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10 Best Movies Like The Female Animal

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

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#1
Cisco Pike

Cisco Pike

1971★ 5.6

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

A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend....

#2
The Mayor of Hell

The Mayor of Hell

1933★ 7.1

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

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and ...

#3
Possessed

Possessed

1947★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Female Animal for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there....

#4
Jojo Rabbit

Jojo Rabbit

2019★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Female Animal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jojo, a lonely German boy during World War II has his world shaken when he learns that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Influenced by a buffoonish imaginary...

#5
Return to Halloweentown

Return to Halloweentown

2006★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Female Animal for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

As Halloweentown prepares to celebrate its 1,000th anniversary, Marnie Piper and her brother Dylan return to Witch University, where trouble is in session from the Sinister Sisters...

#6
River of No Return

River of No Return

1954★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Female Animal for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband....