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Documentaries like Minding the Gap

Not everyone loves Minding the Gap for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Minding the Gap

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

  1. You like a friendship followed over more than a decade of skate footage.

  2. You want to watch boys become men, with all the mistakes that brings.

  3. You like a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story.

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.

  • The Wolfpack2015

    • a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story

    Good for you if you like a true story stranger than most fiction.

  • Five Broken Cameras2011

    • a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story

    Good for you if you want to see Bil'in through the eyes of a man who lives there.

  • Bully2011

    • you want to watch boys become men, with all the mistakes that brings
    • a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story

    Good for you if you want to hear bullied kids and their parents in their own words.

  • Four Daughters2023

    • a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story

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

  • One of Us2017

    • a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story

    Good for you if you want real people telling what leaving cost them.

  • Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids2004

    • a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story

    Good for you if you want real children from Calcutta's red light district telling their own lives.

  • Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer2003

    • a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story

    Good for you if you want a real person behind the headlines.

  • One Child Nation2019

    • a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story

    Good for you if you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words.

  • The Devil and Daniel Johnston2006

    • a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story

    Good for you if you like a life told through its own tapes and home movies.

  • Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult2020

    • a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story

    Good for you if you want India Oxenberg telling her own story.

  • Audrie & Daisy2016

    • a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story

    Good for you if you want to hear what happened from the families and survivors themselves.

  • The Remarkable Life of Ibelin2024

    • a friendship followed over more than a decade of skate footage
    • a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story

    Good for you if you believe friends made online can be real friends.

  • Into the Wild2007

    • a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story

    Good for you if you like the true story of a graduate who gave away his savings and hitchhiked to Alaska.

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