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Documentaries like Man with a Movie Camera

Not everyone loves Man with a Movie Camera for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Man with a Movie Camera

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

  1. You like seeing camera tricks invented before your grandparents were born.

  2. You like silent black and white film.

  3. You like the thrill of trams, factories and crowds cut to a rhythm.

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.

  • Schindler's List1993

    • seeing camera tricks invented before your grandparents were born

    Good for you if you like striking black and white images, and a little girl in a red coat you won't forget.

  • Waltz with Bashir2008

    • seeing camera tricks invented before your grandparents were born

    Good for you if you like dreamlike animated images, like soldiers rising from the sea at night.

  • Cosmos: A Personal Voyage1980

    • the thrill of trams, factories and crowds cut to a rhythm

    Good for you if you like feeling small in front of the age of the universe.

  • Cosmos2014

    • the thrill of trams, factories and crowds cut to a rhythm

    Good for you if you like feeling small in front of billions of years and galaxies.

  • Hugo2011

    • seeing camera tricks invented before your grandparents were born
    • the thrill of trams, factories and crowds cut to a rhythm

    Good for you if you like a love letter to the magic of early cinema.

  • My Octopus Teacher2020

    • the thrill of trams, factories and crowds cut to a rhythm

    Good for you if you like seeing how clever an animal can be up close.

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey1968

    • seeing camera tricks invented before your grandparents were born
    • the thrill of trams, factories and crowds cut to a rhythm

    Good for you if you like spaceships waltzing to the Blue Danube in perfectly composed frames.

  • Man on Wire2008

    • the thrill of trams, factories and crowds cut to a rhythm

    Good for you if you like the image of a man lying down on a wire above New York.

  • Love, Death & Robots2019

    • seeing camera tricks invented before your grandparents were born

    Good for you if you like every episode drawn or rendered in a different style.

  • Paprika2006

    • seeing camera tricks invented before your grandparents were born

    Good for you if you want every frame packed with shifting images.

  • Our Planet2019

    • seeing camera tricks invented before your grandparents were born
    • the thrill of trams, factories and crowds cut to a rhythm

    Good for you if you want every shot to look like it took months to get.

  • A Clockwork Orange1971

    • seeing camera tricks invented before your grandparents were born

    Good for you if you like a film with a look you'll never forget.

Reasons taken from Man with a Movie Camera'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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