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10 Best Movies Like Crocodile Dreaming

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

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#1
Walkabout

Walkabout

1971★ 7.3

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

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the...

#2
Red Dog

Red Dog

2011★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crocodile Dreaming for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master....

#3
Rabbit-Proof Fence

Rabbit-Proof Fence

2002★ 7.0

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

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback....

#4
Whale Rider

Whale Rider

2003★ 7.0

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

A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize....

#5
Boy

Boy

2010★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crocodile Dreaming for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to...

#6
In My Father's Den

In My Father's Den

2004★ 7.0

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

War journalist Paul Prior returns to his New Zealand hometown after his father’s death, rekindling strained relationships with his brother and memories of a troubled past. He befri...

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