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10 Best Movies Like Ballad for a Dog

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

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#1
My Dog Stupid

My Dog Stupid

2019★ 6.0

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

Henri is a middle-aged writer with fading inspiration who has published nothing worthy of note in years. Feeling increasingly misunderstood by his wife and four grown up deadbeat k...

#2
Winter Spring Summer or Fall

Winter Spring Summer or Fall

2024★ 7.2

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

Remi and Barnes, two very different teenagers, meet by chance in the winter of their senior year, then spend four days together over the course of a year that will change their li...

#3
Ruby Sparks

Ruby Sparks

2012★ 7.1

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

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrou...

#4
Gigi & Nate

Gigi & Nate

2022★ 7.6

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

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend....

#5
Drop Dead Fred

Drop Dead Fred

1991★ 5.8

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

An unhappy housewife gets a lift from the return of her imaginary childhood friend, Drop Dead Fred....

#6
The Hippopotamus

The Hippopotamus

2017★ 6.4

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

Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles....

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