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10 Best Movies Like Under the North Star

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

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#1
Pearls and Pigs

Pearls and Pigs

2003★ 5.8

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

When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doo...

#2
My Lai

My Lai

2010★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Under the North Star for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

What drove a company of American soldiers – ordinary young men from around the country – to commit the worst atrocity in American military history? Were they “just following orders...

#3
Re-Existences

Re-Existences

2020★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Under the North Star for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

“Re-Existence” is a documentary about migration stories of individuals from the Brazilian queer community....

#4
(re)kindle

(re)kindle

2021★ 7.4

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

Ana and Helen, two divorced women, were close friends as teenagers. Today, amidst the corona virus pandemic and in quarantine, they get in touch after 20 years via internet. Throug...

#5
Musangwe: Fight Club

Musangwe: Fight Club

2007★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Under the North Star for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The first rule is that there are no rules. For the bare-knuckle combatants competing in Musangwe fights, anything goes - you can even put a curse on him. The sport, which dates bac...

#6
Last Ma(i)nland

Last Ma(i)nland

2024★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Under the North Star for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Photographer Grigory Yaroshenko gets a chance to visit Antarctica and learn about the life of polar explorers. But his wife is expecting their second child, and life changes. Grego...