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10 Best Movies Like The Monkey Goes West

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

#1
Twin Dragons

Twin Dragons

1992★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Monkey Goes West for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for e...

#2
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#3
Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

1947★ 7.5

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

A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They wo...

#4
Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3

2010★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Monkey Goes West for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care cen...

#5
American Beauty

American Beauty

1999★ 8.0

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

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend....

#6
Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket

1987★ 8.1

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

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue....