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Movies that feel like Naqoyqatsi (2002)

If you loved Naqoyqatsi, the closest films we have are Sans Soleil (1983), Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (1988) and Honeyland (2019). 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel and Kanopy and others, checked against today's data.

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

πŸ… 48% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Godfrey Reggio

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If Naqoyqatsi hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Koyaanisqatsi (1983) Β· Powaqqatsi (1988)

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Sans Soleil
1983 Β· dir. Chris Marker
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.7documentary

Common ground: poetic documentary

The difference: Reviewed even better

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.

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Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
1988 Β· dir. Mark Lewis
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.6documentary

Both are built on the same subject: nature documentary

A documentary detailing the spread of Hawaiian sugar-cane toads through Australia in a botched effort to introduce them as counter pests.

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

The same preoccupation in both: nature documentary

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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Overnight
2003 Β· dir. Mark Brian Smith
πŸ… 78%β˜… 7documentary

Two films working the same documentary territory

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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Trekkies
1997 Β· dir. Roger Nygard
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.9documentary

Documentary approached the same way

Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the series has affected and shaped their lives.

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Dogtown and Z-Boys
2002 Β· dir. Stacy Peralta
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.6documentary

Documentary in the same key

This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboarding and shaped the attitude and culture of modern day extreme sports. Featuring old skool skating footage, exclusive interviews and a blistering rock soundtrack, DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS captures the rise of the Zephyr skateboarding team from Venice's Dogtown, a tough "locals only" beach with a legacy of outlaw surfing.

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πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.5documentary

The documentary is handled with the same confidence

Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris investigates the case of a man who became an authority on capital punishment, but was discredited when he got involved on the wrong side of a court case. Leuchter, a meek man whose appearance belies his grim expertise, develops what he says is a more effective electric chair. Before long he's in demand from officials who want his opinions on other kinds of execution. But when called to aid the case of an accused Holocaust denier, Leuchter's problems begin.

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Riding Giants
2004 Β· dir. Stacy Peralta
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.8documentary

Both know what they want from documentary

Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.

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We Live in Public
2009 Β· dir. Ondi Timoner
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.1documentary

Documentary of the same temperament

In 1999, Internet entrepreneur Josh Harris recruits dozens of young men and women who agree to live in underground apartments for weeks at a time while their every movement is broadcast online. Soon, Harris and his girlfriend embark on their own subterranean adventure, with cameras streaming live footage of their meals, arguments, bedroom activities, and bathroom habits. This documentary explores the role of technology in our lives, as it charts the fragile nature of dot-com economy.

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Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist poster
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5documentary

Cut from the same documentary cloth

The story of Robert Flanagan, a man who was born with cystic fibrosis and told he wouldn't live past 20, who through a unique odyssey of masochism, art and love found a way to live decades past his expiration date.

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Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary
1997 Β· dir. S.R. Bindler
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.6documentary

Both play documentary straight

Filmmaker S.R. Bindler profiles Texas contestants trying to win a truck by keeping one hand on it longer than everyone else.

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Tabloid
2011 Β· dir. Errol Morris
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7documentary

The same documentary instincts

A documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary.

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