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10 Best Movies Like El Cepa Returns

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

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#1
The Silence of Others

The Silence of Others

2019‱★ 8.0

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

The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by General Franco after the victory of the rebel side in the Spanish Civil War (19...

#2
Seduced and Abandoned

Seduced and Abandoned

2013‱★ 6.2

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

SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of raising financing for their nex...

#3
Comandante

Comandante

2003‱★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to El Cepa Returns 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...

#4
Messi

Messi

2014‱★ 7.4

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

His teachers, coaches, childhood friends and Barça teammates, together with journalists, writers and prominent figures from the history of football, come together in a restaurant t...

#5
Long Shot

Long Shot

2017‱★ 7.2

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

When Juan Catalan is arrested for a murder he insists he didn't commit, he builds his case for innocence around unexpected raw footage....

#6
Overnight

Overnight

2003‱★ 6.3

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

Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man's misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches story as Troy Duffy, a Boston-bred...

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