk had a name.
- you like three brothers held together by music.
- you love true stories of music rediscovered.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at emotional family reunions.
- you need more happening than interviews and old photos.
About: brotherhood · recognition · faith
Becoming 2020
Documentary
Join former first lady Michelle Obama in an intimate documentary looking at her life, hopes and connection with others.
The sides of Becoming
- Michelle Obama on her book tour
- A childhood on the South Side of Chicago
- Eight years as first lady
Good for you if
- you like hearing Michelle Obama tell her own story.
- you like sincere talks about hope and connecting with people.
- you want a warm, gentle portrait to watch on a calm evening.
Bad for you if
- you need conflict and suspense to stay interested.
- you want to keep politics out of your evening, and the Obama years are never far.
About: identity · family · hope
Period. End of Sentence. 2018
Documentary
In an effort to improve feminine hygiene, a machine that creates low-cost biodegradable sanitary pads is installed in a rural village in Northern India. Using the machine, a group of local women is employed to produce and sell pads, offering them newfound independence and helping to destigmatize menstruation for all.
The sides of Period. End of Sentence.
- A pad-making machine in a village in northern India
- Women earning their own money
- Talking openly about periods
Good for you if
- you like seeing village women run their own small business.
- you like a short, hopeful story of a taboo breaking.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you want suspense more than a gentle social portrait.
About: women's independence · taboo · dignity
Chasing Happiness 2019
Documentary
From humble roots as pastor's sons in New Jersey, through their meteoric rise to fame, the Jonas Brothers' bond was unshakeable-until a surprising and painful breakup led Joe, Kevin and Nick down very different paths. With deeply personal interviews, previously unreleased footage and exclusive music, this is the Jonas Brothers as never seen before.
The sides of Chasing Happiness
- Three brothers from a pastor's family in New Jersey
- A boy band's rise and breakup
- Joe, Kevin and Nick back together
Good for you if
- you grew up with the Jonas Brothers' songs.
- you like brothers who fall out and find their way back.
- you want Joe, Kevin and Nick telling their own story, with footage never shown before.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt talk about brotherhood.
- you want a band story that ends somewhere dark. This one ends with the brothers back together.
About: brotherhood · fame · reconciliation
For Sama 2019
Documentary
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
The sides of For Sama
- A young mother filming for her baby daughter
- A hospital in Aleppo under bombing
- The choice to stay or to leave
Good for you if
- you want a war told from inside by the woman living it.
- you like a love letter from a mother to her child.
- you want to understand what years of siege did to Aleppo.
Bad for you if
- you can't bear to see wounded children and grieving families.
- you won't read subtitles for a film mostly in Arabic.
About: motherhood · freedom · loss · hope
RBG 2018
Documentary
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.
The sides of RBG
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg at 84
- The equal rights cases she argued
- Her marriage to Marty Ginsburg
Good for you if
- you want the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her own words.
- you like seeing how a few court cases changed the law for women.
- you're moved by her long marriage to Marty.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at an admiring portrait.
- you need more than interviews and archive footage.
About: equality · law · marriage
Knock Down the House 2019
Documentary
In 2018, a young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner’s daughter in West Virginia, a grieving mother in Nevada and a registered nurse in Missouri join a movement of insurgent candidates challenging powerful incumbents in Congress. Without political experience or corporate money, these four women are attempting to do what many consider impossible.
The sides of Knock Down the House
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez behind a bar in the Bronx
- Four women running for Congress
- Campaigns with no corporate money
Good for you if
- you want to see Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez before anyone knew her name.
- you like underdogs taking on powerful incumbents.
- you care about four women with no political experience, not only the one who won.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at hopeful campaign speeches.
- you'd rather not cry over a mother running for Congress after losing her daughter.
About: politics · the underdog · hope
I Am: Celine Dion 2024
Documentary
A raw and honest behind-the-scenes look at the iconic superstar's struggle with a life-altering illness. Serving as a love letter to her fans, this inspirational documentary highlights the music that has guided her life while also showcasing the resilience of the human spirit.
The sides of I Am: Celine Dion
- Celine Dion living with a rare illness
- Her voice, her sons and her home in Las Vegas
- A singer fighting to sing again
Good for you if
- you want to be moved by a singer fighting for her voice.
- you grew up with Celine Dion's songs.
- you like a star letting the camera in on her worst days.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch someone in a long, painful attack on screen.
- you roll your eyes at a love letter to the fans.
About: illness · resilience · identity
He Named Me Malala 2015
Documentary
A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.
The sides of He Named Me Malala
- Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin
- A Taliban gunman on a school bus
- Hand-painted animated flashbacks
Good for you if
- you like a girl's speech about school at the United Nations.
- you want to know the teenager behind the Nobel Peace Prize.
- you like a father and daughter who share the same fight.
Bad for you if
- you can't take the story of a child shot for going to school.
- you don't like animated scenes in your documentaries.
About: education · courage · fatherhood
Spellbound 2002
Documentary
This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C.
The sides of Spellbound
- Eight kids heading for the national spelling bee
- Parents and coaches drilling word lists
- A final round in Washington
Good for you if
- you hold your breath over one letter in a hard word.
- you want kids you root for, from very different homes.
- you like real kids and their real families, followed all the way to the national final.
Bad for you if
- you need more happening than children spelling words.
- you roll your eyes at hard work and the American dream.
About: ambition · immigration · childhood
On the Way to School 2013
Documentary
These children live in the four corners of the earth, but share the same thirst for learning. They understand that only education will allow them a better future and that is why, every day, they must set out on the long and perilous journey that will lead them to knowledge. Jackson and his younger sister from Kenya walk 15 kilometres each way through a savannah populated by wild animals; Carlito rides more than 18 kilometres twice a day with his younger sister, across the plains of Argentina; Zahira lives in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains who has an exhausting 22 kilometres walk along punishing mountain paths before she reaches her boarding school; Samuel from India sits in a clumsy DIY wheelchair and the 4 kilometres journey is an ordeal each day, as his two younger brothers have to push him all the way to school…
The sides of On the Way to School
- Jackson and his sister walking past elephants in Kenya
- Carlito riding a horse across Argentina
- Samuel pushed in a wheelchair by his brothers in India
Good for you if
- you want to show children what getting to school means elsewhere.
- you like savannahs, plains and mountain paths of the Atlas.
- you're moved by children who walk for hours to learn.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you need a plot, and this is four journeys to class.
About: education · courage · childhood
Saving Mr. Banks 2013
Film
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

Mia Martini - I Am Mia 2019
Documentary
The movie is a biopic about Mia Martini, an italian singer who died in 1995.
The sides of Mia Martini - I Am Mia
- Italian singer Mia Martini
- A rumour that she brought bad luck
- Her return to the Sanremo stage
Good for you if
- you love Italian songs sung with everything she had.
- you like Serena Rossi carrying the film as Mia Martini.
- you like being moved by an artist pushed aside and fighting her way back.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Italian.
- you can't watch a life worn down by cruelty and loneliness.
About: rumour · loneliness · sisters
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