Movies Like Tiny Tim: King for a Day
If you liked Tiny Tim: King for a Day (2020), a animation and documentary movie directed by Johan von Sydow, 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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Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also music and documentaryDrawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.
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One More Time with Feeling (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also documentary and musicAndrew Dominik's One More Time With Feeling is a remarkable black and white documentary which chronicles the creation of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' album Skeleton Tree. Originally a performance based concept, the film…
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Milli Vanilli (2023)
★ 7/10Also music and documentaryThe story of Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan, who became fast friends during their youth in Germany. With Rob coming from a broken home and Fabrice having left an abusive household, they shared a similar upbringing…
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Hated: GG Allin and The Murder Junkies (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also documentary and musicAn overview of the life of the most shocking, vile, and notorious of punk rock legends.
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Dig! (2004)
★ 6.8/10Also documentary and musicA documentary on the once promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. The friendship between respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor, escalated into bitter rivalry…
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Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also music and documentary50 years after the legendary fest, Barak Goodman’s electric retelling of Woodstock, from the point of view of those who were on the ground, evokes the freedom, passion, community, and joy the three-day music festival…
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Style Wars (1984)
★ 7.5/10Also music and documentaryTony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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The Comeback (1980)
★ 7/10Also documentaryAfter an absence of five years, six times Mr Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a comeback and attempts to take the World Body Building Championship for the 7th time.
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Unraveled: The Kaitlyn Howard Story (2025)
★ 10/10Also documentaryA deep dive into the creative mind of University of South Carolina student fashion designer, Kaitlyn Howard.
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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also documentaryThe life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
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Becoming Cary Grant (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also documentaryFor the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a childhood of poverty to global fame, Cary Grant, the ultimate self-made star, explores his own screen image and what it…
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The Dark World (1953)
★ 6.3/10Also documentaryBased on the real life story, the director turned his camera towards the real world of Âşık Veysel, the great poet who wandered around the Anatolian villages.
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Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away (2021)
★ 7/10Also documentaryChicago blues great Buddy Guy never was the same after he heard John Lee Hooker’s seminal “Boogie Chillun’” while growing up in his rural stomping grounds of Lettswork, Louisiana. In 1957 he set out for the Windy City…
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Audrey Hepburn: The Magic of Audrey (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also documentaryThe charismatic actress was known for her style and charming on-screen presence. This doc delves into her rise from difficult circumstances.
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The Cardboard Bernini (2012)
Also documentaryJames Grashow is an artist who has built—among many other things-- giant 15 foot tall fighting men, a city, and an ocean-- using paper mache, fabric, chicken wire and cardboard. More recently, he has begun making…
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Jane by Charlotte (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also documentaryCharlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a sense of reserve. Using a camera lens, they expose themselves to each other, begin to step back, leaving space for a…
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I'm Not There (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also musicSix actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented…
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Anita (2021)
★ 7.9/10Also musicThis long-awaited biopic provides a vivid account of the remarkable life of Anita Mui in and behind the limelight, chronicling her journey from a child performer to becoming one of world's most recognized music icons.
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Conor McGregor: Notorious (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also documentaryConor McGregor is the biggest star in the history of Mixed Martial Arts. Filmed over the course of 4 years, Notorious is the exclusive, all-access account of Conor’s meteoric rise from claiming benefits and living in…
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Cosmic Voyage (1996)
★ 7.3/10Also documentaryThe Academy Award® nominee Cosmic Voyage combines live action with state-of-the-art computer-generated imagery to pinpoint where humans fit in our ever-expanding universe. Highlighting this journey is a "cosmic zoom"…