Movies Similar to Discovering Heaven

Cool Strangers in the Night(2024)

A part of Porto’s nightlife history is revealed. In this work, the artist draws on her extensive archive of video recordings of Porto’s artistic and cultural landscape, which she has captured over the last 26 years, to focus on some of the city’s nightclubs that haven’t survived the years. A work commissioned by Batalha Centro de Cinema.

Region of Heroes(2022)

Film reconstruction of five real stories about the heroic deeds of the residents of Kyiv region during the Russian occupation. A story about those who heroically and selflessly saved tens of thousands of Ukrainian lives.

Meet The Most Based NYU Student(2023)

An interview from acclaimed business youtuber Noah Kagan introduces us to the most based NYU student, Based John.

Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case(2020)

In 2016, a young Austrialian filmmaker began documenting amateur inventor Peter Madsen. One year in, Madsen brutally murdered Kim Wall aboard his homemade submarine. An unprecedented revelation of a killer and the journey his young helpers take as they reckon with their own complicity and prepare to testify.

Something to Say(2019)

Bryan Charles Kimes has a lot to say, but the power of language escapes him. Lost in a public-school system that does not suit his needs, his parents fight to help him find his voice.

The Irishman: In Conversation(2019)

Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino in conversation about The Irishman.

Education Rebuilt(2022)

In 2018 the 1st & 2nd EPA.L. Agia Paraskevi relocates to a new state of the art building after 20+ years of being in an unsuitable and ready to fall apart one. The situation got so bad that the students where literally hanging out with the chickens next to the building and as the principal of the school council told us they actually felt like they themselves where the chickens. The construction of the new building was held up since the original contractor "ran out of money" and thus the building was abandoned mid construction, the building stayed in this stage for more than 5 years where it was looted and vandalized. The situation had reached an impasse and so the students decided to step up and speak directly to the mayor resulting in getting heard by the secondary school administration, so years later a second contractor was hired to complete this project and finally put into operation.

Bunk #7(2022)

Documentary about the production of Bunk #7.

The Hidden Side of Persepolis(2008)

This 2007 behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of PERSEPOLIS features interviews with codirectors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud as they undertake the complex process of adapting Satrapi’s graphic novel into a film.

Why I Killed Gandhi(2022)

Indian freedom fighter Gandhiji was killed by Nathuram Godse. But what made Nathuram Godse to take this extreme step?

Touching the Void(2003)

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing'(2013)

Directors Errol Morris and Werner Herzog describe and discuss the film The Act of Killing (2012).

Behind the Smoke Screen(2013)

Le conte de Monte-Carlo(2025)

Join Sebastien Ogier, future ten-time winner of the Monte Carlo Rally, on his reconnaissance drives. Enjoy Sébastien Loeb's expert commentary, get an insider's view of how a team works with young Adrien Fourmaux, and share the thrill of the ever-spectacular night stages with the fans...

Ariane Moffatt, Petites mains précieuses en studio(2018)

Tree Begins Life, Indians Still Live Here

A display of a fallen red cedar at Olympic National Park headquarters proclaims in 1349 "Indians live here." TREE BEGINS LIFE INDIANS STILL LIVE HERE produces a meditation on the territories of the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest, and invites an alternative interpretation of U.S. sovereignty over these lands.

Life Will Smile(2017)

Zakynthos is a Greek island on the Ionian Sea famed for its beauty. It also has the unique distinction of having saved all 275 of its Jewish inhabitants during WWII. In this compelling story, Haim Konstantini, one of the survivors, narrates how the islanders united to ensure the survival of their Jewish population. Two key figures instrumental to the story were Mr. Loukas Kerreri, Mayor of Zakynthos’ capital, and Bishop Chrysostomos, who both refused to list the island’s Jews for the occupying Nazis. They have been recognized as Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem for their bravery.

The Yes Men Fix the World(2009)

THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks.

More Dangerous Than Dynamite(1941)

A short film warning the unaware housewife of the dangers of “dry cleaning” with gasoline at home.

Der Parkhausmord - Wer tötete Charlotte Böhringer?(2024)

In 2006, millionaire Charlotte Böhringer (†59) was found beaten to death in her penthouse flat above the Isar car park in Munich. Her nephew Benedikt Toth was convicted of murder for greed and sentenced to life imprisonment for a particularly serious offence. The verdict was controversial from the outset as it was based solely on circumstantial evidence. The instrument of the offence could not be identified.