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Movies that feel like Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

If you loved Cave of Forgotten Dreams, the closest films we have are Grizzly Man (2005), Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) and Into the Abyss (2011). 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Philo and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and others, checked against today's data.

Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.

πŸ… 96% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Werner Herzog
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If Cave of Forgotten Dreams hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Burden of Dreams (1982) Β· Hoop Dreams (1994)

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Grizzly Man
2005 Β· dir. Werner Herzog
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.8documentary

Werner Herzog working the same nerve twice

Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in his attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.

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Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1997 Β· dir. Werner Herzog
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8documentary

Both are Werner Herzog films, and they rhyme

Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Accompanied by director Werner Herzog, Dengler describes in unusually candid detail his captivity, the friendships he made, and his daring escape. Not willing to stop there, Herzog even persuades his subject to re-enact certain tortures, with the help of some willing local villagers.

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Into the Abyss
2011 Β· dir. Werner Herzog
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.3documentary Β· crime

The same documentary instincts

The difference: Plays it as crime more than Cave of Forgotten Dreams does

We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes.

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Marwencol
2010 Β· dir. Jeff Malmberg
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.5documentary

Cut from the same documentary cloth

After a vicious attack leaves him brain-damaged and broke, Mark Hogancamp seeks recovery in "Marwencol", a 1/6th scale World War II-era town he creates in his backyard.

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Nostalgia for the Light
2010 Β· dir. Patricio GuzmΓ‘n
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.6documentary

Both are documentary through and through

In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.

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Jiro Dreams of Sushi
2011 Β· dir. David Gelb
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.8documentary

Documentary approached the same way

Revered sushi chef Jiro Ono strives for perfection in his work, while his eldest son, Yoshikazu, has trouble living up to his father's legacy.

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Man on Wire
2008 Β· dir. James Marsh
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.7documentary

Documentary approached the same way

On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan, he was arrested. This fun and spellbinding documentary chronicles Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement.

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Tickled
2016 Β· dir. David Farrier
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.5documentary

The same documentary instincts

Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.

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Jodorowsky's Dune
2013 Β· dir. Frank Pavich
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8documentary

Documentary approached the same way

In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; but the artists Jodorowsky brought together to carry it out continued to work together, and ended up laying the foundations for modern science fiction cinema.

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The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
2007 Β· dir. Seth Gordon
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8documentary

Documentary approached the same way

In this hilarious arcade showdown, a humble novice goes head-to-head against the reigning Donkey Kong champ in a confrontation that rocks the gaming world to its processors! For over 20 years, Billy Mitchell has owned the throne of the Donkey Kong world. No one could beat his top score until now. Newcomer Steve Wiebe claims to have beaten the unbeatable, but Mitchell isn't ready to relinquish his crown without a fight. Go behind the barrels as the two battle it out in a vicious war to earn the title of the true King of Kong.

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Lost in La Mancha
2002 Β· dir. Louis Pepe
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.3documentary

Both are documentary through and through

Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.

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Three Identical Strangers
2018 Β· dir. Tim Wardle
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.6documentary

The same documentary instincts

New York, 1980. Three complete strangers accidentally discover that they're identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds' joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives – and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.

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