Movies like Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

A feature-film shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.

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   All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

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   2022 · 122 min · Documentary

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   The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared themes: feminist activism and woman director

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   The Red Pill

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   2016 · 118 min · Documentary

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   When a feminist filmmaker sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Men’s Rights Movement, she begins to question her own beliefs. Chronicling Cassie Jaye’s journey exploring an alternate perspective on gender equality, power and privilege.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: feminism and social & cultural documentary
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   My Mom Jayne

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   2025 · 106 min · Documentary

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   Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayne Mansfield, an extraordinary and complex woman.

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   • strong story and style similarity
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   13th

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   2016 · 100 min · Documentary

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   An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared themes: social & cultural documentary and woman director

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   Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

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   2023 · 116 min · Documentary

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   From the heights of her modeling fame to her tragic death, this documentary reveals Anna Nicole Smith through the eyes of the people closest to her.

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   Girl Rising

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   2013 · 101 min · Documentary

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   Nine filmmakers each profile a young girl from a different part of the world to weave a global tapestry of youth in the 21st century.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Aroused

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   2013 · 73 min · Documentary

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   Get up close and personal with 16 of the most successful women in the adult film industry as they shed their clothes for an intimate photo shoot with director Deborah Anderson. As questions are asked, personal stories about their lives are revealed, from why they chose the business of sex to how they got into it in the first place. These porn stars have always been discreet about their private lives in the past, yet Anderson has a way of opening up a dialog allowing them to share more than just their naked skin on screen. Their true inner vulnerability is touching, yet the characters they have created are confident and intoxicating. Once you hear their stories, you'll never look at them in the same way again.

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   • strong story and style similarity
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   Disclosure

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   2020 · 108 min · Documentary

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   An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   A Decade Under the Influence

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   2003 · 110 min · Documentary

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   A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.

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    Pamela, A Love Story

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    2023 · 113 min · Documentary

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    In her own words, through personal video and diaries, Pamela Anderson shares the story of her rise to fame, rocky romances and infamous sex tape scandal.

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