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10 Best Movies Like The Yellow Balloon

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

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#1
Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson

1972★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yellow Balloon for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one com...

#2
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

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

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begi...

#3
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yellow Balloon 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...

#4
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yellow Balloon for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#5
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yellow Balloon for fans of Crime & 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...

#6
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Yellow Balloon for fans of Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...