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10 Best Movies Like Trouble the Water

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

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#1
Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream

Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream

2013★ 7.9

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

Life Is But a Dream is a HBO documentary about the life of US singer Beyoncé Knowles during the years 2011 and 2012 and on the recording of her fifth album. The film was directed b...

#2
For Sama

For Sama

2019★ 8.2

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

A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets ...

#3
Mountain

Mountain

2017★ 6.9

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

An epic cinematic and musical collaboration between SHERPA filmmaker Jennifer Peedom and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, that explores humankind's fascination with high places....

#4
Leviathan

Leviathan

2013★ 6.5

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

An experimental portrait of the North American commercial fishing industry through the lens of GoPro cameras placed on a fishing vessel off the coast of New England....

#5
Love, Gilda

Love, Gilda

2018★ 7.2

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

Diaries, audiotapes, videotapes and testimonials from friends and colleagues offer insight into the life and career of Gilda Radner -- the beloved comic and actress who became an i...

#6
Cameraperson

Cameraperson

2016★ 6.7

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

As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations th...

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