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10 Best Movies Like Second Star to the Left

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

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#1
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1997‱★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Second Star to the Left for fans of Family & Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and ...

#2
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984‱★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Second Star to the Left for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacom...

#3
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972‱★ 8.7

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

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp...

#4
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994‱★ 8.7

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

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...

#5
Back to the Future Part II

Back to the Future Part II

1989‱★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Second Star to the Left for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports alm...

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997‱★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...