Particle Fever (2013)

Mark Levinson's film captured the nail-biting discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN with genuine emotional stakes, making particle physics riveting for non-specialist audiences. Following six physicists during the Large Hadron Collider's first run, it achieved a 96% audience approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The documentary required access to $4.75 billion worth of equipment, yet its budget of $1.2 million was 30% lighter than the runner-up in science documentary production costs. It is faster than the average documentary in pacing, cutting between theory and experimental results within 90 minutes.