20 movies like Console Wars, ordered by similarity : Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections(2020), The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters(2007), High Fidelity: The Guarneri String Quartet(1989), Tron: Legacy(2010), Spellbound(2002), This Is Congo(2017), Air Guitar Nation(2006), Mifune: The Last Samurai(2015), Breaking Habits(2018), Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise(2015), The Man Who Saved the World(2014), Salesman(1969) ...
Documentary
2020
92 Minutes
Blake J. Harris
engineer designer computer computer expert computer programmer intricate offbeat quirky japan office computer program computer software competition rivalry quest rivalry 1990s
A look back to 1990 when Sega, then a fledgling arcade company, assembled a team of underdogs to take on the greatest video game company in the world, Nintendo.
Documentary
USA
2020
91 Minutes
Russell Michaels
hacker national security advisor politician political consultant political candidate computer computer expert computer programmer bleak brooding chilling confident dark disheartening disturbing engaging fascinating gripping intense powerful
Finnish hacker and election expert Harri Hursti investigates election-related hacks, uncovering just how unprotected voting systems really are.
Documentary, Biography
USA
2007
79 Minutes
Steve Wiebe Mark Alpiger Walter Day Steve Sanders Robert Mruczek Todd Rogers
gamer teacher wife friend rival quirky amusing ottumwa, iowa hollywood, fla. redmond, wash. laconia, n.h. video games obsession competition quest rivalry underdog 2000s
Die-hard gamers compete to break world records on classic arcade games.
Documentary
USA
1989
85 Minutes
violinist cellist musician rival coworker engaging fascinating amusing stage recording studio united states university music performance rehearsal rivalry relationships guarneri string quartet rivalry transformation
Relationships, rehearsals, performances, hobbies, family life of the members of the Guarneri string quartet
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
2010
125 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Garrett Hedlund Olivia Wilde Bruce Boxleitner James Frain Michael Sheen Beau Garrett Jeffrey Nordling Christine Adams Dale Wolfe Cillian Murphy
programmer father son computer artificial intelligence creative thrilling cool computer world los angeles arcade computers artificial intelligence father/son relationship disappearance video games virtual reality adventure discovery escape
The son of a virtual world designer goes looking for his father and ends up inside the digital world that his father designed. He meets his father's corrupted creation and a unique ally who was born inside the digital world.
Mystery & Thriller, Documentary, Comedy
USA
2002
97 Minutes
Paige Kimble Jonathan Knisely Balu Natarajan Julianne Ruth
child parent teacher announcer reporter uplifting charming inspiring hotel washington, d.c. family home spelling bee success competition class distinctions childhood family rivalry quest underdog
Spellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
USA|Congo
2017
93 Minutes
Mamadou Ndala
merchant poor person villager government official military officer bleak brutal uneasy tense intricate disheartening congo village plains office road market political corruption political unrest military occupation
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, Biography, Music
USA
2006
78 Minutes
Dan Crane David S. Jung S. Craig Zahler Christian Finnegan Adam Crystal Peter Cilella
champion competitor air guitar player american spirited offbeat new york city finland strip club bedroom stage air guitar championship hobby music competition rise rivalry quest 2000s
It's time to rock and roll - air guitar style. AIR GUITAR NATION is the feature documentary about the year that air guitar swept America - from New York to Los Angeles and then all the way ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA|Japan
2015
80 Minutes
japanese man actor director wife samurai friend brooding emotional intense movie set office car japan village island samurai movies acting passion drinking
A feature-length documentary about the life and films of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune, weaving together film clips, archival stills, and interviews with such luminaries as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. Narrated by Keanu Reeves.
Documentary
2018
87 Minutes
executive ex-husband child sheriff marijuana grower priest incredible inspiring emotional confident outlandish california farm church sheriff's office marijuana legal battle drug regulations alternative medicine starting over
A former corporate executive fleeing a bad marriage becomes a cannabis farmer, forms a company called Sisters of the Valley and takes on the persona of a nun, Sister Kate.
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.
Documentary
Denmark|Latvia|Russia|USA
2014
110 Minutes
Sergey Shnyryov
officer military officer soldier fascinating intricate intense suspenseful soviet union saving the day saving the world nuclear war war rescue quest
Retired Soviet Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov, who saved the world from WW3, talks about his life as retiree and shares his opinions on the Cold War with actor Kevin Costner in this melancholic mixture of documentary and reenacted footage.
Documentary
USA
1969
90 Minutes
David Maysles Melbourne I. Feltman Margaret McCarron Kennie Turner
salesman employee husband housewife rival old man bleak somber dark united states small town car rural life traveling salesman working class work pursuit rivalry 1960s
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
UK
2005
84 Minutes
Dave Morris Bruce Alexander T. Colin Campbell Oliver Ford Davies Richard Hope
environmentalist lawyer fiery fascinating england courtroom london mclibel lawsuit big business environmental consciousness public relations censorship rivalry quest wretched excess underdog 1990s
McLibel is the story of two ordinary people who humiliated McDonald's in the biggest corporate PR disaster in history.
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.
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.
Biography, Documentary
USA
1999
89 Minutes
baseball fan baseball player jew friend rival inspiring emotional detroit michigan new york city baseball field baseball fame judaism anti-semitism family hank greenberg discovery rise rivalry
The life and career of Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues.
Documentary
USA
2016
92 Minutes
activist author city planner journalist politician architect bleak brooding engaging intricate new york city park apartment street city hall urban sprawl city life urbanization civil unrest escape
Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in the 1960s.
Documentary
UK
2016
80 Minutes
Andy Gibbins Dylan Harvey Daniel Nettleton Giles Alderson Phil Dickson-Earle A.K. Forty-Seven
artist art thief commentator amusing confident creative hedonistic quirky spirited london united kingdom art theft rivalry culture rivalry 2010s
The Brighton Mob is a tense and twisting crime thriller in the style of The Usual Suspects and Reservoir Dogs, set in a world where no one is who they seem to be.
Documentary
USA
1999
94 Minutes
boxer trainer young man young woman moving gutsy brooklyn, n.y. boxing ring gym boxing aspirations inner-city life competition mentorship training underdog rivalry 1990s
The story of three young boxers and their coach who is determined to guide them in a positive direction in and out of the ring.
Documentary
USA
2016
116 Minutes
Richard A. Clarke Michael Hayden Tadashi Mitsui Eric Chien Eugene Kaspersky Ralph Langner
computer expert fascinating intricate computer world documentaries hackers virus cyber crime discovery 2010s
A documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.