Movies Like Hekla
If you liked Hekla (2026), a movie directed by Jóna María Hjartardóttir, 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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Girl Asleep (2015)
★ 6.1/10The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen, she can’t bear to leave her childhood; it contains all the things that give her comfort in an incomprehensible new world. She floats in a…
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Strange Weather (2016)
★ 5.9/10Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
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Adoration (2013)
★ 6.1/10Lil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four…
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Lucky Them (2013)
★ 6/10More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what…
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How to Have Sex (2023)
★ 6.2/10Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
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Shadow Dancer (2012)
★ 6/10In 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
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Eleanor the Great (2025)
★ 6.8/1094-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
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Laggies (2014)
★ 6.1/10Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to…
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The Fallout (2021)
★ 7.5/10In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.
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The Girl in the Book (2015)
★ 5.8/10The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
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Someone Great (2019)
★ 6.4/10An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one…
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All of You (2025)
★ 6.3/10Laura and Simon have been best friends since college. Over the years, they've realized their bond is more than platonic. Can they—and should they—risk everything to explore a love that has existed all along?
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
★ 7.5/10When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
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One Last Shot (2026)
★ 7.3/10Navy Seal Jake Harris must stop a team of mercenaries, led by his disillusioned former comrade, from disabling the US missile defense network.
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Coherence (2014)
★ 7.2/10Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
★ 6.2/10The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
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Spring (2014)
★ 6.6/10A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
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Hellraiser (2022)
★ 6.2/10A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.
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Materialists (2025)
★ 6.3/10A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.
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Revenge of the Bridesmaids (2010)
★ 6.6/10Two women plot revenge against the woman marrying their friend's ex-boyfriend.