Movies Like The Birth of Saké (2015)

The Birth of Saké is a 2015 documentary, history film from Erik Shirai with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Last of the Sea Women and Honeyland.

Documentary History

The Last of the Sea Women

2024

On the shores of Jeju Island, a fierce group of South Korean divers fight to save their vanishing culture from looming threats.

7.4

MagicScore

Honeyland

2019

When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

7.9

MagicScore

Writing with Fire

2021

In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions on the frontlines of India’s biggest issues and within the confines of their own homes, redefining what it means to be powerful.

7.3

MagicScore

Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday

2020

Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of Black Brazilian culture.

8.6

MagicScore

Pictures of the Old World

1972

A raw and telling portrait of a people left behind by the modern world, inspired by the work of photographer Martin Martinček - whose pictures of the inhabitants of the Liptov region in central Slovakia, encompassed by the Tatra mountains, distilled entire lifetimes into luminous and intransient images. Dušan Hanák's continuation of these photographs takes the shape of a poetic visual essay, capturing more comprehensive vignettes of their isolated human experiences.

8.1

MagicScore

HyperNormalisation

2016

We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing, and nothing ever changes. It is normal. Welcome to the post-truth world. How we got to where we are now…

7.5

MagicScore

Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

2018

In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity. This documentary revisits those photos, those women and those times and takes aim at our culture today that alarmingly shows the need for continued change.

7.5

MagicScore

The Red Pill

2016

When a feminist filmmaker sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Men’s Rights Movement, she begins to question her own beliefs. Chronicling Cassie Jaye’s journey exploring an alternate perspective on gender equality, power and privilege.

7.5

MagicScore

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

2021

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

On the Way to School

2013

These children live in the four corners of the earth, but share the same thirst for learning. They understand that only education will allow them a better future and that is why, every day, they must set out on the long and perilous journey that will lead them to knowledge. Jackson and his younger sister from Kenya walk 15 kilometres each way through a savannah populated by wild animals; Carlito rides more than 18 kilometres twice a day with his younger sister, across the plains of Argentina; Zahira lives in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains who has an exhausting 22 kilometres walk along punishing mountain paths before she reaches her boarding school; Samuel from India sits in a clumsy DIY wheelchair and the 4 kilometres journey is an ordeal each day, as his two younger brothers have to push him all the way to school…

6.8

MagicScore

#11

The Society of the Spectacle

1974

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

6.7

MagicScore

#12

Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere

2026

With rare access and no holds barred, the acclaimed documentarian investigates a growing ultra-masculine network and its controversial influencers.

6.6

MagicScore

#13

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020

The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films while emphasizing the political, sociological and artistic changes that shaped that history. Skin will also study the gender inequality in presenting nude images in motion pictures and will follow the revolution that has created nude gender equality in feature films today.

6.5

MagicScore

#14

Fuck

2006

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

6.4

MagicScore

#15

Sympathy for the Devil

1968

While The Rolling Stones rehearse "Sympathy for the Devil" in the studio, an alternating narrative reflects on 1968 society, politics and culture through five different vignettes.

6.3

MagicScore

#16

Struggle in Italy

1971

The film reveals how and why a supposedly revolutionary Italian girl has in fact fallen prey to bourgeois ideology.

7.1

MagicScore

#17

The Karate Kid Part II

1986

Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his former best friend turned vengeful rival. Sato is bent on a fight to the death, even if it means the destruction of their village. Daniel finds his own love in Yukia's niece, Kumiko, and his own enemy in Sato's nephew, the vicious Chozen. Now, far away from the tournaments, cheering crowds and safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when the cost of honor is life itself.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

In the Realm of the Senses

1976

A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.

6.6

MagicScore

#19

Tsukiji Wonderland

2016

Through the lives of professionals working at Tsukĳi Fish Market in Tokyo, the film portrays how Tsukĳi has been the center of fish culinary culture and helped Japanese food culture to flourish as we know it today.

7.9

MagicScore

#20

Bogan

2017

A criminal swaps his body with that of the cop who is hunting him.

6.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Birth of Saké?

The top films similar to The Birth of Saké by MovieMagicScore are The Last of the Sea Women (7.4), Honeyland (7.9), Writing with Fire (7.3). Each shares documentary/history themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Birth of Saké worth watching?

The Birth of Saké holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 41 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Birth of Saké?

The Birth of Saké (2015) is a documentary, history film directed by Erik Shirai.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Birth of Saké?

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About movies like The Birth of Saké

This ranked list pairs The Birth of Saké (2015), a documentary and history film from Erik Shirai, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap. Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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