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10 Best Movies Like What a Lion!

If you loved What a Lion!, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Main Street on the March!

Main Street on the March!

1941★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What a Lion! for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese a...

#2
Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace

Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace

2013★ 8.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What a Lion! for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mecha Mutt, a revolutionary remote-controlled lunar rover resembling a large canine, goes rogue at Houston's Annual Science Expo. Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace is the fourth in a s...

#3
Home Run Showdown

Home Run Showdown

2012★ 8.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What a Lion! for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Two little league teams take on their coaches' sibling rivalry, and end up in battle in a place the baseball world never expected: in the outfield of the Home Run Derby....

#4
64: Part 2

64: Part 2

2016★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What a Lion! for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge...

#5
Scooby-Doo's Original Mysteries

Scooby-Doo's Original Mysteries

2000★ 10.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What a Lion! for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

See how your favorite snack-munching canine super-sleuth got his start as the first five Scooby-Doo episodes ever unleashed - the series pilot What a Night for a Knight, plus Hassl...

#6
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates

Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates

2011★ 9.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What a Lion! for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Splash into action with seafaring sleuths Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang as they collide with a mystery ship and try to uncover clues from a vanished crew in Hassle in the C...