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10 Best Movies Like Capturing the Friedmans

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

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#1
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

1992★ 7.6

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

A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda....

#2
12 O'Clock Boys

12 O'Clock Boys

2013★ 6.0

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

Pug, a wisecracking 13 year old living on a dangerous Westside block, has one goal in mind: to join The Twelve O'Clock Boys; the notorious urban dirt-bike gang of Baltimore. Conver...

#3
Winnebago Man

Winnebago Man

2010★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Capturing the Friedmans for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of - after cursing his way through a Winnebago sales video, Rebney's outrageously funny outtakes became an underground sensati...

#4
Red Sun

Red Sun

1970★ 4.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Capturing the Friedmans for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Thomas hitchhikes from Hamburg to Munich where he meets his ex-girlfriend, Peggy. Thomas doesn't have a bed for the night and goes home with Peggy, not knowing that she and her fou...

#5
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator

2004★ 5.9

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

A documentary exploring the rise and fall of 80s skateboard legend Mark "Gator" Rogowski....

#6
Samay: When Time Strikes

Samay: When Time Strikes

2003★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Capturing the Friedmans for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Malvika Chauhan battles time to obtain & solve the clues to solve the various murders occurring in the city....