
Movies that feel likeGrey Gardens (1976)
If you loved Grey Gardens, the closest films we have are The Magician (1958), Vernon, Florida (1981) and Room 237 (2012). All three share Grey Gardens' contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Nuts! (2016).
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If Grey Gardens hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: paranoia
The difference: Trades the whimsy of Grey Gardens for an angle of its own

One thread runs through both: eccentric
The difference: Easier on the paranoia than Grey Gardens

Contemplative and paranoid in the same breath
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Both keep coming back to the same thing: paranoia
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Grey Gardens does

Both lean on whimsy more than on documentary

Contemplative documentary in both cases


Documentary with a pulse of paranoia, in both cases


A streak of stillness through both

Both sit in the same paranoid register

Products of the same few years
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