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10 Best Movies Like Star Trek: A Captain's Log

If you loved Star Trek: A Captain's Log, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Captains

The Captains

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Star Trek: A Captain's Log for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors who have portrayed starship ca...

#2
A Plastic Ocean

A Plastic Ocean

2016★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Star Trek: A Captain's Log for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary focused on plastic pollution in the world's oceans....

#3
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

2019★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Star Trek: A Captain's Log for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This documentary focuses on the actors and their journey over two summers to create the remake to the original IT, by Stephen King. The documentary originally released as bonus mat...

#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 Star Trek: A Captain's Log 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
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey

Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey

2014★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Star Trek: A Captain's Log for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A look behind the lens of Christopher Nolan's space epic....

#6
Directed by John Ford

Directed by John Ford

1971★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Star Trek: A Captain's Log for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford....

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