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10 Best Movies Like Gutta-Percha Boy

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

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#1
Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

2011★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gutta-Percha Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's ...

#2
The Greatest Showman

The Greatest Showman

2017★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gutta-Percha Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus....

#3
The One and Only Ivan

The One and Only Ivan

2020★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gutta-Percha Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A gorilla named Ivan who’s living in a suburban shopping mall tries to piece together his past, with the help of other animals, as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity....

#4
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

1952★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gutta-Percha Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and ...

#5
Lili

Lili

1953★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gutta-Percha Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Members of a circus troupe "adopt" Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. The magician who first comes to her rescue already has romantic entanglements and...

#6
The Circus

The Circus

1928★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gutta-Percha Boy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter....

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