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Documentaries like Religulous

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The 3 reasons people love Religulous

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  1. You laugh when an interviewer keeps a straight face and lets an answer hang.

  2. You like watching someone argue for an hour and a half.

  3. You like real people filmed in their own churches and shops.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • Bowling for Columbine2002

    • you laugh when an interviewer keeps a straight face and lets an answer hang
    • watching someone argue for an hour and a half
    • real people filmed in their own churches and shops

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

  • The Big Short2015

    • watching someone argue for an hour and a half
    • real people filmed in their own churches and shops

    Good for you if you like sharp, cynical characters.

  • Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief2015

    • watching someone argue for an hour and a half
    • real people filmed in their own churches and shops

    Good for you if you like hearing people explain how they came to believe, and how they left.

  • Fahrenheit 9/112004

    • you laugh when an interviewer keeps a straight face and lets an answer hang
    • real people filmed in their own churches and shops

    Good for you if you want news footage and interviews from the Bush years in one film.

  • Where to Invade Next2015

    • real people filmed in their own churches and shops

    Good for you if you like a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad.

  • Spotlight2015

    • watching someone argue for an hour and a half
    • real people filmed in their own churches and shops

    Good for you if you like a story told through interviews and documents.

  • The White Lotus2021

    • you laugh when an interviewer keeps a straight face and lets an answer hang

    Good for you if you like laughing at people who would never laugh at themselves.

  • Citizenfour2014

    • real people filmed in their own churches and shops

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

  • Inside Job2010

    • watching someone argue for an hour and a half
    • real people filmed in their own churches and shops

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

  • Sicko2007

    • real people filmed in their own churches and shops

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

  • Zeitgeist: The Movie2007

    • real people filmed in their own churches and shops

    Good for you if you want a film about the real world rather than a story.

Reasons taken from Religulous'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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