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10 Best Movies Like Follow the Star

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

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#1
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

1965★ 7.6

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

In the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began. Ivan is drawn to Marichka, the beautif...

#2
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#3
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Follow the Star 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
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1961★ 7.2

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

When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement....

#5
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

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

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#6
Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful

1997★ 8.4

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

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire famil...