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10 Best Movies Like Captain of the Forest

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

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#1
Willy the Sparrow

Willy the Sparrow

1989★ 6.5

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

Vili fakes illness so he doesn't have to take a math test. Instead, he starts shooting at sparrows from the window with an air rifle. The kindly old lady who feeds the birds turns ...

#2
French Fried Vacation 2

French Fried Vacation 2

1979★ 7.3

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

In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Claude, and Christiane....

#3
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

1966★ 7.9

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

During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. Fro...

#4
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Captain of the Forest for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#5
Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris

2011★ 7.5

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

While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight....

#6
Starbuck

Starbuck

2011★ 6.9

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

David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children. He is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force th...