Top 20 movies like Citizen

A collection of personal anecdotes from those who have navigated through a tumultuous year in America.

Citizen is of 0 hour(s) and 17 minute(s). It is Produced By: Acres New York. It was released on 2021-06-21.

1. The Riots 2011: One Week in August

2011 saw the largest wave of disorder in the UK since the 1980s. This revelatory film hears from the people who experienced the riots up close and personal. A decade on, we look back at the summer of 2011 through the eyes of those whose lives have never been the same since. In a series of candid interviews, we hear the story from all angles. Convicted rioters, frontline police, a judge, a government advisor and a grieving father look back at that week in August, and the years that followed, to piece together what really happened and why.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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2. Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall

Backed by a full band and a ready wit, actor Ben Platt opens up a very personal songbook onstage -- numbers from his debut LP, "Sing to Me Instead."

It has an average vote of 8.1 on TMDB.

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3. Hometown Hero: The Legend of New York's Chopped Cheese

Some want to keep it a secret, others want to deconstruct it, and some New Yorkers simply want to celebrate the city's fabled chopped cheese sandwich.

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4. Man in Red Bandana

"Man in Red Bandana" is about Welles Remy Crowther, an extraordinary 9/11 hero. However, how his heroics became known is even more remarkable. Eight months after the disaster, his parents learned about how their son spent his last hour due to an ordinary object ... a red bandana. This revelation dramatically shifts their perspective on their loss. After hearing his remarkable story and how it unfolds, viewers will see how the actions of one man have touched 1,000s. This inspirational segment of the film depicts the unique, diverse and folklore ways that Welles is honored throughout the United States including in art, sports and song. Even President Barack Obama pays homage to this young man in the film. Our uplifting ending culminates in the revelation of a secret about Welles that can only be described as "perfect".

It has an average vote of 8.3 on TMDB.

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5. NEWS AT 11: LIBERTY EDITION

News At 11: Liberty Edition is both the official visual companion to 猫シ Corp.'s album News at 11, and a feature length odyssey through the late 20th century. Working closely with 猫シ Corp., the archival experts of CCTV have synthesized media from hundreds of sources, creating a dreamlike meditation on the lost entertainment, telecommunications, and advertising that shaped a generation’s collective conscious. As we face an uncharted era of the Information Age, News at 11: Liberty Edition looks to the past to illuminate what might be ahead—championing our drive for resilience and innovation, while reminding us of our capacity for understanding and compassion.

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6. Sandy: Anatomy of a Superstorm

A dramatic minute-by-minute account of the superstorm that brought New York State to its knees. Using satellite imagery, CGI mapping and the powerful personal testimony of those who lived through it, this is a forensic analysis of the meteorological, engineering and human devastation wreaked by Sandy.

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7. Pestilent City

Pestilent City covers Manhattan from South to North, from Times Square to Harlem, finding along the way ever more poverty, violence, rage and tragic drunkenness.

It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.

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8. S&M: Sweat and Muscle - The Dominatrix Workout

An hour-long workout with a BDSM theme on a NYC rooftop, taught by a variety of instructors.

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9. Dark Days

A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.

It has an average vote of 7.341 on TMDB.

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10. Mad Hot Ballroom

Eleven-year-old New York City public school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves and their world along the way. Told from their candid, sometimes humorous perspectives, these kids are transformed, from reluctant participants to determined competitors, from typical urban kids to "ladies and gentlemen," on their way to try to compete in the final citywide competition.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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11. Elevator Pitch

A depiction of New York’s subway as an absurd obstacle course – revealing a system that shuts many out of a city in motion.

It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.

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12. 42nd Street: River to River

42nd STREET: RIVER TO RIVER is an impressionistic, graphic history of one of the world's most infamous streets: Manhattan's 42nd Street. Likened to a DNA strip of New York City, the street has ranged from the glamorous to the derelict, housing everything from peep shows to such international institutions as the United Nations. The documentary is an exploration of the street's expansion from the farmland where Washington bivouacked his troops to the flashy, commercial center that it is today. With historical information, musical performances and personal narratives, the film traces the rise, subsequent dilapidation, and eventual resurgence of a street that has come to represent a place where, notoriously, anything may and has happened. -from imdb.com

It has an average vote of 2.5 on TMDB.

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13. The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Trailblazing double bassist Orin O’Brien never wanted the spotlight, but when Leonard Bernstein hired her in 1966 as the first female musician in the New York Philarmonic, it was inevitable that she would become the focus of much interest and fascination. Now 87 years old and recently retired, Orin looks back on her remarkable life and career, insisting that a fuss should not be made, much preferring to play a supporting role to the family, students, friends, and colleagues that surround her.

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14. Hovsjö on fire (Hovsjö Brinner)

A problem area burdened by burning cars, stone throwing and crime. This is how the district of Hovsjö in Södertälje, Sweden, is often described. An image that is further reinforced when one day the school burns down, just when the autumn term is about to begin. But in Hovsjö there is also something completely different...

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15. Empty (Vacío)

The impact of the pandemic has left a void in places that were once teeming with people. Spaces for education, sports, religion, culture and entertainment were desolate, waiting for humanity to fill these spaces again.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

16. How to Squash a Squat

1989, New York City's Alphabet City and East Village. A year after the Tompkins Square Park Riot, squatters and their community allies try to stop the demolition of their building after an arson. Police forces occupy the neighborhood while the demolition continues. A portrait of an East Village that is no more. An homage to the voices and sounds of a neighborhood before its gentrification.

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17. Who Killed Michael Stewart?

A documentary about a case of police brutality in the 80's NYC, the killing of graffiti artist Michael Stewart

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18. Philip Glass: Looking Glass

This documentary captures the overflowing energy and activity of one today's greatest composers, Philip Glass, and allows us to follow him from New York to London and from Paris to Boston. He speaks about his beginnings, his moving to Paris for two years of intensive study with Nadia Boulanger, his meeting with Indian musician Ravi Shankar and director Robert Wilson, who had a deep influence on his career. The film also shows him at work on the last details of his opera The Sound of a Voice, directed by Robert Woodruff and conducted by Alan Johnson. Éric Darmon's camera, with its poetic shots and original framings, takes us for a musical journey into seven months of the life of the composer who, rising from the underground scene of the seventies, brought on a revolution in modern theater.

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