13 best movies like Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman (2017)

List of the best movies like Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman (2017): Space Dive, Derren Brown: Behind the Mischief, The Emperor's New Clothes, Tofu, The Millionaires' Unit, A City is an Island, Bolshoi Babylon, HyperNormalisation, Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion, Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary.

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Markimdb: 7.3
Genredocumentary
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:30

In this one-off documentary, Space Dive tells the behind-the-scenes story of Felix Baumgartner's historic, record-breaking freefall from the edge of space to Earth. The world watched with bated breath when Felix became the first person to freefall through the sound barrier on 15 October 2012, after jumping from 128,100ft (24 miles) from the edge of space.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredocumentary
CountryUnited Kingdom

A documentary about Derren Brown. Discover the story of how he met his co-writer, his mother's feelings about his involvement in Russian Roulette, and an emotional visit back to his old school, university and the Bristol bars where Brown first began his close-up magic.

Markimdb: 7
Genredocumentary
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France

An uproarious critique of the world financial crisis. Building on actor, comedian, and provocateur Russell Brand’s emergence as an activist following his 2014 book Revolution, where he railed against “corporate tyranny, ecological irresponsibility, and economic inequality".

Markimdb: 6.5
Genredocumentary, short
CountryUnited Kingdom

YouTuber Benjamin Cook explores modern sex in all its variety, interviewing members of the public and the cast of dramas Cucumber and Banana.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genreaction, documentary, military, history
CountryUSA, Belgium, France, New Zealand, United Kingdom

A documentary about the First Yale Unit, a group of Yale students who trained for World War I.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredocumentary
CountryCanada, United Kingdom
Duration01:12

Timothy George Kelly’s film is an uncompromising exploration of an independent music scene unintegrated with the culture surrounding it. Made with the same DIY ethos that its subjects apply to their music, A City is an Island traces the struggle for expression and the place of the artist amid the contradictions of contemporary society.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredocumentary
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:42

A behind-the-scenes look at Moscow's prestigious Bolshoi Theatre as it's rocked by an acid-attack scandal in 2013.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredocumentary
CountryUnited Kingdom

HyperNormalisation tells the extraordinary story of how we got to this strange time of great uncertainty and confusion - where those who are supposed to be in power are paralysed - and have no idea what to do. And, where events keep happening that seem inexplicable and out of control - from Donald Trump to Brexit, the War in Syria, the endless migrant crisis, and random bomb attacks. It explains not only why these chaotic events are happening - but also why we, and our politicians, cannot understand them.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredocumentary
CountryUnited Kingdom

Louis spends time at King's College Hospital in London where he immerses himself in the lives of patients in the grips of alcohol addiction and the medical staff trying to make them better.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredocumentary
CountryUnited Kingdom

A dramatisation based on the exchange of letters between Mary Queen of Scots and her cousin Elizabeth I, detailing the hatred and obsession in their bitter rivalry. Expert historians examine and interpret the royals' motives for the animosity that lasted more than two decades, and which threatened to tear apart the reigning monarch and her kingdom.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredocumentary, music
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, Japan

This exploration of Japan’s fascination with girl bands and their music follows an aspiring pop singer and her fans, delving into the cultural obsession with young female sexuality and the growing disconnect between men and women in hypermodern societies.

Mark
Genredocumentary
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:40

Directed by BAFTA Award winner Hamish Hamilton, the movie was filmed during the closing night of the V&A installation and features appearances by Pulp leader Jarvis Cocker, fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, and more, as well as insight from David Bowie Is curators Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredrama, documentary, biography
CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom

After finally achieving his childhood dream, being one of the top professional wrestlers in the world, Nigel McGuinness painfully travels the world for one last tour, battling to understand his place in the business he spent his life pursuing, after his career was cut mysteriously short.




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