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10 Best Movies Like Lick the Star

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

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#1
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#2
I Believe in Unicorns

I Believe in Unicorns

2015★ 6.3

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

Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter....

#3
Anuja

Anuja

2024★ 6.5

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

When a brilliant nine-year-old working in a sweatshop gets a chance to attend school, she must make a difficult choice for her and her sister's future....

#4
Flicka

Flicka

2006★ 6.9

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

Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. ...

#5
Come Away

Come Away

2020★ 5.8

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

Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parent...

#6
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

2019★ 6.4

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

Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her ne...

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