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Movies like Branding Illness

The best movies like Branding Illness are POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011), Crazy People (1990) and The Arrangement (1969). If Branding Illness hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)

    A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Crazy People (1990)

    A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  3. The Arrangement (1969)

    An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food (2023)

    Through revealing interviews with experts and victims' families, this gripping documentary examines the problem of deadly foodborne illness in the US.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Safe (1995)

    Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness with no clear diagnosis.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. That Sugar Film (2014)

    One man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as 'healthy'. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Helen (2009)

    On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

    Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. The Souvenir (2019)

    A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Goodbye June (2025)

    Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Gia (1998)

    Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

    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, the rest of the world).

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)

    Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. The Substance (2024)

    A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton (2017)

    Through the lens of his stunningly immersive performance as Andy Kaufman, Jim Carrey ponders the meaning of life, reality, identity and career.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)

    In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. The Corporation (2003)

    Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Gray's Anatomy (1996)

    The film documents, in an often dramatic and humorous fashion, Gray's investigations into alternative medicine for an eye condition (Macular pucker) he had developed.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Fuck (2006)

    A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. What the Health (2017)

    Filmmaker Kip Andersen uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases, and he investigates why the nation's leading health organizations doesn't want people to know about it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Branding Illness?

The closest matches to Branding Illness are POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011), Crazy People (1990) and The Arrangement (1969). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Branding Illness?

Start with POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011), the closest match to Branding Illness.

What is the highest-rated movie like Branding Illness?

The Corporation (2003), rated 7.6/10 by 291 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Branding Illness?

Goodbye June (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Branding Illness?

Yes: POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011), Crazy People (1990) and The Arrangement (1969).

How are movies similar to Branding Illness chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Branding Illness, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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