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Movies that feel like Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (1988)
A documentary detailing the spread of Hawaiian sugar-cane toads through Australia in a botched effort to introduce them as counter pests.
If you loved Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, the closest films we have are Powaqqatsi (1988), Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary (1997) and The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987). All three share Cane Toads: An Unnatural History's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Marjoe (1972).
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If Cane Toads: An Unnatural History hit the spot, these will too
Both are built on the same subject: nature documentary
The scrappier of the two with critics
Contemplative documentary in both cases
Both lean on stillness more than on documentary
Documentary built on stillness, twice over
Documentary in the same key
Documentary approached the same way
Documentary of the same temperament
The same documentary instincts
Both know what they want from documentary
The documentary is handled with the same confidence
21 years apart, and the 2000s show
Both play documentary straight
Cut from the same documentary cloth
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The best-reviewed films that share Cane Toads: An Unnatural History’s defining feeling.
