
10 Best Movies Like Local Hero
If you loved Local Hero, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

True Stories
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Local Hero for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show....

Varsity Blues
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Local Hero for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback L...

Goin' South
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Local Hero for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that an...

I Know Where I'm Going!
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Local Hero for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull ...

The Ballad of Wallis Island
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Local Hero for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home....

Promised Land
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Local Hero for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources....