The Century of the Self

1 Season
4 Episode

The Century of the Self

A secret history of the 20th century.


(104 votes, average: 8.40/ 10)

58 minutes 2025 HD

  • Share

The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it's a phenomenon to which most are unaware. The film is an exhaustive examination of his theories on human desire, and how they're applied to platforms such as advertising, consumerism and politics.

img

Season

Similar

  • 2022
    imgS1 E8

    Women at War

    Women at War

    7.10 2022 HD

    France, 1914. The destinies of four women intersect : Marguerite, a mysterious Parisian prostitute, Caroline, propelled to the head of the family...

    img
  • 2002
    imgS1 E3

    In Search of Ancient Ireland

    In Search of Ancient Ireland

    1 2002 HD

    An exploration of Ancient Ireland, from 2000 B.C., when Stone Age farmers built some of Europe's largest and most spectacular Neolithic monuments, to...

    img
  • 2006
    imgS1 E11

    Planet Earth

    Planet Earth

    8.57 2006 HD

    David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different...

    img
  • 2021
    imgS1 E3

    Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire

    Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire

    8.00 2021 HD

    Exposing the truths behind the mystery of the Ghost Train Fire at Sydney's iconic Luna Park, Caro Meldrum-Hanna returns for a ground-breaking...

    img
  • 2023
    imgS1 E8

    A Small Light

    A Small Light

    7.90 2023 HD

    Twentysomething Miep Gies didn't hesitate when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to hide his family from the Nazis during World War II....

    img
  • 2023
    imgS1 E4

    McGREGOR FOREVER

    McGREGOR FOREVER

    7.60 2023 HD

    Conor McGregor's brutal strikes and trash-talking swagger made him the UFC's biggest draw. This rousing docuseries follows his dynamic career.

    img
  • 2021
    imgS1 E3

    Robson Green: Walking Coast to Coast

    Robson Green: Walking Coast to Coast

    8.00 2021 HD

    The actor makes his way along Hadrian's Wall, built to guard the northern frontier of the Roman Empire in AD122, and covering almost 80 miles in...

    img
  • 2019
    imgS1 E6

    Years and Years

    Years and Years

    7.56 2019 HD

    As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the Lyons family converge on one crucial night in 2019....

    img
  • 2013
    imgS1 E3

    The Politician's Husband

    The Politician's Husband

    6.80 2013 HD

    A drama about the shifting power in a marriage when the personal and political collide.

    img
  • 2022
    imgS1 E2

    Gaming Wall St

    Gaming Wall St

    5.70 2022 HD

    Kieran Culkin narrates this docuseries exploring the historic 2021 short squeeze of GameStop, and how a group of armchair investors and online...

    img

Recomendation

  • 2004
    imgS1 E3

    The Power of Nightmares

    The Power of Nightmares

    8.10 2004 HD

    Examines how politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society.

    img
  • 2011
    imgS1 E3

    All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

    All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

    8.30 2011 HD

    We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes...

    img
  • 2007
    imgS1 E3

    The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

    The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

    7.90 2007 HD

    Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have...

    img
  • 2000
    imgS3 E6

    Skärgårdsdoktorn

    Skärgårdsdoktorn

    7.54 2000 HD

    TV series about the doctor Johan Steen who returns to Sweden after working in Somalia. He takes over his father in law's practice in the archipelago...

    img
  • 1995
    imgS1 E3

    The Living Dead

    The Living Dead

    6.67 1995 HD

    This series investigated the way that history and memory have been used by politicians and others.

    img
  • 2000
    imgS1 E6

    Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness

    Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness

    7.20 2000 HD

    Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.

    img
  • 2018
    imgS1 E8

    The Romanoffs

    The Romanoffs

    6.51 2018 HD

    An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.

    img
  • 2009
    imgS2 E10

    Xavier: Renegade Angel

    Xavier: Renegade Angel

    8.60 2009 HD

    Follows the humorous musings of an itinerant humanoid pseudo-shaman and spiritual seeker named Xavier.

    img
  • 2022
    imgS4 E6

    Documentary Now!

    Documentary Now!

    7.00 2022 HD

    Loving parodies of some of the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some...

    img
  • 2016
    imgS3 E8

    Hinterland

    Hinterland

    7.30 2016 HD

    Tom Mathias comes to Aberystwyth having abandoned his life in London. He's a brilliant but troubled man. Despite his faults he is an excellent...

    img