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Movies like Gonzalo Suárez: Sam Peckinpah, director salvaje (2011)

The best movies like Gonzalo Suárez: Sam Peckinpah, director salvaje (2011) are Joker: Put on a Happy Face (2020), Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red (2022) and One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper (2015). If Gonzalo Suárez: Sam Peckinpah, director salvaje 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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  1. Joker: Put on a Happy Face (2020)

    Featuring interviews with filmmakers and industry legends, discover the origins and evolution of The Joker, and learn why The Clown Prince of Crime is universally hailed as the greatest comic-book supervillain of all time.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  2. Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red (2022)

    A feature length documentary about the all-women team at the helm of Pixar's original feature, Turning Red. With unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to Director Domee Shi and her core leadership crew, this story shines a light on the powerful professional and personal journeys that brought this incredibly comical, utterly relatable, and deeply heartfelt story to the screen.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  3. One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper (2015)

    Join director Clint Eastwood and his creative team, along with Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller, as they overcome enormous creative and logistic obstacles to make a film that brings the truth of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's story to the screen.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

  4. Being James Bond (2021)

    Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming 25th film No Time To Die, Craig shares his personal memories in conversation with 007 producers, Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  5. Extremis (2016)

    A purely observational non-fiction film that takes viewers into the ethically murky world of end-of-life decision making in a public hospital.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  6. Money Heist: The Phenomenon (2020)

    A documentary on why 'Money Heist' sparked a wave of enthusiasm around the world for a lovable group of thieves and their professor.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  7. John Was Trying to Contact Aliens (2020)

    John Shepherd spent 30 years trying to contact extraterrestrials by broadcasting music millions of miles into space. After giving up the search, he makes a different connection here on earth.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  8. Come 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

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  9. Seduced and Abandoned (2013)

    SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of raising financing for their next feature film. Moving from director to financier to star actor, the two players provide us with a unique look behind the curtain at the world's biggest and most glamourous film festival, shining a light on the bitter-sweet relationship filmmakers have with Cannes and the film business. Featuring insights from directors Martin Scorsese, 'Bernando Bertolucci' and Roman Polanski; actors Ryan Gosling and Jessica Chastain and a host of film distribution luminaries.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  10. Very Nice, Very Nice (1961)

    Arthur Lipsett's first film is an avant-garde blend of photography and sound. It looks behind the business-as-usual face we put on life and shows anxieties we want to forget. It is made of dozens of pictures that seem familiar, with fragments of speech heard in passing and, between times, a voice saying, "Very nice, very nice." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  11. Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis (2019)

    Amber Heard and Nicole Kidman discuss their characters Mera and Atlanna.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  12. A Toxic Love Story (2026)

    A string of threatening emails escalates into a revenge plot involving a newly married US marshal and his ex-girlfriend.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  13. Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20 (2022)

    An inside look at one of the most anticipated movie sequels ever with James Cameron and cast.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  14. No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad (2013)

    A documentary about the making of season five of the acclaimed AMC series Breaking Bad.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  15. More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead (2011)

    Retrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  16. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)

    A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  17. Directed by John Ford (1971)

    A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  18. Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)

    In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  19. The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' (1991)

    Documentary of the making of the sequel to the popular Schwarzenegger film, The Terminator.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  20. Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye (2022)

    Join the likes of Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Florence Pugh, and Vincent D’Onofrio as they reveal how Marvel Studios’ “Hawkeye” was conceived and created. Witness firsthand what it took to pull off the show’s pulse-pounding action set pieces, and discover how iconic characters from the pages of Marvel Comics such as Kate Bishop were adapted and brought to life for the six-episode series.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary

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  21. The Beksińskis. A Sound and Picture Album (2017)

    Painter Zdzisław Beksiński, his wife Zofia and their son Tomasz, a well-known radio journalist and translator, were a typical and unconventional family, both at the same time. One of the father’s obsessions was filming himself and his family members. Using archival footage only, shot primarily by Zdzisław, as well many other materials, which have not been presented anywhere so far, the film tells a tragic story of the Beksińskis that has never ceased to fascinate Polish filmmakers.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary

  22. Le Théâtre National Populaire (1956)

    The T.N.P., the Théâtre National Populaire, an important experimental theater directed by Jean Vilar. Franju combines sequences from theatrical performances with documentary images, creating links and confrontations between theater and the real world.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary

  23. The General And Me (2017)

    Over the period of 25 years the director met General Võ Nguyên Giáp, a legendary hero of Vietnam’s independence wars, a number of times. She was the first American who entered the home of the “Red Napoleon”. The fruit of this friendship is a film, personal and politically involved at the same time. Travelling across the country and talking to important figures as well as ordinary people, the director finds out more about her roots and offers the audience a unique perspective on Vietnam’s present and past.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary

  24. Opera About Poland (2017)

    Pole, who are you? This film collage that combines archival and contemporary materials, documentary and staged pictures, press reports, social announcements, sale offers and speech excerpts is an attempt to answer this question. Referring to the Polish tradition of a creative documentary in the style of Wojciech Wiszniewski, the film presents various manifestations of Polishness: patriotic and religious rituals, everyday traditions as well as characteristic landscapes or intimate memories from childhood.

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  25. Leonora Carrington or The Ironic Spell (1965)

    Cinema and painting establish a fluid dialogue and begins with introspection in the themes and forms of the plastic work of a woman tormented by the elongated specters, originating from her obsessions and nightmares.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary

  26. Vieiros, vida y obra de Carlos Velo (2000)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary

  27. La noirceur souterraine des racines (2022)

    Shot in Quebec, Canada, The Subterranean Blackness of Roots is a 16mm film triptych which uses several processes specific to analog cinema (hand processing, optical printing, photochemical alteration). The film seeks to show the sensory experience of the invisible life of stones, plants and the nature that surrounds us. It’s a dive into the heart of matter, the essence of the vegetal world and the nourishing earth.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary

  28. Polanski y los ojos del mal (2002)

    Documentary that describes and analyzes the characteristics, themes and central concerns of Roman Polanski's cinema.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary

  29. Die Hausspitzmaus (1991)

    Characteristics and behavior of the house shrew are illustrated.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary

  30. 50 años de... Canciones (2009)

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What are the best movies like Gonzalo Suárez: Sam Peckinpah, director salvaje?

The closest matches to Gonzalo Suárez: Sam Peckinpah, director salvaje are Joker: Put on a Happy Face (2020), Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red (2022) and One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Gonzalo Suárez: Sam Peckinpah, director salvaje?

Start with Joker: Put on a Happy Face (2020), the closest match to Gonzalo Suárez: Sam Peckinpah, director salvaje.

What is the highest-rated movie like Gonzalo Suárez: Sam Peckinpah, director salvaje?

Money Heist: The Phenomenon (2020), rated 7.4/10 by 1,094 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Gonzalo Suárez: Sam Peckinpah, director salvaje?

A Toxic Love Story (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Spanish movies like Gonzalo Suárez: Sam Peckinpah, director salvaje?

Yes: Money Heist: The Phenomenon (2020), Leonora Carrington or The Ironic Spell (1965) and Vieiros, vida y obra de Carlos Velo (2000).

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