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10 Best Movies Like Waiting for the Carnival

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

#1
The Irishman: In Conversation

The Irishman: In Conversation

2019★ 7.5

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

Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino in conversation about The Irishman....

#2
The Woman Who Ran

The Woman Who Ran

2020★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waiting for the Carnival for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

While her husband is on a business trip, Gamhee meets three of her friends. She visits the first two at their homes, and the third she encounters by chance at a theater. While they...

#3
Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

2018★ 6.0

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

Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, this film is constructed in a form that allows the viewer an emotive impression of the Historic South - trum...

#4
Sicily!

Sicily!

1999★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waiting for the Carnival for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized conversations with an orange picker, his f...

#5
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas

American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas

2019★ 5.5

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

Barack and Michelle Obama talk with the directors of the documentary American Factory about the importance of storytelling and the impact of their film....

#6
What the Health

What the Health

2017★ 6.8

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

Filmmaker Kip Andersen uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases, and he investigates why the nation's leading health organizations doesn't want people ...