20 movies like National Bird, ordered by similarity : They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), The Age of Consequences(2016), Shadow World(2016), Legion of Brothers(2017), Kabul, City in the Wind(2018), The Fog of War(2003), Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience(2007), This Is Not a Movie(2019), Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise(2015), Burden(2016), This Is Congo(2017), The Joneses(2016) ...
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, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
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A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
Documentary
Germany|Spain|Jordan|USA
2016
80 Minutes
admiral general veteran government official terrorist refugee brooding emotional intense afghanistan iraq syria pentagon military base war zone national security global society war rebellion terrorism
The 'Hurt Locker' meets 'An Inconvenient Truth', THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES is the Emmy® nominated investigation on how climate change impacts increased resource scarcity, migration and ... See full summary »
Documentary
Belgium|Denmark
2016
94 Minutes
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Based on the book of The Shadow World, this feature length documentary is an investigation into the multi-billion dollar international arms trade.
Documentary
USA
2017
79 Minutes
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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 »
Documentary
Afghanistan|Germany|Japan|Netherlands
2018
88 Minutes
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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.
Documentary
USA
2003
105 Minutes
secretary of defense president viet cong soldiers gen. william westmoreland vietnam vet chilling patriotic somber emotional vietnam washington, d.c. pentagon military base vietnam war politics communism government controversy war
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.
Documentary
USA
2007
81 Minutes
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A unique documentary about troops' experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, based on writings by soldiers, Marines, and air men. Some writings were published in the New Yorker in summer 2006. A... See full summary »
Documentary
Canada|Germany
2019
106 Minutes
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The groundbreaking and often game-changing reporting of legendary foreign correspondent and author Robert Fisk is profiled in the latest from acclaimed documentarian Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze).
Documentary
UK
2015
71 Minutes
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Experimental documentary that looks at the Hiroshima nuclear bomb and its legacy.
Documentary
2016
88 Minutes
Richard Dewey
artist expert curator critic friend narrator fascinating creative intense museum apartment warehouse office street art gallery art masochism criticism creative process passion
The life of the always provocative artist Chris Burden, whose work consistently challenged ideas about the limits and nature of modern art, from his notorious performances in the 1970s to his later works.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
USA|Congo
2017
93 Minutes
Mamadou Ndala
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An unfiltered look in to the lives of 3 characters surviving amongst the most recent cycle of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as the M23 rebellion.
Documentary
UK|USA
2016
80 Minutes
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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 »
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 »
Documentary
USA|Germany|UK
2014
114 Minutes
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A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
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, War
Denmark|Sweden
2010
100 Minutes
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Danish soldiers are sent to Afghanistan in 2009 for 6 months, to help stabilize the country against the Taliban. They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal - no actors.
Documentary
Germany|USA
2006
54 Minutes
journalist soldier prisoner brother gripping offbeat intense iraq beach street house prison iraq war prisoners of war torture wrongfully accused assassination plot yunis khatayer abbas underdog discovery
A freedom-loving Iraqi journalist is mistaken as Tony Blair's would-be assassin and sent to Abu Ghraib Prison where he discovers the true meaning of liberation.
Documentary
USA
2016
91 Minutes
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Between 2013 and 2015, a group of nonprofit attorneys seek nonhuman clients for whom they can advocate in two U.S. territories, in order to establish legal personhood for elephants, cetaceans and nonhuman apes in the U.S.
Documentary
USA
2011
110 Minutes
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Shot around the world in 2010 and 2011 and narrated by Ewan McGregor, 'Fastest' captures the intense and thrilling reality of the MotoGP World Championship, documenting a pivotal moment in ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1977
175 Minutes
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On the one hand, you have the Panamians, but Frederick Wiseman shows them as the Americans see them: from a distance. They are poor and of no particular interest to them even if Panama is ... See full summary »