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10 Best Movies Like John Ford

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

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#1
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

2013★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to John Ford 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....

#2
Listen to Me Marlon

Listen to Me Marlon

2015★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to John Ford 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...

#3
Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to John Ford 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
Directed by John Ford

Directed by John Ford

1971★ 6.9

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

A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford....

#5
Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut

2015★ 7.2

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

Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966....

#6
Iverson

Iverson

2014★ 7.0

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

Iverson is the ultimate legacy of NBA legend Allen Iverson, who rose from a childhood of crushing poverty in Hampton, Virginia, to become an 11-time NBA All-Star and universally re...

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