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Movies that feel like Overnight (2003)

If you loved Overnight, the closest films we have are Room 237 (2012), Lost in La Mancha (2002) and Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002). 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel and AMC+ Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 78% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Mark Brian Smith

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If Overnight hit the spot, these will too

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

The same preoccupation in both: filmmaking

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

Cut from the same documentary cloth

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

Both are documentary through and through

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

The same documentary instincts

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

Cut from the same documentary cloth

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

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

The same documentary instincts

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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πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.5documentary

The same documentary instincts

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

Documentary approached the same way

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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The Gleaners and I
2000 · dir. Agnès Varda
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.7documentary

Cut from the same documentary cloth

Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.

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πŸ… 65%β˜… 7.2documentary

Cut from the same documentary cloth

An urban mystery unfurls as one man pieces together the surreal meaning of hundreds of cryptic tiled messages that have been appearing in city streets across the U.S. and South America.

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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2010 Β· dir. Werner Herzog
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.4documentary

Both are documentary through and through

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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