Movies Like Luis Martinetti, Contortionist (1894)

Luis Martinetti, Contortionist is a 1894 documentary film from William K.L. Dickson with a MovieMagicScore of 5.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Caicedo (with Pole) and Akrobatisches Potpourri.

Documentary

Caicedo (with Pole)

1894

King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home.

5.9

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Akrobatisches Potpourri

1895

Eight circus performers known as the Grunato family perform their famous balancing act.

4.4

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Kiri-Kis

1907

A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the camera.

6.7

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Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

2022

An extraordinary young girl discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage, against all odds, to help others change their stories, whilst also taking charge of her own destiny. Standing up for what's right, she's met with miraculous results.

6.8

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The Spy Who Dumped Me

2018

A couple of thirtysomething best friends unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.

6.4

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The Great Rupert

1950

Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever.

5.6

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The Touch

2002

A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages.

5.0

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Man with a Movie Camera

1929

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

7.8

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Häxan

1922

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.

7.6

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#10

Nanook of the North

1922

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.

7.1

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#11

À propos de Nice

1930

What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Côte d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.

6.8

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#12

Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

1927

Elephants disrupt the lives of a family deep in the jungles of Northern Siam, and an entire village.

6.7

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#13

Manhatta

1921

Morning reveals New York harbor, the wharves, the Brooklyn Bridge. A ferry boat docks, disgorging its huddled mass. People move briskly along Wall St. or stroll more languorously through a cemetery. Ranks of skyscrapers extrude columns of smoke and steam. In plain view. Or framed, as through a balustrade. A crane promotes the city's upward progress, as an ironworker balances on a high beam. A locomotive in a railway yard prepares to depart, while an arriving ocean liner jostles with attentive tugboats. Fading sunlight is reflected in the waters of the harbor. The imagery is interspersed with quotations from Walt Whitman, who is left unnamed.

6.6

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#14

Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge

1888

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriages crossing Leeds Bridge.

6.0

MagicScore

#15

Kino-Pravda No. 1

1922

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: Starving children / Requisitioning of valuables possessed by the Russian Orthodox Church / Fundraising flights in support of the hungry / Trial of the Socialist Revolutionaries.

5.5

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#16

Carmencita

1894

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United States. In the film, Carmencita is recorded going through a routine she had been performing at Koster & Bial's in New York since February 1890.

5.2

MagicScore

#17

Dickson Greeting

1891

William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the first film produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company to be shown to public audiences and the press.

4.9

MagicScore

#18

Accordion Player

1888

The last remaining film of Le Prince's LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera is a sequence of frames of his son, Adolphe Le Prince, playing a diatonic button accordion. It was recorded on the steps of the house of Joseph Whitley, Adolphe's grandfather.

4.9

MagicScore

#19

Blow Job

1964

Andy Warhol directs a single 35-minute shot of a man's face to capture his facial expressions as he receives the sexual act depicted in the title.

4.2

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#20

Men Boxing

1891

Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.

4.1

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Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Luis Martinetti, Contortionist?

The top films similar to Luis Martinetti, Contortionist by MovieMagicScore are Caicedo (with Pole) (5.9), Akrobatisches Potpourri (4.4), Kiri-Kis (6.7). Each shares documentary themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Luis Martinetti, Contortionist worth watching?

Luis Martinetti, Contortionist holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.0/10 from 24 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Luis Martinetti, Contortionist?

Luis Martinetti, Contortionist (1894) is a documentary film directed by William K.L. Dickson, starring Luis Martinetti.

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