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10 Best Movies Like Stroking an Animal

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

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#1
Alanis

Alanis

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stroking an Animal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young Buenos Aires mother finds employment as a sex worker and struggles to live under the same laws that are supposed to protect her....

#2
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stroking an Animal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#3
The Suicide Squad

The Suicide Squad

2021★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stroking an Animal for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at th...

#4
Blue Beetle

Blue Beetle

2023★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stroking an Animal for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world,...

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stroking an Animal 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....

#6
Julieta

Julieta

2016★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stroking an Animal for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madnes...