Movies like The Sami Song of Survival: Indigenous Activism on the Northern Frontier (2025)
The best movies like The Sami Song of Survival: Indigenous Activism on the Northern Frontier (2025) are Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010), Blades of Glory (2007) and Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009). If The Sami Song of Survival: Indigenous Activism on the Northern Frontier hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedRaiders of the Lost Ark (1981)7.9/10 from 14,222 votes
- NewestMy Secret Santa (2025)Released 2025
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlades of Glory (2007)
When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole that allows them to compete together as a pairs team.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFuturama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009)
Leela becomes an outlaw when she and a group of ecologically-minded feminists attempt to save an asteroid of primitive life forms and the Violet Dwarf star from being destroyed, while Fry joins a secret society and attempts to stop a mysterious species known as the "Dark Ones" from destroying all life in the universe.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMetropia (2009)
In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper into a bizarre conspiracy of control - mind and body.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Eagle Huntress (2016)
Follow Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rise to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been typically been handed down from father to son for centuries.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUnknown: Cave of Bones (2023)
Scientists examine underground clues from over 250,000 years ago that raise questions about our early relatives — and what it truly means to be human.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Nutcracker (1993)
On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep and dreams herself into a fantastic world in which her toys become larger than life. She meets up with the Nutcracker Prince who takes her on a journey to his kingdom and defends her from the Mouse King.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisNorthpole (2014)
Northpole, the magical city where Santa and his elves live and work is in trouble. Families around the globe have gotten too busy to enjoy the season together, and Northpole depends on their holiday happiness to keep running. In the hopes of turning things around, a determined young elf befriends a little boy with a lot of spirit. His skeptical journalist mom doesn’t have room in her heart for anything but the facts, so it’s going to take a little nudge from his charming teacher to create an unbeatable Christmas team to turn around this town and share the importance of the season with the whole world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPolar Bear (2022)
A new mother’s memories of her own youth prepare her to navigate motherhood in the increasingly challenging world that polar bears face today.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisD2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
After Gordon Bombay's hockey comeback is cut short he is named coach of Team USA Hockey for the Junior Goodwill Games. Bombay reunites the Mighty Ducks and introduces a few new players, however, he finds himself distracted by his newfound fame and must regather if the Ducks are to defeat tournament favourites Iceland.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEye of the Devil (1966)
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn Your Dreams (2025)
Stevie and her little brother Elliot journey into the wildly absurd landscape of their own dreams to ask the Sandman to grant them the perfect family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTitan A.E. (2000)
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGo Figure (2005)
Katelin Kingsford, an Olympic hopeful figure skater wants to train with a Russian figure skating coach. In order to go to go to the school that Natasha is at, Katelin gets a scholarship playing on the girls hockey team.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMusic Box (1989)
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlinded by the Light (2019)
In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Secret Santa (2025)
A single mom needs a job. A ski resort needs a Santa. Disguised as a St. Nick lookalike, can Taylor fool a charming hotel heir into ho-ho-hiring her?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIron Will (1994)
When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for long hours, through harsh weather and terrain. This young man will need a lot of courage and a strong will to complete this race.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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What are the best movies like The Sami Song of Survival: Indigenous Activism on the Northern Frontier?
The closest matches to The Sami Song of Survival: Indigenous Activism on the Northern Frontier are Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010), Blades of Glory (2007) and Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Sami Song of Survival: Indigenous Activism on the Northern Frontier?
Start with Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010), the closest match to The Sami Song of Survival: Indigenous Activism on the Northern Frontier.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Sami Song of Survival: Indigenous Activism on the Northern Frontier?
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), rated 7.9/10 by 14,222 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Sami Song of Survival: Indigenous Activism on the Northern Frontier?
My Secret Santa (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Sami Song of Survival: Indigenous Activism on the Northern Frontier?
Yes: Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010), Blades of Glory (2007) and Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009).
How are movies similar to The Sami Song of Survival: Indigenous Activism on the Northern Frontier chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Sami Song of Survival: Indigenous Activism on the Northern Frontier, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.