Documentary movies for a scattered attention span with a partner. Includes Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, The Social Dilemma, Money Heist: The Phenomenon and ...
Your brain is jumping around. These are structured enough to hold you anyway.
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.
Works with a wandering mind. The key moments get through regardless.
This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
Works with a wandering mind. The key moments get through regardless.
A documentary on why 'Money Heist' sparked a wave of enthusiasm around the world for a lovable group of thieves and their professor.
The emotional signals are loud enough to bring your attention back each time it drifts.
Follow pop provocateur Lady Gaga as she releases a new album, preps for her Super Bowl halftime show, and confronts physical and emotional struggles.
Works with a wandering mind. The key moments get through regardless.
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.
The emotional signals are loud enough to bring your attention back each time it drifts.
Scattered-attention films have strong enough emotional signals that the mind keeps returning even when it wanders.
Narration helps. Interview-based structure means you can rejoin at any point.
Good paired viewing. Worth discussing afterward.
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.
Works with a wandering mind. The key moments get through regardless.
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.
Works with a wandering mind. The key moments get through regardless.
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.
The emotional signals are loud enough to bring your attention back each time it drifts.
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.
Works with a wandering mind. The key moments get through regardless.
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.
The emotional signals are loud enough to bring your attention back each time it drifts.
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.
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