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Documentaries like Val

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The 3 reasons people love Val

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  1. You like an actor's life told through his own camera.

  2. You can be moved by Val Kilmer struggling to speak after cancer.

  3. You like a family story, from 16mm films made with his brothers to his son reading his words.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story2024

    • an actor's life told through his own camera
    • you can be moved by Val Kilmer struggling to speak after cancer
    • a family story, from 16mm films made with his brothers to his son reading his words

    Good for you if you like being moved by a man learning to live again.

  • STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie2023

    • an actor's life told through his own camera
    • you can be moved by Val Kilmer struggling to speak after cancer

    Good for you if you like hearing Michael J. Fox tell his story in his own words.

  • Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind2018

    • an actor's life told through his own camera
    • you can be moved by Val Kilmer struggling to speak after cancer

    Good for you if you like a portrait that makes you laugh and cry in the same scene.

  • I Am Heath Ledger2017

    • an actor's life told through his own camera
    • you can be moved by Val Kilmer struggling to speak after cancer

    Good for you if you want to see Heath Ledger through his own camera.

  • For the Love of Spock2016

    • an actor's life told through his own camera
    • a family story, from 16mm films made with his brothers to his son reading his words

    Good for you if you want the man behind Spock, told by people who knew him.

  • Tupac: Resurrection2003

    • an actor's life told through his own camera

    Good for you if you want Tupac's life in his own voice, from his own interviews.

  • Andre the Giant2018

    • an actor's life told through his own camera
    • you can be moved by Val Kilmer struggling to speak after cancer

    Good for you if you like the life of André Roussimoff, from a French farm to the WWE.

  • Life Itself2014

    • an actor's life told through his own camera
    • you can be moved by Val Kilmer struggling to speak after cancer

    Good for you if you want the life of Roger Ebert, from Chicago newsrooms to television.

  • All the Beauty and the Bloodshed2022

    • an actor's life told through his own camera

    Good for you if you like a true fight against the family behind OxyContin.

  • I Am: Celine Dion2024

    • an actor's life told through his own camera
    • you can be moved by Val Kilmer struggling to speak after cancer

    Good for you if you want to be moved by a singer fighting for her voice.

  • Listen to Me Marlon2015

    • an actor's life told through his own camera

    Good for you if you like hearing Marlon Brando tell his own life, with no interviews.

  • American: The Bill Hicks Story2010

    • an actor's life told through his own camera

    Good for you if you like the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him.

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