If you loved Man with a Movie Camera, try Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Berlin: Symphony of a Great City has roughly 6.2× fewer votes than Man with a Movie Camera — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Documentary territory. If that's the register that drew you to Man with a Movie Camera, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Berlin: Symphony of a Great City is
Berlin in the roaring twenties: a city without people and all the more human for it. Five industrial neighborhoods unfurl in real time like a silent film factory. Against all odds the footage still hums with tomorrow’s energy.

