1. The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms
Without us noticing, modern life has been taken over. Algorithms run everything from search engines on the internet to satnavs and credit card data security - they even help us travel the world, find love and save lives. Mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms. By showing us some of the algorithms most essential to our lives, he reveals where these 2,000-year-old problem solvers came from, how they work, what they have achieved and how they are now so advanced they can even programme themselves.
It has an average vote of 7.423 on TMDB.
2. Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe
A documentary alleging that the CDC, the government agency charged with protecting the health of American citizens, destroyed data on their 2004 study that allegedly showed a link between the MMR vaccine and autism.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
3. Die Phosphor Krise (Die Phosphor Krise)
(Die Phosphor Krise)
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
4. Le 3615 ne répond plus (Le 3615 ne répond plus)
The adventure of the minitel, a small cubic terminal with a folding keyboard that began in the 1970s in the labs of France Telecom, is closely linked to Alsace. Alsatians had then in hand the future tools of interactive communication. What remains today of all those minitel years? Like a nocturnal and intimate road-movie, this documentary went to meet the last people who are still interested in the minitel, this strange beige box of access to telematic services, corny today, but pioneers at the end of the last century.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
5. To War (Para la guerra)
This documentary explores the memory and loneliness of a former Cuban internationalist soldier by observing his body and his ordinary gestures. This is a war film with no shooting, but with a wound: that of this special forces veteran who tries to find the colleagues of his commando who survived their last mission 30 years ago.
6. Buena Fe Live: 10 Años de Canciones
Concert filmed in the Plaza de la Revolución on August 12, 2008, in the presence of a massive public, followers of the work of Buena Fe.
7. Das kreative Universum (Das kreative Universum)
(Das kreative Universum)
8. Malcolm Is a Little Unwell
Charts the descent into madness of veteran foreign correspondent Malcolm Brabant after a routine yellow fever vaccine for an assignment in Africa.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
9. Invisibili (Invisibili)
(Invisibili)
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
10. Among Us
Based on the jaw-dropping contact accounts of individuals from around the world, AMONG US explores the suspicious phenomenon of non-human presence on Earth, from angels to ETs, and unveils the many ways they may be interacting, communicating and transferring subliminal information into our consciousness and potentially our DNA. The film ultimately shows that the interconnectedness of all species may be beneficial and most likely inevitable for the evolution of an intelligent universe. This film has been released in some territories under the title: "ET Contact: They are here".
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
11. Marie Uguay (Marie Uguay)
Reflections on writing, life and death with French Canadian poet Marie Uguay, who would die of bone cancer shortly after the making of this film.
12. A Call to Arms
A documentary which traces the controversial Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program in the United States and the United Kingdom.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
13. The 1 Field
All cultures and ancient traditions tell about our being far beyond matter. 'The 1 Field', using the scientific tools of the 21st century, examines this assumption through interwoven storylines: The life stories and researches of groundbreaking figures in the study of consciousness, and scientific experiments supervised by research institutes and scientists worldwide. Can spirit be measured? Is there a field that connects everything? Can we use consciousness to influence our lives, our bodies and our environment, beyond genes or environmental limitations into which we were born?
14. Ten Ways The World Will End
There are endless gruesome ways that the world could end; through nasty, natural disasters or because of some man-made abomination. From maniac killer robots and super volcanoes, to an alien invasion and mutant psycho humans, all options are covered in Ten Ways the World Will End.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
15. In The Womb
In The Womb is a 2005 National Geographic Channel documentary that focus on studying and showing the development of the embryo in the uterus. The show makes extensive use of Computer-generated imagery to recreate the real stages of the process.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
16. The Tragically Hip - A National Celebration
When it was announced in May of 2016 that lead singer Gord Downie had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, the band decided that they would do one final run of 15 dates across Canada. A National Celebration was the final show of the Tragically Hip's Man Machine Poem Tour recorded on August 20th, 2016 at the K-Rock Centre in their home town of Kingston Ontario. Originally aired live by CBC across all platforms, the concert was experienced by an estimated one-third of Canadians, among the biggest events in the country's broadcast history.
It has an average vote of 9.8 on TMDB.
17. The Man Who Makes the Difference
Promotional documentary for the MGM film "Ice Station Zebra" focusing on the career and cinematographic innovations of cameraman John Stephens.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
18. The Real Death Star
This documentary examines theories behind the creation of gamma ray bursts, destructive explosions in space that can wipe out entire star systems.
19. Before I'm Gone
After being diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer, racecar driver Dave Smith gets back behind the wheel. At 70 years old, he sets out to win his home town’s race, the infamous Canada 200.
20. Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom (追臆のダンス)
Kazuo Nishii, renowned editor and photography critic, died in 2001 of stomach cancer. Two months earlier he contacted Naomi Kawase, whose works he admired, to document the remaining weeks of his life. Kawase visits him in the hospital and films the progression of his sickness and the conversations between the two.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
