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10 Best Movies Like Making 'The Shining'

If you loved Making 'The Shining', we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

2001★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Making 'The Shining' for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick'...

#2
Lou Reed's Berlin

Lou Reed's Berlin

2007★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Making 'The Shining' for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Lou Reed recorded the album Berlin in 1973. It was a commercial failure. Over the next 33 years, he never performed the album live. For five nights in December 2006 at St. Ann's Wa...

#3
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

2011★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Making 'The Shining' for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Filmmaker Marshall Curry explores the inner workings of the Earth Liberation Front, a revolutionary movement devoted to crippling facilities involved in deforestation, while simult...

#4
How Olin Lost His Eye

How Olin Lost His Eye

2013★ 4.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Making 'The Shining' for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

While exploring an abandoned house, Olin loses an eye....

#5
Pan 0

Pan 0

1974★ 4.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Making 'The Shining' for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Clouds roll by in a static haze....

#6
Samsara

Samsara

2011★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Making 'The Shining' for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disast...