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Documentaries like Fire at Sea

Not everyone loves Fire at Sea for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Fire at Sea

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You want to see the migrant crisis from the island where boats arrive.

  2. You like a documentary with no narration and long, quiet scenes.

  3. You like Samuele's everyday island life set beside the rescues at sea.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Flee2021

    • you want to see the migrant crisis from the island where boats arrive
    • Samuele's everyday island life set beside the rescues at sea

    Good for you if you want a true story told by the person who lived it.

  • Shoah1985

    • a documentary with no narration and long, quiet scenes

    Good for you if you can sit with long silences and slow train journeys.

  • Grizzly Man2005

    • you want to see the migrant crisis from the island where boats arrive
    • Samuele's everyday island life set beside the rescues at sea

    Good for you if you like a portrait made from a man's own tapes.

  • Collective2019

    • you want to see the migrant crisis from the island where boats arrive

    Good for you if you want a true investigation filmed as it happens.

  • Nostalgia for the Light2010

    • a documentary with no narration and long, quiet scenes

    Good for you if you like a quiet, patient film that leaves room to think.

  • The Look of Silence2014

    • you want to see the migrant crisis from the island where boats arrive
    • a documentary with no narration and long, quiet scenes

    Good for you if you want to see a family ask the questions it was never allowed to ask.

  • The White Helmets2016

    • you want to see the migrant crisis from the island where boats arrive

    Good for you if you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs.

  • Honeyland2019

    • you want to see the migrant crisis from the island where boats arrive

    Good for you if you like a real life filmed over three years, with no narrator.

  • The House Is Black1963

    • you want to see the migrant crisis from the island where boats arrive

    Good for you if you want to see real lives most people never look at.

  • 20 Days in Mariupol2023

    • you want to see the migrant crisis from the island where boats arrive

    Good for you if you want to see what the first weeks of the invasion looked like on the ground.

  • Into the Abyss2011

    • you want to see the migrant crisis from the island where boats arrive

    Good for you if you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side.

  • Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution2005

    • you want to see the migrant crisis from the island where boats arrive

    Good for you if you need to hear survivors and former guards tell it themselves.

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