Movies Like October Sky
If you liked October Sky (1999), a drama and history movie directed by Joe Johnston, 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.
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The Iron Giant (1999)
★ 8/10Also drama and familyIn the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and familyA 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an…
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Steve Jobs (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and historySet backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at…
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Propeller One-Way Night Coach (2026)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and familyDuring the golden age of aviation, a young airplane enthusiast and his mother embark on a cross-country journey to Hollywood—and their simple flight transforms into the trip of a lifetime.
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Kensuke's Kingdom (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and familyA young boy and his family set off on a sailing trip of a lifetime until a violent storm erupts, sweeping Michael and his dog overboard. After washing up on a remote island, terrified, they struggle to survive and…
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Bambi II (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and familyReturn to the forest and join Bambi as he reunites with his father, The Great Prince, who must now raise the young fawn on his own. But in the adventure of a lifetime, the proud parent discovers there is much he can…
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022)
★ 8.2/10Also family and dramaThe unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse traveling together in the boy's search for home.
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The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and familyMischievous Huck Finn is unnerved when his father, reemerging after years away, kidnaps him in an attempt to take away a $600 inheritance from his late mother. Fearing for his life, Huck fakes his own death and…
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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also history and dramaWhen Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
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Fluke (1995)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and familyWorkaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and reincarnates as a dog. Remembering some of his previous being, he returns to his wife and son to protect them from the man who caused his accident. But, as time…
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White Fang (1991)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and familyJack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
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Hoosiers (1986)
★ 7/10Also drama and familyFailed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his…
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The Perfect Game (2009)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and familyBased on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.
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Lost on a Mountain in Maine (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and familyWhen twelve-year-old Donn Fendler gets tired of waiting for his father and brothers to join him on the summit of Maine's highest peak, he decides to find his own way back to camp. But Donn doesn't count on a…
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First Man (2018)
★ 7/10Also history and dramaA look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
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Black Beauty (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also family and dramaThe fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.
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Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)
★ 7/10Also drama and historyA man narrates stories of his life as a 10-year-old boy in 1969 Houston, weaving tales of nostalgia with a fantastical account of a journey to the moon.
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Anne of Green Gables (1985)
★ 8.1/10Also family and dramaAnne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and…
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The Molly Maguires (1970)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and historySchuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless company they work for by sabotaging mining facilities in the hope of…
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The 33 (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and historyBased on the true story of the collapse of a mine in San Jose, Chile—that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.