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10 Best Movies Like Fifty Years

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

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#1
Threads

Threads

1985★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fifty Years for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization....

#2
Maria by Callas

Maria by Callas

2017★ 7.3

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

Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs, the film reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman who rose ...

#3
Einstein and the Bomb

Einstein and the Bomb

2024★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fifty Years for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

What happened after Einstein fled Nazi Germany? Using archival footage and his own words, this docudrama dives into the mind of a tortured genius....

#4
Listen to Me Marlon

Listen to Me Marlon

2015★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fifty Years 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...

#5
Hiroshima

Hiroshima

2005★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fifty Years for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test to the atomic bombing of Hiros...

#6
The Director and the Jedi

The Director and the Jedi

2018★ 7.2

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

An intimate documentary delving into Rian Johnson's process as he comes in as a director new to the Star Wars universe....

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