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10 Best Movies Like North Country

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

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#1
Head in the Clouds

Head in the Clouds

2004★ 5.9

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

Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonisti...

#2
The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

2004★ 5.1

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

In 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Spanish Inquisition for questioning God's intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge....

#3
Waking Up in Reno

Waking Up in Reno

2002★ 5.0

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

Candy and Lonnie Earl are just crazy about each other. The problem: she's married to Roy and he's married to Darlene. So far it's been a secret affair. But that's about to change, ...

#4
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

2006★ 5.9

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

Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dyi...

#5
Love and Larceny

Love and Larceny

1960★ 7.2

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

Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo aga...

#6
Traces

Traces

2008★ 7.9

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

Sydney Kessler answers the phone call that no parent ever hopes to receive. He travels to the morgue. There, they unveil a body he doesn't recognize - his son Julian. Over the cour...