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10 Best Movies Like The Loneliest Planet

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

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#1
This Is Not a Film

This Is Not a Film

2011★ 6.9

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

Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a 6-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviews with foreign press due to his open support for ...

#2
Day Night Day Night

Day Night Day Night

2006★ 5.8

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

A 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. She speaks with a nondescript American accent, and it’s impossible to pinpoint her ethnicity. We never learn...

#3
The Potemkinists

The Potemkinists

2022★ 6.2

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

The film written and directed by Radu Jude starts from the gesture of defiance against Russia made in 1905 by the sailors on the cruiser Potemkin, who received political asylum in ...

#4
Sushi: The Global Catch

Sushi: The Global Catch

2012★ 5.9

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

A look at the global sushi phenomenon and how the hunger for Blue Fin Tuna is impacting the ocean's stock....

#5
Shame

Shame

2011★ 6.9

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

Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily...

#6
Wreck-It Ralph

Wreck-It Ralph

2012★ 7.4

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

Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting t...