20 movies like Siempre, Luis, ordered by similarity : Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles(2019), Knock Down the House(2019), This So-Called Disaster(2003), McKellen: Playing the Part(2017), Evelyn(2018), Carmen & Geoffrey(2006), One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich(2000), Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections(2020), Confessions of a Superhero(2007), Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang(2016), A Lion in the House(2006), This Is Congo(2017) ...
Documentary
USA
2020
95 Minutes
father son playwright political consultant political candidate charming confident creative heartwarming inspiring positive new york city broadway theater puerto rico father/son relationship playwright broadway political activism political campaign politics
An immigrant from Puerto Rico is determined to bring the musical 'Hamilton' to his island home.
Documentary, Music
USA
2019
92 Minutes
songwriter broadway producer actor choreographer broadway star author charming cheery creative inspiring new york city broadway theater stage office tradition religion anti-semitism gender roles female sexuality race
The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when "tradition" was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations and religion were evolving.
Documentary
USA
2019
86 Minutes
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A look at the people involved with various political campaigns during the 2018 U.S. congressional election.
Documentary
2003
87 Minutes
Woody Harrelson Cheech Marin Nick Nolte Sean Penn Sheila Tousey
playwright nick nolte sean penn woody harrelson calm moving fascinating san francisco theater backstage theater production sam shepard father/son relationship writer's block performance adventure discovery 2000s
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.
Documentary
UK
2018
100 Minutes
father sister brother daughter son winsome spirited powerful profound court orphanage church court battles reunion father figure father/daughter relationship pursuit 1950s
Following his Oscar winning The White Helmets, Orlando von Einsiedel turns his camera on his own family as they attempt to cope with a devastating loss. When his brother, newly diagnosed as... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2006
79 Minutes
husband wife dancer actor choreographer painter charming inspiring creative paris trinidad broadway theater new york city marriage dance career vs. love love geoffrey holder carmen de lavallade love
This intimate documentary follows careers of two remarkable personalities: Carmen de Lavallade, a dynamic dancer and choreographer from California who moved to New York with Alvin Ailey and... See full summary »
Documentary
2000
55 Minutes
Arseni Tarkovsky Alexandra Stewart Larisa Tarkovskaya Sven Nykvist Chris Marker Valérie Mairesse Michal Leszczylowski Marina Vlady
filmmaker son actress wife editor cinematographer fascinating dreamy profound touching france film set bedroom andrei tarkovsky creative process father/son relationship reunion cancer filmmaking discovery
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
USA
2007
92 Minutes
Jennifer Wenger Antonio Banderas Joe McQueen Margot Kidder Johnny Grant Drew McWeeny
impersonator young person interviewer dreamer failed actor failed actress creative endearing fascinating inspiring moving quirky hollywood street california documentaries hollywood acting impersonation hard times
Chronicles the lives of four mortal men and women who work as characters on the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard.
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.
Documentary
USA
2006
229 Minutes
son daughter mother father patient doctor emotional inspiring hospital household cincinnati cancer childhood family illness medicine growing up quest discovery 2000s
Five families struggle with the ups and downs of cancer treatment over the course of six years.
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
USA
2018
83 Minutes
dancer performer choreographer business owner director intense incredible inspiring creative confident cool new york city dance studio stage backstage dance performance artistic struggle choreography quest
If a dance is not danced, it vanishes. If the Dancer Dances follows a group of New York City's top modern dancers as they reconstruct an iconic and mysterious work by the legendary Merce ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2020
80 Minutes
Tony Hawk Steve Caballero Chad Muska Jay Bentley Rodney Mullen Jamie Thomas
skateboarder video game character video game designer amusing charming cheeky confident cool creative crafty endearing engaging inspiring lighthearted witty uplifting spirited spectacular raw offbeat
The story of how skateboarding became a part of the mainstream by focusing on the success of the "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" video game franchise.
Documentary
Jamaica
1986
105 Minutes
Rita Marley Gregory Isaacs Gil Scott-Heron Musical Youth Third World Melody Makers
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Reggae legends jam to the Jamaican beat in this classic film of the 1983 Reggae Sunsplash. Held in Montego Bay, the festival showcases the finest in reggae, dub and ska.
Documentary
France
2017
96 Minutes
man family member friend merchant traveler emotional incredible powerful endearing touching inspiring congo road market house poverty trading labor family perseverance
Trials tribulation dreams and aspirations of a young farmer earning a living making and selling charcoal in Congo.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2016
101 Minutes
Clive Owen Jaeden Martell Maria Bello Robert Forster Tim Blake Nelson Patton Oswalt Matthew Modine Stephen Tobolowsky
carpenter thief son father family mother charming endearing heartwarming lighthearted moving playful canada small town home father/son relationship fatherhood bonding life lessons growing up
A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
Documentary
USA
2017
81 Minutes
creator couple husband wife animator artist writer monkey amusing cheery creative engaging fascinating heartwarming inspiring lighthearted moving playful home united states
A documentary film exploring the extraordinary lives of Hans and Margret Rey, the authors of the beloved Curious George children's books.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
121 Minutes
George Murphy Joan Leslie Ronald Reagan George Tobias Alan Hale Charles Butterworth Julie Oshins
actor dancer father son fiancée soldier patriotic emotional new york city family home broadway theater military base world war i world war ii broadway marriage father/son relationship friendship adventure quest
In WWI dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the war, he becomes a producer. In WWII his son Johnny Jones, who was before his ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1997
102 Minutes
racist victim preacher mother father young girl somber powerful church birmingham, ala. family home racism terrorism murder violence politics pursuit quest sacrifice 1990s
A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.