Movies Like Pension Jonas

If you liked Pension Jonas (1942), a movie directed by Pierre Caron, 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
A Dog's Life (1918)
★ 7.3/10
The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
2
Free Willy (1993)
★ 6.2/10
When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing…
3
Marsupilami (2026)
★ 6.3/10
David is tasked to deliver a mysterious package from South America, only to find out he is carrying a baby Marsupilami!
4
Orca (1977)
★ 6.2/10
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, the…
5
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove (2010)
★ 6.1/10
After young Kirra leaves her Australian home to summer with her grandfather in South Africa, she soon discovers a baby orca stranded in the lagoon near her grandfather’s rundown seaside amusement park. She names the…
6
Rust and Bone (2012)
★ 7.2/10
Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible…
7
Alligator (1980)
★ 6/10
A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a…
8
Whalefall (2026)
★ 6.6/10
Following the death of his father, Jay Gardiner goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of…
9
Crimes of the Future (2022)
★ 6/10
With his partner Caprice, celebrity performance artist Saul Tenser publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. An investigator from the National Organ Registry obsessively tracks…
10
Self/less (2015)
★ 6.4/10
An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts…
11
Blackfish (2013)
★ 7.9/10
Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient…
12
The Brood (1979)
★ 6.7/10
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalised wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.
13
Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997)
★ 6.1/10
Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On…
14
Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
★ 6.9/10
The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.
15
Assimilate (2019)
★ 6.3/10
Three friends making a web series about their town discover that their neighbors are being killed and replaced by creatures who are perfect copies of their victims.
16
Pig (2021)
★ 6.6/10
A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.
17
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
★ 7.2/10
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.
18
Vivarium (2019)
★ 6.1/10
A young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and…
19
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
★ 6.2/10
When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save Colonel Robert Calder, the mission commander. A young…
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Dolphin Tale (2011)
★ 6.9/10
A sea of animal rescuers — and a lonely boy in need of a friend – nurse an injured dolphin back to health after it loses its tail in a trap.