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  1. High Score 2020

    Documentary

    This docuseries traces the history of classic video games, featuring insights from the innovators who brought these worlds and characters to life.

    The sides of High Score

    • Arcade games of the 1970s and 80s
    • Nintendo against Sega
    • The people who made the early games

    Good for you if

    • you like the story of video games from the arcades onward.
    • you want to hear the designers behind the games you played.
    • you want a light, nostalgic watch.

    Bad for you if

    • you need action, and this is people talking about games.
    • you'd rather follow one person deeply than many short interviews.

    About: invention · nostalgia · pop culture

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  2. The Pixar Story 2007

    Documentary

    A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.

    The sides of The Pixar Story

    • John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs
    • The making of Toy Story
    • Pixar's early years with Disney

    Good for you if

    • you like the true story of how a small studio changed animation.
    • you want a warm, upbeat story of artists getting to make the films they dreamed of.
    • you like getting to know John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs and what each brought to Pixar.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a documentary with real conflict and suspense.
    • you roll your eyes at a company telling its own success story.

    About: creativity · teamwork · technology

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  3. On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This documentary goes behind the scenes of the historic event.

    The sides of The Greatest Night in Pop

    • One night in 1985 to record We Are the World
    • Dozens of stars in a single studio
    • Lionel Richie telling how it came together

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing a famous song built line by line.
    • you want a warm, nostalgic evening with no bad guys.
    • you like watching forty stars, from Michael Jackson to Bob Dylan, squeezed into one studio for a night.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at stars holding hands for a good cause.
    • you'd rather go deep with one artist than meet forty.

    About: generosity · ego · nostalgia

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  4. For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues.

    The sides of Won't You Be My Neighbor?

    • Fred Rogers and his TV neighborhood
    • Puppets talking to children about hard things
    • Three decades of archive footage

    Good for you if

    • you like being moved by plain kindness.
    • you want something warm and gentle for the evening.
    • you want to know the real man behind the cardigan.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at gentle, sincere speeches.
    • you find old television footage dated. Much of it is archive from the 1960s to the 1990s.

    About: kindness · childhood · television

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  5. Back in Time 2015

    Documentary

    Cast, crew and fans explore the "Back to the Future" time-travel trilogy's resonance throughout our culture, thirty years after Marty McFly went back in time.

    The sides of Back in Time

    • The cast and crew of Back to the Future
    • Fans who rebuilt their own DeLorean
    • Thirty years of a time travel trilogy

    Good for you if

    • you want a warm evening of nostalgia for Back to the Future.
    • you like hearing how Marty McFly and Doc Brown were made.
    • you like fans who found each other through one trilogy.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at fans gushing over a film.
    • you need chases and a DeLorean in motion, not talking heads.

    About: nostalgia · fandom · cinema

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  6. Atari: Game Over 2014

    Documentary

    The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed “The Great Video Game Burial of 1983.” Rumor claims that millions of returned and unsold E.T. cartridges were buried in the desert, but what really happened there?

    The sides of Atari: Game Over

    • A landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico
    • E.T. game cartridges said to be buried
    • The designer who made the E.T. game

    Good for you if

    • you want to know if the buried E.T. cartridges were real.
    • you want to hear Howard Scott Warshaw, who designed the E.T. game in a few weeks.
    • you like the rise and fall of Atari in the early 1980s.

    Bad for you if

    • you need high stakes, and this is a dig for old games.
    • you need action, and this is mostly people digging and talking.

    About: failure · nostalgia · legends

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  7. WHAM! 2023

    Documentary

    Through archival interviews and footage, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley relive the arc of their Wham! career, from 70s best buds to 80s pop icons.

    The sides of WHAM!

    • George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley as schoolboys
    • The rise of Wham! in the 80s
    • Archive footage and old interviews

    Good for you if

    • you sing along to Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.
    • you like a story about two school friends who became pop stars together.
    • you want a warm, nostalgic look back at 80s pop.

