Movies Like Shimaneko

If you liked Shimaneko (2024), a drama and comedy movie directed by Akiyoshi Imazeki, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
10 Lives (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy
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 steps in to set him on a transformative…
2
Rudolf the Black Cat (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Rudolf, a black stray cat, is suddenly separated from his beloved master. He unexpectedly wakes up in a long-distance truck that takes him to metropolis Tokyo. There, he meets Ippai-attena, a big boss cat feared by…
3
The Amazing Maurice (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
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 Malicia, their little con soon goes down…
4
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama
When the pets accidentally get separated from their vacationing owners, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy navigate the mean streets of San Francisco, trying to find their home across the Golden Gate Bridge. But the road is…
5
If Cats Disappeared from the World (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
A postman learns that he doesn't have much time left to live due to a terminal illness. A devil then appears in front of him and offers to extend his life if he picks something in the world that will disappear. The man…
6
Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
The popular cartoon cat and mouse are thrown into a feature film. The story has the twosome trying to help an orphan girl who is being berated and exploited by a greedy guardian.
7
The Cat Returns (2002)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.
8
Rent-a-Cat (2012)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama
A young woman who rents out cats to lonely old folks finds her life turned upside down when a young man from her past shows back up in her life.
9
TalhotBlond (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
10
Ghost Cat Anzu (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
Precocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant "ghost cat" and notorious layabout tasked with looking after her…
11
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: My Moving Story! Cactus Attack! (2015)
★ 7/10Also comedy
The Noharas must survive a hoard of man-eating killer cacti after Shin-chan's father relocates the family to Mexico for work.
12
Landline (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
13
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
An evil sorceress transports the gang back to the age of chivalrous knights, spell-casting wizards, and fire-breathing dragons.
14
The Eel (1997)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
15
House of D (2004)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama
In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression…
16
Nine Lives (2016)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.
17
Bolt (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
Bolt is the star of the biggest show in Hollywood. The only problem is, he thinks it's real. After he's accidentally shipped to New York City and separated from Penny, his beloved co-star and owner, Bolt must harness…
18
Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
Lonely and awkward, Giovanni struggles with his sick mother, absent father, and an afterschool job that isolates him from his peers. But on the night of the Festival of Stars, he is magically transported onto a…
19
StarDog and TurboCat (2019)
★ 7/10Also comedy
When vigilante cat, Felix, and loyal canine, Buddy, set out to find Buddy’s lost owner, they discover not only the power of friendship, but their inner superpowers along the way.
20
Not Without Hope (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.