20 movies like Super Size Me, ordered by similarity : A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt(2011), Dr. Feelgood: Dealer or Healer?(2016), Food, Inc.(2008), Indestructible(2007), Jiro Dreams of Sushi(2011), Power Trip(2003), The Gleaners and I(2000), Tarnation(2003), My Country, My Country(2006), Cinemania(2002), The Mosquito Problem & Other Stories(2007), How to Die in Oregon(2011) ...
Documentary
USA
2004
98 Minutes
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While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
Documentary, Biography
USA
2011
68 Minutes
Heston Blumenthal Daniel Boulud Frank Bruni Paul Liebrandt Drew Nieporent Eric Ripert
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Paul Liebrandt is one of the most talented and controversial chefs in the food world and the youngest chef to have received 3 stars from the New York Times. He was 24. NY Times food critic,... See full summary »
Documentary
2016
81 Minutes
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The ethical dilemma of opioid prescriptions is examined through the story of Dr. William Hurwitz, a preeminent doctor sentenced to 25 years in prison for overprescribing painkillers.
Documentary
USA
2008
94 Minutes
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An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
Documentary
USA
2007
118 Minutes
Josh Byer Oliver Sacks Ben Byer John Byer Rebeccah Rush
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Diagnosed with ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease, film-maker Ben Byer starts documenting his life. One of the most intimate and powerful films you will encounter on a degenerative illness.
Documentary
USA
2011
81 Minutes
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A documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.
Documentary
USA|Georgia
2003
85 Minutes
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Corruption, assassination and street rioting surround the story of the award-winning film, Power Trip, which follows an American multi-national trying to solve the electricity crisis in ... See full summary »
Documentary
France
2000
82 Minutes
Agnès Varda Francois Wertheimer
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Varda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.
Documentary
USA
2003
87 Minutes
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Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8 film, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more - culled from nineteen years of his life.
Documentary
USA
2006
95 Minutes
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Documentary by Oscar winner Laura Poitras about the war in Iraq.
Documentary
Germany|USA
2002
93 Minutes
Angela Christlieb
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This documentary about the culture of intense cinephilia in New York City reveals the impassioned world of five obsessed movie buffs. The filmmakers expose this delightfully deranged cult ... See full summary »
Documentary
Canada
2007
104 Minutes
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On March 24th, 2004, 15-year-old Hussam Abdu was apprehended at an Israeli border checkpoint with live explosives strapped around his waist. Instead of detonating the bomb, out of fear of ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2011
107 Minutes
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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 »
Documentary
USA
2001
85 Minutes
Kris Curry
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Tribute is a feature rockumentary about music's strangest subculture: tribute bands. Tribute bands go to extraordinary lengths to re-create the experience of rock supergroups like Kiss, ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2017
105 Minutes
Michele Goodwin Lynn Paltrow Dr. David Grimes Carole Joffe Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas Andrea F. Friedman
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Women are being jailed, physically violated and at risk of dying as a radical movement tightens its grip across America.
Documentary
USA
2016
111 Minutes
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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.
Biography, Documentary
UK|USA
1990
85 Minutes
John Cage Emile de Antonio
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Documentary, Biography
USA
2007
79 Minutes
Steve Wiebe Mark Alpiger Walter Day Steve Sanders Robert Mruczek Todd Rogers
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Die-hard gamers compete to break world records on classic arcade games.
Documentary
USA
2016
90 Minutes
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A small financial institution called Abacus becomes the only company criminally indicted in the wake of the United States' 2008 mortgage crisis.
Documentary
USA
2017
110 Minutes
Bryan Fogel Richard Pound Dave Zabriskie Don Catlin David Howman
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When Bryan sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller.
Documentary
USA
2007
113 Minutes
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A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.