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10 Best Movies Like Polar Bear

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

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#1
Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

2015★ 6.5

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

Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveilla...

#2
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

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

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#3
Eden Lake

Eden Lake

2008★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Polar Bear for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. Rowdiness quickly turns to rage as t...

#4
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Polar Bear 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....

#5
Carol

Carol

2015★ 7.5

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

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman....

#6
G-Force

G-Force

2009★ 5.5

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

A team of trained secret agent animals, guinea pigs Darwin, Hurley, Juarez, Blaster, mole Speckles, and fly Mooch takes on a mission for the US government to stop evil Leonard Sabe...