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10 Best Movies Like Plastic Island

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

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#1
A Plastic Ocean

A Plastic Ocean

2016★ 7.6

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

A documentary focused on plastic pollution in the world's oceans....

#2
Fuck

Fuck

2006★ 6.4

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

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use....

#3
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country

Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country

2008★ 7.2

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

Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, the acclaimed filmmaker, Anders Østergaard, brings us close to the video journalists who deliver the footage. Though risking tortu...

#4
The Kid Stays in the Picture

The Kid Stays in the Picture

2002★ 6.6

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

Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography....

#5
One of Us

One of Us

2017★ 6.9

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

Penetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation....

#6
To Be Takei

To Be Takei

2014★ 7.2

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

Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise, and then to the daily news feeds of five m...

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