Films like The Act of Killing (2012)

The Act of Killing (2012) is documentary, history. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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Beefcake (1998)

Also documentary and history. 5.4/10

A look at the 1950s muscle men's magazines and the representative industry which were popular supposedly as health and fitness magazines, but were in reality primarily being…
Cover-Up (2025)

Also documentary and history. 7.1/10

He's devoted his career to uncovering stories the powerful want buried. From My Lai to Abu Ghraib, dig into the life's work of journalist Seymour Hersh.
The Bloody Hundredth (2024)

Also documentary and history. 7.2/10

Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group.
Ennio (2022)

Also documentary and history. 8.3/10

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the…
Trespassing Bergman (2013)

Also documentary and history. 6.6/10

In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm to live there. When he died…
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

Also documentary and history. 7.1/10

Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default…
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015)

Also documentary and history. 6.7/10

A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen…
9/11: Inside the President's War Room (2021)

Also documentary and history. 6.9/10

Experience the events of September 11, 2001 through the eyes of President Bush and his closest advisors as they personally detail the crucial hours and key decisions from that…
Miracle: The Boys of '80 (2026)

Also documentary and history. 7.3/10

This is the story of the “Miracle on Ice,” when the 1980 US Hockey Team beat the USSR in the Olympic semi-finals at the height of the Cold War to bring home a gold medal. Their…
Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)

Also documentary and history. 7.3/10

American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), one of the greatest in history, but also one of the most reserved, gave few interviews throughout his long career, and none of them…
Secrets of the Neanderthals (2024)

Also documentary and history. 6.6/10

This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record tells us about their lives and disappearance.
Chuck Norris vs Communism (2015)

Also documentary and history. 7.2/10

In late eighties, in Ceausescu's Romania, a black market VHS bootlegger and a courageous female translator brought the magic of Western films to the Romanian people and sowed the…
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)

Also documentary and history. 7.6/10

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind…
Inside Deep Throat (2005)

Also documentary and history. 6.5/10

In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep Throat," starring Linda Lovelace. This film would surpass the wildest…
Night and Fog (1956)

Also documentary and history. 8.3/10

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
Africa Blood and Guts (1966)

Also documentary and history. 6.2/10

A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from colonial rule to other forms of…
Lumière! (2016)

Also documentary and history. 7.8/10

A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.
The Uprising (2026)

Also history. 7.7/10

As war and plague devastate 14th-century England, a humble peasant ignites a rebellion, uniting an army of commoners to defy the King’s might in a desperate fight for justice and…
The Imitation Game (2014)

Also history. 8.0/10

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at…
Oppenheimer (2023)

Also history. 8.0/10

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Also history. 7.1/10

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
By Any Means (2026)

Also history. 7.7/10

In 1960s Mississippi, a young Black FBI agent is forced to partner with a notorious mafia hitman to investigate a wave of brutal civil rights murders.
Schindler's List (1993)

Also history. 8.6/10

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

Also history. 7.4/10

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.