Movies Like Dear Ike: Lost Letters to a Teen Idol

If you liked Dear Ike: Lost Letters to a Teen Idol (2021), a documentary and animation movie directed by Dion Labriola, here are 18 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Cocaine: History Between the Lines (2011)
Also documentary
Cocaine has always gotten a bad rap, and for a reason. It is a drug used by the rich and the poor legally and illegally, Mexican cartels fought over it with Colombia once associated with the brutal cocaine wars, and a…
2
Jelly Sunday (2009)
★ 5.2/10Also animation
Gretchen unmoulds a jar of jelly in her room while her parents picnic in the garden. The jelly comes to life, the girl begins a frenzied dance with her new friend "Jelly".
3
VIP (Vegetable in Paradise) (2008)
Also animation
During the Annecy festival, while the young festival goers flock to the screenings, a producer relaxes on the lake.
4
Disney: Through the Looking Glass (2010)
★ 10/10Also documentary
Tito del Amo, a passionate 72-year-old researcher, takes the final step to unravel the enigma about the alleged Spanish origin of the American cartoonist Walt Disney, making the same journey that his supposed mother…
5
Master Eder and his Pumuckl (1982)
★ 6.9/10Also family and animation
The adventures of an old-fashioned master cabinet maker in Munich and the tiny red-haired goblin Pumuckl, who becomes visible to him when he gets stuck to the pot of glue in his workshop. The tiny creature is visible…
6
The Five Obstructions (2003)
★ 6.9/10Also documentary
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years…
7
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001)
★ 7.4/10Also documentary
A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation) on a $3000 loan in 1954 with his partner, James H. Nicholson, a…
8
Foghorn: Child Actor, Veteran, Friend (2021)
Also documentary
Over the serene and verdant landscape of Northern California, a man with an everlasting childlike spirit lived his last years in a cabin. A story of friendship and loneliness, George Carl Wenzlaff was a Navy veteran…
9
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also documentary
From her precocious status as a sex symbol to her consecration as a filmmaker, Jodie Foster's story is about a feminist struggle, albeit atypical, fought on and off the screen. This film sets out to retrace her…
10
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget (2009)
★ 7.3/10Also documentary
Kirk Douglas recounts his remarkable life in a celebrated one-man theater performance augmented with rare film highlights. He shares memories of family, marriages, other Hollywood greats, breaking the blacklist and his…
11
Odd Dog (2020)
★ 9/10Also family and animation
Greyscale animation presents a short film about a young boy who pleads with his mother to get him a dog but his mother prefers a cat. Years later, the boy runs into what looks like a cat on the street. Can the cat win…
12
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also family
The Baker family, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children.
13
Shifting Waters (2008)
★ 6/10Also animation
Two lovers in shifting waters.
14
Discovering Buñuel (2012)
Also documentary
Luis Bunuel, the father of cinematic Surrealism, made his film debut with 'Un Chien Andalou' in 1929 working closely with Salvador Dali. Considered one of the finest and controversial filmmakers with, 'L’Age d’Or'…
15
Good Boy! (2003)
★ 5.6/10Also family
An intergalactic dog pilot from Sirius (the dog star), visits Earth to verify the rumors that dogs have failed to take over the planet.
16
Fluke (1995)
★ 7/10Also family
Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and reincarnates as a dog. Remembering some of his previous being, he returns to his wife and son to protect them from the man who caused his accident. But, as time…
17
Minerva Monster (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also documentary
In August of 1978 a small town in eastern Ohio was thrust into the spotlight when a local family sighted a Bigfoot in the woods behind their home. Over subsequent evenings they were repeatedly visited by the creature…
18
Midsummer Rock: The Cincinnati Pop Festival 1970 (1970)
★ 7/10Also documentary
Midsummer Rock is a television program based on the Cincinnati Pop Festival. The 90-minute TV version featured Alice Cooper, Mountain, Grand Funk Railroad, The Stooges, and Traffic.