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10 Best Movies Like The Red Turtle

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

#1
The Monk and the Fish

The Monk and the Fish

1994★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Red Turtle for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A plump and exuberant monk goes fishing, and a playful fish eludes him. First the monk uses a rod and reel, then a net; over and over, he ends up fish-less and wet. Sleepless, he t...

#2
Teenage Cocktail

Teenage Cocktail

2016★ 5.4

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

Feeling confined by their small town and overbearing parents, Annie and Jules hatch a scheme of running away. The only issue is, they need the money to get there. Jules suggests th...

#3
My Life as a Zucchini

My Life as a Zucchini

2016★ 7.8

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

After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the he...

#4
A Kid

A Kid

2016★ 7.0

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

Matthieu is a 33 year old Parisian who finds out that the father he never knew has died and decides to go to his funeral in order to meet his two siblings in Quebec. But once in Mo...

#5
Tehran Taboo

Tehran Taboo

2017★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Red Turtle for fans of Animation & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution and drugs coexist with stric...

#6
Mimino

Mimino

1977★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Red Turtle for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large internation...