Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Big Dog

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

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#1
Mud Crab

Mud Crab

2022★ 7.0

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

Reflecting on her culpability, a woman recounts the traumatising assault she witnessed of a young man in a small Australian coastal town....

#2
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

1898★ 5.7

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

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish....

#3
Tomie: Rebirth

Tomie: Rebirth

2001★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Dog for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends...

#4
Re-Existences

Re-Existences

2020★ 7.4

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

“Re-Existence” is a documentary about migration stories of individuals from the Brazilian queer community....

#5
Re-Elected

Re-Elected

2020★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Dog for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Friends battle former U.S. presidents when they come back from the dead as zombies on the Fourth of July....

#6
(re)kindle

(re)kindle

2021★ 7.4

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

Ana and Helen, two divorced women, were close friends as teenagers. Today, amidst the corona virus pandemic and in quarantine, they get in touch after 20 years via internet. Throug...