    Bad for you if

    • you want the darker side of George Michael's later life.
    • you find grainy 80s archive footage dated.

    About: friendship · fame · the 1980s

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  8. Josh Gates goes on the adventure of a lifetime when he and Christopher Lloyd set off to track down the most iconic movie car in Hollywood history, The DeLorean Time Machine from "Back to the Future," and deliver the vehicle to Michael J. Fox.

    The sides of Expedition: Back To The Future

    • Josh Gates and Christopher Lloyd on the road
    • The DeLorean time machine
    • A delivery to Michael J. Fox

    Good for you if

    • you want a warm trip back to Back to the Future.
    • you like seeing Doc Brown's actor hunt for the real car.
    • you like Josh Gates joking his way across a road trip.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a hunt with real stakes.
    • you roll your eyes at sentimental fan tributes.

    About: nostalgia · friendship · fandom

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  9. Spielberg 2017

    Documentary

    A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

    The sides of Spielberg

    • Steven Spielberg telling his own story
    • From Jaws to Lincoln
    • His parents and his childhood

    Good for you if

    • you want Steven Spielberg telling his own story, film by film.
    • you like hearing how his parents' divorce runs through his films.
    • you like fifty years of Hollywood seen through one career.

    Bad for you if

    • you find two and a half hours of interviews too much.
    • you roll your eyes at filmmakers praising each other.

    About: childhood · ambition · cinema

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  10. A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.

    The sides of Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

    • Two Israeli cousins running a Hollywood studio
    • Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson action films
    • Actors and crew telling stories of the 1980s

    Good for you if

    • you like true stories about how movies really get made.
    • you laugh at wild anecdotes from cheap 1980s film sets.
    • you grew up on video store shelves and want the story behind them.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather avoid the many nude clips from the films.
    • you can't stand gory clips, even short ones.

    About: ambition · excess · show business

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  11. Jerry Before Seinfeld 2017

    Documentary

    Jerry Seinfeld returns to the club that gave him his start in the 1970s, mixing iconic jokes with stories from his childhood and early days in comedy.

    The sides of Jerry Before Seinfeld

    • Jerry Seinfeld back on the stage where he started
    • Old jokes and childhood stories
    • A New York comedy club

    Good for you if

    • you want an hour of Jerry Seinfeld doing stand-up.
    • you like a relaxed trip back to his early days in New York clubs.
    • you like hearing how a kid from Long Island decided to become a comedian.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a documentary with stakes and conflict.
    • you roll your eyes at a comedian looking back fondly on himself.

    About: comedy · beginnings · memory

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  12. Pepsi, Where's My Jet? 2022

    Documentary

    When a 20-year-old attempts to win a fighter jet in a Pepsi sweepstakes, he sets the stage for a David versus Goliath court battle for the history books.

    The sides of Pepsi, Where's My Jet?

    • A Pepsi ad promising a fighter jet
    • A 20 year old collecting the points
    • A lawsuit against a giant brand

    Good for you if

    • you like true stories so absurd they sound made up.
    • you like a documentary that has fun with 90s advertising.
    • you like one young man taking on a giant company in court.

    Bad for you if

    • you want real suspense, and you may already know how the case ended.
    • you need momentum, and one court case over several episodes feels slow to you.

    About: advertising · David and Goliath · the 1990s

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  13. Waking Sleeping Beauty 2010

    Documentary

    By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over. Maybe the public didn't care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits - "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast ," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," and more - over a 10-year period.

    The sides of Waking Sleeping Beauty

    • Disney animation in crisis in the mid-1980s
    • Studio executives fighting over control
    • The run from The Little Mermaid to The Lion King

    Good for you if

    • you want the true story of how Disney went from flops to The Lion King.
    • you like the studio fights between Katzenberg, Eisner and Roy Disney.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more than interviews and home video footage.
    • you don't care about animated films, even how they were made.

