Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Bright Star

If you loved Bright Star, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Seeds of Hunger - Ukraine 1933

Seeds of Hunger - Ukraine 1933

2023★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bright Star for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Between 1931 and 1933, 4 million Ukrainians were to die of hunger. This famine was not preceded by any cataclysmic weather event, nor by a war. This was an ideological crime: decid...

#2
A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

2019★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bright Star for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Made on a shoestring budget, François Ruffin and Gilles Perret’s investigative documentary has the adventurous spirit of a road movie. Intimate and sometimes humorous, encounters w...

#3
A Tale of Two Kitties

A Tale of Two Kitties

1991★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bright Star for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Once upon a time, there wa a kitty named Gatsby. There was a second kitty named D. Gatsby was young, handsome, and everyone loved him. D was jealous of Gatsby... and hated how ever...

#4
Paris Follies

Paris Follies

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bright Star for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Long married 50-somethings Brigitte and Xavier are prize cattle breeders in regional France. Life is good, but the departure of their children from home has thrown Brigitte’s world...

#5
Sylvia

Sylvia

2003★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bright Star for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath....

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1998★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bright Star for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A factory worker in a dark, gray world assembles devices that promise happiness. In his spare time he tinkers to create something better, and finally succeeds in perfecting his inv...