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Movies Like To Teach a Bird to Fly

If you liked To Teach a Bird to Fly (2020), a documentary movie directed by Minna Rainio and Mark Roberts, 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. 1Before the Flood

    Before the Flood (2016)

    ★ 7.7/10Also documentary

    A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native communities across the planet.

  2. 2Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet

    Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet (2021)

    ★ 7.5/10Also documentary

    David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth's biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can still be averted.

  3. 3An Inconvenient Truth

    An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10Also documentary

    A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

  4. 4An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

    An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)

    ★ 6.6/10Also documentary

    A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Vice President Al…

  5. 5Koyaanisqatsi

    Koyaanisqatsi (1983)

    ★ 7.9/10Also documentary

    Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by…

  6. 6Ocean with David Attenborough

    Ocean with David Attenborough (2025)

    ★ 8.1/10Also documentary

    David Attenborough takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral…

  7. 7My Mom Jayne

    My Mom Jayne (2025)

    ★ 8/10Also documentary

    Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayne Mansfield, an extraordinary and…

  8. 8Chasing Ice

    Chasing Ice (2012)

    ★ 7.5/10Also documentary

    When National Geographic photographer James Balog asked, “How can one take a picture of climate change?” his attention was immediately drawn to ice. Soon he was asked to do a cover story on glaciers that became the…

  9. 9180° South

    180° South (2010)

    ★ 7.3/10Also documentary

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

  10. 10Earth: One Amazing Day

    Earth: One Amazing Day (2017)

    ★ 7.7/10Also documentary

    An astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles.

  11. 11Kiss the Ground

    Kiss the Ground (2020)

    ★ 7.7/10Also documentary

    Sheds light on an alternative approach to farming called “regenerative agriculture” that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world.

  12. 12Chasing Coral

    Chasing Coral (2017)

    ★ 7.7/10Also documentary

    Coral reefs are the nursery for all life in the oceans, a remarkable ecosystem that sustains us. Yet with carbon emissions warming the seas, a phenomenon called "coral bleaching" -- a sign of mass coral death -- has…

  13. 13Powaqqatsi

    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.

  14. 14Salesman

    Salesman (1969)

    ★ 7.2/10Also documentary

    This documentary from Albert and David Maysles follows the bitter rivalry of four door-to-door salesmen working for the Mid-American Bible Company: Paul "The Badger" Brennan, Charles "The Gipper" McDevitt, James "The…

  15. 15The Year Earth Changed

    The Year Earth Changed (2021)

    ★ 7.9/10Also documentary

    Never-before-seen footage shows how our living in lockdown opened the door for nature to bounce back and thrive. Across the seas, skies, and lands, Earth found its rhythm when we came to a stop.

  16. 16Naqoyqatsi

    Naqoyqatsi (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also documentary

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

  17. 17Being 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…

  18. 18Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough

    Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough (2022)

    ★ 7.4/10Also documentary

    David Attenborough brings to life, in unprecedented detail, the last days of the dinosaurs. Palaeontologist Robert DePalma has made an incredible discovery in a prehistoric graveyard: fossilised creatures…

  19. 19RBG

    RBG (2018)

    ★ 7.5/10Also documentary

    Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all…

  20. 20Voyage 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…

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