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10 Best Movies Like The Starfish

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

#1
Emak-Bakia

Emak-Bakia

1926★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Starfish for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Emak-Bakia (Basque for Leave me alone) is a 1926 film directed by Man Ray. Subtitled as a cinépoéme, it features many techniques Man Ray used in his still photography (for which he...

#2
The Spirit of the Beehive

The Spirit of the Beehive

1973★ 7.6

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

In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenst...

#3
Storm Over Asia

Storm Over Asia

1928★ 6.5

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

In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from the trading post, he escapes to the...

#4
Anemic Cinema

Anemic Cinema

1926★ 6.2

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

A spiral design spins. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end: a spiral design, a disk. Each disk is labelled and can be read as ...

#5
Ghosts Before Breakfast

Ghosts Before Breakfast

1928★ 6.8

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

Hans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine....

#6
Manhatta

Manhatta

1921★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Starfish for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Morning reveals New York harbor, the wharves, the Brooklyn Bridge. A ferry boat docks, disgorging its huddled mass. People move briskly along Wall St. or stroll more languorously t...