Movies like The Yenish - Fighting for Recognition (2025)
The best movies like The Yenish - Fighting for Recognition (2025) are To Kill a Tiger (2023), My Mom Jayne (2025) and Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017). If The Yenish - Fighting for Recognition hooked you with its documentary, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- NewestCome See Me in the Good Light (2025)Released 2025
- In GermanForgotten Traveller People - The Yenish (2023)Also in German
To Kill a Tiger (2023)
Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Mom Jayne (2025)
Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayne Mansfield, an extraordinary and complex woman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisEx Libris: The New York Public Library (2017)
A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital revolution.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like this35 Up (1991)
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMemories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes (2021)
Serial killer Dennis Nilsen narrates his life and horrific crimes via a series of chilling audiotapes recorded from his jail cell.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFuck (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 · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like this21 Up (1977)
After another 7 year wait, director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children from Seven Up! and 7 Plus Seven. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOne of Us (2017)
Penetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrainwreck: The Real Project X (2025)
A night of drunken chaos rocks a quiet Dutch town in this shocking documentary about a teen's birthday invite that accidentally went viral on Facebook.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
SnoozefestMovies like thisNecessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013)
A documentary detailing the epic Rogues' Gallery of DC Comics from The Joker and Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Darkseid and more, this documentary will explore the Super Villains of DC Comics.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDrew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013)
A documentary on legendary movie-poster artist Drew Struzan.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDownloaded (2013)
A documentary that explores the downloading revolution; the kids that created it, the bands and the businesses that were affected by it, and its impact on the world at large.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCome See Me in the Good Light (2025)
In an intimate and joyful story of love in the face of loss, celebrated poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley find strength—and unexpected hilarity—in what might be their final year together.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCapital in the Twenty-First Century (2019)
Film adaptation of French economist Thomas Piketty's ground-breaking global bestseller of the same name: an eye-opening journey through wealth and power.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove, Marilyn (2013)
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend at various stages in her life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDMT: The Spirit Molecule (2010)
THE SPIRIT MOLECULE weaves an account of Dr. Rick Strassman's groundbreaking DMT research through a multifaceted approach to this intriguing hallucinogen found in the human brain and hundreds of plants, including the sacred Amazonian brew, ayahuasca. Utilizing interviews with a variety of experts to explain their thoughts and experiences with DMT, and ayahuasca, within their respective fields, and discussions with Strassman’s research volunteers, brings to life the awesome effects of this compound, and introduces us to far-reaching theories regarding its role in human consciousness.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMcQueen (2018)
Alexander McQueen's rags-to-riches story is a modern-day fairy tale, laced with the gothic. Mirroring the savage beauty, boldness and vivacity of his design, this documentary is an intimate revelation of McQueen's own world, both tortured and inspired, which celebrates a radical and mesmerizing genius of profound influence.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisReminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
Jonas Mekas weaves an elegiac diary film from his 1971–72 return to Lithuania, chronicling a visit to his birthplace of Semeniškiai after decades in exile. Blending personal memory with documentary observation, the film becomes both a portrait of homecoming and a meditation on displacement, family, and the passage of time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
Hollywood veteran Bing Russell creates the only independent baseball team in the country—alarming the baseball establishment and sparking the meteoric rise of the 1970s Portland Mavericks.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIn the Realms of the Unreal (2004)
In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. Henry Darger was so reclusive that when he died his neighbors were surprised to find a 15,145-page manuscript along with hundreds of paintings depicting The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glodeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Cased by the Child Slave Rebellion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisForgotten Traveller People - The Yenish (2023)
Hardly anyone knows who they are. Yet there are a surprisingly large number of Yenish people in German-speaking countries. This mysterious ethnic group is familiar to many without their knowledge: basket weavers by the roadside, peddlers, knife sharpeners, but also performers and carousel operators. The Yenish have always been a people of travelers. They have existed in Central Europe for over a thousand years. They have their own culture and their own language – and they are something very special.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary
When the Road Calls! (2001)
A documentary about Yenish people in Germany in 2001.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary
The Last Free Humans (1992)
The Yenish (traveling people) in Switzerland view their homes on wheels and their nomadic lifestyle as their freedom. This has repeatedly been met with hostility from the prevailing sense of bourgeois law and order, with devastating consequences for the travelers. The documentary film looks back at the unbelievable chapter of Yenish persecution by the aid organization "Kinder der Landstrasse," which, under the guise of racial hygiene and a benevolent facade, expelled, deported, and forcibly resettled the traveling people from the 1930s onward. Two victims recount their suffering. By offering insights into the contemporary lives of the Yenish, the film becomes more than just a historical document. via: Filmdienst
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary
I Am a Yenish – A Journey Through the Fifth Switzerland (1996)
A documentary about Yenish people in Switzerland in 1996
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary
Take Me Away (2004)
Second chapter of documentaries cycle by Marie Dumora about Yenish family in Alsace. James and Jim, Anthony and the others are about to pass their CAP (Certificate of Professional Aptitude). They are 17 years old and living in Alsace. They live with other boys in the Mertian Institute and will soon be free to find jobs and become men. Trying to stay on the straight and narrow when everything around you and sometimes inside you is falling apart; sticking to the path, the right one when on either side are girls, bowling, mopeds (of others), fights and fields of poppies. Making oneself a place in the sun in this vast world with a sander and a chisel, preferably the best, the least bad or the one that’s left. Via: Film Documentaire FR
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary
Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2001 (2001)
Go where no one has gone with Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Uncensored 2001. You'll be shocked to see what really goes on behind the scenes. Join the world's top models in the hottest suits from the 2001 Issue, shot in the world's most exotic locales.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary
Cause of Death: Unknown (2017)
After her sister died suddenly and unexpectedly while being treated with prescription antipsychotics, director Anniken Hoel begins a global investigation into the crimes of the pharmaceutical industry.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary
The Typist (2015)
From the archives of the “queer Smithsonian,” San Francisco’s GLBT Historical Society, comes the forgotten history of a gay Korean War veteran tasked with writing the military discharges of outed gay seamen. The Typist details a conflicted clerk’s participation in discrimination and his divided allegiance to homosexuality and heroism.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary
The Peter Kay Story (2016)
Documentary tracing the remarkable career of one of Britain’s best-loved and most successful comedians. Charting Peter’s journey from humble beginnings to superstardom featuring contributions from people who know him or have worked with him, as well as his fans and biographers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary
Petit Taxi (2022)
Charismatic taxi driver Oussama crisscrosses Casablanca day and night, picking up passengers and taking them to their destinations. Along the way, the driver and his customers invariably end up in lively conversations about major and minor topics, ranging from day-to-day worries to serious issues and big dreams.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary
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What are the best movies like The Yenish - Fighting for Recognition?
The closest matches to The Yenish - Fighting for Recognition are To Kill a Tiger (2023), My Mom Jayne (2025) and Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Yenish - Fighting for Recognition?
Start with To Kill a Tiger (2023), the closest match to The Yenish - Fighting for Recognition.
What is the newest movie like The Yenish - Fighting for Recognition?
Come See Me in the Good Light (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there German movies like The Yenish - Fighting for Recognition?
Yes: Forgotten Traveller People - The Yenish (2023), The Last Free Humans (1992) and I Am a Yenish – A Journey Through the Fifth Switzerland (1996).
How are movies similar to The Yenish - Fighting for Recognition chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Yenish - Fighting for Recognition, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.