Movies Like Chaos on the Bridge

If you liked Chaos on the Bridge (2014), a tv movie and documentary movie directed by William Shatner, 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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Titanic: The Digital Resurrection (2025)
★ 7.8/10Also documentary and tv movie
Using cutting-edge scanning technology and state-of-the-art CGI, a team of experts creates the first high-resolution 3D digital twin of the Titanic wreck. Through a groundbreaking immersive investigation, they uncover…
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MARS: Inside SpaceX (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also tv movie and documentary
The inside story of SpaceX's plan to get humanity to Mars, providing an unprecedented glimpse into one of the world's most revolutionary companies. A behind-the-scenes journey with Elon Musk and his engineers as they…
3
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company (2001)
★ 7.4/10Also documentary and tv movie
Over a period of two years, Mark Cowen and his crew travelled to thirty U.S. states and ten European cities, to interview the veterans of Easy Company. The stories told by the veterans themselves, create a history of…
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Louis Theroux: The Settlers (2025)
★ 8.4/10Also documentary and tv movie
Fourteen years after his first visit, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the occupied West Bank.
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Andre the Giant (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also documentary and tv movie
An ambitious and wide-ranging documentary exploring Andre’s upbringing in France, his celebrated career in WWE, and his forays in the entertainment world.
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Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also documentary and tv movie
Louis Theroux spends time with a small and very committed subculture of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers. He discovers a group of people who consider it their religious and political obligation to populate some of the…
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Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also documentary and tv movie
Louis meets the Phelps family — the people at the heart of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. The Phelps have rabid anti-homosexual beliefs, and often campaign at the funerals of American soldiers. They believe…
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, Anakin Skywalker and his new Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano plunge into a dangerous mission to rescue the kidnapped son of crime lord Jabba the Hutt.
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Star Trek (2009)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As…
10
The Matrix Revisited (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also documentary
The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.
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His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2010)
★ 6.7/10Also documentary
A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.
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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also documentary
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in 1996. How director Richard Stanley spent four years…
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Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also documentary
Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on "Fantastic Mr. Fox", shot this short documentary in Newport, Rhode Island, during the filming of "Moonrise Kingdom".
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The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
★ 8.4/10Also science fiction
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile…
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Return of the Jedi (1983)
★ 7.9/10Also science fiction
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, and the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack…
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction
Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction
When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
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Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1999)
★ 10/10Also documentary and tv movie
Identifying the legacy and status of the iconic 1975 cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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The Go-Betweens: Right Here (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also documentary
A chronological history of one of the most influential bands to come out of Australia, the Go-Betweens.