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10 Best Movies Like Breakaway

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

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#1
The Crash Reel

The Crash Reel

2013★ 7.3

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

The Crash Reel tells the story of a sport and the risks that athletes face in reaching the pinnacle of their profession. This is Kevin Pearce’s story, a celebrated snowboarder who ...

#2
Beyond the Mat

Beyond the Mat

1999★ 7.3

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

A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives....

#3
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

2003★ 6.9

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

Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world's greatest comedian and the cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, written and directed by renowned f...

#4
Love, Marilyn

Love, Marilyn

2013★ 6.6

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

Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed m...

#5
The Battered Bastards of Baseball

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

2014★ 7.5

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

Hollywood veteran Bing Russell creates the only independent baseball team in the country—alarming the baseball establishment and sparking the meteoric rise of the 1970s Portland Ma...

#6
One Life

One Life

2011★ 7.4

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

One Life captures unprecedented and beautiful sequences of animal behaviour guaranteed to bring you closer to nature than ever before, as well as a second disc packed full of never...

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