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10 Best Movies Like Smilla's Sense of Snow

If you loved Smilla's Sense of Snow, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Vincent Wants to Sea

Vincent Wants to Sea

2010★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smilla's Sense of Snow for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Vincent, a young man who suffers from Tourette's syndrome, has just lost his mother. His father, a successful politician, does not want to take care of him and therefore places him...

#2
The Osterman Weekend

The Osterman Weekend

1983★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smilla's Sense of Snow for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national secur...

#3
Alaska

Alaska

2023★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smilla's Sense of Snow for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Kerstin floats stoically across the Mecklenburg Lake District in her red GDR kayak. Aimlessly, between tourism and dreariness, she glides over the water for days, striving to remai...

#4
Carnifex

Carnifex

2022★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smilla's Sense of Snow for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An aspiring documentarian and two conservationists who venture into the Outback to record the animals displaced by bushfires where they discover a terrifying new species....

#5
The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife

1947★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smilla's Sense of Snow for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow....

#6
Girl Most Likely

Girl Most Likely

2012★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smilla's Sense of Snow for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother....