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10 Best Movies Like The Written Face

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

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#1
Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles

Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles

2021★ 7.8

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

Fresh off the heels of her brand-new album, "Happier Than Ever," this cinematic concert experience features an intimate performance of every song in the album's sequential order – ...

#2
Katy Perry: Part of Me

Katy Perry: Part of Me

2012★ 7.2

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

Giving fans unprecedented access to the real life of the music sensation, Katy Perry: Part of Me exposes the hard work, dedication and phenomenal talent of a girl who remained true...

#3
Love, Marilyn

Love, Marilyn

2013★ 6.6

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

Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed m...

#4
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

2013★ 6.9

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

An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his renditions of American folk songs....

#5
Britney: For the Record

Britney: For the Record

2008★ 7.5

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

An introspective documentary which chronicles pop music queen Britney Spears' return to the spotlight after her much-publicized professional and personal struggles. Honest, raw and...

#6
Cameraperson

Cameraperson

2016★ 6.7

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

As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations th...

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