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10 Best Movies Like How To Operate Your Brain

If you loved How To Operate Your Brain, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

2017★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How To Operate Your Brain for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital revolution....

#2
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

2019★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How To Operate Your Brain for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This documentary focuses on the actors and their journey over two summers to create the remake to the original IT, by Stephen King. The documentary originally released as bonus mat...

#3
Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now

Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now

2019★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How To Operate Your Brain for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Oprah Winfrey talks with the exonerated men once known as the Central Park Five, plus the cast and producers who tell their story in "When They See Us."...

#4
Sidney

Sidney

2022★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How To Operate Your Brain for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Halle Ber...

#5
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

2009★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How To Operate Your Brain for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary about the making of David Fincher's 2008 film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Virtually every element in the evolution of the Fincher's film is documented here, ...

#6
Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

2019★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How To Operate Your Brain for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Film adaptation of French economist Thomas Piketty's ground-breaking global bestseller of the same name: an eye-opening journey through wealth and power....

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