Movies Like Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
If you liked Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers (2019), a documentary and history movie directed by Daniel Raim, 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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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also documentary and historyThe history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
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Cameraperson (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also documentaryAs 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…
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Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also documentaryA 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…
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Side by Side (2012)
★ 7.3/10Also documentarySince the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium…
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Being James Bond (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also documentaryDaniel 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…
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Finding Vivian Maier (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also documentaryVivian Maier's photos were seemingly destined for obscurity, lost among the clutter of the countless objects she'd collected throughout her life. Instead these images have shaken the world of street photography and…
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Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also documentaryFilmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.
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The Making of Star Wars (1977)
★ 7.1/10Also documentaryLearn the incredible behind-the-scenes story of how the original Star Wars movie was brought to the big screen in this fascinating documentary hosted by C-3PO and R2-D2 which includes interviews with George Lucas and…
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Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also documentaryIn 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars…
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I Am Heath Ledger (2017)
★ 7.4/10Also documentaryThe life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera.
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also documentaryWith mesmerizing footage and time lapses of animators at work, this behind-the-scenes special captures the artistry of a unique tale years in the making.
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Altman (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also documentaryRobert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema left an indelible mark, not merely on the evolution of his art form, but also on the western zeitgeist. With its use of…
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And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also documentaryThe story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM…
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Naqoyqatsi (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also documentaryA visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also documentary and historyThe epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished…
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Capturing Avatar (2010)
★ 7/10Also documentaryCapturing Avatar is a feature length behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Avatar. It uses footage from the film's development, as well as stock footage from as far back as the production of Titanic in…
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More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also documentaryRetrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."
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Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also documentaryBBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend…
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The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also documentaryGo behind the scenes with stars, puppeteers and creators as they bring Jim Henson's magical world of Thra back to life in a sweeping fantasy series.
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Heart of a Dog (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also documentaryMusician and performance artist Laurie Anderson reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother and her beloved dog.