
Movies that feel likeKoyaanisqatsi (1983)
If you loved Koyaanisqatsi, the closest films we have are The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988), Stop Making Sense (1984) and The Last Waltz (1978). All three share Koyaanisqatsi's contemplative and stylish feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988).
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If Koyaanisqatsi hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Powaqqatsi (1988) · Naqoyqatsi (2002)

Common ground: social commentary
The difference: Leans harder into music than Koyaanisqatsi does

Both land stillness and style at once

Contemplative documentary, and it commits to that

Documentary with a pulse of style, in both cases

Both lean on stillness more than on documentary
The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

A streak of style through both

Both are documentary through and through

Documentary of the same temperament

The documentary is handled with the same confidence


Reaching back to the 2010s for it

A 1990s answer to the same itch
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics
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