Movies Similar to The Week Starts on Friday

Letter to L.Y

Letter to L.Y is Stephanie Mavi Garcia Panclas' second experimental film for their class. The film surrounds the feeling of nostalgia shown through the layering of video.

Cordobés 65(1965)

A brief portrait of famous and brave bullfighter Manuel Benítez el Corbobés; an account on still photos of his triumphs and failures.

L'Art de Vivre(2025)

A Little Love(2023)

Through interspersed conversation and prose, this experimental documentary follows a poet and a neuroscientist as they explore the definition of love, what it means, and why it matters.

I’ve Never Been in a Fight(2022)

Have you ever been in a fight? Even thrown a punch? Because Andrew never has. His mom raised him as a pacifist, and she would like to keep it that way. But deep down, Andrew has a question: how much can he know about himself if he’s never been punched in the face? More importantly: how much can he know about his mom, the woman that has sacrificed so much for him, if he’s never fought for anything?

Simply Girl(2019)

Denise, Hannah and Leticia are three ordinary women with extraordinary stories to tell. As transgender people, they talk about the challenges of finding their true identities within an intolerant and prejudiced society.

99 days(2022)

Two instants separated by 99 days conflict with each other.

Planet of the Tapes(2025)

A Deep Dive into the life of Stephen Zivkovic, the owner of the last DVD rental store in Adelaide.

The Faces of Parkinson(2022)

The Faces of Parkinson shows the people who suffer from Parkinson's disease and the impact it made on their life and people around and close to them. As it also asks the question how one continues to stay positive with such a destructive disease.

Honey Bunny Duracell(2022)

A vivid encounter with former three time Czech National Boxing Champion. Experience the rise and fall in the career of a female fighter.

Ode to liberty(2025)

Short documentary consisting of archival footage and movies that depict the birth of the United States of America, from the Boston tea party to the Spanish American war

bitter sweet(2017)

documentary about struggling with mononucleosis, about wanting to perform but not having enough energy to meet social expectations. In the confinement of her bedroom the filmmaker exercises, sleeps, looks around and films every day. In this prison of banality the window and her computer screen are the only two views on the outside world.

Moravian Hellas(1964)

Karel Vachek’s graduate film offers us a documentary essay which is both a light-hearted and aggressive little piece and also a parody of investigative film journalism. The Strážnice folk festival, backed by the cultural Party apparatus of the time, for years had little to commend itself to authentic folklore. In the film the event assumes the form of a bizarre stage spectacle with almost surrealistic elements that Vachek reinforces with unconventional approaches (commentary appearing as titles on screen, singing, declamations into the camera, feature etudes, the fusion of news coverage and fiction). The result is a stirring film collage depicting various characters, from crowd-pleasers, Easter egg decorators, kitsch artists and peddlers, to museologists and local residents, all of whom come up against the eccentric "identical” twin reporters Karel and Jan Saudek and a bored actress who appears as an extra. Using their special blend of irony and wit, they present us with the sad truth.

Roma Boys – The Love Story(2009)

The film explores the taboo subject of homosexuality within the Roma community through the personal story of a Roma activist who happens to be gay. Though his job has earned him respect among his peers, by coming out his status is in jeopardy. However, the desire to share his complex story prompted him to write a screenplay based on his life. Partly a documentary about his autobiographical script, the film switches between documentary and narrative storytelling. Owing to its distinctive style, the film offers a glimpse into the protagonist's world as he faces triple discrimination: as a Roma, as a gay man, and as a gay man in the Roma community.

Dear Black Umich,(2025)

A community documentary highlighting the intersectionalities of the Black experience at the University of Michigan, divided into 6 sections: Black Beauty, Black Love, Black Arts, Black Academia, Black Struggle & Perseverance, and Black Joy.

77777(1955)

Ženy v uniformě(1954)

Wallflowers in the Parade(2021)

With the banning of the religion in 1972, male Jehovah's Witnesses are made to spend their National Service in the detention barracks for two and a half years or longer. This documentary follows the lives of three male Jehovahs Witnesses and their lives in Singapore as well as the first Witness who was imprisoned in 1972.

Coronavirus(2020)

Struggling with fear, tension, and anxiety amid the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, a high school student reflects upon what really matters.

The Flight of Paloma(2023)

A short film narrated by the drag queen Paloma, in interview with the filmmaker.