20 movies like Bright Leaves, ordered by similarity : A Lion in the House(2006), The C Word(2016), A Billion Lives(2016), King Corn(2007), Sicko(2007), How to Die in Oregon(2011), Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy With Time(2001), Mugabe and the White African(2009), Seed: The Untold Story(2016), The Five Obstructions(2003), Black Gold(2006), Time Indefinite(1993) ...
7.1/10
Documentary
USA|UK
2003
107 Minutes
Ross McElwee Charleen Swansea
filmmaker cousin businessman cancer patient doctor engaging lighthearted hospital north carolina farm tobacco american south lawsuit cancer addiction smoking discovery quest transformation 2000s
North Carolina produces more tobacco than any other state in America. Bright Leaves describes a journey taken across the social, economic, and psychological tobacco terrain of North ... See full summary »
8.7/10
Documentary
USA
2006
229 Minutes
son daughter mother father patient doctor emotional inspiring hospital household cincinnati cancer childhood family illness medicine growing up quest discovery 2000s
Five families struggle with the ups and downs of cancer treatment over the course of six years.
7.6/10
Documentary
USA
2016
89 Minutes
neurologist cancer patient director emotional engaging inspiring uplifting beach house hospital school grocery store court cancer health society science bad choices discovery pursuit
A personal, important, surprising, and funny documentary about the industries of death that give us cancer, and the unheralded science of prevention.
8.6/10
Documentary
USA|Belgium|Canada|France|Ireland|Mexico|Peru|Poland|Turkey|UK
2016
95 Minutes
expert doctor patient family member friend narrator brooding emotional intense doctor's office hospital nepal restaurant bar store tobacco smoking cigarettes cancer death
The story of the vaping revolution and tragic corruption leading to a billion deaths around the world.
Documentary
2007
90 Minutes
friend neighbor politician citizen farmer college graduate striking engaging iowa farm brooklyn, n.y. colorado field farming food industry health ethics economy corn discovery
7.9/10
Documentary
USA
2007
113 Minutes
doctor patient politician father president bleak engaging hospital house washington, d.c. united states illness negligence health insurance death activism discovery fall quest 2000s
A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.
8.3/10
Documentary
USA
2011
107 Minutes
patient physician politician wife widow somber disturbing gripping oregon hospital family home suicide cancer compassion death euthanasia escape transformation 2000s
In 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize a terminally ill person's request to end his or her life with medication. At the time, only Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands had ... See full summary »
7.9/10
Documentary
Germany|Finland|UK|Canada
2001
90 Minutes
artist filmmaker sculptor creative engaging incredible france forest new york state river scotland museum nature art sculpture creative process andy goldsworthy discovery quest 2000s
Portrait of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature.
7.8/10
Documentary
UK
2009
90 Minutes
Andrew Thompson Angela Campbell Laura Freeth
president robert mugabe government official zimbabwean farmer judge engaging gripping inspiring rousing chegutu, zimbabwe farm courtroom farming michael campbell human rights property rights racism land reform quest sacrifice underdog
An intimate and moving account of one family's extraordinary courage in the face of overwhelming injustice and brutality.
7.6/10
Documentary
USA
2016
94 Minutes
Jon Betz
farmer activist executive anthropologist politician narrator emotional engaging chilling farm office factory forest protest street farming extinction food corporate greed activism
A film about the importance of heirloom seeds to the agriculture of the world, focusing on seed keepers and activists from around the world.
Documentary
2003
91 Minutes
Jørgen Leth Claus Nissen
filmmaker man woman director jørgen leth lars von trier chilling fascinating suspenseful cuba bombay red-light district brussels, belgium discipline solitude challenge art altering history discovery quest
7.2/10
Documentary
UK|USA
2006
77 Minutes
Nick Francis Tadesse Meskela
businessman farmer worker child diplomat employee disturbing fiery rousing ethiopia farm seattle italy mexico new york city coffee globalization negotiation economy farming
An in-depth look at the world of coffee and global trade.
7.7/10
Documentary
USA
1993
117 Minutes
filmmaker widow father housekeeper wife patient somber inspiring north carolina mexico death cancer pregnancy breakup arson christianity growing up transformation 1990s
Forty year old documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee has a penchant for filming everything around him. Following the announcement of his impending marriage to his film-making partner Marilyn ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Documentary
Germany|Israel|Canada|USA
2016
90 Minutes
Shaul Schwarz
birth mother man brother father canadian israeli emotional fascinating intense israel canada airport nursing home car house separation secrets reunion questioning doubt
Family secrets, lies, high drama and generations of contemporary history unspool in this international story that begins with World War II and concludes with an emotional 21st-century ... See full summary »
7.4/10
Documentary
USA|UK
2018
96 Minutes
teen girl mentor friend filmmaker novelist mysterious man confident creative fascinating engaging emotional intricate singapore united states los angeles street basement car filmmaking mentorship
A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.
7.7/10
Documentary
UK
2010
86 Minutes
Jack Cardiff Martin Scorsese Kirk Douglas Lauren Bacall John Mills Thelma Schoonmaker Kim Hunter Kathleen Byron Christopher Challis Raffaella De Laurentiis Richard Fleischer
martin scorsese editor charlton heston lauren bacall cinematographer director engaging inspiring spirited striking london hollywood, calif. studio art gallery film set cinematography filmmaking innovation jack cardiff art
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette ... See full summary »
8.0/10
Documentary, Biography
France
2008
110 Minutes
Agnès Varda André Lubrano Blaise Fournier Vincent Fournier Andrée Vilar Stéphane Vilar
filmmaker artist actor family member winsome emotional creative beach france agnes varda regret art travel family nostalgia discovery transformation love 2000s
Agnès Varda explores her memories, mostly chronologically, with photographs, film clips, interviews, reenactments, and droll, playful contemporary scenes of her narrating her story.
7.8/10
Documentary
USA
2008
94 Minutes
activist author farmer businessman politician mother disturbing gripping slaughterhouse farm office family home food agriculture corporate greed illness animal cruelty wretched excess discovery 2000s
An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
Documentary
2009
102 Minutes
mother son doctor specialist patient emotional heartwarming inspiring touching uplifting iceland america europe love family autism discovery quest love 2000s
Unwilling to accept a gloomy prognosis for her autistic son, Keli, Margrét begins a journey from Iceland to the United States for proper treatment. Director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson chronicles a powerful story of love and discovery.
6.5/10
Documentary
USA
2015
72 Minutes
filmmaker host narrator expert artist fascinating engaging inspiring desert united states america art art history stories discovery love pursuit 1970s
Set in the desolate desert spaces of the American southwest, the film unearths the history of land art during the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s. Troublemakers is ultimately a story ... See full summary »
7.4/10
Documentary
USA
2006
95 Minutes
politician meteorologist inspiring fascinating engaging earth forest japan siberia fire storm environmentalism melting global warming transformation quest discovery 2000s
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
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