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10 Best Movies Like A Dog’s Life

If you loved A Dog’s Life, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
La Strada

La Strada

1954★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Dog’s Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's col...

#2
A Hero of Our Times

A Hero of Our Times

1955★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Dog’s Life for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Alberto Menichetti lives with an aunt and an old housekeeper, Clotilde; he has a job in a firm and his boss is Mrs. De Ritis, a widow whose husband was killed during a wild boar hu...

#3
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Dog’s Life for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#4
Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night

1955★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Dog’s Life for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly at...

#5
Jason X

Jason X

2001★ 4.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Dog’s Life for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous seas. Yet humans have returned t...

#6
The Gauntlet

The Gauntlet

1977★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Dog’s Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness from Las Vegas. The witness turns out to be a belligerent prostitute w...