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10 Best Movies Like Ape

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

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#1
Everything, Everything

Everything, Everything

2017‱★ 7.2

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

A teenager who's lived a sheltered life because she's allergic to everything, falls for the boy who moves in next door....

#2
Silver Linings Playbook

Silver Linings Playbook

2012‱★ 7.1

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

After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but...

#3
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985‱★ 8.3

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

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#4
Titanic

Titanic

1997‱★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#5
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010‱★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#6
Joker

Joker

2019‱★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....