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10 Best Movies Like The New World

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

#1
Galaxy Quest

Galaxy Quest

1999★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The New World for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector — Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and Doctor Lazarus — set off on a thrilling and often dangero...

#2
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The New World 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...

#3
The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

1985★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The New World for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast...

#4
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

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

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...

#5
Jaws

Jaws

1975★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The New World for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter em...

#6
Green Book

Green Book

2018★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The New World for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and ...