Saltar al contenido principal

Why you loved it

Documentaries like The Five Obstructions

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

The 3 reasons people love The Five Obstructions

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

  1. You like a game between two directors that keeps getting stranger.

  2. You're fascinated by Lars von Trier trying to break his mentor.

  3. You enjoy two filmmakers sparring across a table.

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.

  • David Lynch: The Art Life2017

    • a game between two directors that keeps getting stranger
    • you're fascinated by Lars von Trier trying to break his mentor

    Good for you if you love Lynch and want to see where his strangeness comes from.

  • The Beaches of Agnès2008

    • you're fascinated by Lars von Trier trying to break his mentor

    Good for you if you want time with a warm, curious, funny woman.

  • The Propaganda Game2015

    • a game between two directors that keeps getting stranger

    Good for you if you like how strange a staged Pyongyang can look.

  • Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse1991

    • a game between two directors that keeps getting stranger
    • you're fascinated by Lars von Trier trying to break his mentor

    Good for you if you like watching Francis Ford Coppola stake everything on one film.

  • The Gleaners and I2000

    • you're fascinated by Lars von Trier trying to break his mentor

    Good for you if you like Varda herself, filming her own hands and her own age.

  • 20,000 Days on Earth2014

    • two filmmakers sparring across a table

    Good for you if you like long talks about memory, fear and writing.

  • The Pervert's Guide to Cinema2006

    • a game between two directors that keeps getting stranger
    • two filmmakers sparring across a table

    Good for you if you like an excited philosopher talking nonstop about movies.

Reasons taken from The Five Obstructions'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.

That's one documentary.

Ipsomap does this with everything you watch. Write a few honest lines after each one, and it works out which reasons are yours, then finds picks that share them.

Find your reasons

Should you watch The Five Obstructions?More titles, by reasonWhy we don't do top-ten lists