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Movies that feel like The Dog (2013)
In 1972, John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to pay for his lover’s sex-change operation. The story was the basis for the film Dog Day Afternoon. The Dog captures John, who shares his story for the first time in his own unique, offensive, hilarious and heartbreaking way. We gain a historic perspective on New York's gay liberation movement, in which Wojtowicz played an active role. In later footage, he remains a subversive force, backed by the unconditional love of his mother Terry, whose wit and charm infuse the film. How and why the bank robbery took place is recounted in gripping detail by Wojtowicz and various eyewitnesses.
If you loved The Dog, the closest films we have are Treeless Mountain (2009), We Live in Public (2009) and The Edge of Democracy (2019). All three share The Dog's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Marjoe (1972).
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If The Dog hit the spot, these will too
Documentary with a pulse of stillness, in both cases
Sits closer to drama than The Dog does
Documentary built on stillness, twice over
Contemplative documentary, and it commits to that
Documentary in the same key
Both working the same documentary territory
The scrappier of the two with critics
Documentary approached the same way
The same documentary instincts
Documentary of the same temperament
The documentary is handled with the same confidence
Both play documentary straight
Cut from the same documentary cloth
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The best-reviewed films that share The Dog’s defining feeling.
