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Movies Like Solarmax

If you liked Solarmax (2000), a documentary movie directed by John Weiley, 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. 1Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red

    Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10Also documentary

    A feature length documentary about the all-women team at the helm of Pixar's original feature, Turning Red. With unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to Director Domee Shi and her core leadership crew, this story…

  2. 2Being 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…

  3. 3Heart 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.

  4. 4Voyage 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…

  5. 5Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

    Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10Also documentary

    JB Smoove and Martin Starr host a celebration of 20 years of "Spider-Man" movies, from the Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb's movies and the trio from Jon Watts.

  6. 6Naqoyqatsi

    Naqoyqatsi (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also documentary

    A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

  7. 7Elstree 1976

    Elstree 1976 (2015)

    ★ 6.2/10Also documentary

    A documentary about ten very different lives connected by having appeared onscreen wearing masks or helmets in Star Wars.

  8. 8The Irishman: In Conversation

    The Irishman: In Conversation (2019)

    ★ 7.5/10Also documentary

    Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino in conversation about The Irishman.

  9. 9Earth

    Earth (2007)

    ★ 7.7/10Also documentary

    An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, awaits you in EARTH. Disneynature brings you a remarkable story of three animal families on a journey across our planet…

  10. 10Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country

    Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (2008)

    ★ 7.3/10Also documentary

    Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, the acclaimed filmmaker, Anders Østergaard, brings us close to the video journalists who deliver the footage. Though risking torture and life in jail, courageous young…

  11. 11180° South

    180° South (2010)

    ★ 7.2/10Also documentary

    The film follows adventurer Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia.

  12. 12One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper

    One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also documentary

    Join director Clint Eastwood and his creative team, along with Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller, as they overcome enormous creative and logistic obstacles to make a film that brings the truth of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's…

  13. 13Cameraperson

    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…

  14. 14Looking for Richard

    Looking for Richard (1996)

    ★ 6.8/10Also documentary

    Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."

  15. 15Dolphin Reef

    Dolphin Reef (2018)

    ★ 6.8/10Also documentary

    Echo is a youngster who can't quite decide if it's time to grow up and take on new responsibilities-or give in to her silly side and just have fun. Dolphin society is tricky, and the coral reef that Echo and his family…

  16. 16Deep Sea 3D

    Deep Sea 3D (2006)

    ★ 6.6/10Also documentary

    Sea life in a whole new way. Deep Sea 3D, an underwater adventure from the filmmakers behind the successful IMAX® 3D film Into the Deep, transports audiences deep below the ocean surface. Through the magic of IMAX®…

  17. 17Mountain

    Mountain (2017)

    ★ 6.9/10Also documentary

    An epic cinematic and musical collaboration between SHERPA filmmaker Jennifer Peedom and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, that explores humankind's fascination with high places.

  18. 18Powaqqatsi

    Powaqqatsi (1988)

    ★ 7.2/10Also documentary

    An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

  19. 19Who Are You, Charlie Brown?

    Who Are You, Charlie Brown? (2021)

    ★ 6.9/10Also documentary

    Lupita Nyong'o narrates a documentary about Peanuts and its creator, Charles M. Schulz. Famous fans—including Drew Barrymore, Kevin Smith, and Al Roker—share its influence on them, and a new animated story finds…

  20. 20Maria by Callas

    Maria by Callas (2017)

    ★ 7.4/10Also documentary

    Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs, the film reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman who rose from humble beginnings in New York…

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