Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Penguins

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

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#1
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#2
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#3
Breathe

Breathe

2017★ 7.4

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

Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed....

#4
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#5
The Dust of Time

The Dust of Time

2008★ 6.3

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

A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan,...

#6
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

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