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10 Best Movies Like How to Change the World

If you loved How to Change the World, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
A Decade Under the Influence

A Decade Under the Influence

2003★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Change the World for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time....

#2
Seaspiracy

Seaspiracy

2021★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Change the World for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species — and uncovers an alarming global conspiracy....

#3
The Unknown Known

The Unknown Known

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Change the World for fans of Documentary & History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Ir...

#4
Night Will Fall

Night Will Fall

2014★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Change the World for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen, revealing for the first time the full...

#5
The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

2021★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Change the World for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral hist...

#6
The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Change the World for fans of Documentary & History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 1...

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