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10 Best Movies Like When Monsters Were Real

If you loved When Monsters Were Real, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Tarzan

Tarzan

1999★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Monsters Were Real for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He ...

#2
Slither

Slither

2006★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Monsters Were Real for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters....

#3
The Soul Eater

The Soul Eater

2024★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Monsters Were Real for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When the disappearance of children and bloody murders multiply in a small mountain village, an old legend shrouded in sulphur reappears... Commander Guardiano and Captain of the Ge...

#4
Please Don't Feed the Children

Please Don't Feed the Children

2025★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Monsters Were Real for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harb...

#5
Jeepers Creepers 2

Jeepers Creepers 2

2003★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Monsters Were Real for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When their bus is crippled on the side of a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discover an opponent they cannot defeat – and may not survive....

#6
The Legend of Ochi

The Legend of Ochi

2025★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Monsters Were Real for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi ha...

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