    About: creativity · rivalry · reinvention

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  14. Beloved by children of all ages around the world, Elmo is an international icon. Few people know his creator, Kevin Clash, who dreamed of working with his idol, master puppeteer Jim Henson. Displaying his creativity and talent at a young age, Kevin ultimately found a home on Sesame Street. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, this documentary includes rare archival footage, interviews with Frank Oz, Rosie O’Donnell, Cheryl Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney and others and offers a behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Workshop.

    The sides of Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

    • Kevin Clash, the man inside Elmo
    • A Baltimore teenager building puppets at home
    • Behind the scenes of Sesame Street

    Good for you if

    • you like the true story of the puppeteer behind Elmo.
    • you want a warm look behind the scenes of Sesame Street.
    • you can be moved by a boy who gets to work with his idol Jim Henson.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a feel-good tale of a dream come true.
    • you need suspense to stay with a film.

    About: dreams · craft · childhood

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  15. 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

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  16. A LEGO Brickumentary 2014

    Documentary

    A look at the global culture and appeal of the LEGO building-block toys.

    The sides of A LEGO Brickumentary

    • Adult fans building giant models
    • The people who design LEGO sets
    • Builders and fans around the world

    Good for you if

    • you want something to watch with kids who build all day.
    • you want a film with nothing harsh in it.
    • you like watching grown ups build huge things out of bricks.

    Bad for you if

    • you want one person's story, not a tour of fans.
    • you need suspense to stay with a film.

    About: play · creativity · fandom

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  17. Thriller 40 2023

    Documentary

    Forty years after the release of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ the best-selling album of all-time, director Nelson George takes fans back in time to the making of a pop masterpiece, featuring never-before-seen footage and candid interviews.

    The sides of Thriller 40

    • Michael Jackson recording Thriller
    • Quincy Jones in the studio
    • The zombie video that changed music television

    Good for you if

    • you know every song on Thriller by heart.
    • you like hearing how a famous album was actually made.
    • you like going back to early 1980s pop and MTV.

    Bad for you if

    • you want the man behind the album, not only the making of it.
    • you roll your eyes at stars and fans praising an album for ninety minutes.

    About: fame · creativity · pop culture

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  18. Welcome to Wrexham 2022

    Documentary

    Documentary series tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars (Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds) take ownership of the town’s historic yet struggling football club.

    The sides of Welcome to Wrexham

    • Two Hollywood actors buying a Welsh football club
    • A working-class town in North Wales
    • Fans, players and staff of Wrexham AFC

    Good for you if

    • you like the ups and downs of a lower league football season.
    • you like being moved by a town that lives for its club.
    • you laugh at Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds learning football.

    Bad for you if

    • five seasons is too much for you.
    • you roll your eyes at heartfelt underdog stories.

    About: community · hope · belonging

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  19. The Captains 2011

    Documentary

    The Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors who have portrayed starship captains in the Star Trek franchise.

    The sides of The Captains

    • William Shatner interviewing the other Star Trek captains
    • Actors talking about the roles that defined them
    • Patrick Stewart, Kate Mulgrew and Chris Pine on camera

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing actors talk honestly about their careers.
    • you want to know the people behind Kirk, Picard and Janeway.
    • you grew up on the bridge of the Enterprise.

    Bad for you if

    • you want starships and space battles. This is actors talking in rooms.
    • you roll your eyes when actors open up about their feelings.

    About: fame · legacy · fandom

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  20. The Defiant Ones 2017

    Documentary

    A four-part documentary series that tells the stories of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre -- one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman, the other straight out of Compton - -- and their improbable partnership and surprising leading roles in a series of transformative events in contemporary culture.

    The sides of The Defiant Ones

    • Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre telling their stories
    • From Brooklyn and Compton to the studio
    • Selling Beats to Apple

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing how records you know were made.
    • you like two real lives from rough starts to the top of the business.
    • you like an unlikely partnership between a producer and a rapper.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at success stories told by the people who lived them.
    • you can't give four long episodes to a music documentary.

    About: ambition · partnership · success

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