Seen everything by Joe Johnston?
If you've already watched everything Joe Johnston directed, here are 12 films from other directors that share the orbit of October Sky — the catalog's mood-cluster and similarity-graph neighbours, filtered to exclude Joe Johnston's own filmography. Where to go next. (Also: Joe Johnston's full filmography · where to start with Joe Johnston.)
Man on the Moon
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The Last Picture Show
bittersweetoutsiderslow burn
The Last Emperor
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The Right Stuff
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Ed Wood
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The Straight Story
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Selena
bittersweetgut punch
The Long Walk Home
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Savior
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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