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10 Best Movies Like Northern Lights

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

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#1
LOL

LOL

2012★ 6.1

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

In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbear...

#2
Palindromes

Palindromes

2005★ 6.2

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

Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revo...

#3
Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves

2002★ 6.1

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

In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee...

#4
Beyond the Forest

Beyond the Forest

1949★ 6.7

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

Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is ca...

#5
Stargirl

Stargirl

2020★ 7.4

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

An unassuming high schooler finds himself inexplicably drawn to the free-spirited new girl, whose unconventional ways change how they see themselves…and their world....

#6
Double Daddy

Double Daddy

2015★ 6.9

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

A teen's life turns upside down when her boyfriend impregnates both her and a new student at school....

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