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10 Best Movies Like Being an Elephant

If you loved Being an Elephant, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Being an Elephant for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devot...

#2
Men of Hard Skin

Men of Hard Skin

2019★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Being an Elephant for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ariel is a good-looking farm boy who lives with his father and sister in a rural part of Buenos Aires province. He has become familiar with sex thanks to Omar, a priest with whom h...

#3
Benjamin

Benjamin

2019★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Being an Elephant for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces ...

#4
Adú

Adú

2020★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Being an Elephant for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old boy and his older sister wait to sneak into the holds of an airplane. Not too far...

#5
Green Butterflies

Green Butterflies

2017★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Being an Elephant for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mateo is an intelligent boy who falls in love with Daniel, but when everyone reveals that relationship, Mateo is at a crossroads, and he will have to decide between fighting his ad...

#6
In the Grayscale

In the Grayscale

2015★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Being an Elephant for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Bruno is an architect who has a perfect life: A nice family and a good job. Anyway, Bruno has a deep sense of unease. He decides to leave his wife to be alone and have time to find...

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