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Documentaries like Salesman

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

The 3 reasons people love Salesman

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

  1. You like watching real door-to-door salesmen at work in 1960s America.

  2. You like following Paul Brennan as his pitch stops working.

  3. You enjoy black and white documentaries from the sixties.

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.

  • Chronicle of a Summer1961

    • black and white documentaries from the sixties

    Good for you if you like black and white films that invented a way of filming.

  • Dark Days2000

    • watching real door-to-door salesmen at work in 1960s America
    • following Paul Brennan as his pitch stops working

    Good for you if you want to see how people really lived under Manhattan.

  • Titicut Follies1967

    • watching real door-to-door salesmen at work in 1960s America
    • black and white documentaries from the sixties

    Good for you if you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think.

  • Grey Gardens1976

    • following Paul Brennan as his pitch stops working

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

  • Harlan County U.S.A.1976

    • watching real door-to-door salesmen at work in 1960s America

    Good for you if you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months.

  • Gates of Heaven1978

    • watching real door-to-door salesmen at work in 1960s America
    • following Paul Brennan as his pitch stops working

    Good for you if you like the true story of a small pet cemetery business fighting to stay afloat.

  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan2005

    • watching real door-to-door salesmen at work in 1960s America

    Good for you if you like a life story told by the people who were there.

  • Time2020

    • watching real door-to-door salesmen at work in 1960s America

    Good for you if you want a true story about a family and the prison system.

  • Roger & Me1989

    • watching real door-to-door salesmen at work in 1960s America

    Good for you if you want the real people of Flint telling their own story.

Reasons taken from Salesman'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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