
Movies that feel likeThe Act of Killing (2012)
If you loved The Act of Killing, the closest films we have are The Look of Silence (2014), The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young (2014) and The Ambassador (2011). All three share The Act of Killing's contemplative and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004).
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If The Act of Killing hit the spot, these will too

Joshua Oppenheimer directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Contemplative where it counts, epic underneath
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Contemplative documentary in both cases

History built on scale, twice over

Contemplative history, and it commits to that
The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Act of Killing does

Documentary with a pulse of scale, in both cases
The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

Both play history straight

Both working the same history territory

The history is handled with the same confidence



Documentary of the same temperament
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