Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Citizenfour

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

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#1
Risk

Risk

2017★ 6.6

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

Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and...

#2
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

2013★ 6.5

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

Julian Assange. Bradley Manning. Collateral murder. Cablegate. WikiLeaks. These people and terms have exploded into public consciousness by fundamentally changing the way democrati...

#3
Dirty Wars

Dirty Wars

2013★ 7.0

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

Investigative journalist, Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars, and examines how the US gov...

#4
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

2022★ 7.2

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

The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her person...

#5
For Sama

For Sama

2019★ 8.2

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

A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets ...

#6
Cameraperson

Cameraperson

2016★ 6.7

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

As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations th...

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