20 movies like Little Dieter Needs to Fly, ordered by similarity : They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair(2006), National Bird(2016), The Fog of War(2003), Lost Boys of Sudan(2003), This Is Congo(2017), Taxi to the Dark Side(2007), Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam(1987), Tickling Giants(2016), Confessions of a Superhero(2007), Legion of Brothers(2017), For Sama(2019) ...
8.0/10
Documentary
Germany|UK|France
1997
80 Minutes
pilot villager soldier filmmaker inspiring powerful quirky thailand laos jungle california household germany dieter dengler werner herzog aviation prisoners of war vietnam war escape underdog
German-American Dieter Dengler discusses his service as a U.S. naval pilot in the Vietnam War. Dengler also revisits the sites of his capture and eventual escape from the hands of the Viet Cong, recreating many events for the camera.
8.3/10
Documentary, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
soldier army recruit british officer british soldier british soldiers german soldier german troops bleak emotional moving patriotic powerful sad somber war zone france belgium united kingdom trenches training camp
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
6.8/10
Documentary
Germany|USA
2006
54 Minutes
journalist soldier prisoner brother gripping offbeat intense iraq beach street house prison iraq war prisoners of war torture wrongfully accused assassination plot yunis khatayer abbas underdog discovery
A freedom-loving Iraqi journalist is mistaken as Tony Blair's would-be assassin and sent to Abu Ghraib Prison where he discovers the true meaning of liberation.
7.0/10
Documentary
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Jesselyn Radack
veteran pilot government official terrorist soldier narrator somber emotional intense house office middle east military base street car war terrorism bombing guilt whistle-blowing
Drone whistleblower interviewed about borderless information gathering by the government.
8.1/10
Documentary
USA
2003
105 Minutes
secretary of defense president viet cong soldiers gen. william westmoreland vietnam vet chilling patriotic somber emotional vietnam washington, d.c. pentagon military base vietnam war politics communism government controversy war
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.
7.4/10
Documentary
USA
2003
90 Minutes
Megan Mylan
orphan immigrant refugee adoptive father peter nyarol dut santino majok chuor moving emotional inspiring sudan village nebraska north dakota airplane houston culture clash refugees immigration new life war
Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's cruelest ... See full summary »
7.7/10
Documentary, War, Drama, History
USA|Congo
2017
93 Minutes
Mamadou Ndala
merchant poor person villager government official military officer bleak brutal uneasy tense intricate disheartening congo village plains office road market political corruption political unrest military occupation
An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.
Documentary, War, Crime, Drama
2007
106 Minutes
Brian Keith Allen Jack Cloonan Greg D'Agostino Carl Levin Moazzam Begg
taxi driver soldier narrator detainee chilling intense brutal powerful army base bagram air force base afghanistan guatemala torture politics civil rights government secrets war mystery discovery 2000s
Documentary
1987
87 Minutes
soldier sailor pilot mother father wife emotional moving tender sad solemn vietnam battlefield america vietnam war absence death love loss daunting task
Robert De Niro, Michael J. Fox and other actors read letters by U.S. soldiers, set to film clips and music of the era.
8.3/10
Documentary
USA
2016
111 Minutes
host president citizen office worker bleak chilling disturbing intense inspiring cairo studio office restaurant street house revolution freedom insurgency authority democracy
While the Egyptian revolution of 2011 is underway, surgeon turned comedian Bassem Youssef airs a television show that makes him popular to his countrymen but disliked by the government.
7.1/10
Documentary
USA
2007
92 Minutes
Jennifer Wenger Antonio Banderas Joe McQueen Margot Kidder Johnny Grant Drew McWeeny
impersonator young person interviewer dreamer failed actor failed actress creative endearing fascinating inspiring moving quirky hollywood street california documentaries hollywood acting impersonation hard times
Chronicles the lives of four mortal men and women who work as characters on the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard.
5.8/10
Documentary
USA
2017
79 Minutes
green beret terrorist soldier george w. bush intense patriotic powerful tense afghanistan battlefield warfare special ops terror terrorism combat secret mission war adventure 2000s
Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, fewer than 100 US Troops were sent on a secret mission to overthrow the Taliban. What happens next is equal parts war-origin story and cautionary tale, ... See full summary »
8.5/10
War, Documentary
UK|Syria|USA
2019
95 Minutes
Waad Al-Khateab Waad Al-Kateab
mother husband daughter survivor documentarian doctor inspiring engaging fascinating shocking sad emotional syria syrian-israeli relations war survival uprising casualties of war documentary filmmaking discovery
FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
Documentary
1963
124 Minutes
Pierre Lhomme
man woman frenchman engaging mellow paris france street household war economy patriotism religion art social change rise transformation 1960s
Actors Yves Montand and Simone Signoret narrate an introduction to springtime in Paris, as described by its citizens.
7.3/10
Documentary
USA
2016
90 Minutes
Karen Bernstein Julie Delpy
filmmaker director crafty creative engaging fascinating inspiring quirky united states austin texas hollywood biography life life lessons life story life's work filmmaking film independent filmmaking
A feature documentary on the life and work of filmmaker, Richard Linklater. Produced and Directed by Louis Black (founder of SXSW Festivals and the Austin Chronicle) and Karen Bernstein (... See full summary »
Documentary
2000
76 Minutes
resistance fighter jew hitler youth survivor bleak dark intense moving germany concentration camp holocaust homosexuality third reich torture death survival underdog wretched excess escape 1990s
Filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman chronicle the persecution of homosexuals under the Third Reich. Narrated by Rupert Everett.
8.3/10
Documentary
USA
2002
72 Minutes
child parent activist soldier survivor sad inspiring germany eastern europe foster home holocaust nazism protection surrogacy family world war ii wretched excess growing up escape 2000s
Through interviews we meet some of the people who risked their lives to hide Jewish children during World War II and how this experience has continued to affect the survivors.
7.8/10
Documentary
France
2017
96 Minutes
man family member friend merchant traveler emotional incredible powerful endearing touching inspiring congo road market house poverty trading labor family perseverance
Trials tribulation dreams and aspirations of a young farmer earning a living making and selling charcoal in Congo.
7.5/10
Documentary
USA
2007
96 Minutes
Joan Allen Brian Dennehy Michael Douglas Paul Giamatti Nathan Lane Josh Lucas Liam Neeson David Strathairn Donald Sutherland
screenwriter congressman interrogator film studio executive filmmaker actor creative fiery incredible inspiring hollywood, calif. mexico prison hollywood blacklist dalton trumbo huac mccarthyism communism defiance underdog
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. ... See full summary »
7.4/10
Documentary, War, Crime, Drama
USA
2008
116 Minutes
Megan Ambuhl Graner Javal Davis Ken Davis Anthony Diaz Tim Dugan Lynndie England
soldier prisoner photographer pregnant woman iraqi powerful gripping disturbing iraq prison court scandal abu ghraib prison responsibility transformation fall 2000s
Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
7.5/10
Drama, Documentary, History, War
UK|Afghanistan
2004
95 Minutes
afghan boy refugee american militia member inspiring cheeky cave tunnel afghanistan war zone survival disease innocence war family taliban adventure underdog 2000s
In 2001, the Taliban government of Afghanistan destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan, the world's tallest stone sculptures. By the summer of 2002, after the fall of the Taliban, more than 250 ... See full summary »
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