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Movies like Did I Feel It?

The best movies like Did I Feel It? are Val (2021), Saw (2003) and Life in a Day (2011). If Did I Feel It? hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Val (2021)

    For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors, has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Saw (2003)

    David, an orderly at a hospital, tells his horrific story of being kidnapped and forced to play a vile game of survival.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Life in a Day (2011)

    A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Our Friend (2019)

    After learning that his terminally ill wife has six months to live, a man welcomes the support of his best friend who moves into their home to help out.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Awakenings (1990)

    Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. I Am Heath Ledger (2017)

    The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Out of My Mind (2024)

    Melody Brooks, a sixth grader with cerebral palsy, has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but because she is non-verbal and uses a wheelchair, she is not given the same opportunities as her classmates. When a young educator notices her student's untapped potential and Melody starts to participate in mainstream education, Melody shows that what she has to say is more important than how she says it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. 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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  9. Ozzy: No Escape from Now (2025)

    Ozzy Osbourne faces his identity and mortality after his world stops. Dealing with health issues and Parkinson's, he questions if he can perform again while music remains his life's cornerstone.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)

    A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Ordinary Love (2019)

    An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Music Within (2007)

    After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel joins the Army and ships off to Vietnam. During his service, Richard loses nearly all of his hearing. Joining a new circle of friends, including a man with cerebral palsy and an alcoholic war veteran, Richard discovers his gift for motivational speaking and becomes an advocate for people with disabilities.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Elstree 1976 (2015)

    A documentary about ten very different lives connected by having appeared onscreen wearing masks or helmets in Star Wars.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. The Theory of Everything (2014)

    Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of – time.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Empire Waist (2024)

    Lenore Miller’s size has always earned her teases and jeers in her school’s hallways, but this clothes-loving teenager is about to set the world on fire with her own line of inclusive fashion designs.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)

    A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)

    A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. The Smile Man (2013)

    A gentleman deals with the consequences of a car accident, which has left him with a spinal injury that means he has a permanent smile on his face.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me (2023)

    From the heights of her modeling fame to her tragic death, this documentary reveals Anna Nicole Smith through the eyes of the people closest to her.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button (2009)

    A documentary about the making of David Fincher's 2008 film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Virtually every element in the evolution of the Fincher's film is documented here, from the project's attachment to numerous other directors during the 1990s, to its shoot in 2006 and 2007 in New Orleans, to its complex, CGI-intensive postproduction process.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Did I Feel It??

The closest matches to Did I Feel It? are Val (2021), Saw (2003) and Life in a Day (2011). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Did I Feel It??

Start with Val (2021), the closest match to Did I Feel It?.

What is the highest-rated movie like Did I Feel It??

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018), rated 7.9/10 by 273 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Did I Feel It??

Ozzy: No Escape from Now (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Did I Feel It??

Yes: Val (2021), Saw (2003) and Life in a Day (2011).

How are movies similar to Did I Feel It? chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Did I Feel It?, 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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