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10 Best Movies Like Acting in the Closet

If you loved Acting in the Closet, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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2020★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Acting in the Closet for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about the...

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Back in Time

Back in Time

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Acting in the Closet for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Cast, crew and fans explore the 'Back to the Future' time-travel trilogy's resonance throughout our culture—30 years after Marty McFly went back in time....

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Totally F***ed Up

Totally F***ed Up

1994★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Acting in the Closet for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Gay, alienated Los Angeles teens have a hard time as their parents kick them out of their homes, they don’t have money, their lovers cheat, and they are harassed by gay-bashers....

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I Know That Voice

I Know That Voice

2014★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Acting in the Closet for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Filmmaker Lawrence Shapiro discusses voice-over acting with the talented people behind the characters....

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The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Acting in the Closet for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 1...

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The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

2019★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Acting in the Closet for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had o...

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