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10 Best Movies Like El Cepa Returns

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

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#1
The Silence of Others

The Silence of Others

2019‱★ 8.0

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

The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by General Franco after the victory of the rebel side in the Spanish Civil War (19...

#2
Seduced and Abandoned

Seduced and Abandoned

2013‱★ 6.2

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

SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of raising financing for their nex...

#3
Messi

Messi

2014‱★ 7.4

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

His teachers, coaches, childhood friends and Barça teammates, together with journalists, writers and prominent figures from the history of football, come together in a restaurant t...

#4
Land Without Bread

Land Without Bread

1933‱★ 7.1

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

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities p...

#5
Long Shot

Long Shot

2017‱★ 7.2

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

When Juan Catalan is arrested for a murder he insists he didn't commit, he builds his case for innocence around unexpected raw footage....

#6
Cuba and the Cameraman

Cuba and the Cameraman

2017‱★ 7.5

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

This revealing portrait of Cuba follows the lives of Fidel Castro and three Cuban families affected by his policies over the last four decades....

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