15 Movies Like Nostalgia for the Light

Loved Nostalgia for the Light? 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.

Jurassic World Rebirth
#1

Jurassic World Rebirth

Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world's three most massive dinosaurs. When Zora's operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Nostalgia for the Light.

2001: A Space Odyssey
#2

2001: A Space Odyssey

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Nostalgia for the Light.

2012
#3

2012

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Nostalgia for the Light.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
#4

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The 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.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Nostalgia for the Light.

Geostorm
#5

Geostorm

After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: the system built to protect Earth is attacking it, and it becomes a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything and everyone along with it.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Nostalgia for the Light.

Mia
#6

Mia

Mia recounts her most intimate confessions, uncensored, in her first approach to a totally new world of domination and submission.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Nostalgia for the Light.

Knowing
#7

Knowing

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Nostalgia for the Light.

Kayara
#8

Kayara

A courageous and athletic teenager, Kayara dreams that she is destined to be the first female to break into the league of Chasquis - the official messengers of the Incan empire. As she learns what it takes to be a Chasqui along with its challenges, she tackles every mission she gets and discovers the ancient stories of her land and her people.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Nostalgia for the Light.

Automata
#9

Automata

Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Nostalgia for the Light.

Soylent Green
#10

Soylent Green

In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Nostalgia for the Light.

Messi
#11

Messi

His teachers, coaches, childhood friends and Barça teammates, together with journalists, writers and prominent figures from the history of football, come together in a restaurant to analyze and pick apart Messi's personality both on and off the field, and to look back at some of the most significant moments in his life. Viewed from Álex de la Iglesia's unique perspective, Messi recreates the player's childhood and teenage years, from his very first steps, with a football always at his feet, through to the decision to leave Rosario for Barcelona, the separation from his family, and the role played in his career by individuals such as Ronaldinho, Rijkaard, Rexach and Guardiola.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Nostalgia for the Light.

Money Heist: The Phenomenon
#12

Money Heist: The Phenomenon

A documentary on why 'Money Heist' sparked a wave of enthusiasm around the world for a lovable group of thieves and their professor.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Nostalgia for the Light.

Walking with Dinosaurs
#13

Walking with Dinosaurs

In a time when dinosaurs rule the Earth, the smallest dinosaur of the herd, a playful Pachyrhinosaurus named Patchi, embarks on the biggest adventure of his life. As he tries to find his place in a spectacular world filled with fun-loving friends and a few dangerous foes, Patchi will discover the courage he needs to become the leader of the herd and a hero for the ages.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Nostalgia for the Light.

I Am Mother
#14

I Am Mother

A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Nostalgia for the Light.

The Lost Children
#15

The Lost Children

After a plane crash, four indigenous children fight to survive in the Colombian Amazon using ancestral wisdom as an unprecedented rescue mission unfolds.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Nostalgia for the Light.