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  1. Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to sustainability.

    The sides of Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret

    • A filmmaker questioning the meat industry
    • Environmental groups asked about livestock
    • The case for a plant-based diet

    Good for you if

    • you want a filmmaker digging into what farming does to the planet.
    • you care about climate change, forests and oceans.
    • you like a filmmaker chasing why environmental groups stay quiet about livestock.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a filmmaker on a personal crusade.
    • you need every number checked before you trust it.

    About: climate · food · veganism

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  2. 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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  3. In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust, and ran without gasoline... Ten years later, these cars were destroyed.

    The sides of Who Killed the Electric Car?

    • General Motors' EV1 electric car
    • California drivers fighting to keep their cars
    • Electric cars sent to the crusher

    Good for you if

    • you like a true story about cars you never knew existed.
    • you want to see how carmakers, oil companies and governments decide what you drive.
    • you like a documentary built like a whodunit, with a list of suspects.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more than interviews and archive news footage.
    • you roll your eyes at a documentary that openly takes a side.

    About: the car industry · oil · clean energy

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  4. Zeitgeist: Addendum 2008

    Documentary

    Director Peter Joseph examines examples of economic subjugation and offers solutions based on alignment with nature.

    The sides of Zeitgeist: Addendum

    • The debt system behind modern money
    • Economic hit men in Latin America
    • A plan for an economy without money

    Good for you if

    • you like asking who really controls money and banks.
    • you want to hear John Perkins tell how he worked as an economic hit man.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a two-hour call to change the whole world.
    • you need every claim to hold up, and this one draws on conspiracy theories.

    About: money · power · debt · utopia

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  5. Muckraking filmmaker Morgan Spurlock reignites his battle with the food industry — this time from behind the register — as he opens his own fast food restaurant.

    The sides of Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!

    • Morgan Spurlock opening a chicken restaurant
    • Chicken farmers in debt to big companies
    • Fast food marketing taken apart

    Good for you if

    • you like Morgan Spurlock's jokey, stunt-driven style.
    • you want to know where a fast food chicken really comes from.
    • you like seeing how big food companies squeeze farmers.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a filmmaker on a crusade.
    • you'd rather not think about what's on your plate. The film takes you inside crowded chicken houses.

    About: fast food · marketing · farming

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  6. THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks.

    The sides of The Yes Men Fix the World

    • A fake Dow Chemical spokesman on the BBC
    • Two pranksters in cheap suits
    • Hoaxes at big business conferences

    Good for you if

    • you like executives applauding absurd ideas with a straight face.
    • you like seeing big corporations caught off guard.
    • you like real pranks pulled on real conferences and newsrooms.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at films with a message to sell.
    • you can't laugh at a hoax built on the Bhopal disaster.

    About: activism · corporate power · truth

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  7. A presentation of a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society. This subject matter will transcend the issues of cultural relativism and traditional ideology and move to relate the core, empirical 'life ground' attributes of human and social survival, extrapolating those immutable natural laws into a new sustainable social paradigm called a 'Resource-Based Economy'.

    The sides of Zeitgeist: Moving Forward

    • A case against the monetary system
    • A proposed resource-based economy
    • Interviews, animation and narration

    Good for you if

    • you like questioning who money really serves.
    • you like hearing real experts such as Gabor Maté and Robert Sapolsky on what shapes human behaviour.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through two hours and forty minutes of argument.
    • you roll your eyes at a film that pleads one case from start to finish.

    About: money · society · sustainability

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  8. Sicko 2007

    Documentary

    A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States whose main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance, the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.

    The sides of Sicko

    • Americans refused care by their insurers
    • Hospitals in Canada, Britain, France and Cuba
    • Michael Moore sailing to Guantanamo with 9/11 rescue workers

    Good for you if

    • you want to know how an insurer makes money by saying no.
    • you like ordinary people telling what their illness cost them.
    • you let yourself be moved by 9/11 rescue workers finally treated in a Havana hospital.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take grief on screen. Families tell how a loved one died after an insurer said no.
    • you roll your eyes at emotional appeals and swelling music.

    About: health · money · dignity

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  9. 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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  10. The Game Changers 2019

    Documentary

    From the UFC Octagon in Las Vegas and the anthropology lab at Dartmouth, to a strongman gym in Berlin and the bushlands of Zimbabwe, the world is introduced to elite athletes, special ops soldiers, visionary scientists, cultural icons, and everyday heroes—each on a mission to create a seismic shift in the way we eat and live.

    The sides of The Game Changers

    • A UFC fighter looking into plant-based diets
    • Strongmen, soldiers and sprinters
    • Scientists talking about meat and protein

    Good for you if

    • you like elite athletes explaining what they eat to perform.
    • you want to rethink the idea that strength needs meat.

    Bad for you if

    • you need every health claim backed by careful science.
    • you roll your eyes at a film on a mission to change your diet.

    About: diet · strength · health

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  11. Forks Over Knives 2011

    Documentary

    Examines the profound claim that most; if not all; of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled; or even reversed; by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The idea of food as medicine is put to the test. Cameras follow "reality patients" who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a whole-foods, plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments - while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys are revealed.

    The sides of Forks Over Knives

    • Doctors who say food can reverse disease
    • Patients with heart disease and diabetes changing their diet
    • A case for whole foods and plants

    Good for you if

    • you like real patients trying a new diet and getting their test results back.
    • you like a documentary that sincerely wants to change how you eat.
    • you like following two doctors, Campbell and Esselstyn, who spent decades on one idea.

