Movies Like Festival Express

If you liked Festival Express (2003), a documentary and history movie directed by Frank Cvitanovich and Bob Smeaton, 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.

1
Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also documentary and music
While crafting his Grammy-nominated album "Astroworld," Travis Scott juggles controversy, fatherhood and career highs in this intimate documentary.
2
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also music and documentary
Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.
3
Dig! (2004)
★ 6.8/10Also documentary and music
A documentary on the once promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. The friendship between respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor, escalated into bitter rivalry…
4
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also music and documentary
50 years after the legendary fest, Barak Goodman’s electric retelling of Woodstock, from the point of view of those who were on the ground, evokes the freedom, passion, community, and joy the three-day music festival…
5
One More Time with Feeling (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also documentary and music
Andrew Dominik's One More Time With Feeling is a remarkable black and white documentary which chronicles the creation of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' album Skeleton Tree. Originally a performance based concept, the film…
6
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
★ 7.1/10Also history and documentary
A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the…
7
H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer (2004)
★ 6.2/10Also documentary and history
Torture chambers, acid vats, greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the Torture Doctor, H.H. Holmes in his castle of horrors. Follows Holmes' entire life as a criminal…
8
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1983)
★ 7.3/10Also music
Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 3, 1973. British singer David Bowie performs his alter ego Ziggy Stardust for the very last time. A decadent show, a hallucinogenic collage of kitsch, pop irony and flamboyant excess: a…
9
The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights (2009)
★ 7.4/10Also documentary and music
In 2007 the legendary American duo White Stripes toured Canada. Besides playing the usual venues they challenged themselves and played in buses, cafés and for Indian tribal elders. Music video director Emmett Malloy…
10
Cirque du Soleil: La Magie Continue (1987)
★ 8/10Also music and documentary
One of the earliest Cirque du Soleil releases, filmed during a tour of the troupe's native Canada in 1986 and filled with their trademark costumes, music and extraordinary feats.
11
Sam Ryder Rocks New Year’s Eve (2022)
★ 8/10Also music
Sam Ryder is joined by fellow music stars to put on a spectacular New Year’s Eve party.
12
Toronto Croatia – One Big Croatian Story... (2014)
Also documentary
A documentary about Croatian immigrants' soccer clubs, especially the Croatia Toronto soccer club, and their significance to the Croatian diaspora as well as Croatia itself.
13
Street Art & Revolutionary Spirit
Also documentary
Governments were cracking down on street art everywhere.... until they realized they could make money off of it. Where does this leave street art and its artists today? Olivia Sun explores the street art scene in…
14
Kaizers Orchestra ‎– En Aften I Operaen (2013)
Also music
One of the highlights of Kaizers career was to perform whole "Violeta Violeta Volume III" in the Opera House together with conductor Erlend Skomsvoll, The Norwegian Radio Orchestra and Oslo Philharmonic Choir in…
15
Celebrating Jon Lord (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also music
The concert gave fans a chance to relive Jon Lord's remarkable and extensive musical career, remembering music from Paice, Ashton Lord, Deep Purple, his later classical compositions and everything in between – all in…
16
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Live in Barcelona (2002)
★ 7.5/10Also music
On October 16, 2002, two months into his world tour in support of The Rising, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band took the stage of the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain, to create the kind of soul-stirring…
17
September Five at Saint-Henri (1962)
★ 10/10Also documentary
This short film is a series of vignettes of life in Saint-Henri, a Montreal working-class district, on the first day of school. From dawn to midnight, we take in the neighbourhood’s pulse: a mother fussing over…
18
The Man of a Thousand Songs (2010)
Also documentary
A feature length documentary about extraordinary Canadian singer songwriter, Ron Hynes... an insightful and entertaining exploration of the creative process, the genesis of song, the meaning of performance and the…
19
Journey - Live in concert at Lollapalooza (2022)
★ 8/10Also music
Live In Concert At Lollapalooza is a live album by the American rock band Journey, recorded in 2021 and released in 2022.
20
She Climbs to Conquer (1932)
★ 10/10Also documentary
"She Climbs to Conquer" shot by W.J. Oliver, was a noteworthy film which gained well merited acclaim. Made in 1933 it pictured the climb of Georgia Engelhard, a professional mountain climber, from Abbot's Pass to the…