Movies Like Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Bitter Lake

2015·2h 15m·★ 8.1·Adam Curtis

Themes: media appropriation, media manipulation, manipulation of the mediaFans also liked

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

2004·1h 14m·★ 7.5·Robert Greenwald

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Requiem for the American Dream

2015·1h 13m·★ 8.0·Peter D. Hutchison

Themes: social study, celebrity interviewStarring Noam Chomsky

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

2008·1h 26m·★ 7.6·Stefan Forbes

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Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery

2025·1h 57m·★ 8.1·Ally Pankiw

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Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

2017·1h 18m·★ 7.3·Joe Piscatella

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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

2018·2h 15m·★ 7.4·Lili Fini Zanuck

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Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveShow (Live from Madison Square Garden)

2007·2h 14m·★ 7.8·Marty Callner

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Best of Enemies

2015·1h 27m·★ 7.6·Robert Gordon

Both star William F. Buckley Jr. & Noam Chomsky

The Yes Men Fix the World

2009·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Andy Bichlbaum

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Don't Be a Sucker!

1943·23m·★ 7.8

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Primary

1960·53m·★ 7.1·Robert Drew

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2003·1h 55m·★ 7.1·Julio Medem

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