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10 Best Movies Like I Write

If you loved I Write, 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 I Write 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
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

2023★ 6.0

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

From the heights of her modeling fame to her tragic death, this documentary reveals Anna Nicole Smith through the eyes of the people closest to her....

#3
Nothing Like a Dame

Nothing Like a Dame

2018★ 6.8

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

BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they ...

#4
Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Write 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...

#5
Hawking

Hawking

2013★ 7.6

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

The extraordinary story of the planet’s most famous contemporary scientist, told in his own words and by those closest to him. Made with unique access to Hawking’s private life, th...

#6
Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

2019★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Write 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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