
10 Best Movies Like Essential
If you loved Essential, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Side by Side
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essential for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a gr...

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essential for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Join director Chloe Zhao and the Cast of Eternals as they recount their experiences during the making of Marvel Studios’ most ambitious film to date. Discover how the ensemble cast...

Public Speaking
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essential for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Martin Scorsese’s portrait of writer and social commentator Fran Lebowitz, celebrated for her sharp wit and observations on modern life. Filmed at New York’s Waverly Inn and interc...

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essential for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind....

Listen to Me Marlon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essential for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Mar...

De Palma
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essential for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
An intimate conversation between filmmakers, chronicling De Palma’s 55-year career, his life, and his filmmaking process, with revealing anecdotes and, of course, a wealth of film ...