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Documentaries like Pina

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

The 3 reasons people love Pina

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

  1. You like dancers filmed in factories, parks and on a hanging train.

  2. You like a film carried by music and movement.

  3. You want to feel what a body can say without words.

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.

  • Powaqqatsi1988

    • dancers filmed in factories, parks and on a hanging train
    • a film carried by music and movement
    • you want to feel what a body can say without words

    Good for you if you like faces and crowds filmed in slow motion.

  • Lessons of Darkness1992

    • dancers filmed in factories, parks and on a hanging train
    • a film carried by music and movement

    Good for you if you like burning oil fields filmed like an alien world.

  • Heima2007

    • a film carried by music and movement

    Good for you if you love Sigur Rós and slow, soaring music.

  • Human2015

    • dancers filmed in factories, parks and on a hanging train
    • a film carried by music and movement

    Good for you if you like aerial images of the Earth that hold you still.

  • For All Mankind1989

    • a film carried by music and movement
    • you want to feel what a body can say without words

    Good for you if you like seeing Earth from the Moon in real footage.

  • Voyage of Time: Life's Journey2017

    • dancers filmed in factories, parks and on a hanging train
    • you want to feel what a body can say without words

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

  • One More Time with Feeling2016

    • dancers filmed in factories, parks and on a hanging train
    • a film carried by music and movement

    Good for you if you like watching songs take shape in the studio.

  • David Byrne's American Utopia2020

    • dancers filmed in factories, parks and on a hanging train
    • a film carried by music and movement

    Good for you if you love Talking Heads songs played live.

  • Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii1972

    • dancers filmed in factories, parks and on a hanging train
    • a film carried by music and movement

    Good for you if you like long psychedelic jams played live.

  • Naqoyqatsi2002

    • dancers filmed in factories, parks and on a hanging train
    • a film carried by music and movement

    Good for you if you like letting images wash over you for an hour and a half.

  • Moonage Daydream2022

    • dancers filmed in factories, parks and on a hanging train
    • a film carried by music and movement

    Good for you if you like Bowie's songs loud and woven through the whole film.

  • 20,000 Days on Earth2014

    • dancers filmed in factories, parks and on a hanging train
    • a film carried by music and movement

    Good for you if you love Nick Cave and want to watch his songs being made.

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