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10 Best Movies Like Against the Grain

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

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#1
These Amazing Shadows

These Amazing Shadows

2011★ 7.4

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

Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience its...

#2
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

2000★ 7.7

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

A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern fo...

#3
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019★ 6.9

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

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers....

#4
Visions of Light

Visions of Light

1992★ 7.1

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

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a ...

#5
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020★ 6.5

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

The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in fi...

#6
Back in Time

Back in Time

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Against the Grain 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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