Movies Like The North Star

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Edge of Darkness

1943·1h 59m·★ 7.2·Lewis Milestone

Themes: anti-nazi resistance, naziDir. Lewis MilestoneStarring Walter Huston

The Purple Heart

1944·1h 39m·★ 6.4·Lewis Milestone

Both star Dana Andrews & Farley GrangerDir. Lewis MilestoneDrama & War

Swamp Water

1941·1h 30m·★ 7.0·Jean Renoir

4 shared cast incl. Dana Andrews & Walter Huston

Went the Day Well?

1942·1h 32m·★ 7.5·Alberto Cavalcanti

Themes: village, naziFans also liked

A Walk in the Sun

1945·1h 57m·★ 6.9·Lewis Milestone

Fans also likedStarring Dana AndrewsDir. Lewis Milestone

Tears of the Sun

2003·2h 1m·★ 6.6·Antoine Fuqua

Themes: doctor, villageWar & Drama

The Last Samurai

2003·2h 34m·★ 7.8·Edward Zwick

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

Soldier of Orange

1977·2h 28m·★ 7.6·Paul Verhoeven

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

The Tin Drum

1979·2h 42m·★ 7.4·Volker Schlöndorff

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

Betrayed

2020·2h 6m·★ 7.1·Eirik Svensson

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

Crash Dive

1943·1h 46m·★ 6.4·Archie Mayo

Both star Anne Baxter & Dana AndrewsWar & Drama

The Birth of a Nation

1915·3h 15m·★ 6.1·D.W. Griffith

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

The Good German

2006·1h 48m·★ 6.0·Steven Soderbergh

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

American History X

1998·1h 59m·★ 8.5·Tony Kaye

TMDB recommends

The Wages of Fear

1953·2h 33m·★ 8.1·Henri-Georges Clouzot

TMDB recommends

To Be or Not to Be

1942·1h 39m·★ 8.1·Ernst Lubitsch

TMDB recommends

The Longest Day

1962·2h 58m·★ 7.7·Ken Annakin

Fans also likedWar & Drama

Volver

2006·2h 1m·★ 7.6·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommends

The Six Triple Eight

2024·2h 10m·★ 6.7·Tyler Perry

Fans also likedDrama & War

Lifeboat

1944·1h 36m·★ 7.6·Alfred Hitchcock

Fans also likedWar & Drama

How Good Is The North Star?

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