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10 Best Movies Like A Place Called Lovely

If you loved A Place Called Lovely, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Place Called Lovely 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...

#2
To Be Takei

To Be Takei

2014★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Place Called Lovely for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise, and then to the daily news feeds of five m...

#3
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

2013★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Place Called Lovely 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....

#4
In the Realms of the Unreal

In the Realms of the Unreal

2004★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Place Called Lovely for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. Henry Darger was so reclusive that when he died his neighbors were surprised to ...

#5
Deliver Us from Evil

Deliver Us from Evil

2006★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Place Called Lovely for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse coun...

#6
Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream

Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream

2013★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Place Called Lovely for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Life Is But a Dream is a HBO documentary about the life of US singer Beyoncé Knowles during the years 2011 and 2012 and on the recording of her fifth album. The film was directed b...

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