swap_horiz Project Nim Alternatives

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O.J.: Made in America

O.J.: Made in America is a five-part 2016 documentary series produced for ESPN Films’ 30 for 30 initiative. The film pre...

Movie United States 2010S

9.4 Excellent

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Apollo 11

'Apollo 11' is a breathtaking immersive experience that uses never-before-seen footage and audio recordings to recreate...

Technology Exploration History Science

9.0 Excellent

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Faces Places

Faces Places chronicles a 2017 journey undertaken by Agnès Varda and JR through rural France. The filmmakers documented...

France Movie 2010S

8.9 Great

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For Sama

For Sama documents the experiences of Waad Al-Kateab and her family amidst the Syrian Civil War. The film follows the co...

Movie 2010S Syria

8.9 Great

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Collective

Collective is a 2019 documentary examining the aftermath of the 2016 Colectiv nightclub fire in Romania. It details two...

Romania Healthcare Journalism Movie

8.9 Great

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The Look of Silence

The Look of Silence is Joshua Oppenheimer's 2014 documentary in which an Indonesian optometrist confronts men involved i...

History Indonesia Justice 2010S

8.8 Great

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The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War is Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's 2017 PBS series, notable for combining American, North Vietnamese, South...

Series War Vietnam Ken Burns

8.8 Great

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Inside Job

Inside Job is a 2010 documentary examining the causes of the 2008 financial crisis. The film details systemic corruption...

Complex Movie Political Thriller Investigative

8.7 Great

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Virunga

Virunga documents the efforts of park rangers protecting Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo amids...

Movie 2010S Democratic Republic Of The Congo

8.7 Great

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They Shall Not Grow Old

They Shall Not Grow Old is a 2018 documentary utilizing over century-old British Imperial War Museum footage of World Wa...

New Zealand Historical Movie War

8.6 Great

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An Inconvenient Truth

The documentary An Inconvenient Truth examines the scientific evidence surrounding climate change. Al Gore presents exte...

Educational Activist Science Climate Change

8.5 Great

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Minding the Gap

Minding the Gap is Bing Liu's 2018 documentary about three skateboarders in Rockford, Illinois, linking youth, abuse, an...

Coming Of Age Skateboarding America 2010S

8.5 Great

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Connections

Connections is James Burke's 1978 BBC documentary series showing how scientific and technological developments link acro...

Technology History Science Bbc

8.5 Great

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The Salt of the Earth

The Salt of the Earth is a 2014 documentary film examining the career of Sebastião Salgado, a Brazilian photographer. Th...

Movie Biographical Brazil 2010S

8.4 Great

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56 Up

56 Up is Michael Apted's 2012 installment of the British Up Series, revisiting participants first filmed as seven-year-o...

Life Series Britain Longitudinal

8.4 Great

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Blackfish

Gabriela Cowperthwaite's 'Blackfish' examines the controversy surrounding SeaWorlds orca captivity program. The film pre...

Conservation Environment Film Ethics

8.2 Great

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The Farthest

The Farthest is a 2017 Irish documentary about NASA's Voyager probes, launched in 1977 and still traveling beyond the ou...

Science Space Nasa 2010S

8.1 Great

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Particle Fever

Particle Fever is a 2013 documentary about CERN's Large Hadron Collider and the search that confirmed the Higgs boson.

Physics Science 2010S Experiment

7.6 Good

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Into the Inferno

Into the Inferno is a 2016 Werner Herzog documentary on active volcanoes, made with volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer.

Netflix Science 2010S Werner Herzog

7.3 Good

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Fantastic Fungi

Fantastic Fungi is a 2019 documentary directed by Louie Schwartzberg, notable for time-lapse imagery of mushrooms and my...

Nature Science Ecology 2010S

7.0 Good