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10 Best Movies Like Carl Th. Dreyer

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

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#1
Room 237

Room 237

2012★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carl Th. Dreyer for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated thro...

#2
78/52

78/52

2017★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carl Th. Dreyer for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind the c...

#3
Disclosure

Disclosure

2020★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carl Th. Dreyer 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...

#4
The Kid Stays in the Picture

The Kid Stays in the Picture

2002★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carl Th. Dreyer for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography....

#5
Belushi

Belushi

2020★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carl Th. Dreyer for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short life of the once-in-a-generation ...

#6
Welcome to Chechnya

Welcome to Chechnya

2020★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carl Th. Dreyer for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian repub...

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