Movies like Ptychogastria, Spatulate: Apprehensions Eight and a Half Empire State Buildings Down (A.K.A. A Deep Metaphor for Something I'd Rather Not Talk About)
The best movies like Ptychogastria, Spatulate: Apprehensions Eight and a Half Empire State Buildings Down (A.K.A. A Deep Metaphor for Something I'd Rather Not Talk About) are Dolphin Tale (2011), Night Tide (1961) and Last Breath (2025). If Ptychogastria, Spatulate: Apprehensions Eight and a Half Empire State Buildings Down (A.K.A. A Deep Metaphor for Something I'd Rather Not Talk About) hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Ptychogastria, Spatulate: Apprehensions Eight and a Half Empire State Buildings Down (A.K.A. A Deep Metaphor for Something I'd Rather Not Talk About)
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Wolf and the Lion (2021)7.5/10 from 517 votes
- NewestDeep Water (2026)Released 2026
Dolphin Tale (2011)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight Tide (1961)
A young sailor is enamored with a mysterious woman performing as a mermaid on the local pier. As their existences become entwined, he comes to suspect the woman might be a real mermaid who lures men to a watery death during the full moon.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLast Breath (2025)
Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWoody Woodpecker (2017)
Woody Woodpecker enters a turf war with a big city lawyer wanting to tear down his home in an effort to build a house to flip.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIcefall (2025)
A young Indigenous game warden arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. When a group of criminals and dirty cops are alerted to the poacher’s whereabouts, the warden and the poacher team up to fight back and escape across the treacherous lake before the ice melts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like this20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBeast (2022)
A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Abyss (1989)
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPetals on the Wind (2014)
This sequel to Flowers in the Attic picks up 10 years after Cathy, Chris and Carrie managed to escape Foxworth Hall.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVicious (2025)
When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDead Sea (2024)
Stranded in the open sea after a fatal accident, a young woman and her two friends are rescued by a fishing vessel's captain, unaware that the ship harbors a chilling secret.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wolf and the Lion (2021)
After her grandfather's death, 20-year-old Alma decides to go back to her childhood home - a little island in the heart of the majestic Canadian forest. Whilst there, she rescues two helpless cubs: a wolf and a lion. They forge an inseparable bond, but their world soon collapses as the forest ranger discovers the animals and takes them away. The two cub brothers must now embark on a treacherous journey across Canada to be reunited with one another and Alma once more.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (2026)
A father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity, and explores the most powerful technology humanity has ever created... and what's at stake if we get it wrong.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScooby-Doo: Mystery in Motion (2012)
Scooby-Doo and friends are off on another adventure in this collection of 3 episodes from the various eras of Scooby-Doo TV shows.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisDolphin Reef (2018)
Echo is a youngster who can't quite decide if it's time to grow up and take on new responsibilities-or give in to her silly side and just have fun. Dolphin society is tricky, and the coral reef that Echo and his family call home depends on all of its inhabitants to keep it healthy. But Echo has a tough time resisting the many adventures the ocean has to offer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove at the Shore (2017)
Single mom Jenna Thompson only five weeks to deliver her next teen novel to her publisher. So, this year's annual beach vacation with her kids will be a working vacation. Upon arrival, the family soon meets their new next-door neighbor, confident, devil-may-care surfer Lucas McKinnon.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Most Dangerous Game (1932)
When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Day of the Dolphin (1973)
A marine biologist teaches his dolphins to communicate in English but shady characters plan to kidnap the trained mammals for a more sinister purpose.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisDeep Water (2026)
