10 Best Movies Like Penguin Island
If you loved Penguin Island, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Real Women Have Curves
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penguin Island 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...

Eleanor the Great
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penguin Island for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades....

Under the Same Moon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penguin Island for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mot...

Iron Jawed Angels
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penguin Island for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote....

The King of Havana
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penguin Island for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, g...

Love Don't Co$t a Thing
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penguin Island for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool....