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10 Best Movies Like The Shock Doctrine

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

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#1
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience

Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience

2016★ 6.9

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

A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us n...

#2
Capitalism: A Love Story

Capitalism: A Love Story

2009★ 7.1

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

Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, th...

#3
Jodorowsky's Dune

Jodorowsky's Dune

2013★ 7.8

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

In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing...

#4
The Shock Doctrine

The Shock Doctrine

2009★ 7.1

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

An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance....

#5
Looking for Richard

Looking for Richard

1996★ 6.8

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

Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."...

#6
Room 237

Room 237

2012★ 6.1

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

A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated thro...

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