    Bad for you if

    • you want an exposé of the food industry. This one stays with doctors, patients and their plates.
    • you need more on screen than interviews, charts and kitchens.

    About: health · food · medicine

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  12. Deep Web 2015

    Documentary

    Deep Web gives the inside story of one of the most important and riveting digital crime sagas of the century -- the arrest of Ross William Ulbricht, the 30-year-old entrepreneur convicted of being 'Dread Pirate Roberts,' creator and operator of online black market Silk Road. As the only film with exclusive access to the Ulbricht family, Deep Web explores how the brightest minds and thought leaders behind the Deep Web and Bitcoin are now caught in the crosshairs of the battle for control of a future inextricably linked to technology, with our digital rights hanging in the balance.

    The sides of Deep Web

    • Silk Road, an online drug market
    • Ross Ulbricht and his family
    • Keanu Reeves narrating

    Good for you if

    • you like the story of Silk Road and Dread Pirate Roberts.
    • you want the Ross Ulbricht case told with his family close by.
    • you care about who controls the internet and your privacy.

    Bad for you if

    • you need striking images. Much of it is screens, chat logs and interviews.
    • you roll your eyes at a heartfelt plea for digital freedom.

    About: privacy · freedom · justice

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  13. Virunga 2014

    Documentary

    Virunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa’s oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a contested ground among insurgencies seeking to topple the government that see untold profits in the land. Among this ongoing power struggle, Virunga also happens to be the last natural habitat for the critically endangered mountain gorilla. The only thing standing in the way of the forces closing in around the gorillas: a handful of passionate park rangers and journalists fighting to secure the park’s borders and expose the corruption of its enemies. Filled with shocking footage, and anchored by the surprisingly deep and gentle characters of the gorillas themselves, Virunga is a galvanizing call to action around an ongoing political and environmental crisis in the Congo.

    The sides of Virunga

    • Rangers guarding Africa's oldest national park
    • Orphaned mountain gorillas and their keeper
    • Hidden camera footage of an oil company's dealings

    Good for you if

    • you love the mountain gorillas and the man who raises them.
    • you like hidden cameras catching bribes as they happen.
    • you want to see rangers risking everything for a park in Congo.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real gunfire and war footage.
    • you roll your eyes at a documentary built as a call to save the park.

    About: conservation · courage · greed · war

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  14. Gasland 2010

    Documentary

    It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.

    The sides of Gasland

    • A filmmaker driving across fracking country
    • Tap water that catches fire
    • Families living next to gas wells

    Good for you if

    • you like a filmmaker knocking on doors to see fracking for himself.
    • you want to see families up against an energy industry.
    • you care about what happens to rivers and land near gas wells.

    Bad for you if

    • you need some hope at the end of a film.
    • you want something light for your evening.

    About: pollution · energy · land

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  15. American: The Bill Hicks Story is a biographical documentary film on the life of comedian Bill Hicks.

    The sides of American: The Bill Hicks Story

    • A stand-up comedian from Texas
    • Club sets and old photos brought to life
    • Friends and family telling his story

    Good for you if

    • you like stand-up and want to see where Bill Hicks's jokes came from.
    • you laugh at jokes about religion, war and advertising that go too far.
    • you like the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a young man's death from cancer.
    • you roll your eyes at a loving tribute told by friends and family.

    About: comedy · truth · rebellion · early death

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  16. Fahrenheit 11/9 2018

    Documentary

    Michael Moore's provocative documentary explores the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How did we get here, and how do we get out.

    The sides of Fahrenheit 11/9

    • Michael Moore on the 2016 election
    • The Flint water crisis
    • Students marching after the Parkland shooting

    Good for you if

    • you want the Flint water crisis told by the people who lived it.
    • you like Michael Moore asking how Donald Trump came to power.
    • you like Michael Moore's sarcastic stunts.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at Michael Moore's angry, heartfelt pleas to camera.
    • you can't watch the Flint water crisis and a school shooting up close.

    About: democracy · protest · public health

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  17. Earthlings 2005

    Documentary

    Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.

    The sides of Earthlings

    • Hidden camera footage from farms and slaughterhouses
    • Animals used for food, clothing, research and entertainment
    • Joaquin Phoenix narrating

    Good for you if

    • you want to see what hidden cameras filmed inside farms and slaughterhouses.
    • you can watch something hard and leave without comfort.
    • you care about how people treat animals.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch animals being hurt on screen.
    • you need a film that gives you a break, and this one never does.

    About: animal rights · cruelty · what we eat

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  18. That Sugar Film 2014

    Documentary

    One man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy'. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves.

    The sides of That Sugar Film

    • Damon Gameau eating a high sugar diet for sixty days
    • Sugar hidden in so-called healthy foods
    • Doctors checking his body along the way

    Good for you if

    • you like a man testing a diet on his own body.
    • you want a health film with jokes and playful sketches.
    • you like a claim checked with doctors and blood tests.

    Bad for you if

    • you need suspense, and this is a diet experiment.
    • you roll your eyes at a film that wants you to change your shopping.

    About: health · food · the food industry

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  19. 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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  20. Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.

    The sides of How to Make Money Selling Drugs

    • Ten steps from street dealer to kingpin
    • Former dealers, police and prison staff
    • The war on drugs and who profits from it

    Good for you if

    • you're curious how a drug business actually runs.
    • you want to see who wins from strict drug laws.
    • you want former dealers telling their own stories to the camera.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch addiction and prison up close.
    • you lose track when dozens of dealers, guards and officials take turns talking.

    About: drugs · money · the justice system

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