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Movies Like Žižek!

If you liked Žižek! (2005), a documentary movie directed by Astra Taylor, 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. 1In the Realms of the Unreal

    In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)

    ★ 7.2/10Also documentary

    In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. Henry Darger was so reclusive that when he died his neighbors were surprised to find a 15,145-page manuscript along…

  2. 2Heart of a Dog

    Heart of a Dog (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also documentary

    Musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother and her beloved dog.

  3. 3Cameraperson

    Cameraperson (2016)

    ★ 6.7/10Also documentary

    As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What…

  4. 4Love, Marilyn

    Love, Marilyn (2013)

    ★ 6.5/10Also documentary

    Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses…

  5. 5We Live in Public

    We Live in Public (2009)

    ★ 6.8/10Also documentary

    In 1999, Internet entrepreneur Josh Harris recruits dozens of young men and women who agree to live in underground apartments for weeks at a time while their every movement is broadcast online. Soon, Harris and his…

  6. 6Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream

    Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream (2013)

    ★ 7.7/10Also documentary

    Life Is But a Dream is a HBO documentary about the life of US singer Beyoncé Knowles during the years 2011 and 2012 and on the recording of her fifth album. The film was directed by Beyoncé herself. The film shows…

  7. 7Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

    Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2013)

    ★ 6.9/10Also documentary

    An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his renditions of American folk songs.

  8. 8My Mom Jayne

    My Mom Jayne (2025)

    ★ 7.9/10Also documentary

    Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayne Mansfield, an extraordinary and…

  9. 9(T)ERROR

    (T)ERROR (2015)

    ★ 6.2/10Also documentary

    This real-life look at FBI counterterrorism operations features access to both sides of a sting: the government informant and the radicalized target.

  10. 1021 Up

    21 Up (1977)

    ★ 7.4/10Also documentary

    After another 7 year wait, director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children from Seven Up! and 7 Plus Seven. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives…

  11. 11The Curse of the Dragon

    The Curse of the Dragon (1993)

    ★ 7.2/10Also documentary

    A 1993 documentary film about Bruce Lee. The film includes interviews from some of his fellow students and opponents who worked alongside him in his movies.

  12. 12Making Squid Game: The Challenge

    Making Squid Game: The Challenge (2023)

    ★ 8/10Also documentary

    Go behind the scenes and witness how the "Squid Game"-inspired reality show transformed from a scripted drama to a cutthroat, nail-biting competition.

  13. 13The Cheshire Murders

    The Cheshire Murders (2013)

    ★ 6.5/10Also documentary

    In the early-morning hours of July 23, 2007, in Cheshire, Conn., ex-convicts Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky broke into the family home of William Petit, his wife, Jennifer, and their daughters, Michaela, 11, and…

  14. 1428 Up

    28 Up (1985)

    ★ 7.5/10Also documentary

    Just two years away from turning 30, participants in Michael Apted's documentary series are facing serious questions of identity and purpose, wondering whether they've found their place in the world.

  15. 15Deliver Us from Evil

    Deliver Us from Evil (2006)

    ★ 7.2/10Also documentary

    Documentary 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…

  16. 16Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye

    Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye (2022)

    ★ 7.2/10Also documentary

    Join the likes of Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Florence Pugh, and Vincent D’Onofrio as they reveal how Marvel Studios’ “Hawkeye” was conceived and created. Witness firsthand what it took to pull off the show’s…

  17. 17I Am Ali

    I Am Ali (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10Also documentary

    Unprecedented access to Muhammad Ali's personal archive of "audio journals" as well as interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends are used to tell the legend's life story.

  18. 18Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

    Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10Also documentary

    This special explores the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to the screen, as well as Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to their classic roles. Director Deborah Chow leads the cast and crew as they…

  19. 1942 Up

    42 Up (1999)

    ★ 7.6/10Also documentary

    Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

  20. 20She's Beautiful When She's Angry

    She's Beautiful When She's Angry (2014)

    ★ 7.4/10Also documentary

    A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women's movement from 1966 to 1971.

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