1. Blackfish
I decided to give this a watch after reading a blog post on the cruelty of Sea World. This is a documentary about Killer Whales in captivity and one killer whale in particular kept at Sea World called Tilikum, who has been involved with the death of three people. However this documentary makes it obvious that the real problem lies with the corporation rather than the behaviour shown by Tilikum, who was lashing out due to years of being kept in captivity and made to perform for an audience. It's a very gripping watch and one that has changed my view of Sea World forever, having previously known next to nothing.
2. Black Mirror
This is a chilling series on the use of technology in a fictional but somewhat familiar world. It is sorta fucked up, but so interesting and very close to home, lots of plot twists and turns so is sometimes difficult to get a grasp of what's going on until the very end. Therefore best to give it two watches! The show was created by comedian Charlie Brooker, he also created one of my other favourite tv shows 'Dead Set' which is also definitely worth a watch if you like zombies, puts a modern spin on the classic zombie horror, pretty disturbing with some dark humour mixed in.
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
A love story acted out by Jim Carey and Kate Winslet, yet is so much more than that to make it truly memorable. It's well written and intelligent and has some really good imagery regarding memories and the loss of them. Set in a slightly futuristic world where it is possible to wipe memories from past events. Jim Carey's character decides to wipe his latest relationship, but when there is nothing left but the good memories from the start of relationship, why would you want to forget it all?
4. Earthlings
This documentary made me seriously consider vegetarianism again, but without being pushy and pro-veggie. It tells the facts about animals, talks about pain and their treatment by humans, even though they have as much right to be on this earth as us. Made me cry a few times, it's a very difficult watch but a complete eye opener as to what goes on in slaughterhouses on a daily basis.
5. American Psycho
A Christian Bale film, similar in many ways to The Wolf of Wall Street. A very odd watch but again one I won't forget easily, has elements of narcissism, materialism, misogyny, classism to name a few, and also dabbles in some dark humour. Leaves you wondering what exactly happened and can be interpreted differently by different people. Very cleverly written and anyone who finds psychopaths fascinating (like me) will love this.
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