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10 Best Movies Like The True Cost

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

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#1
Tig

Tig

2015★ 7.2

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

An intimate documentary that follows Tig Notaro, a Los Angeles based comedian, who just days after being diagnosed with invasive stage II breast cancer changed the course of her ca...

#2
Mara and the Firebringer

Mara and the Firebringer

2015★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The True Cost for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Mara Lorbeer, a fifteen year old girl, finds out that she has to save the world because the Norse god Loki is threatening to break free of his chains....

#3
Advanced Style

Advanced Style

2014★ 6.8

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

Advanced Style examines the lives of seven unique New Yorkers whose eclectic personal style and vital spirit have guided their approach to aging. Based on Ari Seth Cohen’s famed bl...

#4
Catching the Sun

Catching the Sun

2015★ 6.8

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

An unemployed American worker, a Tea Party activist, and a Chinese solar entrepreneur. But who wins and who loses the battle for power in the 21st century? Through interwoven chara...

#5
Coffee for All

Coffee for All

2017★ 5.0

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

Just as "the fluttering of the wings of a butterfly can be felt on the other side of the world" (according to the Chinese proverb) a coffee offered in Naples can be felt in Buenos ...

#6
Urbanized

Urbanized

2011★ 7.4

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

A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers,...