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10 Best Movies Like Return to Nostalgia

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

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#1
Shirkers

Shirkers

2018★ 7.2

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

In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore's first indie road movie with her enigmatic American mentor Georges – who then vanished with all the footage. Twenty years later, the 16m...

#2
In Search of the Last Action Heroes

In Search of the Last Action Heroes

2019★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Return to Nostalgia for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The most comprehensive retrospective of the '80s action film genre ever made....

#3
The Director and the Jedi

The Director and the Jedi

2018★ 7.2

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

An intimate documentary delving into Rian Johnson's process as he comes in as a director new to the Star Wars universe....

#4
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 Return to Nostalgia 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...

#5
Seduced and Abandoned

Seduced and Abandoned

2013★ 6.2

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

SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of raising financing for their nex...

#6
Human Flow

Human Flow

2017★ 6.9

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

More than 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war, the greatest displacement since World War II. Filmmaker Ai ...

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