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10 Best Movies Like We the Animals

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

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#1
The Cement Garden

The Cement Garden

1993★ 6.7

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

After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a b...

#2
The Skeleton Twins

The Skeleton Twins

2014★ 6.7

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

Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion rein...

#3
American Fiction

American Fiction

2023★ 7.3

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

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims...

#4
The Tender Bar

The Tender Bar

2021★ 6.6

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

JR is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father...

#5
Charlie St. Cloud

Charlie St. Cloud

2010★ 7.0

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

Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pac...

#6
The Savages

The Savages

2007★ 6.9

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

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father....

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