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Movies Like The Arctic Syndrome

If you liked The Arctic Syndrome, a movie directed by Borja Echevarría, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Where'd You Go, Bernadette

    Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10

    When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter, Bee, goes on a quest with Bernadette's husband to find her.

  2. 2The Ice Storm

    The Ice Storm (1997)

    ★ 6.9/10

    In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.

  3. 3Fatima

    Fatima (2020)

    ★ 7.2/10

    In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World…

  4. 4Veronica

    Veronica (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10

    In 1991 Madrid, after holding a séance at school, a teen girl minding her younger siblings at home suspects an evil force has entered their apartment.

  5. 5The Kindness of Strangers

    The Kindness of Strangers (2019)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter…

  6. 632 Malasana Street

    32 Malasana Street (2020)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Malasaña neighborhood, Madrid, Spain, 1976. While political turmoil ravages the streets all over the country, the Olmedo family arrives in the big city and settles into their new apartment. They soon discover that they…

  7. 7Tótem

    Tótem (2023)

    ★ 6.8/10

    In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for the birthday party for her father, Tona, led by her mother, aunts, and other relatives. As the day goes on, building to…

  8. 8Hot Milk

    Hot Milk (2025)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Rose and her daughter Sofia travel to the Spanish seaside town of Almería to consult with the shamanic Dr. Gomez, a physician who could possibly hold the cure to Rose’s mystery illness, which has left her bound to a…

  9. 9Like Water for Chocolate

    Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through…

  10. 10Amelia’s Children

    Amelia’s Children (2024)

    ★ 6/10

    When Edward’s search for his biological family leads him and his girlfriend Ryley to a magnificent villa high in the mountains of Northern Portugal, he is full of excitement at meeting his long-lost mother and twin…

  11. 11Call of the Wild

    Call of the Wild (2009)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Self-centered and status-conscious, ten year old Ryann Hale journeys to Montana to visit her down-to-earth grandpa, Bill Hale. Ryann bonds with a wolf-dog, Buck, and schemes to save him from a cruel dogsledder.

  12. 12Lovers of the Arctic Circle

    Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)

    ★ 7.3/10

    As young children, Otto and Ana become best friends, leading to the marriage of Ana's mother to Otto's father. When Otto and Ana become teenagers, they begin a sexual relationship, which they hide from their parents…

  13. 13Pretty Poison

    Pretty Poison (1968)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A troubled arsonist spins a tale of espionage to a captivating girl, who becomes enthralled and entangled in his dangerous fantasies, leading to unexpected murder and chaos that change their lives forever.

  14. 14Ramona and Beezus

    Ramona and Beezus (2010)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her…

  15. 15Schoolgirls

    Schoolgirls (2020)

    ★ 6.6/10

    In early 1990s Spain, eleven-year-old Celia lives with her mother and studies at a convent school in Zaragoza. When Brisa, a confident new classmate from Barcelona, arrives, Celia is drawn into a world that challenges…

  16. 16Peaceful Warrior

    Peaceful Warrior (2006)

    ★ 7.5/10

    A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

  17. 17In This Our Life

    In This Our Life (1942)

    ★ 6.9/10

    An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.

  18. 18Macario

    Macario (1960)

    ★ 8.7/10

    Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he…

  19. 19What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

    ★ 7.9/10

    A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

  20. 20The 7th Day

    The 7th Day (2004)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Isabel Jimenez is a teenager witnessing a horrible feud between her own family and the Fuentes family, a feud involving broken hearts, property disputes and a mysterious fire that destroyed the Fuentes house. Isabel's…

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