A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity vs Bodyguard of Lies

Bodyguard of Lies has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity). A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity is the shorter watch at 1h 19m compared with 1h 30m. A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity posterA Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity2016 VS Bodyguard of Lies posterBodyguard of Lies2025
A Simpler Way: Crisis as OpportunityBodyguard of Lies
Audience score★ 8.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20162025
Length1h 19m1h 30m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
CountryAustraliaUnited States of America
DirectorJordan Osmond, Samuel AlexanderDan Krauss
Main castDavid Holmgren, Helena Norberg-Hodge, David Spratt–

Synopsis

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity

A feature-length documentary that follows a community in Australia who came together to explore and demonstrate a simpler way to live in response to global crises.

Bodyguard of Lies

Exposes the tangled web of deception spun by the U.S. government during its 20-year war in Afghanistan, revealing the campaign of lies and misinformation fed to the American public. Through shocking testimonies from government insiders, confidential documents, and private audio recordings of those at the highest levels of the military and elected leadership, this gripping documentary urges a reckoning with the wider implications of government…

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