5. Ethos
Site Score: 6, IMDb Score: 7 Overall Score: 13
Directed by Pete McGrain
Year: 2011
Our society has reached a point where everything is in service of profit. The people we depend on to perform basic public functions, the politicians, and elected officials are not exempt from this, in fact they are the ones that are leading the charge. Narrated by Woody Harrelson, Ethos tries to show us another way, the one which doesn’t include political corruption and the destruction of our planet, all in the name of capitalism. According to Pete McGrain, the answer is ethical consumerism and our transformation from mere observers and consumers to active participants in the political process. Ethos takes 5th place among 11 best political documentaries on Netflix streaming in 2015.
