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10 Best Movies Like Detroit Lives

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

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#1
Searching for Sugar Man

Searching for Sugar Man

2012★ 7.9

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

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez....

#2
Objectified

Objectified

2009★ 7.1

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

A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them....

#3
Baraka

Baraka

1992★ 8.2

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

A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life....

#4
I Am Heath Ledger

I Am Heath Ledger

2017★ 7.4

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

The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera....

#5
This Is It

This Is It

2009★ 7.2

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

A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London....

#6
OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)

OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)

2022★ 7.7

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

Grammy® winner singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo takes a familiar road trip from Salt Lake City, where she began writing her debut album “SOUR,” to Los Angeles. Along the way, Rodri...

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