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10 Best Movies Like COINTELPRO 101

If you loved COINTELPRO 101, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Citizenfour

Citizenfour

2014★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to COINTELPRO 101 for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her....

#2
Comandante

Comandante

2003★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to COINTELPRO 101 for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Oliver Stone spends three days filming with Fidel Castro in Cuba, discussing an array of subjects with the president such as his rise to power, fellow revolutionary Che Guevara, th...

#3
The Weather Underground

The Weather Underground

2002★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to COINTELPRO 101 for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous....

#4
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

2011★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to COINTELPRO 101 for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists in the United States during that...

#5
The Battered Bastards of Baseball

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

2014★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to COINTELPRO 101 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
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

2009★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to COINTELPRO 101 for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary about the making of David Fincher's 2008 film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Virtually every element in the evolution of the Fincher's film is documented here, ...

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