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10 Best Movies Like 21 Years: Richard Linklater

If you loved 21 Years: Richard Linklater, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

2013★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 21 Years: Richard Linklater for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his renditions of American folk songs....

#2
Woody Allen: A Documentary

Woody Allen: A Documentary

2011★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 21 Years: Richard Linklater for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his life, family and friends; his writing and directing habits, and his relationship ...

#3
Maria by Callas

Maria by Callas

2017★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 21 Years: Richard Linklater for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs, the film reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman who rose ...

#4
The Pixar Story

The Pixar Story

2007★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 21 Years: Richard Linklater for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company...

#5
Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 21 Years: Richard Linklater for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveilla...

#6
I Am Heath Ledger

I Am Heath Ledger

2017★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 21 Years: Richard Linklater for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera....

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