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10 Best Movies Like Mistress of the Apes

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

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#1
The Post

The Post

2017★ 7.0

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

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and ...

#2
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#3
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mistress of the Apes for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#4
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#5
PK

PK

2014★ 7.7

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

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laugh...

#6
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mistress of the Apes for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...