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10 Best Movies Like Only the Animals

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

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#1
Animal Crossing: The Movie

Animal Crossing: The Movie

2006★ 6.8

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

Ai, a self-reliant girl who moves to Animal Village and works at Nook's Cranny, gradually becomes part of the community with guidance from its residents and embarks on a quest to p...

#2
Ordeal by Innocence

Ordeal by Innocence

1984★ 4.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the Animals for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to return an address book lost some time ago by Jack Argyle, only to find out that Jack has been executed for the murder of his mother. ...

#3
Dangerously Close

Dangerously Close

1986★ 4.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the Animals for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Rebel without a cause or a clue at an elite but uptight college discovers some of his classmates have formed an even more elite clique more or less hell-bent on ridding the school,...

#4
The Journey - A Story of Love

The Journey - A Story of Love

2019★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the Animals for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A husband acts as a caregiver to his quadriplegic wife....

#5
In a Whisper

In a Whisper

2020★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the Animals for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An intimate and revealing autoethnographic documentary about uprootedness, motherhood, love of film, friendship and freedom. Two filmmakers who have been best friends since childh...

#6
Old Fashioned

Old Fashioned

2021★ 5.3

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

Paul Château-Têtard, a 45-year-old bachelor from the best of Parisian nobility, has – for the first time in his life – to take the Metro, and even buy a ticket. It is with extraord...