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10 Best Movies Like Only the Cat Knows

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

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#1
Achilles and the Tortoise

Achilles and the Tortoise

2008★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the Cat Knows for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, de...

#2
Foster

Foster

2011★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the Cat Knows for fans of Drama & Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Looking to adopt a child and unable to conceive a child of their own, the Morrisons' lives are turned upside down when a seven-year-old boy unexpectedly shows up on their doorstep....

#3
Memories of Matsuko

Memories of Matsuko

2006★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the Cat Knows for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy....

#4
Alley Cats Strike

Alley Cats Strike

2000★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the Cat Knows for fans of Drama & Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of hip retro teenage outsiders become involved in an interschool bowling rivalry....

#5
School of Life

School of Life

2005★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the Cat Knows for fans of Drama & Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

At Fallbrook Middle School, the annual student-elected Teacher of the Year award is held. And every year for the last 43 years Norman Warner or most fondly called Stormin' Norman W...

#6
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

2008★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Only the Cat Knows for fans of Drama & Comedy & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!...

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