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Documentary Movies For Anxious Nights With Family

Documentary movies for anxious nights with family. Includes Blackfish, Miss Americana, Jodorowsky's Dune and more, curated by Moviepiq.

The right film for an anxious night doesn't dismiss the feeling. It holds it.

Blackfish movie poster
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2013 · ★★★½☆ 7.8/10

Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.

Absorbing without spiking. Gets you out of your head without putting you in a worse one.

Miss Americana movie poster
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2020 · ★★★½☆ 7.8/10

A raw and emotionally revealing look at one of the most iconic artists of our time during a transformational period in her life as she learns to embrace her role not only as a songwriter and performer, but as a woman harnessing the full power of her voice.

Steady company for an unsteady night. The tone holds.

Jodorowsky's Dune movie poster
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2013 · ★★★½☆ 7.8/10

In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; but the artists Jodorowsky brought together to carry it out continued to work together, and ended up laying the foundations for modern science fiction cinema.

Steady company for an unsteady night. The tone holds.

Home movie poster
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2009 · ★★★½☆ 7.8/10

In 200,000 years of existence, man has upset the balance on which the Earth had lived for 4 billion years. Global warming, resource depletion, species extinction: man has endangered his own home. But it is too late to be pessimistic: humanity has barely ten years left to reverse the trend, become aware of its excessive exploitation of the Earth's riches, and change its consumption pattern.

Steady company for an unsteady night. The tone holds.

They Shall Not Grow Old movie poster
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2018 · ★★★½☆ 7.8/10

A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of Armistice Day, and the end of the war.

Steady company for an unsteady night. The tone holds.

The right film for anxiety sits at a very specific point on the tension dial. These are calibrated for it.

Depends heavily on subject. Calming subject, good choice. Dark subject, skip.

Works across the room. Nobody left out or checked out.

I Am Not Your Negro movie poster
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2017 · ★★★½☆ 7.7/10

Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.

Steady company for an unsteady night. The tone holds.

Citizenfour movie poster
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2014 · ★★★½☆ 7.7/10

In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.

Absorbing without spiking. Gets you out of your head without putting you in a worse one.

Jiro Dreams of Sushi movie poster
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2011 · ★★★½☆ 7.7/10

Revered sushi chef Jiro Ono strives for perfection in his work, while his eldest son, Yoshikazu, has trouble living up to his father's legacy.

Absorbing without spiking. Gets you out of your head without putting you in a worse one.

Inside Job movie poster
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2010 · ★★★½☆ 7.7/10

A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

Absorbing without spiking. Gets you out of your head without putting you in a worse one.

Before the Flood movie poster
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2016 · ★★★½☆ 7.7/10

A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native communities across the planet.

Absorbing without spiking. Gets you out of your head without putting you in a worse one.

The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.

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