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10 Best Movies Like M and the 3rd Secret

If you loved M and the 3rd Secret, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

1990★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to M and the 3rd Secret for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary on the making of the three Godfather films, with interviews and recollections from the film makers and cast. This feature also includes the original screen tests of s...

#2
Baraka

Baraka

1992★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to M and the 3rd Secret for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life....

#3
My Mom Jayne

My Mom Jayne

2025★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to M and the 3rd Secret for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayn...

#4
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

2009★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to M and the 3rd Secret for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary about the making of David Fincher's 2008 film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Virtually every element in the evolution of the Fincher's film is documented here, ...

#5
For Sama

For Sama

2019★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to M and the 3rd Secret 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 ...

#6
Shoah

Shoah

1985★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to M and the 3rd Secret for fans of Documentary & History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Div...

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