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More Movies Like 'You Can See Everything'
Long documentaries on Elizabeth Holmes and Elon Musk draw big theater crowds.
In brief
Long documentaries on Elizabeth Holmes and Elon Musk draw big theater crowds. Two epic documentaries about Elizabeth Holmes and Elon Musk are earning high ticket sales despite their lengthy run times. Originally reported by Decider.
You Can See Everything
This documentary profiles Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos founder, before her 2023 incarceration for fraud.
“Elizabeth Holmes, a notorious figure for cashing in after falsely claiming that her company Theranos had developed a revolutionary blood testing method”
Musk
A three-hour fifty-five-minute film details Elon Musk's life, politics, and role in SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter.
“Elon Musk responded to the film’s 'unvarnished' take on his character by calling Gibney 'a douche'”
O.J.: Made in America
This seven-hour forty-seven-minute documentary covers O.J. Simpson's life, trial, and cultural impact.
“It details Simpson’s life, trial for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman”
Shoah
A nine-hour twenty-six-minute film interviews Holocaust survivors and witnesses.
“Shoah is the Hebrew word referencing The Holocaust, and French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann addresses the tragedy by interviewing survivors, perpetrators and observers of atrocities committed by the Nazis in Polish concentration camps during World War II”
My Undesirable Friends
This five-hour twenty-four-minute documentary follows Russian journalists during the Ukraine conflict.
“Loktev spends considerable time with young female reporters working for one of their country’s only remaining independent outlets as Vladimir Putin attempts to squash free speech prior to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine”
Resan (The Journey)
This fourteen-hour thirty-three-minute film is the longest non-experimental documentary ever made.
“British director Peter Watkins’ 1987 doc is a curiosity of sorts; its status as the longest non-experimental film ever made is countered by the irony that few people have even seen it”
The Up Series
This sixteen-hour fifty-eight-minute series revisits the same British people every seven years.
“The project began with 1964’s Seven Up! when the subjects were seven years old, and continued with 2026’s 70 Up”
Paradise Lost Films
These three films follow the West Memphis Three, accused of murders they almost certainly didn’t commit.
“The West Memphis Three, a trio of young men incarcerated for murders they almost certainly didn’t commit”
The main idea
Two epic documentaries about Elizabeth Holmes and Elon Musk are earning high ticket sales despite their lengthy run times.
