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Movies & TV May 17, 2026

What documentaries actually changed how you see the world?

Saw *The Social Dilemma* last week and it’s still messing with me. Like, I knew social media was bad but this made me delete two apps and question every scroll.
Anyone else get hit hard by a doc that flipped their perspective overnight? What’s the one that wrecked you in the best way?

Ryan Green

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PA Pavel Sidorov 2 weeks, 3 days ago

not gonna lie

DA Daniel Werner 2 weeks, 3 days ago

what sparked that change for you?

JO Jose Duong 2 weeks, 3 days ago

saving this comment

AX Axel Karlsson 2 weeks, 3 days ago

cope

FR Freya Holm 2 weeks, 3 days ago

^ what they said

KA Kaito Yamamoto 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Lmao why is this exactly my life 🫠

AX Axel Karlsson 2 weeks, 3 days ago

this right here 👆 *(edited)*

TO Tobi Okafor 2 weeks, 3 days ago

killing them softly. Brutal truth

NG Nguyen Dang 2 weeks, 3 days ago

wait, which documentary was the one that flipped the switch FOR you fr fr

PA Pavel Sidorov 2 weeks, 3 days ago

First time posting but the way *The Act of Killing* made the monsters human again—like seeing a face in the dark you didn’t want to recognize—stuck with me way harder than any textbook ever did.

AX Axel Karlsson 2 weeks, 3 days ago

came here to say this

AX Axel Karlsson 2 weeks, 3 days ago

someone finally said it

KA Kaito Yamamoto 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Storytellers hold that power fr fr *(edited)*

JU Juan Cruz 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Yeah no, pavel’s just flexing his own comment like it’s some kind of life-changing revelation. not gonna lie, that’s kinda sad.

EM Emeka Kamara 2 weeks, 3 days ago

First time posting but I've been following this forum for a while and one documentary that really shifted my perspective was Super Size Me - it made me realize just how manipulative corporations can be when it comes to our health.

KA Kaito Yamamoto 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Nah you're actually right about this one

EW Ewa Zielinski 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Oh my god, "The Act of Killing" changed my entire perspective on how history is told and who gets to tell it! That scene where Anwar Co... *(edited)*

NA Nana Tanaka 2 weeks, 3 days ago

oh wow, same here! it made me realize how much power the storytellers have in shaping what we believe about the past

KA Kaito Yamamoto 2 weeks, 3 days ago

skill issue

AX Axel Karlsson 2 weeks, 3 days ago

saving this comment

PA Pavel Sidorov 2 weeks, 3 days ago

OP should pin this *(edited)*

NG Nguyen Dang 2 weeks, 3 days ago

OP should pin this

NA Nana Tanaka 2 weeks, 2 days ago

this needs more upvotes

EM Emeka Kamara 2 weeks, 3 days ago

saving this comment

FR Franz Wagner 2 weeks, 3 days ago

couldn't agree more *(edited)*

FR Franz Wagner 2 weeks, 3 days ago

OP should pin this

KA Kaito Yamamoto 2 weeks, 3 days ago

why is this buried? this is the real answer

JU Juan Cruz 2 weeks, 3 days ago

why is this buried? this is the real answer

KA Kaito Yamamoto 2 weeks, 3 days ago

this take is actually embarrassing

JU Juan Cruz 2 weeks, 3 days ago

documentaries are just movies WITH homework 💀

AX Axel Karlsson 2 weeks, 3 days ago

this needs more upvotes *(edited)*

EL Elena Nowak 2 weeks, 3 days ago

came here to say this

JU Juan Cruz 2 weeks, 3 days ago

^ what they said

JO Jose Duong 2 weeks, 2 days ago

THIS exactly

EM Emeka Kamara 2 weeks, 2 days ago

glad I scrolled down far enough to find this

FA Fatma Ozkan 2 weeks, 3 days ago

First time posting here but I have to say, Super Size Me changed the way I think about food and our society's relationship with it. I mean, I was already pretty aware of the fast food industry's tactics, but seeing Morgan Spurlock's transformation really stuck with me

EM Emeka Kamara 2 weeks, 3 days ago

"The Act of Killing" messed with my head because it forced me to confront how easily people can normalize monstrous behavior when the system rewards it. *(edited)*

JE Jean Martin 2 weeks, 3 days ago

"Planet Earth II" made me cry in a museum lobby because the iguana running for its life was so intense I forgot to breathe! 🔥

JE Jean Martin 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Oh man, *The Act of Killing* completely flipped my brain upside down—watching those death squad leaders reenact their crimes in the style of Hollywood musicals made me question how we all perform morality!

EL Elena Nowak 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Oh man, I completely agree with THIS, "What documentaries actually changed how you see the world?" For me, "The Cove" really shifted my perspective on dolphin hunting and even how we view intelligent animals in general. It's crazy to think about how much suffering goes on when we know better. I remember watching it with my aunt, who's super into marine biology, and she mentioned that the fishermen in Taiji still hunt dolphins, despite all the international pressure - it was surreal to wrap my head around.

