Movies Like Santa Barbara
If you liked Santa Barbara (2022), a documentary and drama movie directed by Diana Markosian, 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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Van Gogh: Painted with Words (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and documentaryA drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role. Every word spoken by the actors in this film is sourced from the letters that Van Gogh sent to his younger brother Theo, and of…
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A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also documentary and romanceThe egocentric documentary-maker Chris Waitt traces his romantic ineptitude and sexual impotence through awkward interviews with irate ex-girlfriends and stunts involving S&M parlours, Harley Street doctors and…
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Crazy Love (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also documentary and romanceFilmmaker Dan Klores examines the strange love affair of Burt Pugach and Linda Riss. Pugach is a successful attorney in 1950s New York when he meets much-younger Riss. The pair date, but Riss breaks off contact with…
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Ryan (2004)
★ 6.8/10Also documentary and dramaCentres on Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, who in later years lived on skid row in Montreal following a history of drug and alcohol abuse.
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Life in a Day (2011)
★ 7.2/10Also documentary and dramaA documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.
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Indie Game: The Movie (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also documentary and dramaFollows the dramatic journeys of video game developers as they create and release their games to the world. It's about making video games, but at its core, it's about the creative process, and exposing yourself through…
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Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and documentaryTen Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintock as a reflection on the theme of time…
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20,000 Days on Earth (2014)
★ 7.1/10Also documentary and dramaA semi-fictionalized documentary about a day in the life of Australian musician Nick Cave's persona.
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Collapse (2009)
★ 7.2/10Also documentary and dramaFrom the acclaimed director of American Movie, the documentary follows former Los Angeles police officer turned independent reporter Michael Ruppert. He recounts his career as a radical thinker and spells out his…
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All That Breathes (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also documentary and dramaAgainst the darkening backdrop of New Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protecting one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the black kite.
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Ashes and Snow (2005)
★ 7.3/10Also documentary and dramaAshes and Snow, a film by Gregory Colbert, uses both still and movie cameras to explore extraordinary interactions between humans and animals. The 60-minute feature is a poetic narrative rather than a documentary. It…
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After Death (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also documentary and dramaBased on real near-death experiences, the afterlife is explored with the guidance of New York Times bestselling authors, medical experts, scientists and survivors who shed a light on what awaits us.
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Oceans (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also documentary and dramaAn ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.
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Tyson (2008)
★ 6.8/10Also documentary and dramaDirector James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson--almost solely from the perspective of the man himself. TYSON alternates between the controversial boxer addressing the camera…
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The Devil on Trial (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also documentary and dramaExplore the first – and only – time “demonic possession” has officially been used as a defense in a U.S. murder trial. Including firsthand accounts of alleged devil possession and a shocking murder, this extraordinary…
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Wormwood (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also documentary and dramaIn this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra.
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Deep Water (2006)
★ 7.2/10Also documentary and dramaDEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who enters the most daring nautical challenge ever – the very first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race.
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#AnneFrank. Parallel Stories (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also documentary and dramaOne single Anne Frank moves us more than the countless others who suffered just as she did but whose faces have remained in the shadows-Primo Levi. The Oscar®-winning Helen Mirren will introduce audiences to Anne…
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Touching the Void (2003)
★ 7.6/10Also documentary and dramaThe true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
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Tell Me Who I Am (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also documentary and dramaIn this documentary, Alex trusts his twin, Marcus, to tell him about his past after he loses his memory. But Marcus is hiding a dark family secret.