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10 Best Movies Like The Penguin King

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

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#1
The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

1972★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Penguin King for fans of Family & Adventure & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure ...

#2
Jacob

Jacob

1994★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Penguin King for fans of Adventure & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Isaac's son Jacob deprives his brother Esau of his birthright and has to flee for his life. He finds shelter with his uncle Laban, but is himself deceived. Finally, Jacob has to fa...

#3
Antarctica: A Year on Ice

Antarctica: A Year on Ice

2013★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Penguin King for fans of Documentary & Adventure & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Filling the giant screen with stunning time-lapse vistas of Antarctica, and detailing year-round life at McMurdo and Scott Base, Anthony Powell’s documentary is a potent hymn to th...

#4
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1997★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Penguin King for fans of Family & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and ...

#5
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

1995★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Penguin King for fans of Family & Adventure & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become s...

#6
I Am David

I Am David

2003★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Penguin King for fans of Adventure & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deli...

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