Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Starfish

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

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#1
Penguin Bloom

Penguin Bloom

2021★ 6.9

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

When an unlikely ally enters the Bloom family's world in the form of an injured baby magpie they name Penguin, the bird’s arrival makes a profound difference in the struggling fami...

#2
The Lady in the Van

The Lady in the Van

2015★ 6.4

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

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway a...

#3
The Shaukeens

The Shaukeens

2014★ 4.4

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

Three friends in their 60s try to do everything that they couldn't do in their younger days - before death arrives....

#4
Manchester by the Sea

Manchester by the Sea

2016★ 7.6

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

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him f...

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#6
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Starfish 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....