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10 Best Movies Like Desire/Ability

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

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#1
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

2024★ 8.1

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

Christopher Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his talent and range as an actor, before being injured in a near...

#2
Tongues Untied

Tongues Untied

1990★ 6.6

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

Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. The film intercuts footage of ...

#3
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018★ 6.0

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

A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars....

#4
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

2018★ 7.5

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

Artists in LA discover the work of forgotten Polish sculptor Stanislav Szukalski, a mad genius whose true story unfolds chapter by astounding chapter....

#5
Harmontown

Harmontown

2014★ 6.6

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

A comedic, brutally honest documentary following self-destructive TV writer Dan Harmon as he takes his live podcast on a national tour....

#6
Gilbert

Gilbert

2017★ 6.7

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

The life and career of one of comedy's most inimitable modern voices, Mr. Gilbert Gottfried....

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