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10 Best Movies Like Dr. Cooks Arrival

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

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#1
Against the Ice

Against the Ice

2022★ 6.8

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

In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ice-covered Greenland....

#2
Endless Night

Endless Night

2015★ 6.1

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

Ellesmere Island, northern Canada, 1908. Josephine, a brave but naive woman, embarks on a dangerous journey through inhospitable regions in search of her husband, the explorer Robe...

#3
Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997★ 6.3

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

Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading ...

#4
Scott of the Antarctic

Scott of the Antarctic

1948★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dr. Cooks Arrival for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously co...

#5
The Promised Land

The Promised Land

2023★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dr. Cooks Arrival for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in excha...

#6
The Shadow in My Eye

The Shadow in My Eye

2021★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dr. Cooks Arrival for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidenta...

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