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What do Joe Exotic and Taylor Swift have in common (other than both being cat owners, I guess)?
Both had documentaries made about them—Tiger King and Miss Americana.
Documentaries have been growing increasingly popular in the past few years. If you’ve been wanting to watch documentaries but wasn’t sure which one to watch, you’re in luck today.
We’ve brought 10 “thought-provoking” and “emotionally powerful” documentaries ranked by the Maimovie AI for you to watch. And while Tiger King and Miss Americana aren’t on the list, we have documentaries covering topics on a wide range from China’s one-child policy to identical triplets’ reunion.
Which documentary intrigues you the most?
The following list was based on Maimovie on February 11, 2022, under the “documentary,” “thought-provoking” and “emotionally powerful” keytalk. Check out the Maimovie app or website to discover more movies and shows.
10. For Sama
2019, 1h 40m
Overview
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
- Director: Waad al-Kateab
- Stars: Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab, Waad al-Kateab
4,334 Movie Tastes Related to
For Sama
Maimovie AI learns various movie tastes from social media, search
keywords, and other diverse crowd data. As a result, our AI has
characterized this movie with the following movie tastes
Trailer
/ Trailer from For Sama
Ratings
8.5
98%
89
9. Three Identical Strangers
2018, 1h 37m
Overview
New York, 1980. Three complete strangers accidentally discover that they’re identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds’ joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives – and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.
- Director: Tim Wardle
- Stars: David Kellman, Robert Shafran, Lawrence Wright
5,015 Movie Tastes Related to
Three Identical Strangers
Maimovie AI learns various movie tastes from social media, search
keywords, and other diverse crowd data. As a result, our AI has
characterized this movie with the following movie tastes
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ethical issue -
unethical character
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endlessly fascinating
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raising questions
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lingering question
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leaving nagging question
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fascinating study
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drastic turn
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Ratings
7.6
96%
81
8. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
2018, 1h 35m
Overview
Fred Rogers used puppets and play to explore complex social issues: race, disability, equality and tragedy, helping form the American concept of childhood. He spoke directly to children and they responded enthusiastically. Yet today, his impact is unclear. Have we lived up to Fred’s ideal of good neighbors?
- Director: Morgan Neville
- Stars: Fred Rogers, François Scarborough Clemmons, Yo-Yo Ma, Joe Negri, Kailyn Davis
5,015 Movie Tastes Related to
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
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keywords, and other diverse crowd data. As a result, our AI has
characterized this movie with the following movie tastes
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controversial topic
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overly fond
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growing up
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deep impact
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soft voice
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lasting impact
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iconic figure
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sensitive topic
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Ratings
8.4
97%
85
7. Searching for Sugar Man
2012, 1h 25m
Overview
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock ‘n’ roller, Rodriguez. The film won Best Documentary at the 85th Academy Awards.
- Director: Malik Bendjelloul
- Writer: Malik Bendjelloul
- Stars: Stephen Segerman, Rodriguez, Regan Rodriguez, Eva Rodriguez, Mike Theodore
5,088 Movie Tastes Related to
Searching for Sugar Man
Maimovie AI learns various movie tastes from social media, search
keywords, and other diverse crowd data. As a result, our AI has
characterized this movie with the following movie tastes
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cast of mostly unknown actors
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acting idol
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cast of living legends
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soulful music
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publically conscious
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cult figure
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musical genius
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soothing music
Trailer
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Ratings
8.2
95%
79
6. Bully
2011, 1h 32m
Overview
This year, over 5 million American kids will be bullied at school, online, on the bus, at home, through their cell phones and on the streets of their towns, making it the most common form of violence young people in this country experience. The Bully Project is the first feature documentary film to show how we’ve all been affected by bullying, whether we’ve been victims, perpetrators or stood silent witness. The world we inhabit as adults begins on the playground. The Bully Project opens on the first day of school. For the more than 5 million kids who’ll be bullied this year in the United States, it’s a day filled with more anxiety and foreboding than excitement. As the sun rises and school busses across the country overflow with backpacks, brass instruments and the rambunctious sounds of raging hormones, this is a ride into the unknown.
- Director: Lee Hirsch
- Writer: Cynthia Lowen
- Stars:
4,691 Movie Tastes Related to
Bully
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keywords, and other diverse crowd data. As a result, our AI has
characterized this movie with the following movie tastes
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mandatory watch
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beat down
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myopic
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proactive
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enraged
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serious approach
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stepping beyond
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confronting
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Ratings
7.4
85%
74
5. I Am Not Your Negro
2017, 1h 33m
Overview
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
- Director: Raoul Peck
- Writer: James Baldwin
- Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Medgar Evers
4,633 Movie Tastes Related to
I Am Not Your Negro
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keywords, and other diverse crowd data. As a result, our AI has
characterized this movie with the following movie tastes
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articulate
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unfinished
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feeling incomplete
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sonorous voice
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more eloquent
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most profound
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still resonating
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critical view
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Ratings
7.9
99%
95
4. One Child Nation
2019, 1h 28m
Overview
Through interviews with both victims and instigators, Nanfu Wang, a first-time mother, breaks open decades of silence on a vast, unprecedented social experiment that shaped — and destroyed — countless lives in China.
- Director: Nanfu Wang
- Stars: Nanfu Wang, Jiaoming Pang, Brian Stuy, Longlan Stuy
4,271 Movie Tastes Related to
One Child Nation
Maimovie AI learns various movie tastes from social media, search
keywords, and other diverse crowd data. As a result, our AI has
characterized this movie with the following movie tastes
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for serious discussion
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objective point of view
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broad perspective
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large scale
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ingraining
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biased view
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hot topic
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subjective opinion
Trailer
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Ratings
7.5
98%
85
3. Blackfish
2013, 1h 23m
Overview
Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
- Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
- Writer: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
- Stars: Dean Gomersall, Samantha Berg, John Jett, John Hargrove, Carol Ray
5,083 Movie Tastes Related to
Blackfish
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keywords, and other diverse crowd data. As a result, our AI has
characterized this movie with the following movie tastes
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Ratings
8.1
98%
83
2. Minding the Gap
2018, 1h 33m
Overview
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
- Director: Bing Liu
- Stars: Keire Johnson, Zack Mulligan, Bing Liu, Nina Bowgren, Mengyue Bolen
3,941 Movie Tastes Related to
Minding the Gap
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keywords, and other diverse crowd data. As a result, our AI has
characterized this movie with the following movie tastes
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textured imagery
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heart-racing
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life-altering
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emotionally resonating
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serious topic
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down to earth
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technical accomplishment
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manhood
Trailer
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Ratings
8.1
100%
90
1. Waltz with Bashir
2008, 1h 30m
Overview
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
- Director: Ari Folman
- Stars: Ari Folman, Miki Leon, Ori Sivan, Yehezkel Lazarov, Ronny Dayag
5,171 Movie Tastes Related to
Waltz with Bashir
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Ratings
8
96%
91
