Top 20 movies like Requiem for the American Dream

Requiem for the American Dream

Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority – while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. He provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time – the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy.

Requiem for the American Dream is of 1 hour(s) and 13 minute(s). It is Produced By:  PF Pictures, Naked City Films. It was released on 2015-04-18. It has the tagline: Noam Chomsky and the PRINCIPLES of CONCENTRATION of WEALTH & POWER It has an average vote of 7.639 on TMDB.

Genres: Documentary

1. The Cable Car (Die Seilbahn)

The Cable Car

An old man boards a cable car and heads up the mountain. Along the way he takes some snuff, sneezes, and things start to fall apart... literally. Good thing he has some tape.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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2. Dieudonné - Rendez-nous Jésus ! (Dieudonné - Rendez-nous Jésus !)

Dieudonné - Rendez-nous Jésus !

(Dieudonné - Rendez-nous Jésus !)

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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3. Undertow (Contracorriente)

Undertow

A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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4. Hangover Square

Hangover Square

When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime. On the advice of Dr. Middleton, Bone agrees to relax, going to a music performance by singer Netta Longdon. Riveted by Netta, Bone agrees to write songs for her rather than his own concerto. However, Bone soon grows jealous of Netta and worries about controlling himself during his spells.

It has an average vote of 6.795 on TMDB.

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5. Bigger Stronger Faster*

Bigger Stronger Faster*

In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Director Christopher Bell explores America's win-at-all-cost culture by examining how his two brothers became members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream.

It has an average vote of 6.829 on TMDB.

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6. Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Mock documentary about Seinfeld writer Larry David featuring contributions from his friends and colleagues. Larry makes a return to stand-up comedy and prepares to film a television special for HBO. This is the original special that gave birth to the long-running award-winning HBO series.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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7. Decalogue VII (Dekalog, siedem)

Decalogue VII

As a high school student, Majka bore a child, Ania, whom Majka’s mother, Ewa, has been raising as her own. Now that Majka is ready for motherhood, Ewa refuses to let go, leading Majka to kidnap her own daughter, with unexpected emotional consequences.

It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.

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8. Black Belt (黒帯)

Black Belt

Set in 1932, amid the rise of militarism after the establishment of the Manchukuo colony in Northeast China, the story centers on a trio of karateka. Studying under their aging master in a small dojo in the woods of central Kyushu, Choei, Taikan and Giryu face a company of kempeitai military police come to requisition their dojo for use as a military base.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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9. Sami Blood (Sameblod)

Sami Blood

Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930s and phrenological examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve this other life she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.

It has an average vote of 7.327 on TMDB.

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10. Sans Soleil (Sans soleil)

Sans Soleil

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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11. Atari: Game Over

Atari: Game Over

The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed “The Great Video Game Burial of 1983.” Rumor claims that millions of returned and unsold E.T. cartridges were buried in the desert, but what really happened there?

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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12. After the Wedding

After the Wedding

Seeking funds for her orphanage in India, Isabelle travels to New York to meet Theresa, a wealthy benefactor. An invitation to attend a wedding ignites a series of events in which the past collides with the present while mysteries unravel.

It has an average vote of 6.361 on TMDB.

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13. Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist

A documentary examining possible historical and modern conspiracies surrounding Christianity, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the Federal Reserve bank.

It has an average vote of 6.91 on TMDB.

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14. Earthlings

Earthlings

Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.

It has an average vote of 8.093 on TMDB.

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15. The Past (Le passé)

The Past

After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing the strained relationship between Marie and her daughter Lucie. As he attempts to improve matters between mother and daughter Ahmad unwittingly lifts the lid on a long buried secret...

It has an average vote of 7.258 on TMDB.

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16. Home (Home)

Home

In 200,000 years of existence, man has upset the balance on which the Earth had lived for 4 billion years. Global warming, resource depletion, species extinction: man has endangered his own home. But it is too late to be pessimistic: humanity has barely ten years left to reverse the trend, become aware of its excessive exploitation of the Earth's riches, and change its consumption pattern.

It has an average vote of 7.785 on TMDB.

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17. Kill Command

Kill Command

Set in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines. Against this backdrop an elite army unit is helicoptered to a remote, off-the-grid island training facility. What starts out as a simple training exercise for Captain Bukes and his tight-knit unit, descends into a terrifying battle to the death, as the marines discover the island is overrun by an enemy that transcends the human concept of evil.

It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.

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18. Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

It has an average vote of 7.901 on TMDB.

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19. The Imposter

The Imposter

In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

It has an average vote of 7.34 on TMDB.

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20. Palm Trees in the Snow (Palmeras en la nieve)

Palm Trees in the Snow

Spain, 2003. An accidental discovery leads Clarence to travel from the snowy mountains of Huesca to Equatorial Guinea, to visit the land where her father Jacobo and her uncle Kilian spent most of their youth, the island of Fernando Poo.

It has an average vote of 7.394 on TMDB.

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