Movies Like How Yukong Moved the Mountains
If you liked How Yukong Moved the Mountains (1976), a documentary movie directed by Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan-Ivens, 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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As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
★ 7.8/10Also documentaryA compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.
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Shoah (1985)
★ 8.2/10Also documentaryDirector Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three…
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Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013)
★ 7.9/10Also documentaryTaking inspiration from Peter M. Bracke's definitive book of the same name, this seven-hour documentary dives into the making of all twelve Friday the 13th films, with all-new interviews from the cast and the crew.
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Live Aid (1985)
★ 7.8/10Also documentaryLive Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television…
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O.J.: Made in America (2016)
★ 8.4/10Also documentaryA chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
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The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992)
★ 8.4/10Also documentaryA live concert in tribute to Freddie Mercury, former lead singer of Queen. Mercury died of AIDS and so some of the proceeds of this concert went to AIDS research. Features performers such as Metallica, Def Leppard…
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Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
★ 7.1/10Also documentaryMarcel Ophuls' riveting film details the heinous legacy of the Gestapo head dubbed "The Butcher of Lyon." Responsible for over 4,000 deaths in occupied France during World War II, Barbie would escape—with U.S. help—to…
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The Untold History Of The United States (2012)
★ 8.2/10Also documentaryOliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.
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Perfect Image? (1989)
★ 9/10Also documentaryTwo actresses take us through a series of 'raps' and sketches about what it means to be beautiful and black.
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Who Trains My Hands to War
Also documentaryFounding a social Muay Thai project in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Mestre BG and his competitors face the adversities of an underfunded project and fight to win their place on the podium. The challenges intensify…
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Elie Wiesel Goes Home (1997)
★ 9/10Also documentaryA documentary chronicling the adolescent years of Elie Wiesel and the history of his sufferings. Eliezer was fifteen when Fascism brutally altered his life forever. Fifty years later, he returns to Sighetu Marmatiei…
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Keepers of the Fire (1994)
★ 10/10Also documentaryFor half of a millennium, First Nations women have been at the forefront of aboriginal peoples' resistance to cultural assimilation. Today, Native women are still fighting for the survival of their cultures and their…
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Crocodile in the Yangtze (2012)
★ 10/10Also documentaryCrocodile in the Yangtze follows China's first Internet entrepreneur and former English teacher, Jack Ma, as he battles US giant eBay on the way to building China's first global Internet company, Alibaba Group. An…
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Poisoning Paradise (2017)
★ 7/10Also documentaryJourney to the seemingly idyllic world of Native Hawaiians, whose communities are surrounded by experimental test sites for genetically engineered seed corn and pesticides sprayed upwind of their homes, schools…
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Kristina Talking Pictures (1976)
★ 4.2/10Also documentaryKristina, a self-named Hungarian female lion tamer, arrives in New York to become a dance choreographer. Kristina, now a middle-class NYC artist concerned about the environment, has a sailor lover named Raoul. The…
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The Collector: Allan Stone's Life in Art (2006)
Also documentaryOlympia Stone presents a cinematic portrait of her father, famed New York City gallery owner and art collector Allan Stone, in this fascinating documentary tracing his rise in the international art world from the 1950s…
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O Seasons, O Castles (1958)
★ 6.4/10Also documentaryA short documentary on the chateaux of the Loire in France was commissioned by the French Tourist Bureau.
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Destiny in Space (1994)
★ 7.1/10Also documentaryTravel alongside the astronauts as they deploy and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, soar above Venus and Mars, and find proof of new planets and the possibility of other life forming around distant stars.
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Dear Thirteen (2022)
Also documentaryA nuanced portrait of a new generation, Dear Thirteen is a cinematic time capsule of coming of age in today’s world. Through the eyes of nine thirteen-year-olds, we see how pressing social, geographical and political…
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Earth: Muted (2021)
★ 8/10Also documentaryThree farming families in Hanyuan, China, strive to give their children a good life in the midst of an ecological crisis, as widespread use of pesticides leads to a dramatic decline in bees and other pollinating…