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10 Best Movies Like Social Animals

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

#1
The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give

2018★ 8.1

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

Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn...

#2
The Great Hack

The Great Hack

2019★ 6.9

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

Data—arguably the world’s most valuable asset—is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered through the unpredictable, p...

#3
There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

2007★ 8.1

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

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landown...

#4
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

2018★ 7.5

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

Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes...

#5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Social Animals for fans of Crime. 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....