Movies Like The Secret of Dr. Grinberg
If you liked The Secret of Dr. Grinberg (2022), a documentary movie directed by Ida Cuéllar, 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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Behind the Curve (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also documentaryMeet the growing, worldwide community of theorists who defend the belief that the Earth is flat while living in a society who vehemently rejects it.
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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also documentaryProgramming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended with the…
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Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also documentaryBlack holes stand at the limit of what we can know. To explore that edge of knowledge, the Event Horizon Telescope links observatories across the world to simulate an earth-sized instrument. With this tool the team…
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Secrets of the Neanderthals (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also documentaryThis documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record tells us about their lives and disappearance.
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The Carman Family Deaths (2025)
★ 7/10Also documentaryA young man's dramatic rescue at sea spirals into accusations he murdered two members of his wealthy New England family.
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A Brief History of Time (1991)
★ 7.2/10Also documentaryPartly adapted from cosmologist Stephen Hawking's popular book about his theories of the universe, this in-depth documentary also presents Hawking's daily life as he deals with the ALS that renders him virtually…
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Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
★ 7.4/10Also documentaryIn Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped…
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Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also documentaryOnce the world's most famous astrologer, Walter Mercado seeks to resurrect a forgotten legacy. Raised in the sugar cane fields of Puerto Rico, Walter grew up to become a gender non-conforming, cape-wearing psychic…
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My Octopus Teacher (2020)
★ 7.9/10Also documentaryAfter years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for…
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Misha and the Wolves (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also documentaryA woman’s Holocaust memoir takes the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher-turned-detective reveals her story as an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.
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Deepsea Challenge 3D (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also documentaryDescribed as being a film about determination, danger and the ocean’s greatest depths, James Cameron's "Deepsea Challenge 3D" tells the story of Cameron’s journey to fulfill his boyhood dream of becoming an explorer…
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The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also documentaryA father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity, and explores the most powerful technology humanity has ever created... and what's at stake if we get it wrong.
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Unknown: Cave of Bones (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also documentaryScientists examine underground clues from over 250,000 years ago that raise questions about our early relatives — and what it truly means to be human.
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Voyage of Time: Life's Journey (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also documentaryA 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…
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Encounters at the End of the World (2008)
★ 7.5/10Also documentaryAcclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and a group of truly unique people who risk their lives to study it. Centered…
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Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also documentaryIn this documentary, wealthy entrepreneur Bryan Johnson puts his body and fortune on the line to defy aging and extend his life beyond all known limits.
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Ghost Elephants (2026)
★ 7.6/10Also documentaryIn Angola's mist-shrouded highlands, three KhoiSan master trackers embark on a spiritual quest to rediscover the legendary "ghost elephants" of Lisima, creatures presumed lost but remembered in ancestral trance…
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Coded Bias (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also documentaryExploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the…
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Titanic: The Digital Resurrection (2025)
★ 7.8/10Also documentaryUsing 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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A Trip to Infinity (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also documentaryDoes infinity exist? Can we experience the Infinite? In an animated film (created by artists from 10 countries) the world's most cutting-edge scientists and mathematicians go in search of the infinite and its…