Actor & Director
Top 10 Adam Curtis Films & Series Streaming in the UK
Adam Curtis (born 1955) is an award-winning British documentarian and writer. He has also worked as a television producer, director and narrator. He works for BBC Current Affairs.
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The Century of the Self
8.758mA documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.
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The Power of Nightmares
8.7157mA series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
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Can't Get You Out of My Head(2021)
8.580mLove, power, money, ghosts of empire, conspiracies, artificial intelligence and You.
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Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
8.560mWhat it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy.
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HyperNormalisation(2016)
8.2166mAdam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in…
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Pandora's Box
8.2276mThe consequences of exploiting technological and political ideas without understanding and concern for the outcome.
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The Mayfair Set
8.2240mThe effects on Britains economic and political power brought by unscrupulous, reckless gamblers from the notorious gambling club in the 60s…
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Bitter Lake(2015)
8.1136mAn experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.
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Shifty
8.0When power begins to shift in society, everything becomes unstable, exciting and frightening.
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The Living Dead
7.9176mInvestigating the way politicians erase, rewrite and interpret the past to their own interest.
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