The 15+ Best AI Documentaries (Ranked in 2026)
Musk funds a doc to warn us. Kurzweil wants to live forever. Kasparov flips out. A Korean Go god nearly cries after an AI makes “Move 37.” DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis … Read more
Month: May 2025
The Snowy Owls of Logan Airport
They fly 3,000 miles from the Arctic… only to nap next to Boeing 737s. At Logan Airport, the biggest, baddest owls in North America are dodging jets, evading death, and—thanks … Read more
Kurt Vonnegut on the Shape of Stories
Want to understand fiction—or life—in under 5 minutes? Let Kurt Vonnegut draw you a graph. He maps the shape of every story you’ve ever loved—with chalk and razor-sharp wit. Tt’s … Read more
In the Age of AI (Frontline)
What if China became the new Saudi Arabia—not for oil, but for data? This doc starts with Google’s AlphaGo humiliating a national hero and ends with face-scanning KFC payments, driverless … Read more
The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin
Gwen Shamblin has the hair of a televangelist, the diet plan of a Kardashian and the moral compass of a Bond villain. She builds a multimillion-dollar empire by equating thinness … Read more
Lord of the Ants (NOVA)
If Darwin had a microscope, a Southern drawl, and a thing for ants, he’d be E.O. Wilson. Harrison Ford narrates this one—and Wilson names a new ant after him. Trailer … Read more
Operation Varsity Blues
The SATs were rigged, the tennis recruits couldn’t play and Aunt Becky of Full House and Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives) are facing jail time. The biggest college admissions scandal in … Read more
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
He fooled Houdini, mentored Copperfield, and could vanish a coin in your ear while stealing your watch. I currently rank this #3 on my list of “The Best Magic Documentaries” … Read more
Roald Dahl 1982 Interview at his Writing Shed (by Frank Delaney meets Roald Dahl)
Roald Dahl wrote Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and The BFT in a sleeping bag, with six sharpened pencils in a hut with goat poop—and kept his own hip bone … Read more