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10 Best Movies Like When the Cat's Away

If you loved When the Cat's Away, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
A Cat in Paris

A Cat in Paris

2010★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Cat's Away for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A thrilling mystery that unfurls in the alleys and on the rooftops of the French capital, Paris, over the course of one adventurous evening....

#2
The Aristocats

The Aristocats

1970★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Cat's Away for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, lea...

#3
10 Lives

10 Lives

2024★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Cat's Away for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A pampered cat takes for granted the lucky hand he has been dealt after he is rescued and loved by Rose, a kind-hearted and passionate student. When he loses his ninth life, fate s...

#4
April and the Extraordinary World

April and the Extraordinary World

2015★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Cat's Away for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents....

#5
The Amazing Maurice

The Amazing Maurice

2022★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Cat's Away for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rodents meet a bookworm called Mal...

#6
Mr. Peek-a-Boo

Mr. Peek-a-Boo

1951★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the Cat's Away for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Léon, a humble civil servant, has the unusual ability to walk through walls, however thick they are. One day, he falls madly in love with a charming hotel thief by the name of Suza...

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