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10 Best Movies Like Nights at the Museum

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

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#1
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

1976★ 7.0

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

13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives in a New England beach town. Whenever the landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she claims that he's not available. But when the landlady's son, Fran...

#2
Contempt

Contempt

1963★ 7.0

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

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," ...

#3
The Isle

The Isle

2000★ 6.9

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

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love wi...

#4
King Kong vs. Godzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nights at the Museum for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Far...

#5
The Cameraman

The Cameraman

1928★ 7.8

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

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary....

#6
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

1970★ 6.9

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

In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa. As anti-Semitism intensifies under Fasc...