Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Ethel

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

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#1
To Be Takei

To Be Takei

2014★ 7.2

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

Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise, and then to the daily news feeds of five m...

#2
Love, Marilyn

Love, Marilyn

2013★ 6.6

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

Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed m...

#3
Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

2015★ 6.5

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

Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveilla...

#4
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

2013★ 6.9

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

An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his renditions of American folk songs....

#5
Love, Gilda

Love, Gilda

2018★ 7.2

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

Diaries, audiotapes, videotapes and testimonials from friends and colleagues offer insight into the life and career of Gilda Radner -- the beloved comic and actress who became an i...

#6
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

2018★ 7.5

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

In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity. This documentary revisits tho...

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