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10 Best Movies Like Polar Night

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

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#1
Art School Confidential

Art School Confidential

2006★ 6.1

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

Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must a...

#2
Shara

Shara

2003★ 6.4

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

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art s...

#3
Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie

Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko's Lie

2019★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Polar Night for fans of Animation. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Fujiko Mine, the devastating femme fatale whose only loyalty is to her desire, befriends a young boy whose late father hid away a fortune. A killer is on the boy's trail and it's ...

#4
The Garden of Sinners: Murder Speculation Part A

The Garden of Sinners: Murder Speculation Part A

2007★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Polar Night for fans of Animation. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

August 1995: Mikiya first meets Shiki in a white kimono during a snowing day. Later on, at the high school freshmen ceremony, Mikiya sees Shiki in the crowd and chases after her, i...

#5
K: Missing Kings

K: Missing Kings

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Polar Night for fans of Animation. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The "Academy Island Incident" in which four "kings" cross paths... Since then, Silver Clansmen Kuroh Yatogami and Neko have been searching for their master, Shiro. Without finding ...

#6
Love & Pop

Love & Pop

1998★ 7.7

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

Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into thi...

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