20 movies like Put the Camera on Me, ordered by similarity : Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny(2016), Which Way Home(2009), Double Dare(2003), Beware the Slenderman(2016), Elstree 1976(2015), Mardi Gras: Made in China(2005), Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier(1997), Shirkers(2018), The Sweatbox(2002), Nothing Like a Dame(2018), Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound(2019), Paper Heart(2009) ...
Documentary
USA
2003
70 Minutes
Darren Stein Adam Shell Michael Weiner Evan Stein Lisa Weiner Justin Satinover
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Before he went on to direct Jawbreaker (1999) Sparkler (1997) Darren Stein grew up making videos. Along with his friend 'Adam Shell' and the other neighborhood kids these young film makers ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2016
90 Minutes
Karen Bernstein Julie Delpy
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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
USA
2009
83 Minutes
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"Which Way Home" is a feature documentary film that follows unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States. We follow children like ... See full summary »
Documentary
2003
81 Minutes
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Documentary
2016
117 Minutes
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The mythos of a faceless, digital-age bogeyman known as Slenderman was created on the Internet, but his influence was felt in the real world when two 12-year-old girls lured their friend into the woods for a brutal murder.
Documentary
UK
2015
90 Minutes
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Actors and extras reminisce about their time on the set of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and how making the film affected their lives.
Documentary
USA
2005
78 Minutes
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This examination of cultural and economic globalization follows the life-cycle of Mardi Gras beads from a small factory in Fuzhou, China, to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and to art galleries in New York City.
Documentary
Sweden|Denmark
1997
52 Minutes
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A portrait of Denmark's most acclaimed and controversial director, Lars von Trier. A meeting with von Trier on a private level as well as with his film universe. Filmmaker Stig Björkman ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA|UK
2018
96 Minutes
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A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.
Documentary
UK
2002
86 Minutes
John-Paul Davidson
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Sting's wife Trudie Styler documents the turbulent bureaucracy both Sting and the filmmakers went through in order to complete The Emperor's New Groove (2000), a Disney film that underwent extensive storyline changes from start to finish.
Documentary
2018
83 Minutes
judi dench elderly woman actress amusing endearing inspiring lighthearted home living room life career friendship discovery growing up 2010s
Spend a delightfully bawdy afternoon with four legends of British stage and cinema -- Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins and Joan Plowright -- as they spill the tea on life, love and art.
Documentary
USA
2019
94 Minutes
Erik Aadahl Ioan Allen Richard L. Anderson Richard Beggs Anna Behlmer Mark Berger
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An exploration of the history and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a look at their actual process of creation and discovery.
Documentary
USA
2009
88 Minutes
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Charlyne Yi embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn't fully understand: Love.
Documentary
USA
2016
79 Minutes
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Shot over a three-year period with unparalleled intimacy and access, ALL THIS PANIC is a feature length documentary that takes an intimate look at the interior lives of a group of teenage ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama, Documentary
Canada
2006
86 Minutes
Jim Brown Daniel Jeffery Bob Legare Jane MacFarlane Ashleigh Fidyk Curt McKinstry Karen Planden
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An examination of the nature of modern suburbia.
Documentary
USA
2010
117 Minutes
Eliot Spitzer Wrenn Schmidt Roger Stone Kim Allen Karen Finley
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An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.
Gay & Lesbian, Documentary
USA
2018
98 Minutes
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The story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub.
Documentary
USA
1995
89 Minutes
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A documentary about two famed Disney animators, Frank and Ollie.
Documentary
Canada
2006
86 Minutes
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Photographer Edward Burtynsky travels the world observing changes in landscapes due to industrial work and manufacturing.
Documentary
USA
2001
89 Minutes
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Chain Camera is a 2001 American documentary film directed by Kirby Dick about the lives of Los Angeles high school students.
Documentary
2009
85 Minutes
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Forced to live far away, two Chinese factory workers make an arduous journey once a year to visit their children, who barely know them.