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The 3 reasons people love Where to Invade Next

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  1. You like a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad.

  2. You like asking who decides how a country is run.

  3. You like Michael Moore's deadpan while he plants his flag.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • Sicko2007

    • a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad
    • asking who decides how a country is run

    Good for you if you want to know how an insurer makes money by saying no.

  • 13th2016

    • a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad
    • asking who decides how a country is run

    Good for you if you like an argument built from archives, laws and numbers.

  • Bowling for Columbine2002

    • a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad

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

  • An Inconvenient Truth2006

    • a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad

    Good for you if you like a clear case built on data and photographs.

  • The Big Short2015

    • a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad
    • Michael Moore's deadpan while he plants his flag

    Good for you if you like angry, fast comedy about real disaster.

  • Fahrenheit 9/112004

    • a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad
    • asking who decides how a country is run

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

  • Citizenfour2014

    • a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad
    • asking who decides how a country is run

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

  • BlacKkKlansman2018

    • a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad
    • Michael Moore's deadpan while he plants his flag

    Good for you if you like absurd true stories told with humour.

  • Inside Job2010

    • a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad
    • asking who decides how a country is run

    Good for you if you want to know who made money from the crash and who paid.

  • Before the Flood2016

    • a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad
    • asking who decides how a country is run

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

  • Hugo Chávez, El Comandante2017

    • a filmmaker walking into real schools, factories and prisons abroad
    • asking who decides how a country is run

    Good for you if you want the life of a real president, from childhood to his last days.

  • Succession2018

    • asking who decides how a country is run

    Good for you if you like boardroom coups, takeover bids and family votes.

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