Most Similar Movies to Powaqqatsi (1988)


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Naqoyqatsi (2002), Koyaanisqatsi (1982), Black Mother (2018), The Man With a Movie Camera (1929), Honeyland (2019), Baraka (1992), Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Naqoyqatsi (2002)

Naqoyqatsi (2002)

6.6/10 Documentary, Music

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

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Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

8.3/10 Documentary, Music

A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on nature, humanity and the relationship between them.

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Black Mother (2018)

Black Mother (2018)

6.8/10 Documentary

From red light districts to lush rain-forests, 'Black Mother' is a loving and lyrical ode to Jamaica and its people, a visual poem that is at once deeply felt love letter and ecstatic street-corner prayer.

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The Man With a Movie Camera (1929)

The Man With a Movie Camera (1929)

8.3/10 Documentary

Part documentary and part cinematic art, this film follows a city in the 1920s Soviet Union throughout the day, from morning to night. Directed by Dziga Vertov, with a variety of complex and innovative camera shots, the film depicts scenes of ordinary daily life in Russia. Vertov celebrates the modernity of the city, with its vast buildings, dense population and bustling industries. While there are no titles or narration, Vertov still naturally conveys the marvels of the modern city.

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Honeyland (2019)

Honeyland (2019)

8.0/10 Documentary

The last female bee-hunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood.

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Baraka (1992)

Baraka (1992)

8.6/10 Documentary

A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.

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Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002)

Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002)

7.0/10 Documentary

A filmmaker's inquiry into transcendence becomes a three-hour trip across countries and cultures, interconnecting people, places and times. From Toronto, the scene of his childhood, Peter Mettler sets out on a journey that includes evangelism at the airport strip, demolition in Las Vegas, tracings in the Nevada desert, chemistry and street life in Switzerland, and the...Read all

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Winged Migration (2001)

Winged Migration (2001)

9.5/10 Documentary

This documentary presents an epic portrait of winter bird migration. Filmed on all seven continents over four years, the footage is brought together into one portrait of a journey that's uniformly arduous for all kinds of different birds. Rather than concentrating on statistics and facts, the film near-wordlessly portrays the sheer physical effort demanded of the birds on their disparate routes. Along the way, we see the many dangers they face, from man-made waste to a group of hungry crabs.

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The Lovely Month of May (1963)

The Lovely Month of May (1963)

9.4/10 Documentary

Actors Yves Montand and Simone Signoret narrate an introduction to springtime in Paris, as described by its citizens.

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Circo (2010)

Circo (2010)

9.2/10 Documentary

The Mexican owners of a traveling circus struggle to keep going in the face of dwindling audiences, mounting debt and family conflicts.

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Makala (2017)

Makala (2017)

7.8/10 Documentary

Trials tribulation dreams and aspirations of a young farmer earning a living making and selling charcoal in Congo.

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The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan (2004)

The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan (2004)

7.5/10 Drama, Documentary, History, War

In 2001, the Taliban government of Afghanistan destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan, the world's tallest stone sculptures. By the summer of 2002, after the fall of the Taliban, more than 250 Afghans, most of them Hazara refugees, were living in caves beside the rubble. This film, organized chronologically over four seasons, follows a refugee family living there, including...Read all

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Grass (1999)

Grass (1999)

7.5/10 Documentary

Filmmaker Ron Mann looks at the history of marijuana, from early government propaganda newsreels to Ronald Reagan's war on drugs. Narrated by Woody Harrelson.

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American Mustang (2013)

American Mustang (2013)

7.4/10 Documentary

A young girl discovers that America's wild horses are in danger of being wiped off the land they've called home for thousands of years, as American Mustang the Movie unveils the compelling story of the wild mustang.

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Iraq in Fragments (2006)

Iraq in Fragments (2006)

7.3/10 Documentary

Stories from modern day Iraq as told by Iraqis living in a time of war, occupation and ethnic tension.

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Robinson in Space (1997)

Robinson in Space (1997)

7.2/10 Documentary

Robinson is commissioned to investigate the unspecified "problem of England." The narrator describes his seven excursions, with the unseen Robinson, around the country. They mainly concentrate on ports, power stations, prisons, and manufacturing plants, but they also bring in various literary connections, as well as a few conventional landscapes.

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Ghosts of Cité Soleil (2006)

Ghosts of Cité Soleil (2006)

7.1/10 Documentary, Action, Drama

Documents the violent lives of gang leaders in Haiti's worst slum, focusing on two brothers loyal to then-President Aristide.

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Kabul, City in the Wind (2018)

Kabul, City in the Wind (2018)

7.1/10 Documentary

A city is an orchestration of its inhabitants. The film portraits the city Kabul through daily details of two kids and a bus driver, set against the background of a city destroyed by politic and religious powers.

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