Movies like The Insurrectionist Next Door (2023)
The best movies like The Insurrectionist Next Door (2023) are Four Hours at the Capitol (2021), Stopping the Steal (2024) and Bad Faith (2024). If The Insurrectionist Next Door hooked you with its documentary, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedNo Other Land (2024)8.0/10 from 366 votes
- NewestTurning Point: Generation 9/11 (2026)Released 2026
Four Hours at the Capitol (2021)
The documentary is an immersive chronicle of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, when thousands of American citizens from across the country gathered in Washington D.C. to protest the results of the 2020 presidential election, many with the intent of disrupting the certification of Joe Biden's presidency.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisStopping the Steal (2024)
An inside account of President Trump's challenge to the results of the 2020 presidential election as told by former White House staff and appointees, including former Attorney General William Barr, and elected Republican officials in Arizona and Georgia who resisted pressure to change the results of the vote in their states.
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Bad Faith (2024)
On January 6, 2021, Americans witnessed an attack on the U.S. Capitol without precedent in our history. Armed militiamen and QAnon followers made headlines, but among them were a sea of crosses and Christian flags, rosaries and "Jesus Saves" signs. What motivated so many Christians to participate in this violent assault?
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Totally Under Control (2021)
This documentary puts a spotlight on the White House’s failed response to the global pandemic and how it could have been prevented. Featuring damning testimony from public health officials and hard investigative reporting, director Alex Gibney reveals a system-wide collapse caused by a profound dereliction of presidential leadership.
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After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News (2020)
An investigation into the ongoing threat caused by the phenomenon of “fake news” in the U.S., focusing on the real-life consequences that disinformation, conspiracy theories and false news stories have on the average citizen.
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Acclaimed for his unfiltered reporting and deadpan humor, Andrew Callaghan brings his gonzo style reporting to the undercurrents that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot. As one of the best-known and hardest working journalists of his generation, the 25-year-old ventures on a wild RV journey through America to take the pulse of a divided nation.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisBoys State (2020)
This raucous journey into the heart of democracy captures an unusual rite of passage: 1,100 teenage boys from across Texas coming together to build a representative government from the ground up.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Dissident (2020)
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together the clues to a brutal murder and expose a global cover up perpetrated by the very country he loved.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisHoaxed (2019)
An insider's look at the fake news phenomenon and the consequences of media misinformation. Interviews from those who have been accused of spreading it themselves are featured in variety throughout the film.
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Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015)
Over 93 days in Ukraine, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution and full-fledged civil rights movement.
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Absolute CinemaMovies like thisAn American Bombing: The Road to April 19th (2024)
This documentary looks at the surge in political violence through the story of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, showing the roots of anti-government sentiment and its reverberations today, along with the emotionally charged warnings of those who suffered tragic losses in the deadliest homegrown attack in U.S. history.
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The Plot Against the President (2020)
Based on Lee Smith's book of the same name, this documentary follows the story of the biggest political scandal in U.S. history.
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A Thousand Cuts (2020)
Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Journalist Maria Ressa places the tools of the free press—and her freedom—on the line in defense of truth and democracy.
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The Truth vs. Alex Jones (2024)
Filmed over four years with unprecedented access, this documentary chronicles the riveting courtroom drama of two defamation lawsuits brought by Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims' families against Alex Jones and his website, InfoWars.
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The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM (2022)
In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, the media concocted a narrative that justified a summer of worldwide riots and helped contribute to the rise of Black Lives Matter who used the chaos to raise 90 million dollars. In this documentary, Candace Owens follows the money and discovers exactly how the money was spent and where it did—and didn’t go.
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The Bibi Files (2024)
Using never-seen-before interrogation footage, this investigation of Benjamin Netanyahu and his inner circle provides an unflinching gaze into the private world behind the headlines. Petty vanity and a sense of entitlement lead to corruption and the Netanyahus' unwillingness to give up power. The extreme right senses opportunity in Bibi's weakness, and the dominos fall.
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Active Measures (2018)
Russian president Vladimir Putin attacks the 2016 American Presidential Election in collaboration with The Trump Campaign.
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President (2023)
Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. The leader of the opposition MDC party, Nelson Chamisa, challenges the old guard ZANU-PF led by Emmerson Mnangagwa, known as “The Crocodile.” The election tests both the ruling party and the opposition – how do they interpret principles of democracy in discourse and in practice?
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Mayor Pete (2021)
Pete Buttigieg, the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana runs for President of the United States. With extraordinary access to the candidate, his husband Chasten and members of the campaign team, the film follows Buttigieg from before he officially announced his candidacy, through the campaign and his victory in the Iowa Caucus and his appointment to the Biden Administration as the first LGBTQ Cabinet member in history.
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Chowchilla (2023)
Go behind the headlines to explore the strangest mass kidnapping in history, with exclusive interviews from those who lived through it.
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Mayor (2020)
David Osit’s thought-provoking documentary is a real-life political saga following Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, during his second term in office.
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The First Wave (2021)
When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems. The resulting film focuses on the doctors, nurses, and patients on the frontlines during the “first wave” from March to June 2020. Their distinct storylines each serve as a microcosm to understand how the city persevered through the worst pandemic in a century
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Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections (2020)
In advance of the 2020 Presidential election, Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections takes a deep dive into the weaknesses of today's election technology, investigating the startling vulnerabilities in America's voting systems and the alarming risks they pose to our democracy.
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All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)
Examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States in anticipation of the 2020 presidential election. With the perspective and expertise of Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, the film offers an insider’s look into laws and barriers to voting that most people don’t even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.
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Navalny (2022)
Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery, he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisNo Other Land (2024)
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
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Absolute CinemaMovies like thisTurning Point: Generation 9/11 (2026)
A quarter-century after September 11th, the attacks' ripple effects persist across generations. Orphaned children, War on Terror journalists, young Afghans, and U.S. Marines shaped by the 2021 withdrawal share their stories.
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Hollywoodgate (2024)
Immediately after the US pullout from Afghanistan, Taliban forces occupied the Hollywood Gate complex, which is claimed to be a former CIA base in Kabul.
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Ginny & Georgia - The Afterparty (2021)
Cast members of the hit Netflix show join the hosts to unpack the drama of Season 1, and Cristela Alonzo offers tips for being the new kid at school.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisGilbert (2017)
The life and career of one of comedy's most inimitable modern voices, Mr. Gilbert Gottfried.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Insurrectionist Next Door?
The closest matches to The Insurrectionist Next Door are Four Hours at the Capitol (2021), Stopping the Steal (2024) and Bad Faith (2024). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Insurrectionist Next Door?
People who watched The Insurrectionist Next Door most often go on to Four Hours at the Capitol (2021), Stopping the Steal (2024) and Bad Faith (2024).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Insurrectionist Next Door?
No Other Land (2024), rated 8.0/10 by 366 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Insurrectionist Next Door?
Turning Point: Generation 9/11 (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Insurrectionist Next Door?
Yes: Four Hours at the Capitol (2021), Stopping the Steal (2024) and Bad Faith (2024).
How are movies similar to The Insurrectionist Next Door chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Insurrectionist Next Door, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.