20 movies like This Ain't California, ordered by similarity : The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town(2010), McKellen: Playing the Part(2017), Kabul, City in the Wind(2018), Billie(2019), Jane Fonda in Five Acts(2018), Filmworker(2017), Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist(2018), Dan Carter: A Perfect 10(2019), My Life as a Zucchini(2016), The Next Step Live: The Movie(2015), Iberia(2005), Brigsby Bear(2017) ...
7.4/10
Documentary
Germany
2012
90 Minutes
David Nathan Anneke Schwabe
teen boy skater confident creative berlin west germany defiance sports growing up discovery transformation cold war
This Ain't California is a celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary documentary trip into the world of roller boarding in the German Democratic Republic. A coming-of-age tale of ... See full summary »
7.8/10
Documentary
USA
2010
87 Minutes
band member manager musician singer record producer creative engaging spirited recording studio house new jersey creative process career rock 'n' roll music e street band bruce springsteen discovery growing up transformation
Takes us into the studio with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for the recording of their fourth album.
7.4/10
Documentary, Biography
UK
2017
92 Minutes
actor charming confident creative endearing engaging heartwarming positive witty england london theater growing up theater sexual identity sexual orientation acting growing up 21st century
Feature documentary on the life and work of Sir Ian McKellen.
7.1/10
Documentary
Afghanistan|Germany|Japan|Netherlands
2018
88 Minutes
bus driver terrorist brother father family member friend bleak brooding tense emotional touching disheartening afghan village house bus iran desert terrorism suicide bombing family
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.
5.6/10
Documentary, Music
USA
2019
96 Minutes
jazz singer journalist friend character confident passionate engaging fascinating interview courtroom house billie holiday celebrities biography interview book discovery growing up forbidden love sacrifice
A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establish a 'get-rich-quick' scam that turns deadly.
8.0/10
Documentary, Biography
USA
2018
133 Minutes
actress celebrity tycoon fascinating engaging creative confident cool amusing spirited intense inspiring united states life story life's work fame scandal celebrity discovery transformation
A look at the life, work, activism and controversies of actress and fitness tycoon, Jane Fonda.
7.4/10
Documentary
USA
2017
94 Minutes
actor director confident creative engaging gutsy inspiring film set filmmaking biography creative process career discovery 20th century
A documentary about how English actor Leon Vitali came to work as an assistant to American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick for over 30 years.
6.0/10
Documentary
UK
2018
80 Minutes
punk partner manager fashion designer musician amusing passionate creative confident cool incredible england paris milan runway photography studio backstage fame fashion icon
The first film to encompass the remarkable story of one of the true icons of our time, as she fights to maintain her brand's integrity, her principles - and her legacy.
7.5/10
Documentary
2019
90 Minutes
Dan Carter Richie McCaw Beauden Barrett Steve Hansen Adam Ashley-Cooper Ronan O'Gara
athlete family friend sports commentator sports reporter cheery confident engaging inspiring rousing new zealand rugby professional sports family quest 1990s
All Blacks great Dan Carter has revealed that an "intimate" film about his personal life and his "challenging road" towards the 2015 Rugby. He's fallen in love with an impossible reach, a ... See full summary »
7.8/10
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Switzerland|France
2016
66 Minutes
orphan police officer amusing charming cheeky confident creative endearing heartwarming inspiring playful positive foster home switzerland france meaning of life trust true love growing up orphans
After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.
7.4/10
Documentary
Canada
2015
80 Minutes
Victoria Baldesarra Isaac Lupien Lamar Johnson Jordan Clark Trevor Tordjman Brittany Raymond Jennifer Pappas Samantha Grecchi Myles Erlick Amy Wright
dancer dance instructor interviewee interviewer performer audience charming cheery confident creative engaging lighthearted tour bus concert hall concert stage dance floor touring performance live show road trip
The film features exclusive footage of the dancers from the series "The Next Step", as they prepared for their first-ever tour in Canada. Also includes live performances and exclusive interviews with cast members.
7.0/10
Musical, Documentary
Spain|France
2005
120 Minutes
Sara Baras Antonio Canales Aída Gómez Marta Carrasco Enrique Morente Estrella Morente
dancer performance artist composer dance instructor confident creative engaging striking spain dance studio stage dance classical music the iberia suite isaac albéniz performance adventure transformation discovery 2000s
A series of dances inspired by composer Isaac Albéniz's "Iberia" suite.
7.3/10
Comedy
USA|China
2017
97 Minutes
Kyle Mooney Greg Kinnear Matt Walsh Michaela Watkins Mark Hamill Ryan Simpkins Jane Adams Andy Samberg
loner creator bear friend confident creative dreamy playful touching apartment bunker desert television studio growing up creative process isolation growing up discovery transformation 2010s
After being freed from his life in an underground bunker, a man sets out to make a movie of the only TV show he has ever known.
7.4/10
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.
7.4/10
Documentary
USA|UK
1994
83 Minutes
Clara Rockmore Robert Moog Nicolas Slonimsky Paul Shure Henry Solomonoff Suki Bader Lydia Kavina Brian Wilson Todd Rundgren Dr. Samuel Hoffman Ingrid Bergman
inventor musician scientist brian wilson performer fascinating creative quirky shocking new york city russia music the theremin cold war inventions kidnapping discovery quest 1990s
A documentary about the inventor of the first electronic synthesiser instrument and his subsequent life after he was abducted by the KGB as well as a history of his instrument.
7.5/10
Documentary
USA
2017
99 Minutes
Nick Quested
host terrorist warlord expert politician journalist bleak confident disheartening fascinating syria iraq battlefield city town desert war terrorism global society political unrest
A look at the current state of Syria amidst war and chaos in 2017, featuring stories of survival and observations by political experts from around the world.
7.1/10
Documentary
UK
2002
86 Minutes
John-Paul Davidson
documentarian singer actor actress director animator fascinating winsome crafty studio california animation filmmaking songwriting creative process transformation discovery 1990s
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.
7.2/10
Documentary
Ireland|Canada|USA
1991
89 Minutes
Noel Archambault Roman Kroitor
rock star keith richards mick jagger band member audience confident incredible stage stadium london berlin turin, italy concert touring rock 'n' roll performance the rolling stones adventure discovery 1990s
A filming of the 1990 Rolling Stones "Steel Wheels" concert that traveled Europe. This was filmed in the IMAX process, which allows the film to be projected in a size ten times the size of a regular 35mm projected image.
7.0/10
Documentary
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Jesselyn Radack
veteran pilot government official terrorist soldier narrator somber emotional intense house office middle east military base street car war terrorism bombing guilt whistle-blowing
Drone whistleblower interviewed about borderless information gathering by the government.
Documentary
2016
80 Minutes
college student civil rights activist musician collector blues singer confident engaging inspiring uplifting mississippi car office school neighborhood field music music history musicians civil rights movement stunts
In June of 1964, two groups of young men travel to Mississippi. Though neither group was aware of the other, each had come on the same errand: to find an old blues singer and coax him out of retirement.
7.3/10
Documentary
USA
2016
76 Minutes
Ian Buruma Guo-Qiang Cai Wen-You Cai Jeffrey Deitch Phil Grucci Thomas Krens
chinese man artist family member friend staff member narrator creative engaging confident china art show city mountain street warehouse art ambition determination struggle work
Trace the rise of contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang from childhood in Mao's China to global art world superstar, and join his quest to realize his lifelong obsession: Sky Ladder.
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