Items12The creator’s order
  1. 1How To with John Wilson (2020)How To with John Wilson (2020) 8.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired 23 Oct 2020Apparently simple advice opens into encounters assembled from Wilson's extraordinary New York footage archive. The cuts between his hesitant narration and an observed detail can be both funny and unexpectedly moving. Three completed seasons offer a distinctive documentary essay form, while making…0
  2. 2City So Real (2020)City So Real (2020) 7.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired 29 Oct 2020Steve James follows a Chicago mayoral election through campaign rooms, neighbourhood spaces and people who disagree about what the city needs. The five-part structure gives apparently minor encounters room to complicate the political headline. It is an absorbing civic portrait whose strength is the…0
  3. 3America to Me (2018)America to Me (2018) 7.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired 26 Aug 2018A year in an Oak Park high school reveals how inequality can persist inside a community proud of its progressive identity. Following pupils and families over time makes institutional claims answerable to daily experience. This substantial observational series is a strong discussion choice, with the…0
  4. 4Philly D.A. (2021)Philly D.A. (2021) 8.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 20 Apr 2021An embedded camera follows a district attorney's office trying to alter a criminal-justice system from within. Meetings and individual decisions make reform's practical obstacles visible across eight episodes. The access is unusually revealing, but it remains a portrait of a particular…0
  5. 5Couples Therapy (2019)Couples Therapy (2019) 8.5/10 on IMDbFirst aired 6 Sept 2019The 2019 American documentary series observes sessions with therapist Orna Guralnik, allowing patterns to emerge through listening, repetition and resistance. Its sustained attention is the reason to choose it over a relationship spectacle built around a verdict. These are consenting participants…0
  6. 6Painting With John (2021)Painting With John (2021) 7.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired 22 Jan 2021John Lurie paints, tells stories and lets an apparent tutorial wander towards memories or an absurd practical problem. Its method is deliberately personal, with colour and the pace of making something supplying much of the pleasure. This is the gentle, eccentric route for a discussion group…0
  7. 7Telemarketers (2023)Telemarketers (2023) 7.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 13 Aug 2023Footage made inside a chaotic fundraising call centre grows into an investigation by two former workers. Their friendship and uneven reporting skills make the search part of the evidence, with access extending far beyond a polished interview setup. The three-part series is funny and alarming, while…0
  8. 8Ren Faire (2024)Ren Faire (2024) 6.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired 2 Jun 2024A succession struggle at a Texas Renaissance festival is filmed with the intensity of a fantasy about kingship. The three-part documentary deliberately blends observation with stylised imagery, making ambition and self-mythology its subject. Choose it for a lively discussion about documentary form,…0
  9. 9College Behind Bars (2019)College Behind Bars (2019) 8.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 25 Nov 2019Students in the Bard Prison Initiative work through seminars, assignments and the consequences of their pasts. Lynn Novick's four-part series gives intellectual effort enough time to become the drama itself. It is a valuable discovery about education and confinement, with a clear interest in this…0
  10. 10Spy High (2025)Spy High (2025) 6.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 8 Apr 2025A school laptop-surveillance scandal becomes a four-part investigation into privacy, reputation and whose version of a teenager is believed. The 2025 series gives participants room to challenge one another's account. Its suburban story works well for discussion, especially when separating…0