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10 Best Movies Like Match in a Haystack

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

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#1
20 Days in Mariupol

20 Days in Mariupol

2023★ 8.0

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

As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities....

#2
2000 Meters to Andriivka

2000 Meters to Andriivka

2025★ 8.2

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

Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from ...

#3
For Sama

For Sama

2019★ 8.2

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

A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets ...

#4
Audrey

Audrey

2020★ 7.1

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

An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)....

#5
Dancer

Dancer

2016★ 7.3

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

Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend....

#6
Gilbert

Gilbert

2017★ 6.7

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

The life and career of one of comedy's most inimitable modern voices, Mr. Gilbert Gottfried....

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