Adam Curtis Movies

  • 2016
    HyperNormalisation

    HyperNormalisation

    HyperNormalisation

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    We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing,...

    HyperNormalisation
  • 2015
    Bitter Lake

    Bitter Lake

    Bitter Lake

    7.52015HD

    An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.

    Bitter Lake
  • 2011
    Every Day Is Like Sunday

    Every Day Is Like Sunday

    Every Day Is Like Sunday

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    As we wait to see whether Rupert Murdoch will fall from power and lose control of News International, Every Day is Like Sunday tells the forgotten...

    Every Day Is Like Sunday
  • 1984
    Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster

    Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster

    Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster

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    David Jones investigates how 1960s council housing came to be built so poorly that thousands later needed to be demolished.

    Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster
  • 2007
    The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist

    The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist

    The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist

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    Short film chronicling the transformation of mainstream media and the balance of political power in the last few decades by looking at how the role...

    The Rise and Fall of the TV Journalist
  • 2023
    God Turn Me Into A Flower

    God Turn Me Into A Flower

    God Turn Me Into A Flower

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    Visual accompaniment to Weyes Blood's 'God Turn Me Into A Flower', played alongside a performance of the song during her 2023 tour.

    God Turn Me Into A Flower
  • 1989
    The Road to Terror

    The Road to Terror

    The Road to Terror

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    In The Road to Terror, revolutionaries tell how their dream descended into a nightmare of terror and execution. They speak as exiles in Paris, a city...

    The Road to Terror
  • 2009
    The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism

    The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism

    The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism

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    Short film about how mainstream media simplify complex events and present them as "scattered terrible things happening everywhere, Oh Dear", leaving...

    The Rise of “Oh Dear”-ism
  • 1997
    Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh

    Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh

    Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh

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    In 1951, a woman died in Baltimore, U.S.A. She was called Henrietta Lacks. These are cells from her body. They were taken from her just before she...

    Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh
  • 2014

    "Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear War

    "Oh Dear"-ism II & Non-Linear War

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    Short film examining the global events of 2014 to reveal a chaotic morass, the reporting of which is increasingly difficult to comprehend in the...

  • 1996
    25 Million Pounds

    25 Million Pounds

    25 Million Pounds

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    25 Million Pounds details the collapse of Barings Bank in the mid 1990s primarily by a broker called Nick Leeson, who lost £827 million ($1.3...

    25 Million Pounds
  • 2009
    It Felt Like a Kiss

    It Felt Like a Kiss

    It Felt Like a Kiss

    6.72009HD

    The story of America's rise to power starting with 1959, using archival footage and US pop music to highlight the consequences to the rest of the...

    It Felt Like a Kiss
  • 1989
    The Kingdom of Fun

    The Kingdom of Fun

    The Kingdom of Fun

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    The largest leisure and shopping complex in Europe, the Metro Centre in Tynemouth, and its creator John Hall.

    The Kingdom of Fun
  • 2010
    Paranoia

    Paranoia

    Paranoia

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    Short film using the paranoia of Richard Nixon to explore how a similar outlook on life has been propagated on a larger social scale in the new media...

    Paranoia
  • 2016
    Living in an Unreal World

    Living in an Unreal World

    Living in an Unreal World

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    Short film for Vice Media about the illusion of stability, freedom, and prosperity in the West, comparing it to life in the Soviet Union during the...

    Living in an Unreal World
  • 2020
    MK Ultra

    MK Ultra

    MK Ultra

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    The Rosie Kay Dance Company present a piece about the strange history and pop-cultural aftermath of CIA mind control experiments during the Cold War,...

    MK Ultra
  • 1983
    Trumpets and Typewriters: A History of War Reporting

    Trumpets and Typewriters: A History of War Reporting

    Trumpets and Typewriters: A History of War Reporting

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    The history of war correspondents.

    Trumpets and Typewriters: A History of War Reporting
  • 1983
    The Seaside

    The Seaside

    The Seaside

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    Documentary about the town of Walton-on-the-Naze, directed by Adam Curtis

    The Seaside
  • 2010
    Murdoch's Revolution

    Murdoch's Revolution

    Murdoch's Revolution

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    This short film uses the history and figure of the Murdoch media empire as a vast invasive machine, to draw parallels to new media machines such as...

    Murdoch's Revolution
  • 1984
    The Mayor of Montemilone

    The Mayor of Montemilone

    The Mayor of Montemilone

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    Dino Labriola runs the small town of Montemilone in the deep south. He was elected the first Communist mayor. Now he faces the problems of a town...

    The Mayor of Montemilone