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10 Best Movies Like Portrait: Orson Welles

If you loved Portrait: Orson Welles, 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 Portrait: Orson Welles 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 Portrait: Orson Welles 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
John Candy: I Like Me

John Candy: I Like Me

2025★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Portrait: Orson Welles for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-before-seen archival footage, imagery, and interviews....

#4
Listen to Me Marlon

Listen to Me Marlon

2015★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Portrait: Orson Welles for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Mar...

#5
Leaving Neverland: ProSieben Spezial

Leaving Neverland: ProSieben Spezial

2019★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Portrait: Orson Welles for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The world is talking about 'Leaving Neverland. In our ProSieben special, we ask questions that the documentary doesn't, and look at the most important moments in the life of the su...

#6
Meetin' WA

Meetin' WA

1986★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Portrait: Orson Welles for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Revolutionary French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard conducts a twenty-five minute interview with influential and acclaimed American director Woody Allen on the cultural radiatio...