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Movies like Hand Held (1995)

The best movies like Hand Held (1995) are Fuck (2006), Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2009) and 13th (2016). If Hand Held hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. 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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  2. Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2009)

    With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. 13th (2016)

    An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Room 237 (2012)

    A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips, animation and dramatic reenactments.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018)

    In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity. This documentary revisits those photos, those women and those times and takes aim at our culture today that alarmingly shows the need for continued change.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Disgrace (2008)

    Disgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and finally even his ability to protect his cherished daughter. After having an affair with a student, he moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

    A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Baraka (1992)

    A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)

    Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. 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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  11. Real Women Have Curves (2002)

    In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. 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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  13. The Red Pill (2016)

    When a feminist filmmaker sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Men’s Rights Movement, she begins to question her own beliefs. Chronicling Cassie Jaye’s journey exploring an alternate perspective on gender equality, power and privilege.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Shirley (2024)

    Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. My Brother the Devil (2012)

    Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older brother, Rashid, a charismatic, well-respected member of a local gang, whose drug dealing enables “Rash” to provide for his family. Aching to be seen as a tough guy himself, Mo takes a job that unlocks a fateful turn of events and forces the brothers to confront their inner demons. It turns out that hate is easy. It is love and understanding that take real courage.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Mr. Church (2016)

    A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Skin (2009)

    Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Stargirl (2020)

    An unassuming high schooler finds himself inexplicably drawn to the free-spirited new girl, whose unconventional ways change how they see themselves…and their world.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. 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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  20. Suncoast (2024)

    While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Hand Held?

The closest matches to Hand Held are Fuck (2006), Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2009) and 13th (2016). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Hand Held?

Start with Fuck (2006), the closest match to Hand Held.

What is the highest-rated movie like Hand Held?

Baraka (1992), rated 8.2/10 by 733 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Hand Held?

Shirley (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Hand Held?

Yes: Fuck (2006), Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2009) and 13th (2016).

How are movies similar to Hand Held chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hand Held, 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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