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10 Best Movies Like Stories We Tell

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

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#1
Cutie and the Boxer

Cutie and the Boxer

2013★ 6.9

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

This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husb...

#2
Tabu

Tabu

2012★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stories We Tell for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling ...

#3
The Propaganda Game

The Propaganda Game

2015★ 6.9

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

North Korea. The last communist country in the world. Unknown, hermetic and fascinating. Formerly known as “The Hermit Kingdom” for its attempts to remain isolated, North Korea is ...

#4
Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stories We Tell 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...

#5
Elephant Song

Elephant Song

2015★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stories We Tell for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient about the disappearance of a colleague....

#6
Winchester '73

Winchester '73

1950★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stories We Tell for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifl...