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10 Best Movies Like Cecil

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

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#1
Clarissa

Clarissa

1995★ 7.4

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

Pilot episode of the cancelled follow-up series to Nickelodeon's "Clarissa Explains it All" in which debutante Clarissa Darling contends to her life in New York City and her intern...

#2
Chasing Christmas

Chasing Christmas

2005★ 4.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cecil for fans of Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jack Cameron is a single dad that decides not to observe Christmas because his wife left him around that time. The ghosts of Christmas past and present try and get Jack to relent, ...

#3
Switched

Switched

2020★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cecil for fans of Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Tired of being bullied, Cassandra Evans prays that her nemesis, Katie Sharp, the queen bee of social media, would know what it’s like to walk a day in her shoes. Her prayer is answ...

#4
When a Stranger Calls

When a Stranger Calls

1979★ 6.2

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

A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasingly terrifying and threatening calls that lead to a shocking revelation....

#5
Hallow Road

Hallow Road

2025★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cecil for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Two parents enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident....

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Mothra vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964★ 7.0

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

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the j...