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10 Best Movies Like Operation Arctic

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

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#1
The Unthinkable

The Unthinkable

2018★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Operation Arctic for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Sweden faces a mysterious attack while Alex tries to reunite with his youth love, Anna....

#2
Spread Your Wings

Spread Your Wings

2019★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Operation Arctic for fans of Family & Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Christian, a visionary scientist, studies wild geese. For his son, a teenager obsessed with video games, the idea of spending a holiday with his father in the wilderness is a night...

#3
The Wolfpack

The Wolfpack

2015★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Operation Arctic for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed ‘The Wo...

#4
The Crossing

The Crossing

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Operation Arctic for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

One day, just before Christmas in 1942, Gerda's and Otto's parents are arrested for being part of the Norwegian resistance movement during the Second World War, leaving the siblin...

#5
One Night Stand

One Night Stand

1997★ 5.6

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

In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle travels to New York City to visi...

#6
Fruitvale Station

Fruitvale Station

2013★ 7.4

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

Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, ...