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10 Best Movies Like The Big Animal

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

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#1
Marie's Story

Marie's Story

2014★ 7.4

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

Marie Heurtin is born both blind and deaf. Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself....

#2
Brücken der Liebe

Brücken der Liebe

2002★ 4.8

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

Christina, a 32-year-old journalist, actually wanted to go on vacation in Provence. But a colleague breaks his leg and of course she has to stand in for him. Shortly before her dep...

#3
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#4
Deadpool

Deadpool

2016★ 7.6

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

The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, ...

#5
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Animal 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
PK

PK

2014★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Animal for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laugh...