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10 Best Movies Like Dirty Wars

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

#1
The Armstrong Lie

The Armstrong Lie

2013★ 6.9

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

In 2009, Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong’s comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong’s ...

#2
How to Make Money Selling Drugs

How to Make Money Selling Drugs

2012★ 7.1

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

Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws....

#3
Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail

2011★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty Wars for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks....

#4
Sound City

Sound City

2013★ 7.3

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

The history of Sound City and their huge recording device; exploring how digital change has allowed 'people that have no place' in music to become stars. It follows former Nirvana ...

#5
Underground: The Julian Assange Story

Underground: The Julian Assange Story

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty Wars for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1989, known as Mendax, Julian Assange and two friends formed a group called the International Subversives. Using early home computers and defining themselves as white hat hacker...

#6
A Teacher

A Teacher

2013★ 4.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty Wars for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Diana Watts, a high school teacher in Austin, Texas, is in the midst of an affair with one of her students, Eric Tull. As the reality of their situation forces itself upon them, Di...