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10 Best Movies Like African Cats

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

#1
Bears

Bears

2014★ 7.4

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

Filmmakers Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey chronicle a year in the lives of an Alaskan brown bear named Sky and her cubs, Scout and Amber. Their saga begins as the bears emer...

#2
Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis

Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis

2011★ 7.2

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

Following up on his 2007 documentary, The Most Hated Family in America, Louis Theroux returns to Topeka, Kansas, for a week-long visit with the Westboro Baptist Church. He again jo...

#3
Speed Walking

Speed Walking

2014★ 6.4

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

In a quirky, small town, situated in the outskirts of everything, 14-year-old Martin is getting ready for one of the most formal transitions from boy to man; the communion. It's 19...

#4
In My Skin

In My Skin

2002★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to African Cats for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After a disfiguring leg injury, a young woman develops an unsettling secret relationship with her own body in which pain is pleasure, mutilation is love and hungers of the flesh ha...

#5
He Named Me Malala

He Named Me Malala

2015★ 6.7

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

A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education and the aftermath, including her ...

#6
Colombia: Wild Magic

Colombia: Wild Magic

2015★ 8.4

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

A wonderful country full of amazing creatures in America called Colombia, seen as never before, accompanied by incredible shots, make it a must-see place for adventurers and wildli...