Movies like Trouble the Water

20 movies like Trouble the Water, ordered by similarity : Which Way Home(2009), Hoop Dreams(1994), 4 Little Girls(1997), The Possibilities Are Endless(2014), God Grew Tired of Us(2006), The Joneses(2016), Trantasia(2006), Legion of Brothers(2017), Kabul, City in the Wind(2018), The Alps(2007), Aida's Secrets(2016), 7 Days in September(2002) ...

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Trouble the Water

A redemptive tale of an aspiring rap artist surviving failed levees and her own troubled past and seizing a chance for a new beginning.

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Which Way Home

"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 »

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Hoop Dreams

A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.

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4 Little Girls

A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.

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The Possibilities Are Endless

Imagine your mind has been wiped: memories, knowledge, experiences, language - every word you ever spoke, has vanished. If eventually you found the words, what would you say? For Edwyn Collins, 'The Possibilities Are Endless'.

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God Grew Tired of Us

Four boys from Sudan embark on a journey to America after years of wandering Sub-Saharan Africa in search of safety.

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The Joneses

Moby Longinotto's feature documentary debut tells the story of Jheri Jones, a 74 year old transgender divorcee, and her family in Bible Belt Mississippi. Reconciled after years of ... See full summary »

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Trantasia

In 2004, Las Vegas promoters planning a review starring Jahna Steele invite trans women to participate in "The World's Most Beautiful Transsexual Pageant," a two-day contest from which ... See full summary »

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Legion of Brothers

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 »

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Kabul, City in the Wind

A city is an orchestration of its inhabitants. The film portraits the city Kabul through daily details of two kids and a bus driver, set against the background of a city destroyed by politic and religious powers.

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The Alps

John Harlin III attempts to climb the North Face of the Eiger, the site of his father's death forty years earlier.

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Aida's Secrets

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 »

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7 Days in September

This documentary from director Steven Rosenbaum presents the experiences of a diverse group of regular Americans in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Featuring ... See full summary »

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How to Die in Oregon

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 »

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Jiro Dreams of Sushi

A documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.

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Anne Frank Remembered

Using previously unreleased archival material in addition to contemporary interviews, this academy award-winning documentary tells the story of the Frank family and presents the first ... See full summary »

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Spellbound

Spellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee.

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51 Birch Street

Documentary filmmaker Doug Block had every reason to believe his parents' 54-year marriage was a good one. But when his mother dies unexpectedly and his father swiftly marries his former ... See full summary »

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Mugabe and the White African

An intimate and moving account of one family's extraordinary courage in the face of overwhelming injustice and brutality.

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By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

Nearly a year before Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency, two filmmakers began to roll cameras on the young senator. Over the next 19 months, across the USA, the daily events of the presidential campaign are chronicled.

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I Called Him Morgan

An exploration of the relationship between jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who was implicated in his murder in 1972.

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