A group of international passengers on a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome their differences if they hope to escape their sinking plane and the frenzy of sharks drawn to the wreckage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBalto III: Wings of Change (2004)
Balto and the other sled dogs are feeling dejected because the mail that used to be delivered by dogsled is now being delivered by airplanes. But when a mail plane crashes in the mountains, the dogs come to the rescue.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShot Through (TBA)
How do we react when a gun is fired? Even if it is only aimed at something that is supposedly lifeless? Tom Dale raises these questions in his work Shot Through. The video begins with a drum set standing in a forest. A shot is heard. And a second. Many others follow. The editing accelerates the destruction of the drums. Through the alternating shots, the viewer witnesses the various facets of the carnage – the explosion of the wood or the denting of metal – and the issue of materiality is shifted into focus. After the hail of bullets has ceased, closeups are shown of the drum, which has been shot to pieces. Comparisons to a gutted corpse are deliberate, and the drums transformed from a thing into animal-like creatures. The forest setting is reminiscent of a hunting scene, although it is alienated from the ethics of hunting and instead portrays the execution of the objects.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Monument Valley Flight Attempt (TBA)
An art film included in Wholphin Issue Number 5.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Maurice at the World's Fair (2010)
A humorous take on a story from author/illustrator, Maurice Sendak's childhood, produced with love by Spike Jonze, with Catherine Keener and friends for Maurice Sendak on his 80th birthday.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Creature Within (2009)
A portrait of Maurice Sendak's self-doubts. Included in Wholphin Issue Number 9
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Melbourne Years (2009)
An animated director's statement. Included in Wholphin Issue Number 9
Why it matches: Similar story and style
John "Kung Fu" Wang (TBA)
A short instructional video included in Wholphin Issue Number 5
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Alive Right Now, Somewhere (More Mbari Encounters Eight and a Half Empire State Buildings Down) (TBA)
A look at the life deep, deep under the waves. Included in Wholphin Issue Number 10.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Southern Exposure (TBA)
Three physicists go for a jog in -30 degree weather at the South Pole, naked.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Man in the Grey Suit (TBA)
An excerpt from a nature documentary included in Wholphin Issue Number 6
Why it matches: Similar story and style
One Day with the S.L.A. (TBA)
A documentary included in Wholphin Issue Number 5
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Ptychogastria, Spatulate: Apprehensions Eight and a Half Empire State Buildings Down (A.K.A. A Deep Metaphor for Something I'd Rather Not Talk About)?
The closest matches to Ptychogastria, Spatulate: Apprehensions Eight and a Half Empire State Buildings Down (A.K.A. A Deep Metaphor for Something I'd Rather Not Talk About) are Dolphin Tale (2011), Night Tide (1961) and Last Breath (2025). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Ptychogastria, Spatulate: Apprehensions Eight and a Half Empire State Buildings Down (A.K.A. A Deep Metaphor for Something I'd Rather Not Talk About)?
Start with Dolphin Tale (2011), the closest match to Ptychogastria, Spatulate: Apprehensions Eight and a Half Empire State Buildings Down (A.K.A. A Deep Metaphor for Something I'd Rather Not Talk About).
What is the highest-rated movie like Ptychogastria, Spatulate: Apprehensions Eight and a Half Empire State Buildings Down (A.K.A. A Deep Metaphor for Something I'd Rather Not Talk About)?
The Wolf and the Lion (2021), rated 7.5/10 by 517 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Ptychogastria, Spatulate: Apprehensions Eight and a Half Empire State Buildings Down (A.K.A. A Deep Metaphor for Something I'd Rather Not Talk About)?
Deep Water (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Ptychogastria, Spatulate: Apprehensions Eight and a Half Empire State Buildings Down (A.K.A. A Deep Metaphor for Something I'd Rather Not Talk About)?
Yes: Dolphin Tale (2011), Night Tide (1961) and Last Breath (2025).
How are movies similar to Ptychogastria, Spatulate: Apprehensions Eight and a Half Empire State Buildings Down (A.K.A. A Deep Metaphor for Something I'd Rather Not Talk About) chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Ptychogastria, Spatulate: Apprehensions Eight and a Half Empire State Buildings Down (A.K.A. A Deep Metaphor for Something I'd Rather Not Talk About), then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.