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Movies Like The Colour of His Hair

If you liked The Colour of His Hair (2017), a drama and documentary movie directed by Sam Ashby, 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. 1Welcome to Chechnya

    Welcome to Chechnya (2020)

    ★ 7/10Also documentary

    This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a…

  2. 2The Last Repair Shop

    The Last Repair Shop (2024)

    ★ 7.5/10Also documentary

    In a warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain more than 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. Meet four…

  3. 3Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

    Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and documentary

    Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintock as a reflection on the theme of time…

  4. 4Van Gogh: Painted with Words

    Van Gogh: Painted with Words (2010)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and documentary

    A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role. Every word spoken by the actors in this film is sourced from the letters that Van Gogh sent to his younger brother Theo, and of…

  5. 5Tongues Untied

    Tongues Untied (1990)

    ★ 6.7/10Also documentary

    Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. The film intercuts footage of Hemphill reciting his poetry, Riggs…

  6. 6Western Stars

    Western Stars (2019)

    ★ 7/10Also documentary

    The incomparable Bruce Springsteen performs his critically acclaimed latest album and muses on life, rock, and the American dream, in this intimate and personal concert film co-directed by Thom Zimny and Springsteen…

  7. 7The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story

    The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story (2019)

    ★ 7.3/10Also documentary

    A documentary chronicling Queen and Lambert's incredible journey since they first shared the stage together on "American Idol" in 2009.

  8. 8Being James Bond

    Being James Bond (2021)

    ★ 7.8/10Also documentary

    Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming 25th film No Time To Die, Craig shares his personal memories in…

  9. 9Very Nice, Very Nice

    Very Nice, Very Nice (1961)

    ★ 6/10Also documentary

    Arthur Lipsett's first film is an avant-garde blend of photography and sound. It looks behind the business-as-usual face we put on life and shows anxieties we want to forget. It is made of dozens of pictures that seem…

  10. 10OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)

    OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film) (2022)

    ★ 7.8/10Also documentary

    Grammy® winner singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo takes a familiar road trip from Salt Lake City, where she began writing her debut album “SOUR,” to Los Angeles. Along the way, Rodrigo recounts the memories of writing…

  11. 11Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience

    Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience (2016)

    ★ 6.9/10Also documentary

    A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and…

  12. 12Shawn Mendes: In Wonder

    Shawn Mendes: In Wonder (2020)

    ★ 8.1/10Also documentary

    A portrait of singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes' life, chronicling the past few years of his rise and journey.

  13. 13Extremis

    Extremis (2016)

    ★ 6.9/10Also documentary

    A purely observational non-fiction film that takes viewers into the ethically murky world of end-of-life decision making in a public hospital.

  14. 14The Celluloid Closet

    The Celluloid Closet (1996)

    ★ 7.3/10Also documentary

    Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of…

  15. 15David Bowie: Five Years

    David Bowie: Five Years (2013)

    ★ 7.5/10Also documentary

    Featuring a wealth of previously unseen archive, this film looks at how Bowie continually evolved: from Ziggy Stardust to the Soul Star of Young Americans, to the ‘Thin White Duke’. It explores his regeneration in…

  16. 16Disclosure

    Disclosure (2020)

    ★ 7.8/10Also documentary

    An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.

  17. 17As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)

    ★ 7.8/10Also documentary

    A 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.

  18. 18Fuck

    Fuck (2006)

    ★ 6.4/10Also documentary

    A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

  19. 19McQueen

    McQueen (2018)

    ★ 7.4/10Also documentary

    Alexander McQueen's rags-to-riches story is a modern-day fairy tale, laced with the gothic. Mirroring the savage beauty, boldness and vivacity of his design, this documentary is an intimate revelation of McQueen's own…

  20. 20Harmontown

    Harmontown (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10Also documentary

    A comedic, brutally honest documentary following self-destructive TV writer Dan Harmon as he takes his live podcast on a national tour.

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