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10 Best Movies Like Dot and the Whale

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

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#1
7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough

7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough

2006‱★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dot and the Whale for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Snow White asks the seven dwarfs for help, because if they don't manage to find out the name of a little boy (Rumpelstiltskin) within two days, her newborn child will be taken away...

#2
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952‱★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dot and the Whale 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...

#3
Everything Everything Nothing Nothing

Everything Everything Nothing Nothing

2012‱★ 5.2

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

Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace so...

#4
Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

2012‱★ 6.2

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

After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's ...

#5
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1999‱★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dot and the Whale for fans of Fantasy & Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpilla...

#6
Rocky II

Rocky II

1979‱★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dot and the Whale for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the...