Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Critic

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

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#1
Listen to Me Marlon

Listen to Me Marlon

2015★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Critic 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...

#2
Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly

Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly

2019★ 6.8

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

While crafting his Grammy-nominated album "Astroworld," Travis Scott juggles controversy, fatherhood and career highs in this intimate documentary....

#3
The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

2021★ 6.8

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

Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral hist...

#4
Gilbert

Gilbert

2017★ 6.7

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

The life and career of one of comedy's most inimitable modern voices, Mr. Gilbert Gottfried....

#5
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

2023★ 6.1

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

From the heights of her modeling fame to her tragic death, this documentary reveals Anna Nicole Smith through the eyes of the people closest to her....

#6
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

2019★ 7.0

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

Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that y...

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