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10 Best Movies Like Don't Expect Too Much

If you loved Don't Expect Too Much, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
For Sama

For Sama

2019★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Expect Too Much for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets ...

#2
Room 237

Room 237

2012★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Expect Too Much 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...

#3
One Child Nation

One Child Nation

2019★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Expect Too Much for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Through interviews with both victims and instigators, Nanfu Wang, a first-time mother, breaks open decades of silence on a vast, unprecedented social experiment that shaped — and d...

#4
Zero Days

Zero Days

2016★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Expect Too Much for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Alex Gibney explores the phenomenon of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer virus discovered in 2010 by international IT experts. Evidently commissioned by the US and Israeli gover...

#5
The Kid Stays in the Picture

The Kid Stays in the Picture

2002★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Expect Too Much for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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

#6
Disclosure

Disclosure

2020★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Expect Too Much 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...

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