15 Movies Like March of the Penguins
Loved March of the Penguins? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
#1
Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie
After a guardian of magical jewels turns an awkward girl and a popular boy into superheroes, they can never reveal their identities — even to each other.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to March of the Penguins.
#2
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
With unprecedented access to the official archives and intimate recollections from the band, both current and past, Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition invites fans to experience one of the most iconic journeys in music history. Spanning five decades, this electrifying documentary charts the band’s rise from the pubs of East London to the world’s biggest stadiums. Featuring exclusive interviews with band members and contributors such as Javier Bardem, Lars Ulrich and Chuck D, as well as all-new animated sequences of the band's legendary mascot, Eddie, the film offers a rare and intimate look at Iron Maiden’s uncompromising vision and unwavering connection with their truly global army of fans.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked March of the Penguins.
#3
The Rays and Shadows
Jean and Otto, a French newspaperman and a young German Francophile, are fighting for peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, is launching a brilliant acting career in the film world, but war breaks out and France is occupied. The two friends have a major role to play in this new France. Jean becomes a big press baron and an ardent advocate of collaboration with the occupying forces, while Otto becomes the Reich’s ambassador in Paris. Corinne, meanwhile, finds herself thrown into the lion’s pit.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to March of the Penguins.
#4
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to March of the Penguins.
#5
Human
A collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human. Through these stories full of love and happiness, as well as hatred and violence, it brings us face to face with the Other, making us reflect on our lives. From stories of everyday experiences to accounts of the most unbelievable lives, these poignant encounters share a rare sincerity and underline who we are – our darker side, but also what is most noble in us, and what is universal. Our Earth is shown at its most sublime through never-before-seen aerial images accompanied by soaring music, resulting in an ode to the beauty of the world, providing a moment to draw breath and for introspection. This film is a politically engaged work which allows us to embrace the human condition and to reflect on the meaning of our existence.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to March of the Penguins.
#6
Arthur and the Invisibles
Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from being demolished, goes looking for some much-fabled hidden treasure in the land of the Minimoys, tiny people living in harmony with nature.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to March of the Penguins.
#7
Miraculous World: Paris, Tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir
Ladybug and Cat Noir discover the existence of a parallel universe in which they're supervillains determined to seize the Butterfly Miraculous.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to March of the Penguins.
#8
The Paris Opera
A behind-the-scenes look at the of how the Paris Opera is run under the direction of Stephane Lissner.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to March of the Penguins.
#9
Miraculous World: Tokyo, Stellar Force
Kagami drags Marinette to Tokyo to help the Stellars defeat a new supervillain, but Marinette soon realizes her friend has another, untold reason for this trip to Japan.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to March of the Penguins.
#10
Miraculous World: London, at the Edge of Time
To save the future from a terrible fate, Marinette becomes Chronobug and teams up with Bunnyx to defeat a mysterious opponent who travels through time.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to March of the Penguins.
#11
Le Clitoris
Women are lucky, they get to have the only organ in the human body dedicated exclusively for pleasure: the clitoris! In this humorous and instructive animated documentary, find out its unrecognized anatomy and its unknown herstory.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to March of the Penguins.
#12
Night and Fog
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to March of the Penguins.
#13
Miraculous World: New York, United HeroeZ
Marinette's class is headed to New York, the city of superheroes, for French-American Friendship Week. But the arrival of Hawk Moth will complicate everything.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to March of the Penguins.
#14
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family's housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family's idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to March of the Penguins.
#15
Pets on a Train
When a train unexpectedly starts up, taking only pets with it, the animals discover that Hans, a badger with a grudge is behind it all. While the crash seems inevitable, the animals can count on Falcon, a roguish Raccoon who will do anything to save them.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to March of the Penguins.