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10 Best Movies Like Backroom Troubles

If you loved Backroom Troubles, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Lake of Fire

Lake of Fire

2006★ 7.0

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

An unflinching look at the how the battle over abortion rights has played out in the United States over the last 15 years....

#2
End Game

End Game

2018★ 7.1

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

Filmed and edited in intimate vérité style, this movie follows visionary medical practitioners who are working on the cutting edge of life and death and are dedicated to changing o...

#3
In the Realms of the Unreal

In the Realms of the Unreal

2004★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backroom Troubles 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 ...

#4
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

2018★ 7.5

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

In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity. This documentary revisits tho...

#5
Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backroom Troubles 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
A Plastic Ocean

A Plastic Ocean

2016★ 7.6

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

A documentary focused on plastic pollution in the world's oceans....

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