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Documentaries like An Inconvenient Truth

Not everyone loves An Inconvenient Truth for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love An Inconvenient Truth

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like a clear case built on data and photographs.

  2. You care about glaciers, oceans and the climate.

  3. You like a man who believes every word he says on stage.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Before the Flood2016

    • a clear case built on data and photographs
    • you care about glaciers, oceans and the climate

    Good for you if you like seeing the effects of climate change on the ground, country by country.

  • Our Planet2019

    • you care about glaciers, oceans and the climate

    Good for you if you like animals in their habitats, from forests to the deep sea.

  • Citizenfour2014

    • a clear case built on data and photographs

    Good for you if you want to watch Snowden explain, in his own words, why he did it.

  • Cosmos2014

    • a clear case built on data and photographs

    Good for you if you like the true stories of scientists like Newton or Clair Patterson.

  • My Octopus Teacher2020

    • you care about glaciers, oceans and the climate

    Good for you if you like cold water, kelp and the life hidden in it.

  • Cosmos: A Personal Voyage1980

    • a man who believes every word he says on stage

    Good for you if you like a scientist who speaks about humanity with real feeling.

  • Bowling for Columbine2002

    • a clear case built on data and photographs

    Good for you if you want a road trip through America asking why it has so many shootings.

  • Inside Job2010

    • a clear case built on data and photographs

    Good for you if you like a case built with real figures, real names and real interviews.

  • Sicko2007

    • a clear case built on data and photographs

    Good for you if you like ordinary people telling what their illness cost them.

  • Icarus2017

    • a clear case built on data and photographs

    Good for you if you like a true story told by the man who ran Russia's anti-doping lab.

  • Chernobyl2019

    • a clear case built on data and photographs

    Good for you if you want to understand a real disaster.

  • March of the Penguins2005

    • you care about glaciers, oceans and the climate

    Good for you if you like Antarctica, its cold and its silence.

Reasons taken from An Inconvenient Truth's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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