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Movies that feel likeJodorowsky's Dune (2013)

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.

If you loved Jodorowsky's Dune, the closest films we have are Burden of Dreams (1982), Lost in La Mancha (2002) and Overnight (2003). All three share Jodorowsky's Dune's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Marwencol (2010).

🍅 97% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Frank Pavichcontemplative
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Burden of Dreams
1982 · dir. Les Blank
🍅 92%★ 7.9documentary

Both are working the same pair: cinema on cinema, movie business

The difference: 31 years apart, and the 1980s show

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.

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Lost in La Mancha
2002 · dir. Louis Pepe
🍅 94%★ 7.3documentary

Both are built on the same subject: cinema history

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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Overnight
2003 · dir. Mark Brian Smith
🍅 78%★ 7.1documentary

The same preoccupation in both: filmmaking

Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man's misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches story as Troy Duffy, a Boston-bred bartender, sells his first screenplay for The Boondock Saints.

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Jiro Dreams of Sushi
2011 · dir. David Gelb
🍅 99%★ 7.8documentaryPrime Video

Contemplative documentary, and it commits to that

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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Kumaré
2012 · dir. Vikram Gandhi
🍅 60%★ 7.5documentary

Documentary built on stillness, twice over

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A documentary about a man who impersonates a wise Indian Guru and builds a following in Arizona. At the height of his popularity, the Guru Kumaré must reveal his true identity to his disciples and unveil his greatest teaching of all.

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Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · dir. Patricio Guzmán
🍅 100%★ 7.6documentary

Documentary with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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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🍅 97%★ 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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Honeyland
2019 · dir. Ljubomir Stefanov
🍅 100%★ 8documentary

Documentary in the same key

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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Tickled
2016 · dir. David Farrier
🍅 94%★ 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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Marwencol
2010 · dir. Jeff Malmberg
🍅 98%★ 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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The Cove
2009 · dir. Louie Psihoyos
🍅 95%★ 8.4documentary

Both know what they want from documentary

The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free divers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate the hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The shocking discoveries were only the tip of the iceberg.

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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2010 · dir. Werner Herzog
🍅 96%★ 7.4documentary

Both working the same documentary territory

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.

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