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10 Best Movies Like My Body, My Rules

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

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#1
Embrace

Embrace

2016★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Body, My Rules for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Embrace follows body image activist Taryn Brumfitt's crusade as she explores the global issue of body loathing, inspiring us to change the way we feel about ourselves and think abo...

#2
Woman

Woman

2020★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Body, My Rules for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The film is based on interviews with 2,000 women from 50 countries, and covers the status of women all over the world. The topics covered include forced marriages, sexual assault, ...

#3
Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Body, My Rules 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
Strip Down, Rise Up

Strip Down, Rise Up

2021★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Body, My Rules for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The feature documentary follows women of all walks of life, all ages and ethnic backgrounds, as they shed trauma, body image shame, sexual abuse and other issues locked in their bo...

#5
News from Home

News from Home

1977★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Body, My Rules for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Impersonal and beautiful images of Akerman's life in New York are combined with letters from her loving but manipulative mother, read by Akerman herself....

#6
She's Beautiful When She's Angry

She's Beautiful When She's Angry

2014★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Body, My Rules for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women's movement from 1966 to 1971....

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