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Movies that feel like Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)

If you loved Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts, the closest films we have are Best Worst Movie (2009), Room 237 (2012) and Lost in La Mancha (2002). 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

An enchanting making-of story told through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, inviting fans on a magical first-person journey through one of the most beloved film franchises of all time.

πŸ… 93% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Joe Pearlman
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If Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts hit the spot, these will too

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Best Worst Movie
2009 Β· dir. Michael Stephenson
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.2documentary Β· comedy

Common ground: cinema history

The difference: Played as comedy first

A look at the making of the film Troll 2 (1990) and its journey from being crowned the "worst film of all time" to a cherished cult classic.

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Room 237
2012 Β· dir. Rodney Ascher
πŸ… 94%β˜… 6.2documentary

Both keep coming back to the same thing: cinema history

A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips, animation and dramatic reenactments.

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

Documentary of the same temperament

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 2000s show

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

The documentary is handled with the same confidence

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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Coherence
2014 Β· dir. James Ward Byrkit
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.2thriller Β· science fiction

One thread runs through both: reunion

The difference: Leans further into thriller

Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.

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Honeyland
2019 Β· dir. Ljubomir Stefanov
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8documentary

Both play documentary straight

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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Flee
2021 Β· dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.9documentary Β· animation

Both know what they want from documentary

Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.

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Money Heist: The Phenomenon
2020 Β· dir. Luis Alfaro
β˜… 7.5documentary

Documentary in the same key

A documentary on why 'Money Heist' sparked a wave of enthusiasm around the world for a lovable group of thieves and their professor.

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The Mole Agent
2020 Β· dir. Maite Alberdi
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.5documentary

Both working the same documentary territory

When a daughter becomes concerned about her mother's well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires Sergio, an 83-year-old man who becomes a new residentβ€”and a mole inside the home, who struggles to balance his assignment with becoming increasingly involved in the lives of several residents.

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Some Kind of Heaven
2021 Β· dir. Lance Oppenheim
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.2documentary

Cut from the same documentary cloth

Behind the gates of a palm-tree-lined fantasyland, three residents and one interloper at America’s largest retirement community strive to find happiness.

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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
2001 Β· dir. Karan Johar
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· drama

Both are built on the same subject: reunion

Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.

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Faces Places
2017 · dir. Agnès Varda
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.8documentary

The same documentary instincts

Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.

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