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10 Best Movies Like Strong Island

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

#1
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

2017★ 7.3

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

Literary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne....

#2
Last Men in Aleppo

Last Men in Aleppo

2017★ 7.0

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

A searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage follows the efforts of the internationally recognized White Helmets, an organization consisting of ordinary citizens who are the ...

#3
I Called Him Morgan

I Called Him Morgan

2016★ 7.2

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

Part jazz history, part true-crime tale, Kasper Collin’s new documentary employs extensive archival footage and new interviews to tell the tragic story of the magnificently talente...

#4
Chasing Trane

Chasing Trane

2017★ 7.2

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

An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impact...

#5
The Eleven O'Clock

The Eleven O'Clock

2016★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Strong Island for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The delusional patient of a psychiatrist believes he is actually the psychiatrist. As they each attempt to treat each other the session gets out of control....

#6
Shockwave: Countdown to Disaster

Shockwave: Countdown to Disaster

2017★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Strong Island for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A stolen seismic weapon is activated in Yemen. A hostage freed there tries in vain to warn against its global effect. It starts seismic activity at the Californian fault line where...