John's Just Good Documentary List
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- StarsVint CerfLoyd BlankenshipChristian WirthThrough eight episodes, director Jason Scott covers the 25 year history of the Dial-Up Bulletin Board System, a modem-connected computer system that let others connect to a computer over a phone line and leave messages and trade files. Containing 200 interviews, episodes mostly consist of elaborate montages of dozens of people composing a narrative. BAUD is an introduction to the start of the BBS. SYSOPS AND USERS is a montage of stories and thoughts on running BBSes. FIDONET covers the amateur network of computers called Fidonet. MAKE IT PAY covers the BBS Industry. ARTSCENE covers the ANSI art scene of the 1990s. HPAC covers Hacking and Phreaking BBSes. COMPRESSION discusses the ARC-ZIP battle of 1988. NO CARRIER discusses the "end" of the dial-up BBS.
- DirectorMartyn BurkeStarsAnthony Michael HallNoah WyleJoey SlotnickHistory of Apple and Microsoft.
- DirectorIván CastellStarsJohn CarpenterRubén MartínezJohn BerginThe Rise of the Synths is a documentary and a time travel about the universe of creating sounds and the Synthwave Music.
- TV Mini Series
- StarsMichael PortilloAnne RobinsonFiona ShawAn effort to find out the greatest Briton of all times by presenting ten of Britain's greatest and let the public vote on those.
- CreatorAntonio CamposStarsColin FirthToni ColletteMichael StuhlbargTells the story of Michael Peterson, a crime novelist accused of killing his wife Kathleen after she is found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home, and the 16-year judicial battle that followed.
- DirectorRichard PearsonStarsJeremy ClarksonRon BatleyJim CairnsJeremy Clarkson tells the dramatic story of the Arctic convoys of the Second World War, from Russia to the freezing Arctic Ocean.
- StarsLisa FrantzPaige WestbrookAlex HodginsPresents an in-depth, intimate character portrait exploring the life and career and mysterious circumstances surrounding the tragic death of 90's actress and rising star, Brittany Murphy.
- DirectorJason BaffaStarsBill MurrayPatrick ArterBen CrenshawFilmmaker Jason Baffa examines the personal bonds and dynamic relationships that form between golfers and caddies.
- StarsRobert X. CringelySteve JobsBill GatesThe development of Arpanet, the Internet and the World Wide Web from 1969 to 1998 is explored.
- DirectorSimon KloseStarsGottfrid SvartholmPeter SundeFredrik NeijAn intellectual freedoms documentary based around the interpersonal triumphs, and defeats of the three main characters against the largest industry in the known universe. The media industry.
- DirectorDavid Terry FineGabe SpitzerThe life and times of Golfer John Daly. From his childhood to what he's doing now, including the stories behind his major victories and public meltdowns.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsJohn BeardTim BeldenBarbara BoxerA documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
- DirectorMichael GlynStarsPeter BorishPaul Tudor JonesFilmed before Wall Street's October 1987 crash, TRADER is a one hour documentary of a fascinating man, Paul Tudor Jones II. It delivers a rarely seen view of futures trading and explains the workings of this frantic, highly charged marketplace. It also examines Jones' prediction that America is nearing the end of a 200-year bull market. If he's right -- and he almost always is -- this country and the world are about to experience economic changes of unprecedented proportions.
- CreatorBrian KoppelmanDavid LevienStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittKyle ChandlerKerry BishéThe roller-coaster ride of the upstart transportation company, embodying the highs and lows of Silicon Valley.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsAlex GibneyElizabeth HolmesDan ArielyThe story of Theranos, a multi-billion dollar tech company, its founder Elizabeth Holmes, the youngest self-made female billionaire, and the massive fraud that collapsed the company.
- StarsChris GrahamDoug MathewsAmy MurrayA detailed account of the McDonald's Monopoly game scam during the 1990s as told by the participants in the case, including the prizewinners and the FBI agents involved.