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10 Best Movies Like Once in a Blue Moon

If you loved Once in a Blue Moon, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Magic Hour

The Magic Hour

2008★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Blue Moon for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hust...

#2
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

2016★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Blue Moon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a time when the main source of energy was still coal, there was a man who saw the future in oil. Young Tetsuzo Kunioka who hails from Moji, Kitakyushu, rides out into the oil bu...

#3
Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle

Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Blue Moon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

"Hankyu Densha" follows the lives of various people who commute on Hankyu Railway's Imazu Line - connecting the cities of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka in Hyogo prefecture. One of the...

#4
The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

2020★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Blue Moon for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she...

#5
Taken

Taken

2008★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Blue Moon for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation wit...

#6
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Blue Moon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....