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Movies that feel like Baraka (1992)

If you loved Baraka, the closest films we have are Honeyland (2019), Crumb (1995) and Trekkies (1997). All three share Baraka's dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Night Flight Plus and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and others, checked against today's data.

A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.

🍅 85% Rotten Tomatoes8.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Ron Frickedread
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If Baraka hit the spot, these will too

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Honeyland
2019 · dir. Ljubomir Stefanov
🍅 100%8documentary

Both built around social & cultural documentary

The difference: 27 years apart, and the 2010s show

When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

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Crumb
1995 · dir. Terry Zwigoff
🍅 95%8documentary

Both trade on dread more than on being documentary

This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Through interviews with his mother, two brothers, wife, ex-wife and ex-girlfriends, as well as selections from his vast quantity of graphic art, we are treated to a darkly comic ride through one man's subconscious mind.

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Trekkies
1997 · dir. Roger Nygard
🍅 88%6.9documentary

Documentary with a pulse of dread, in both cases

Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the series has affected and shaped their lives.

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Paris Is Burning
1991 · dir. Jennie Livingston
🍅 99%8.2documentary · history

Dread-soaked documentary in both cases

The difference: Plays it as history more than Baraka does

Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion "houses," from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza.

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The Act of Killing
2012 · dir. Joshua Oppenheimer
🍅 96%8.2documentary · history

Both keep circling back to social & cultural documentary

In this chilling and groundbreaking documentary, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various film genres. As they recreate their past atrocities, the line between reality and performance blurs, exposing the lingering impact of Indonesia's 1965-66 anti-communist purge and the unsettling psychology of its perpetrators.

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Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992 · dir. Francis Ford Coppola
🍅 69%7.4romance · horror

Contemporaries, and it shows

Count Dracula, a 15th-century prince, is condemned to live off the blood of the living for eternity. Young lawyer Jonathan Harker is sent to Dracula's castle to finalise a land deal, but when the Count sees a photo of Harker's fiancée, Mina, the spitting image of his dead wife, he imprisons him and sets off for London to track her down.

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Hoop Dreams
1994 · dir. Steve James
🍅 98%8.3documentary

The same documentary instincts

The difference: Missing the dread of Baraka

Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program. Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the social and physical obstacles that stand in their way. This acclaimed documentary was shot over the course of five years.

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🍅 100%8.1documentary

Both are documentary through and through

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.

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Child's Play
1988 · dir. Tom Holland
🍅 65%6.7horror

Same era, same wavelength

After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.

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The Exorcist
1973 · dir. William Friedkin
🍅 78%8.1horror

Reaching back to the 1970s for it

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

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Poltergeist
1982 · dir. Tobe Hooper
🍅 89%7.3horror

Contemporaries, and it shows

The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.

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Final Destination
2000 · dir. James Wong
🍅 51%6.7horror

Same era, same wavelength

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.

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