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10 Best Movies Like The Occupation Years

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

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#1
Birth of the Living Dead

Birth of the Living Dead

2013★ 6.7

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

A behind the scenes look into George Romero's groundbreaking horror classic Night of the Living Dead....

#2
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 The Occupation Years 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...

#3
The U.S. vs. John Lennon

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

2006★ 6.7

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

A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist....

#4
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

2003★ 6.9

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

Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world's greatest comedian and the cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, written and directed by renowned f...

#5
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw

The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw

2008★ 6.7

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

Explores the true story of the notorious Jesse James, how the myth developed during his lifetime, and how the legends have persisted over 100 years after his death at the hands of ...

#6
Leaving Jerusalem by Railway

Leaving Jerusalem by Railway

1897★ 6.0

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

Lasting for roughly 50 seconds, it shows the goodbyes of many passersby - first Europeans, then Palestinian Arabs, then Palestinian Jews - as a train leaves Jerusalem....