
10 Best Movies Like McKellen: Playing the Part
If you loved McKellen: Playing the Part, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Celluloid Closet
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to McKellen: Playing the Part for fans of Documentary & History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 1...

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to McKellen: Playing the Part for fans of Documentary & History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers....

Wittgenstein
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to McKellen: Playing the Part for fans of History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose principal interest was the natu...

The Untold History Of The United States
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to McKellen: Playing the Part for fans of Documentary & History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present....

Howard
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to McKellen: Playing the Part for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage ...

Dalíland
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to McKellen: Playing the Part for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York....