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10 Best Movies Like Back to Earth

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

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#1
Nine Days

Nine Days

2021★ 6.8

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

A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own....

#2
The Shepherd

The Shepherd

2023★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Back to Earth for fans of Drama & Fantasy. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely....

#3
Jonathan

Jonathan

2018★ 5.9

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

Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested...

#4
Northfork

Northfork

2003★ 6.0

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

The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley ...

#5
I Am David

I Am David

2003★ 6.9

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

A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deli...

#6
Mr. K

Mr. K

2025★ 6.2

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

Mr. K, a traveling magician, finds himself in a Kafkaesque nightmare when he can’t find the exit of his hotel. His attempts to get out only pull him deeper, entangling him further ...

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