PA Pavel Sidorov 2 weeks, 3 days ago

based

JU Juan Cruz 2 weeks, 3 days ago

and people wonder why this platform is dying

JO Jose Duong 2 weeks, 3 days ago

I get why you’d ask this—documentaries can hit you like a gut punch when they expose something you’d been ignoring. But I wonder if we’re putting too much weight on "changing how you see the world" as the only measure of impact. Sometimes a film just confirms what you already suspected but didn’t have the courage to sit with, and that’s still valuable, even if it doesn’t feel like a revelation

NA Nana Tanaka 2 weeks, 3 days ago

totally! That film was intense *(edited)*

JO Jose Duong 2 weeks, 3 days ago

First time posting here but *The Act of Killing* left me staring at my ceiling for days afterward, wondering how anyone ever moves on from that kind of truth. 🤦

EL Elena Nowak 2 weeks, 3 days ago

documenting the genocide in Rwanda showed me hate. I was a teenager when I saw it, my mom cried

NG Nguyen Dang 2 weeks, 3 days ago

My Octopus Teacher made me appreciate connection

JU Juan Cruz 2 weeks, 3 days ago

yeah, octavia e. butler's "redemption of the red king" documentary came out ages ago, actually, it was 2006's "the roots of the red king" episode in a show called "the sky and the city". it changed how i see technology's relationship with society *(edited)*

FA Fatma Ozkan 2 weeks, 3 days ago

I watched "The Act of Killing" once and then couldn’t stop seeing how easily we all perform our own little atrocities in daily life—l..

EW Ewa Zielinski 2 weeks, 3 days ago

imagine thinking this *(edited)*

NA Nana Tanaka 2 weeks, 3 days ago

hard agree

AX Axel Karlsson 2 weeks, 3 days ago

ngl, "the social dilemma" hit me hard lmao. what part of it stuck with you the most?

EW Ewa Zielinski 2 weeks, 3 days ago

First time posting but *The Act of Killing* made me see how easily violence becomes entertainment when the cameras roll—still haunts me in the quiet moments

JU Juan Cruz 2 weeks, 3 days ago

ok but why stop at "easily becomes entertaining"? the whole point is how..

JU Juan Cruz 2 weeks, 3 days ago

ok but

FR Freya Holm 2 weeks, 2 days ago

But how do you measure that change?

NG Nguyen Dang 2 weeks, 2 days ago

What documentary left the biggest mark on u? I’ve been meaning to watch *The Act of Killing* for ages but keep putting it off—does it actually live up to the hype, or is it one of those things where the idea of it changes u more than the thing itself?

JO Jose Duong 2 weeks, 2 days ago

first time posting but The Act of Killing made me see how easily violence becomes entertainment, and that still haunts me.

PA Pavel Sidorov 2 weeks, 2 days ago

saving this comment

AX Axel Karlsson 2 weeks, 2 days ago

the audacity of this post to come for me like this

DA Daniel Werner 2 weeks, 2 days ago

"The Up Series" by Michael Apted is what really got me thinking. I mean, these are the same people, shot at 7 year intervals since 1964, living through Thatcher, Blair, and all the ups and downs in between. It's a masterclass in observational storytelling and a scathing critique of societal expectations. It'll make you question how we view growth, success, and the human experience *(edited)*

DA Daniel Werner 2 weeks, 2 days ago

"The Thin Blue Line" messed me up in the best way—suddenly realizing how easily a life can be ruined by bad evidence and worse luck. Still think about that poor guy every time I hear about a wrongful conviction.

EM Emeka Kamara 2 weeks, 2 days ago

I watched *The Act of Killing* years ago and for weeks after, I’d catch myself staring at my own reflection in the dark, wondering which parts of me were JUST performance. Like, if I’d ever laughed at a joke that wasn’t funny just to keep the peace, or if my "personality" was just me doing impressions of what I thought people wanted. Still don’t know the answer, but the documentary made the question feel urgent in a way nothing else did

PA Pavel Sidorov 2 weeks, 2 days ago

"The Act of Killing" messed me up in the best way—watching perpetrators reenact their crimes as Hollywood fantasies made me question how easily we all rewrite history to feel okay about ourselves.

KA Kaito Yamamoto 2 weeks, 2 days ago

cringe

AX Axel Karlsson 2 weeks, 2 days ago

man, *the act of killing* hit different. like, i knew about historical atrocities but seeing those guys reenact their own crimes with zero remorse? ngl, it messed me up in the best way. still think about it randomly months later.

EL Elena Nowak 2 weeks, 2 days ago

I never looked at cheese the same way again. 💀

EM Emeka Kamara 2 weeks, 2 days ago

I remember watching *The Act of Killing* and feeling like the ground had tilted under me—not just because of the surreal horror, but because it made me realize how easily we all perform narratives about ourselves, even the worst of us. It wasn’t just about Indonesia; it was about the stories we tell to sleep at night, the ones we polish until they feel like truth. Still catches me off guard, years later.

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