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Documentaries like Gates of Heaven

Not everyone loves Gates of Heaven for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Gates of Heaven

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

  1. You like the true story of a small pet cemetery business fighting to stay afloat.

  2. You can laugh and wince at grief over dead pets at the same time.

  3. You like Errol Morris letting ordinary people talk until they reveal themselves.

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.

  • Salesman1969

    • the true story of a small pet cemetery business fighting to stay afloat
    • Errol Morris letting ordinary people talk until they reveal themselves

    Good for you if you like watching real door-to-door salesmen at work in 1960s America.

  • Blue1993

    • the true story of a small pet cemetery business fighting to stay afloat

    Good for you if you want Derek Jarman's own account of living with AIDS.

  • Grey Gardens1976

    • Errol Morris letting ordinary people talk until they reveal themselves

    Good for you if you like spending time with Big Edie and Little Edie as they are.

  • Into the Abyss2011

    • the true story of a small pet cemetery business fighting to stay afloat

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

  • Tabloid2011

    • the true story of a small pet cemetery business fighting to stay afloat
    • you can laugh and wince at grief over dead pets at the same time

    Good for you if you like laughing at a true story so strange it sounds invented.

  • Dick Johnson Is Dead2020

    • you can laugh and wince at grief over dead pets at the same time

    Good for you if you can laugh at a daughter staging her father's death again and again.

  • Crumb1995

    • you can laugh and wince at grief over dead pets at the same time
    • Errol Morris letting ordinary people talk until they reveal themselves

    Good for you if you like a portrait of an artist that doesn't look away from his obsessions.

  • Stutz2022

    • Errol Morris letting ordinary people talk until they reveal themselves

    Good for you if you want to know the man behind the therapist.

  • Casting JonBenet2017

    • the true story of a small pet cemetery business fighting to stay afloat
    • Errol Morris letting ordinary people talk until they reveal themselves

    Good for you if you want to see how a famous crime lives on in a town's imagination.

  • Behind the Curve2018

    • Errol Morris letting ordinary people talk until they reveal themselves

    Good for you if you like a portrait that takes Mark Sargent and his friends seriously.

Reasons taken from Gates of Heaven's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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