Most Similar Movies to Gates of Heaven (1978)
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Divan (2003), The Elephant in the Living Room (2010), We Were Here (2011), Family Fundamentals (2002), Samouni Road (2018), A Lion in the House (2006), The Look of Silence (2014) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Divan (2003)
In this film, documentarian Pearl Gluck chronicles her Hasidic Jewish upbringing and her subsequent, more secular life as a Manhattanite. Gluck then documents her return trip to her old neighborhood, where she tries to reconcile with her devout father, who hopes that she will move back to Brooklyn. Gluck strikes an on-camera compromise with her dad, and agrees to trek to Hungary in order to find a long-lost family heirloom -- a couch that many notable rabbis have crashed on.
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The Elephant in the Living Room (2010)
Tim Harrison, an Ohio public-safety officer, specializes in capturing exotic pets whose owners can no longer keep or care for them properly, then relocating them to new homes.
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We Were Here (2011)
A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
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Family Fundamentals (2002)
Filmmaker Arthur Dong examines the discord between fundamentalist Christian parents and their homosexual children.
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Samouni Road (2018)
A family prepares to celebrate a wedding in a war-torn farming community outside of Gaza City.
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A Lion in the House (2006)
Five families struggle with the ups and downs of cancer treatment over the course of six years.
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The Look of Silence (2014)
A family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
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Another Road Home (2004)
The Personal Story Of An Israeli's Quest To Find Her Palestinian Caregiver
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The Heart of Man (2017)
The Heart of Man is a timeless tale of a father's relentless pursuit of his son -- interwoven with interviews of top thought-leaders on brokenness, identity, and shame.
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Time Indefinite (1993)
Forty year old documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee has a penchant for filming everything around him. Following the announcement of his impending marriage to his film-making partner Marilyn Levine - marriage something that he and his family never thought would happen for him - McElwee turns on the camera to film life as it happens in respect to this new phase in his lif...Read all
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The Imposter (2012)
A documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years.
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Italianamerican (1974)
Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York City and the family history back in Sicily. These are two people who have lived together for a long time and know each other very well.
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Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (2020)
A look at the final moments of a Las Vegas dive bar called 'The Roaring 20s'.
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The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006)
Utilizing hours of unseen archival footage, The Beales is a new take on the women of Grey Gardens.
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My Perestroika (2010)
Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world of their childhood crumble and change beyond recognition. Through the lives of these former schoolmates, this intimate film reveals how they have adjusted to their post-Soviet reali...Read all
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000)
Twelve years after the dramatic collapse of the Christian empire of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, this documentary tells for the first time what really happened when they lost control of the first and most successful TV ministry of its kind.
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The Departure (2017)
A Buddhist monk asks what we owe one another & provides experiences to help us find answers. Documentary.
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Abortion: Stories Women Tell (2016)
This documentary gives women a voice in the choices they've had to make regarding their pregnancies.
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