Movies Like Dorian Gray: A Portrait of Oscar Wilde
If you liked Dorian Gray: A Portrait of Oscar Wilde (2019), a documentary and history movie directed by Jérôme Lambert and Philippe Picard, 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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Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016)
★ 7/10Also documentary and historyAn account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.
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Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also documentary and historyAmerican filmmaker Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), one of the greatest in history, but also one of the most reserved, gave few interviews throughout his long career, and none of them were filmed. A first-person journey…
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Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also documentaryNude men in rubber suits, close-ups of erections, objects shoved in the most intimate of places—these are photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe, known by many as the most controversial photographer of the twentieth…
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also documentaryAs his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
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The Princess (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also documentary and historyDecades after her untimely death, Princess Diana continues to evoke mystery, glamour, and the quintessential modern fairy tale gone wrong. As a symbol of both the widening fissures weakening the British monarchy and…
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Everybody’s Everything (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also documentaryThe story of artist Lil Peep from his birth in Long Island and meteoric rise as a genre blending pop star & style icon, to his death due to an accidental opioid overdose in Arizona at just 21 years of age.
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Cover-Up (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also documentary and historyHe's devoted his career to uncovering stories the powerful want buried. From My Lai to Abu Ghraib, dig into the life's work of journalist Seymour Hersh.
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The Extraordinary Voyage (2011)
★ 7.7/10Also documentary and historyAn account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece A Trip to the Moon (1902), unexpectedly found in Spain and restored thanks…
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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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Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also documentary and historyA tribute to Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci (1926-90), presented by American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
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O.J.: Made in America (2016)
★ 8.4/10Also documentary and historyA chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
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Virunga (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also documentaryVirunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa's oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a contested ground among insurgencies seeking to topple the government that see untold profits in the…
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Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also documentaryLouis Theroux travels to California to meet the man dubbed "the most dangerous racist in America"; Tom Metzger. Louis meets him, his family and his publicity manager as well as following him to skinhead rallies and on…
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Stan Lee (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also documentaryCelebrate the legacy of Stan Lee as the co-creator of such legendary characters as Fantastic Four, Iron Man, the X-Men, The Avengers, and hundreds more.
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Supersonic (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also documentary and historySupersonic charts the meteoric rise of Oasis from the council estates of Manchester to some of the biggest concerts of all time in just three short years. This palpable, raw and moving film shines a light on one of the…
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McQueen (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also documentaryAlexander McQueen's rags-to-riches story is a modern-day fairy tale, laced with the gothic. Mirroring the savage beauty, boldness and vivacity of his design, this documentary is an intimate revelation of McQueen's own…
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Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
★ 6.9/10Also documentaryAn intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his life, family and friends; his writing and directing habits, and his relationship with performers.
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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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The Untold History Of The United States (2012)
★ 8.2/10Also documentary and historyOliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.
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Milius (2013)
★ 7.1/10Also documentaryThe life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation.