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10 Best Movies Like This Is Not a Dream

If you loved This Is Not a Dream, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Blue

Blue

1993★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not a Dream for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, bo...

#2
LA Originals

LA Originals

2020★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not a Dream for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Photographer Estevan Oriol and artist Mister Cartoon turned their Chicano roots into gritty art, impacting street culture, hip hop and beyond....

#3
The Matrix Revisited

The Matrix Revisited

2001★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not a Dream for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix....

#4
Fuck

Fuck

2006★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not a Dream 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....

#5
A Decade Under the Influence

A Decade Under the Influence

2003★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not a Dream for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time....

#6
The Director and the Jedi

The Director and the Jedi

2018★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is Not a Dream for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An intimate documentary delving into Rian Johnson's process as he comes in as a director new to the Star Wars universe....

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