Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Animals

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

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#1
Sissi: The Young Empress

Sissi: The Young Empress

1956★ 7.1

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

Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duche...

#2
Secret Agent

Secret Agent

1936★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Animals for fans of Thriller & Mystery. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow age...

#3
Heidi

Heidi

2015★ 7.2

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

Heidi, is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather. She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the weal...

#4
45 Years

45 Years

2015★ 6.6

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

There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first l...

#5
The Passionate Friends

The Passionate Friends

1949★ 6.9

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

A woman is torn between the love of her life, who's married to someone else, and her older husband....

#6
The Dark Valley

The Dark Valley

2014★ 7.0

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

The Alps, late 19th century. Greider, a mysterious lone rider who claims to be a photographer, arrives at an isolated lumber village, despotically ruled by a family clan, asking fo...

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