Movies Like Black Gold (2006)

Black Gold is a 2006 documentary film from Marc J. Francis with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Hot Coffee and Starbucks Unfiltered.

Documentary

Hot Coffee

2011

Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that corporations have spent millions distorting the case to promote tort reform. HOT COFFEE reveals how big business, aided by the media, brewed a dangerous concoction of manipulation and lies to protect corporate interests. By following four people whose lives were devastated by the attacks on our courts, the film challenges the assumptions Americans hold about "jackpot justice."

7.2

MagicScore

Starbucks Unfiltered

2018

How the American coffee chain, now global, has conquered the urban middle class. This investigation on three continents reveals the carefully hidden face of the brand.

7.1

MagicScore

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

1999

A portrait of the life and career of the infamous American execution device designer Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Mr. Leuchter was an engineer who became an expert on execution devices and was later hired by holocaust revisionist historian Ernst Zundel to "prove" that there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz. Leuchter published a controversial report confirming Zundel's position, which ultimately ruined his own career. Most of the footage is of Leuchter, working in and around execution facilities or chipping away at the walls of Auschwitz, but Morris also interviews various historians, associates, and neighbors.

6.9

MagicScore

Barista

2015

Five top baristas find themselves pushing the limits of coffee perfection to win the National Barista Championship - a surreal competition where even one mistake is far too many.

5.7

MagicScore

Colao

2017

A coffee grower, still single at 40, decides to finally start his search for love by going to the capital city on the Dominican Republic.

7.9

MagicScore

Coffee With Cinnamon

2018

Five friends drink beer and chat at Violeta's house. Bit by bit, their stories of love, loss and suffering are told, revealing the acts of love and friendship that helped them through the hardest times of their lives.

7.5

MagicScore

A Coffee in Berlin

2012

Niko, a twenty-something college dropout, lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day, through a series of absurdly amusing encounters, everything changes.

7.2

MagicScore

Christmas in July

1940

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.

6.9

MagicScore

Coffee and Cigarettes

2004

An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.

6.9

MagicScore

#10

Man Push Cart

2006

Every night while the city sleeps, Ahmad, a former Pakistani rock star turned immigrant, drags his heavy cart along the streets of New York. And every morning, he sells coffee and donuts to a city he cannot call his own. One day, however, the pattern of this harsh existence is broken by a glimmer of hope for a better life.

6.9

MagicScore

#11

The More the Merrier

1943

It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.

6.9

MagicScore

#12

O Lucky Man!

1973

An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.

6.8

MagicScore

#13

Welcome to the South

2010

Alberto, post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife Sylvia, is willing to do anything to get the transfer to Milan. Even pretending to be disabled to climb in the ranking. But the trick does not work and as punishment, he is transferred in a small town in Campania, which to an inhabitant of the north is equivalent to a nightmare ...

6.7

MagicScore

#14

Coffee and Cigarettes II

1989

A brother and sister, sitting in a coffee bar, bicker mildly about whose idea it was to come to Memphis and which kind of cigarette is fresher. Danny, their waiter, comes by offering refills; after determining they are twins, he guesses which is the evil one. Without a pause, he sits down and offers his theory about Elvis's twin. He drones on. The good twin finally speaks up, giving her own opinion. The waiter is unfazed. After his boss finally calls him back to work, the twins are free to resume their bickering amidst the coffee and cigarettes.

6.7

MagicScore

#15

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

1967

As the city of Paris and the French people grow in consumer culture, a housewife living in a high-rise apartment with her husband and two children takes to prostitution to help pay the bills.

6.2

MagicScore

#16

Cop

1988

An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.

6.2

MagicScore

#17

Green Fire

1954

In Colombia, mining engineer Rian Mitchell discovers Carrero, the lost emerald mine of the Conquistadors, but has to contend with notorious local bandit El Moro's gang and with coffee planter Catherine Knowland's love.

6.2

MagicScore

#18

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his relationship with Elaine.

6.1

MagicScore

#19

Split Second

1992

In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner and has haunted him ever since — but he soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.

5.9

MagicScore

#20

3 A.M.

2001

The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. Developed in the Sundance Laboratory, this film offers dove-tailing stories centering on the lives of individual taxi drivers as they reflect on and experience romance, politics, sociology, and spirituality.

5.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Black Gold?

The top films similar to Black Gold by MovieMagicScore are Hot Coffee (7.2), Starbucks Unfiltered (7.1), Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (6.9). Each shares documentary themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Black Gold worth watching?

Black Gold holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 20 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Black Gold?

Black Gold (2006) is a documentary film directed by Marc J. Francis.

Where can I find more recommendations like Black Gold?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more documentary recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

Keep exploring

Movies like Hot Coffee Movies like Starbucks Unfiltered Movies like Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.Movies like Barista Movies like Colao Movies like Coffee With Cinnamon

About movies like Black Gold

This ranked list pairs Black Gold (2006), a documentary film from Marc J. Francis, 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.

← Back to Black Gold