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10 Best Movies Like God Sleeps in Rwanda

If you loved God Sleeps in Rwanda, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
A Plastic Ocean

A Plastic Ocean

2016★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to God Sleeps in Rwanda for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary focused on plastic pollution in the world's oceans....

#2
For Sama

For Sama

2019★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to God Sleeps in Rwanda 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 ...

#3
To Be Takei

To Be Takei

2014★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to God Sleeps in Rwanda for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise, and then to the daily news feeds of five m...

#4
I Am Ali

I Am Ali

2014★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to God Sleeps in Rwanda for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Unprecedented access to Muhammad Ali's personal archive of "audio journals" as well as interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends are used to tell the ...

#5
Love, Marilyn

Love, Marilyn

2013★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to God Sleeps in Rwanda for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed m...

#6
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

2018★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to God Sleeps in Rwanda for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity. This documentary revisits tho...

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