Movies Like Hungry for Profit
If you liked Hungry for Profit (1985), a documentary movie directed by Robert Richter, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also documentaryMuckraking filmmaker Morgan Spurlock reignites his battle with the food industry — this time from behind the register — as he opens his own fast food restaurant.
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Inside Job (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also documentaryA film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive…
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Samsara (2011)
★ 8.1/10Also documentaryFilmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and…
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Kiss the Ground (2020)
★ 7.7/10Also documentarySheds light on an alternative approach to farming called “regenerative agriculture” that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world.
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180° South (2010)
★ 7.2/10Also documentaryThe film follows adventurer Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia.
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The Corporation (2003)
★ 7.6/10Also documentarySince the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film…
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The Yes Men Fix the World (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also documentaryTHE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most…
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also documentaryFilm adaptation of French economist Thomas Piketty's ground-breaking global bestseller of the same name: an eye-opening journey through wealth and power.
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Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also documentaryMichael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world).
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Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also documentaryPope Francis responds to questions from around the world, discussing topics including ecology, immigration, consumerism and social justice.
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The Biggest Little Farm (2019)
★ 7.6/10Also documentaryThe successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by filmmaking farmer John Chester, in this inspiring documentary.
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Naqoyqatsi (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also documentaryA visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
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Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also documentaryFollow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to sustainability.
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Deliver Us from Evil (2006)
★ 7.2/10Also documentaryDocumentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a…
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The Secret (2006)
★ 6.6/10Also documentaryInterviews with leading authors, philosophers and scientists, with an in-depth discussion of the Law of Attraction. The audience is shown how they can learn and use 'The Secret' in their everyday lives.
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Baraka (1992)
★ 8.2/10Also documentaryA paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.
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LCD Soundsystem: Shut Up and Play the Hits (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also documentaryAn intimate portrait of Brooklyn-based electronic rock band LCD Soundsystem's then-final live show on April 2, 2011, capturing both the exuberant, three-hour farewell concert at New York City's Madison Square Garden…
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Salesman (1969)
★ 7.2/10Also documentaryThis documentary from Albert and David Maysles follows the bitter rivalry of four door-to-door salesmen working for the Mid-American Bible Company: Paul "The Badger" Brennan, Charles "The Gipper" McDevitt, James "The…
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Stop Making Sense (1984)
★ 8.4/10Also documentaryA concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a…
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Food, Inc. (2008)
★ 7.4/10Also documentaryDocumentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets…