Movies Like Looking Back

If you liked Looking Back (2025), a documentary and family movie directed by Erin Hobden, 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
The Social Dilemma (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also documentary and drama
This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
2
Indie Game: The Movie (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also documentary and drama
Follows the dramatic journeys of video game developers as they create and release their games to the world. It's about making video games, but at its core, it's about the creative process, and exposing yourself through…
3
Framing John DeLorean (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also documentary and drama
A documentary interspersed with acted scenes, this portrait of John DeLorean covers the brilliant but tragically flawed automaker's rise to stardom and shocking down fall.
4
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
★ 7.5/10Also documentary and drama
This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at…
5
#AnneFrank. Parallel Stories (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also documentary and drama
One single Anne Frank moves us more than the countless others who suffered just as she did but whose faces have remained in the shadows-Primo Levi. The Oscar®-winning Helen Mirren will introduce audiences to Anne…
6
Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also documentary and drama
OceanGate's Titan tourist submersible imploded in 2023 on a deep-sea dive to the Titanic. This documentary details how a bold vision ended in tragedy.
7
Lead Me Home (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also documentary and drama
Poignant stories of homelessness on the West Coast of the US frame this cinematic portrait of a surging humanitarian crisis.
8
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also documentary and drama
An examination that goes beyond the celebrity-driven headlines and dives into the methods used by Rick Singer, the man at the center of the shocking 2019 college admissions scandal, to persuade his wealthy clients to…
9
Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also documentary and drama
The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.
10
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also documentary and drama
A close examination of the Whakaari / White Island volcanic eruption of 2019 in which 22 lives were lost, the film viscerally recounts a day when ordinary people were called upon to do extraordinary things, placing…
11
The Rescue (2021)
★ 8/10Also documentary and drama
The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.
12
The 11th Hour (2007)
★ 6.8/10Also documentary and drama
A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems. Featuring ongoing dialogues of experts from all over the world, including former Soviet…
13
Bully (2011)
★ 7.2/10Also documentary and drama
This year, over 5 million American kids will be bullied at school, online, on the bus, at home, through their cell phones and on the streets of their towns, making it the most common form of violence young people in…
14
Killing Lincoln (2013)
★ 6/10Also documentary and drama
April 14, 1865. One gunshot. One assassin hell-bent on killing a tyrant, as he charged the 16th President of the United States. And in one moment, our nation was forever changed. This is the most dramatic and resonant…
15
Square One (2019)
★ 8.6/10Also documentary and drama
An investigation into the original 1993 Michael Jackson allegations brought by the Chandler family.
16
Dreams of a Life (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and documentary
A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasn't discovered for three years, and newspaper reports offered few details of her life - not even a…
17
Soaked in Bleach (2015)
★ 7/10Also drama and documentary
Twenty years ago, Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The world was told it was a suicide, but evidence would lead many people to believe it might be otherwise. The film investigates…
18
The Overnighters (2014)
★ 7/10Also drama and documentary
Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor's decision to help them has extraordinary and unexpected consequences.
19
The Guys (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Hapless office worker Alfi needs help from his pals when he unexpectedly falls for the daughter of his boss — a stern man with eyes for Alfi's mom.
20
Love From (2025)
Also drama
Paired for a school project, a quiet teenager finds herself drawn to an outspoken classmate. Their unexpected connection sparks a journey of self-discovery, forcing her to confront first love, shifting family dynamics…