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10 Best Movies Like This Is the Bowery

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

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#1
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

2018★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is the Bowery for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Artists in LA discover the work of forgotten Polish sculptor Stanislav Szukalski, a mad genius whose true story unfolds chapter by astounding chapter....

#2
Public Speaking

Public Speaking

2011★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is the Bowery for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Martin Scorsese’s portrait of writer and social commentator Fran Lebowitz, celebrated for her sharp wit and observations on modern life. Filmed at New York’s Waverly Inn and interc...

#3
The Wolfpack

The Wolfpack

2015★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is the Bowery for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed ‘The Wo...

#4
One of Us

One of Us

2017★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is the Bowery 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....

#5
To Be Takei

To Be Takei

2014★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is the Bowery 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...

#6
The Battered Bastards of Baseball

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

2014★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is the Bowery for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Hollywood veteran Bing Russell creates the only independent baseball team in the country—alarming the baseball establishment and sparking the meteoric rise of the 1970s Portland Ma...

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