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10 Best Movies Like The Cat in the Hat

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

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#1
The Lorax

The Lorax

1972★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cat in the Hat for fans of TV Movie & Animation & Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The Once-ler, a ruined industrialist, tells the tale of his rise to wealth and subsequent fall, as he disregarded the warnings of a wise old forest creature called the Lorax about ...

#2
Runaway Brain

Runaway Brain

1995★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cat in the Hat for fans of Animation. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In an attempt to convince Minnie that he hasn't forgotten to buy her an anniversary present, Mickey Mouse ends up promising to take her to Hawaii. Funds being short, he applies for...

#3
Driftwood

Driftwood

1997★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cat in the Hat for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When Sarah walks alone along the desolate beach one day she find an unconscious man, who has been brought to land by the waves. When he awakens he doesn't remember anything. He has...

#4
Mickey's Amateurs

Mickey's Amateurs

1937★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cat in the Hat for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Mickey hosts an amateur hour radio show....

#5
The Man Who Wasn't There

The Man Who Wasn't There

2001★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cat in the Hat for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a...

#6
Black Hat

Black Hat

2018★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cat in the Hat for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At first blush, Shmuel is a pious Hasidic man leading a fairly simple life. By day he dutifully prays at the local synagogue and manages a busy dry cleaner. But when his wife and d...