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Movies that feel likeThree Identical Strangers (2018)

New York, 1980. Three complete strangers accidentally discover that they're identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds' joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives – and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.

If you loved Three Identical Strangers, the closest films we have are Tickled (2016), The Mole Agent (2020) and The Edge of Democracy (2019). All three share Three Identical Strangers' contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Some Kind of Heaven (2021).

🍅 96% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Tim Wardlecontemplative
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If Three Identical Strangers hit the spot, these will too

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Tickled
2016 · dir. David Farrier
🍅 94%★ 7.5documentary

Contemplative documentary in both cases

Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.

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The Mole Agent
2020 · dir. Maite Alberdi
🍅 95%★ 7.5documentaryRent or buy

Documentary built on stillness, twice over

When a daughter becomes concerned about her mother's well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires Sergio, an 83-year-old man who becomes a new resident—and a mole inside the home, who struggles to balance his assignment with becoming increasingly involved in the lives of several residents.

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The Edge of Democracy
2019 · dir. Petra Costa
🍅 97%★ 7.3documentaryNetflix

Both lean on stillness more than on documentary

A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.

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Honeyland
2019 · dir. Ljubomir Stefanov
🍅 100%★ 8documentary

Both know what they want from documentary

When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

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The Truffle Hunters
2020 · dir. Michael Dweck
🍅 97%★ 7.3documentary

The documentary is handled with the same confidence

In the secret forests of Northern Italy, a dwindling group of joyful old men and their faithful dogs search for the world’s most expensive ingredient, the white Alba truffle. Their stories form a real-life fairy tale that celebrates human passion in a fragile land that seems forgotten in time.

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Some Kind of Heaven
2021 · dir. Lance Oppenheim
🍅 93%★ 7.2documentaryRent or buy

Documentary of the same temperament

Behind the gates of a palm-tree-lined fantasyland, three residents and one interloper at America's largest retirement community strive to find happiness.

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Kumaré
2012 · dir. Vikram Gandhi
🍅 60%★ 7.5documentary

Both play documentary straight

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

A documentary about a man who impersonates a wise Indian Guru and builds a following in Arizona. At the height of his popularity, the Guru Kumaré must reveal his true identity to his disciples and unveil his greatest teaching of all.

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Money Heist: The Phenomenon
2020 · dir. Luis Alfaro
★ 7.5documentaryNetflix

The same documentary instincts

A documentary on why 'Money Heist' sparked a wave of enthusiasm around the world for a lovable group of thieves and their professor.

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Jodorowsky's Dune
2013 · dir. Frank Pavich
🍅 97%★ 8documentary

Cut from the same documentary cloth

In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; but the artists Jodorowsky brought together to carry it out continued to work together, and ended up laying the foundations for modern science fiction cinema.

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The Overnighters
2014 · dir. Jesse Moss
🍅 97%★ 7.4drama · documentary

Both are documentary through and through

The difference: Leans further into drama

Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor's decision to help them has extraordinary and unexpected consequences.

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Nostalgia for the Light
2010 · dir. Patricio Guzmán
🍅 100%★ 7.6documentary

Both working the same documentary territory

In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.

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Jiro Dreams of Sushi
2011 · dir. David Gelb
🍅 99%★ 7.8documentaryPrime Video

Documentary in the same key

Revered sushi chef Jiro Ono strives for perfection in his work, while his eldest son, Yoshikazu, has trouble living up to his father's legacy.

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