Movies Like Yuri Olesha, nicknamed "The Writer"

If you liked Yuri Olesha, nicknamed "The Writer" (2009), a documentary and animation movie directed by Roman Liberov, 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
Making The Witcher (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also documentary and tv movie
Journey into the extraordinary world of "The Witcher" — from casting the roles to Jaskier's catchy song — in this behind-the-scenes look at the series.
2
Another Day of Life (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and documentary
In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the Angola's civil war. There, he witnessed once again the dirty reality of war and discovered a…
3
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also documentary and tv movie
Louis 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…
4
Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998)
★ 7.1/10Also documentary and tv movie
Roddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right onto the movie set to see the actual filming of the science fiction masterpiece. The most comprehensive history of Planet…
5
Louis Theroux: Savile (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also documentary and tv movie
Sixteen years after his documentary When Louis Met Jimmy, Theroux seeks to understand how he was tricked by a man who became his friend.
6
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé (2019)
★ 8/10Also documentary and tv movie
This intimate, in-depth look at Beyoncé's celebrated 2018 Coachella performance reveals the emotional road from creative concept to cultural movement.
7
Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and documentary
Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: they want to stage Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the ultra-violent…
8
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company (2001)
★ 7.4/10Also documentary and tv movie
Over a period of two years, Mark Cowen and his crew travelled to thirty U.S. states and ten European cities, to interview the veterans of Easy Company. The stories told by the veterans themselves, create a history of…
9
Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also documentary and tv movie
Join Louis Theroux as he investigates the affect crystal meth addiction is having on the local community of Fresno in California's Central Valley.
10
Style Wars (1984)
★ 7.5/10Also documentary and tv movie
Tony 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.
11
Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?
Also documentary
George Clinton's somewhat absurdist take on Parliament-Funkadelic history. Features never-before-granted access to his archive and spotlights his alter egos and friends
12
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar (1995)
★ 8/10Also documentary
This riveting music documentary traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his early days as Montreal's teenage Boogie-Woogie sensation through his meteoric rise to international celebrity with Norman…
13
Digital Dreams (1983)
★ 7/10Also tv movie
An amalgam of documentary and cinema verité, this movie outlines the life, loves and music of Rolling Stones bass guitarist Bill Wyman. After leaving the Stones in 1981, Wyman tried to establish his own separate…
14
Karajan: Beauty As I See It (2008)
Also documentary
With a career that includes a 35-year tenure as composer of the Berlin Philharmonic and record sales topping 200 million, Herbert von Karajan is one of the most legendary figures in 20th-century classical music…
15
Who's Afraid of Kathy Acker? (2007)
★ 7/10Also documentary
Documentary tracing the extreme life of outlaw writer, performance artist and punk icon, Kathy Acker. Through animation, archival footage, interviews and dramatic reenactments, director Barbara Caspar explores Acker's…
16
What The Durrells Did Next (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also documentary
Hosted by Keeley Hawes, star of the popular television series The Durrells, this documentary reveals the adventures of the eccentric Durrell family once they left Corfu, Greece.
17
Robert Wise: American Filmmaker (2013)
Also documentary
From Star Trek to The Sound of Music, award-winning director Robert Wise was dedicated, inventive, and ready to tackle any genre. He helmed everything from B movies to award-winning blockbusters, all while managing to…
18
David Hurn: A Life in Pictures (2017)
Also documentary
Documentary celebrating the life and career of world-renowned Magnum photographer David Hurn, possibly Wales's most important living photographer.
19
Maria Casarès and Albert Camus, you, my life (2022)
★ 8.5/10Also documentary
Maria Casarès, a theatre actress and Albert Camus, one of the most important modern french writer, keep a long correspondence (more than 900 letters) about their love and the emotions they feel for each other for 15…
20
Jim Morrison: The End (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also documentary and tv movie
Paris, Rue Beautreillis, July 3, 1971. The corpse of rock star Jim Morrison is found in a bathtub, in the apartment of his girlfriend Pamela Courson. The chronicle of the last months of the life of the poet, singer and…