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10 Best Movies Like Born in Evin

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

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#1
Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

2015★ 6.5

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

Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveilla...

#2
My Mom Jayne

My Mom Jayne

2025★ 8.0

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

Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayn...

#3
Maria by Callas

Maria by Callas

2017★ 7.3

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

Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs, the film reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman who rose ...

#4
Killing for Love

Killing for Love

2016★ 6.1

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

Derek and Nancy Haysom were brutally murdered in their house in Lynchburg, Virginia, on March 30, 1985. Suspicion fell on their daughter Elizabeth and her boyfriend Jens Söring. Th...

#5
Stories We Tell

Stories We Tell

2012★ 7.1

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

Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends whose reliability varies dependin...

#6
Cameraperson

Cameraperson

2016★ 6.7

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

As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations th...

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