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10 Best Movies Like Poem Posters

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

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#1
Sans Soleil

Sans Soleil

1983★ 7.4

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

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San F...

#2
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens

John Was Trying to Contact Aliens

2020★ 6.1

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

John Shepherd spent 30 years trying to contact extraterrestrials by broadcasting music millions of miles into space. After giving up the search, he makes a different connection her...

#3
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

2000★ 7.6

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

A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern fo...

#4
I Want to Return Return Return

I Want to Return Return Return

2020★ 6.7

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

A depiction of the Wrangelkiez neighbourhood in Berlin. The people portrayed tell their life stories. One woman came to the neighbourhood a decade ago to work in Berlin’s still unf...

#5
Playing

Playing

2007★ 8.4

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

Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses, blurring the barriers between truth, ...

#6
I Am Heath Ledger

I Am Heath Ledger

2017★ 7.4

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

The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera....