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10 Best Movies Like When

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

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#1
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

2000★ 7.6

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

A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern fo...

#2
Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009★ 7.2

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

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready...

#3
The Skywalker Legacy

The Skywalker Legacy

2020★ 7.7

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

The story lives forever in this feature-length documentary that charts the making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker....

#4
Fuck

Fuck

2006★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When 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
Side by Side

Side by Side

2012★ 7.2

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

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a gr...

#6
To Be Takei

To Be Takei

2014★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When 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...

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