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10 Best Movies Like A Monster Calls

If you loved A Monster Calls, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Legend of Ochi

The Legend of Ochi

2025★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Monster Calls for fans of Fantasy & Adventure & Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi ha...

#2
The Witches

The Witches

1990★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Monster Calls for fans of Fantasy & Family. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her mas...

#3
The Spiderwick Chronicles

The Spiderwick Chronicles

2008★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Monster Calls for fans of Fantasy & Adventure & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate wo...

#4
Tideland

Tideland

2005★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Monster Calls for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination....

#5
The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

2009★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Monster Calls for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance he...

#6
Bridge to Terabithia

Bridge to Terabithia

2007★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Monster Calls for fans of Adventure & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differen...

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