20 movies like On the Map, ordered by similarity : Aida's Secrets(2016), Hoop Dreams(1994), Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot(2008), The Settlers(2016), The Way Back(2020), Canal Zone(1977), Indestructible(2007), The C Word(2016), Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise(2015), The Gatekeepers(2012), Another Road Home(2004), Ford Transit(2003) ...
7.8/10
Documentary
USA|Israel
2016
85 Minutes
israeli basketball coach basketball player russian american fan emotional gripping uplifting israel gym basketball court house locker room office basketball israel isolation determination winning
ON THE MAP tells the against-all-odds story of Maccabi Tel Aviv's 1977 European Championship, which took place at a time when the Middle East was still reeling from the 1973 Yom Kippur War,... See full summary »
6.9/10
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 »
8.3/10
Documentary, Drama
USA
1994
174 Minutes
William Gates Arthur Agee Sheila Agee Isiah Thomas Bill Gleason
basketball player teenager mother father coach teacher uplifting powerful gutsy emotional chicago westchester, ill. basketball court family home basketball ambition high school racism class distinctions growing up
A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
Documentary
2008
90 Minutes
Michael Beasley Tyreke Evans Brandon Jennings Jason Kidd Kevin Love
high-school student basketball player basketball coach fan athlete intense spectacular harlem, n.y. basketball court rucker park basketball high school history sports competition growing up rivalry quest 1980s
To compete in the first annual "Elite 24" all-star game, some of America's top high-school basketball players assemble on the same Harlem court where Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Dr. J once played.
7.4/10
Documentary
France|Germany|Israel|Canada
2016
110 Minutes
elderly man israeli elderly woman settler jew brooding engaging intense unrestrained israel west bank settling down racism generational divide destiny jewish homeland dreams discovery escape pursuit
An intimate look at life inside the Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
6.7/10
Drama
USA|Canada
2020
108 Minutes
Ben Affleck Al Madrigal Janina Gavankar Jeremy Radin Brandon Wilson Melvin Gregg Michaela Watkins Will Ropp T.K. Carter Glynn Turman Hayes MacArthur
basketball coach basketball player alcoholic team member inspiring passionate intense moving emotional basketball court high school house hometown basketball alcoholism failed marriage hope redemption fall discovery
Jack Cunningham was a high school basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption.
7.5/10
Documentary
USA
1977
175 Minutes
officer government official military officer young man pilot engaging fascinating striking panama house office ship panama canal society community culture politics quest discovery 1970s
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 »
7.9/10
Documentary
USA
2007
118 Minutes
Josh Byer Oliver Sacks Ben Byer John Byer Rebeccah Rush
ben byer sick person doctor inspiring emotional sad moving china jamaica greece israel doctor's office chicago illness survival journey quest 2000s
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.
7.6/10
Documentary
USA
2016
89 Minutes
neurologist cancer patient director emotional engaging inspiring uplifting beach house hospital school grocery store court cancer health society science bad choices discovery pursuit
A personal, important, surprising, and funny documentary about the industries of death that give us cancer, and the unheralded science of prevention.
7.0/10
Documentary
UK
2015
71 Minutes
politician japanese man japanese woman american russian soldier somber emotional intense hiroshima, japan united states white house house forest space atomic age nuclear attack propaganda hiroshima bombing fear
Experimental documentary that looks at the Hiroshima nuclear bomb and its legacy.
7.6/10
Documentary
Israel|France
2012
96 Minutes
israeli engaging west bank gaza secret service israel politics transformation
A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency whose activities and membership are closely held state secrets.
8.2/10
Documentary
USA
2004
77 Minutes
author parent caretaker daughter muslim jew emotional fascinating powerful jerusalem patterson, n.j. new york city jordan italy religious differences cultural differences reunion family homecoming israeli-palestinian conflict
The Personal Story Of An Israeli's Quest To Find Her Palestinian Caregiver
7.3/10
Documentary
Palestine|Israel
2003
84 Minutes
taxi driver palestinian military officer political candidate passenger saeed rajai chilling somber engaging taxi road jerusalem palestine roadblock political repression political unrest foreign relations arab-israeli conflict military discovery
The movie follows Rajai, a Ford Transit driver which is the most popular transportation in the Palestinian occupied territories (occupied by Israel). While taking a ride with Rajai, we ... See full summary »
7.3/10
Documentary
France
1978
85 Minutes
Penny Patterson Karl H. Pribram
researcher gorilla scientist charming engaging house trailer california stanford university sign language human-animal friendship wild animals animal rights education emotion transformation discovery quest 1970s
A documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.
7.8/10
Documentary
USA
2009
83 Minutes
migrant immigrant young boy young girl teen boy emotional engaging inspiring intense powerful el salvador honduras mexico train illegal immigration immigration american dream childhood new life family
"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 »
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.
7.9/10
Documentary
USA
2011
81 Minutes
chef son family member customer employee manager confident intense inspiring restaurant tokyo house kitchen office street food determination obsession legacy family
A documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.
8.5/10
War, Documentary
UK|Syria|USA
2019
95 Minutes
Waad Al-Khateab Waad Al-Kateab
mother husband daughter survivor documentarian doctor inspiring engaging fascinating shocking sad emotional syria syrian-israeli relations war survival uprising casualties of war documentary filmmaking discovery
FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
7.7/10
Documentary
USA
2005
85 Minutes
Dana Adam Shapiro
paraplegic athlete coach gutsy gripping inspiring athens, greece sport tournament gym rehabilitation determination sports competition inspiration rivalry underdog quest 2000s
Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
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.
6.7/10
Documentary
USA
2016
85 Minutes
high school teacher high-school student family member co-worker friend parent fascinating emotional intense indianapolis school classroom house apartment store school second chance work poverty stress
A documentary about three students determined to graduate from their high school in Indianapolis, despite the fact that the institution has one of the lowest graduation rates in the country.
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