# Adam Curtis documentaries

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Adam Curtis documentaries and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a distinctive, watchable collection of mini-series on recent history. Critics find the style too stylized and the storytelling long-winded.

## Why people recommend it

- Wonderful, worth watching (2 comments): "All I can suggest is that you watch some of Adam Curtis's work." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46844271)) "Adam Curtis docs are wonderful." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48448029))

## What people warn about

- Long-winded, states the obvious (1 comments): "I thought it a long winded way of stating bad things have happened" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46583845))
- Style too stylized (1 comments): "I think his work is just too stylized." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46588134))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Connections by James Burke](https://hackerapproved.com/p/connections.md): 33 recommend
- [Triumph of the Nerds](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triumph-of-the-nerds.md): 31 recommend
- [All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace by Adam Curtis](https://hackerapproved.com/p/all-watched-over.md): 10 recommend
- [The Century of Self by Adam Curtis](https://hackerapproved.com/p/century-of-self.md): 10 recommend
- [The Secret Life of Machines](https://hackerapproved.com/p/secret-life-of-machines.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Adam Curtis documentaries", https://hackerapproved.com/p/adam-curtis-documentaries/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).