Movies like Navalny (2022)
The best movies like Navalny (2022) are No Other Land (2024), 20 Days in Mariupol (2023) and All the Empty Rooms (2025). If Navalny 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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- Highest rated20 Days in Mariupol (2023)8.1/10 from 328 votes
- NewestMusk (2026)Released 2026
No Other Land (2024)
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Absolute CinemaMovies like this20 Days in Mariupol (2023)
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisAll the Empty Rooms (2025)
A journalist and a photographer set out to memorialize the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPorcelain War (2024)
Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Bring Your Own Brigade (2021)
An investigation into our landscape's hidden fire stories and on-the-ground experiences of firefighters and residents struggling through deadly fires.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
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: Fans watch both · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWho Is Luigi Mangione? (2025)
Writings and social media posts help to reveal the secret life and troubles of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of the brazen murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson and whom so many people are calling a hero.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Black Box Diaries (2024)
Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country's outdated judicial and societal systems.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisConvergence: Courage in a Crisis (2021)
Activists and volunteers work through the darkest days of 2020, galvanizing social change amidst chaos as governments start to fail local communities. This epic, globally spanning and deeply passionate documentary serves as a clarion call that great change can be born of crisis.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
The Librarians (2025)
As an unprecedented wave of book banning is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Country Doctor (2025)
Dr. James Graham, a physician in a struggling Oklahoma town, fights to save its bankrupt hospital.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Musk (2026)
An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world's most heralded "inventor-entrepreneur" who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
The First Wave (2021)
When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems. The resulting film focuses on the doctors, nurses, and patients on the frontlines during the “first wave” from March to June 2020. Their distinct storylines each serve as a microcosm to understand how the city persevered through the worst pandemic in a century
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Bisping (2021)
After a tumultuous decade-long career filled with injuries and missed opportunities, 38-year-old UFC middleweight Michael Bisping finally got his due, and he plans to go out swinging.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna (2025)
A personal look at the life, work and untimely death of celebrated indie cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was shot and killed in a tragic accident on the set of the film Rust in 2021.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
The Six Billion Dollar Man (2025)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange battled extradition to the U.S., where he could've faced a lengthy sentence for publishing classified documents. His case, centered on press freedom, took unexpected twists as it unfolded.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015)
Over 93 days in Ukraine, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution and full-fledged civil rights movement.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisDo Not Split (2020)
The story of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, told through a series of demonstrations by local protestors that escalate into conflict when highly armed police appear on the scene.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
Never-before-heard personal recordings and archival footage tell the story of Louis Armstrong's life from his perspective. From musical phenom to civil rights activist to world-renowned artist, this illuminating film shows sides of Armstrong few have seen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
A House Made of Splinters (2023)
A temporary house for abandoned children near the front line in eastern Ukraine is run by a small group of social workers determined to provide comfort and safety. It may be humble and somewhat run-down, but this house is filled with love and offers up to nine months of refuge to kids whose fate will be determined by the system. During this short time, the caretakers try to nurture within them a sense of stability and normalcy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Grenfell: Uncovered (2025)
Survivors, witnesses, and experts tell the story of the tragic fire that engulfed a residential tower block in London — and the investigation that ensued.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStormy (2024)
Delve into the life and times of Stormy Daniels as she shares her story and account of events that have become part of American history.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Queendom (2023)
In defiance of Russia’s anti-LGBTQ laws, a queer, 21-year-old artist risks her life performing in surreal costumes throughout Moscow. Jenna Marvin’s radical public performances blend artistry and activism in this SXSW documentary.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Boys State (2020)
This raucous journey into the heart of democracy captures an unusual rite of passage: 1,100 teenage boys from across Texas coming together to build a representative government from the ground up.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisTime and Water (2026)
Facing the death of his country’s glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away — family, memory, time, and water.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
The Insurrectionist Next Door (2023)
Alexandra Pelosi turns her camera on some of the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Through a series of candid interviews conducted over the last two years, Pelosi talks to several individuals charged with crimes for their participation in the unprecedented events of the day.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill (2026)
A retired Olympic equestrian takes on a new dressage student at his idyllic farm in New Jersey. Over time, tensions mount between the two, leading to 911 calls, cryptic social media posts, and accusations of spying. The feud culminates in a shocking act of violence and a trial that rocked the prestigious and sophisticated world of dressage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Longest Third Date (2023)
When Khani and Matt met on a dating app, they had no idea COVID-19 would turn their spur-of-the-moment trip to Costa Rica into a months-long adventure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVoyeur (2017)
Legendary journalist Gay Talese unmasks a motel owner who spied on his guests for decades. But his bombshell story soon becomes a scandal of its own.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Navalny?
The closest matches to Navalny are No Other Land (2024), 20 Days in Mariupol (2023) and All the Empty Rooms (2025). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Navalny?
People who watched Navalny most often go on to No Other Land (2024), 20 Days in Mariupol (2023) and All the Empty Rooms (2025).
What is the highest-rated movie like Navalny?
20 Days in Mariupol (2023), rated 8.1/10 by 328 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Navalny?
Musk (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Navalny?
Yes: 20 Days in Mariupol (2023), All the Empty Rooms (2025) and Porcelain War (2024).
How are movies similar to Navalny chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Navalny, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.