Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 18, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Northern Story

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

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#1
Mayerling

Mayerling

1968★ 6.2

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

Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man b...

#2
The Devil Is a Woman

The Devil Is a Woman

1935★ 6.2

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

In the carnival in Spain in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the exiled republican Antonio Galvan comes from Paris masquerade to enjoy the party and visit his friend Capt. D...

#3
Munich – The Edge of War

Munich – The Edge of War

2021★ 6.9

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

At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret....

#4
Unforgiven

Unforgiven

2018★ 6.9

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

Based on true and tragic events in the life of Vitaly Kaloyev, an architect and family man. In 2002, his wife and children die in a mid-air collision along with 70 other people, m...

#5
Tsar

Tsar

2009★ 6.0

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

In 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested with a holy mission. Believing he can understand and interpret the signs, he sees the ...

#6
Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise

1990★ 6.2

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

In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack fa...

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