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Movies like A Monster Calls

Not everyone loves A Monster Calls for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love A Monster Calls

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You want a film that lets a child's grief out.

  2. You like a boy, his sick mother and a stern grandmother.

  3. You like painted tales and a giant monster made of wood and fire.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Bridge to Terabithia2007

    • a film that lets a child's grief out

    Good for you if you like a children's film that leaves you in tears.

  • Big Fish2003

    • a boy, his sick mother and a stern grandmother
    • painted tales and a giant monster made of wood and fire

    Good for you if you like a son trying to know his father through his tall tales.

  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022

    • a film that lets a child's grief out
    • painted tales and a giant monster made of wood and fire

    Good for you if you love stop-motion puppets carved and moved by hand.

  • A Letter to Momo2012

    • a film that lets a child's grief out
    • a boy, his sick mother and a stern grandmother

    Good for you if you like a mother and daughter learning to grieve together.

  • Inside Out2015

    • a film that lets a child's grief out

    Good for you if you like a family film that makes the adults cry.

  • Night on the Galactic Railroad1985

    • a film that lets a child's grief out

    Good for you if you like a gentle story that leaves you crying over a friendship.

  • The Haunting of Hill House2018

    • a boy, his sick mother and a stern grandmother

    Good for you if you like a horror story that is really about brothers and sisters.

  • Bambi1942

    • a film that lets a child's grief out

    Good for you if you want to be moved by a young deer losing his mother.

  • The Boy and the Heron2023

    • a boy, his sick mother and a stern grandmother

    Good for you if you like a boy learning to accept a new mother.

  • The Imaginary2023

    • a film that lets a child's grief out
    • a boy, his sick mother and a stern grandmother

    Good for you if you like Amanda and her mother finding each other after a loss.

  • Coco2017

    • a film that lets a child's grief out
    • painted tales and a giant monster made of wood and fire

    Good for you if you like a family film with an ending that floors you.

Reasons taken from A Monster Calls's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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