20 movies like The Mosquito Problem & Other Stories, ordered by similarity : My Perestroika(2010), Super Size Me(2004), Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators(2017), Into Eternity(2010), Salesman(1969), The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters(2007), I Called Him Morgan(2016), Trouble the Water(2008), Exit Through the Gift Shop(2010), Blind Date(2008), Power Trip(2003), Under Our Skin(2008) ...
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|UK|Russia
2010
87 Minutes
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Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world ... See full summary »
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
USA
2017
81 Minutes
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A documentary film exploring the extraordinary lives of Hans and Margret Rey, the authors of the beloved Curious George children's books.
Documentary
Denmark|Finland|Sweden|Italy
2010
75 Minutes
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A documentary on the safety of nuclear storage.
Documentary
USA
1969
90 Minutes
David Maysles Melbourne I. Feltman Margaret McCarron Kennie Turner
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Four dogged door-to-door Bible salesmen travel from Boston to Florida on a seemingly futile quest to sell luxury editions of the Good Book to working-class Catholics.
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
Sweden|USA
2016
92 Minutes
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An exploration of the relationship between jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who was implicated in his murder in 1972.
Documentary
USA
2008
93 Minutes
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A redemptive tale of an aspiring rap artist surviving failed levees and her own troubled past and seizing a chance for a new beginning.
Documentary
UK
2010
87 Minutes
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Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
Drama
USA|UK
2008
80 Minutes
Stanley Tucci Patricia Clarkson Georgina Verbaan Gerdy De Decker Robin Holzhauer Peer Mascini Thijs Römer
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Affected by tragedy, a married couple decide to role play a blind date.
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
USA
2008
104 Minutes
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Exposes the hidden epidemic of Lyme disease and reveals how our corrupt health care system is failing to address one of the most serious illnesses of our time.
Documentary
USA
1999
88 Minutes
Richard Feynman
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San Francisco bluesman and composer, Paul Peña makes a musical pilgrimage to the land of Tuva.
Documentary
Canada
1965
56 Minutes
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This film is a documentary about the filming of one of Buster Keaton's movies: The Railrodder (1965).
Documentary, War
2004
82 Minutes
Tom Bosley Elliot Berlin
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Students at a middle school in rural Tennessee collect paper clips to represent victims of the Holocaust.
Drama
USA
2003
88 Minutes
Peter Dinklage Patricia Clarkson Bobby Cannavale Raven Goodwin Paul Benjamin Michelle Williams Josh Pais Richard Kind
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When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Documentary, Biography
UK
2015
54 Minutes
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In 2013, Idris Elba produced and released "Idris Elba presents mi Mandela", an album inspired by his time researching and portraying Nelson Mandela in "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom". The ... See full summary »
Comedy, Documentary
USA
2004
93 Minutes
Vaughn Armstrong Richard Arnold Robert Meyer Burnett Casey Biggs John Billingsley Brannon Braga
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Denise Crosby takes another look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" and how the series from around the world has affected and shaped their lives.
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, Biography, Drama, Music
USA
2019
95 Minutes
Albert Poland
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Revealing new look at Judy Garland fifty years after her tragic, untimely death. Fusing the unpublished recollections of producer, manager and third husband, Sid Luft, with film clips, rare concert footage and Judy's own inimitable words.