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Documentary Movies That Make You Feel Ambitious With Your Parents

Documentary movies that make you feel ambitious with your parents. Includes Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, The Social Dilemma, Money Heist: The Phenomenon and...

Some films make you want to get off the sofa and do something. These are those films.

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond movie poster
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2017 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon.

It shows what sustained effort looks like without making it feel impossible. That sticks.

The Social Dilemma movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.

It shows what sustained effort looks like without making it feel impossible. That sticks.

Money Heist: The Phenomenon movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

A documentary on why 'Money Heist' sparked a wave of enthusiasm around the world for a lovable group of thieves and their professor.

This one ends and you immediately think about something you've been putting off.

Gaga: Five Foot Two movie poster
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2017 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

Follow pop provocateur Lady Gaga as she releases a new album, preps for her Super Bowl halftime show, and confronts physical and emotional struggles.

It shows what sustained effort looks like without making it feel impossible. That sticks.

Man on Wire movie poster
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2008 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan, he was arrested. This fun and spellbinding documentary chronicles Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement.

This one ends and you immediately think about something you've been putting off.

Ambition in film is most effective when it comes through character rather than message. These films show rather than tell.

Real people doing hard things. More motivating than any fiction.

Works across generations. Safe but not boring.

Food, Inc. movie poster
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2008 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it's sold. Narrated by author and activist Eric Schlosser, the film features interviews with average Americans about their dietary habits, commentary from food experts like Michael Pollan and unsettling footage shot inside large-scale animal processing plants.

This one ends and you immediately think about something you've been putting off.

Sicko movie poster
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2007 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States whose main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people's lives. "The more people you deny health insurance, the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.

It shows what sustained effort looks like without making it feel impossible. That sticks.

The Imposter movie poster
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2012 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

In 1994, a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

This one ends and you immediately think about something you've been putting off.

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts movie poster
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2022 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

An enchanting making-of story told through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, inviting fans on a magical first-person journey through one of the most beloved film franchises of all time.

This one ends and you immediately think about something you've been putting off.

Three Identical Strangers movie poster
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2018 · ★★★½☆ 7.3/10

New York, 1980. Three complete strangers accidentally discover that they're identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds' joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives – and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.

This one ends and you immediately think about something you've been putting off.

Some films earn their effect. These do.

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