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10 Best Movies Like Lighting Up the Stars

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

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#1
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

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

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

#2
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#3
Caught by the Tides

Caught by the Tides

2025★ 6.8

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

Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him....

#4
Gigi & Nate

Gigi & Nate

2022★ 7.5

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

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend....

#5
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#6
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

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

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

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