Movies like Life (2020)
The best movies like Life (2020) are Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer? (2019), Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money? (2019) and No Time for Nuts (2006). If Life hooked you with its family, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedFar from the Tree (2021)8.1/10 from 395 votes
- NewestMy Stuffed Monkey (2025)Released 2025
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer? (2019)
Trixie explains to Forky what a computer does as they experience the common stresses of technology.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
SnoozefestMovies like thisForky Asks a Question: What Is Money? (2019)
Forky Asks a Question: What is Money? Hamm attempts to give Forky a lesson on how the US monetary system works.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNo Time for Nuts (2006)
Scrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFar from the Tree (2021)
On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisHammy's Boomerang Adventure (2006)
RJ the raccoon produces a nature video, which turns out to be an excuse for him and the porcupine children to play pranks on Hammy the squirrel.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonster Truck Mater (2010)
As a professional monster truck wrestler, Mater must work his way up through the ranks from an amateur tow truck to World Champion Monster Truck Wrestler. But rival wrestlers I-Screamer, Captain Collision, and The Rasta Carian aren't about to give up without a fight.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRunaway Brain (1995)
In an attempt to convince Minnie that he hasn't forgotten to buy her an anniversary present, Mickey Mouse ends up promising to take her to Hawaii. Funds being short, he applies for a job as lab assistant to the sinister Dr. Frankenollie, who happens to be searching for a donor to provide his monstrous creation with a brain.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWho Killed Cock Robin? (1935)
A robin is shot so the woodland community holds a trial to investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFerdinand the Bull (1938)
This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via pained howls and wild stomping. This lands him in the bull-fighting arena amidst characters based on Walt's animators with a matador reportedly modeled after Walt himself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWinnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974)
Rabbit is tired of Tigger always bouncing him, so he gets Pooh and Piglet together to come up with an idea to get the bounce out of Tigger. Then, Tigger and little Roo go out for a bounce and get caught in a tree.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMarine Life Interviews (2016)
Interviews with the animals at the Marine Life Institute about their experiences with Dory.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYellow Is the New Black (2018)
An adventure about two Minions who make a daring (though temporary) escape from jail. As they navigate the chaos of their breakout, their antics showcase the Minions' signature blend of resourcefulness and mischief, resulting in a short filled with hilariously unpredictable moments.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCars Toon Mater's Tall Tales (2008)
Mater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable stories.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisScrat: Spaced Out (2016)
In the main events of Ice Age: Collision Course, Scrat is captured by Scratazons who take away his acorn. Now, Scrat must rescue his Acorn and escape before the aliens can catch him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMater the Greater (2008)
Mater tells Lightning McQueen about his former job as a daredevil.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDay & Night (2010)
When Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the wrong foot. But as they discover each other's unique qualities--and come to realize that each of them offers a different window onto the same world-the friendship helps both to gain a new perspective.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSpider-Ham: Caught in a Ham (2019)
Spider-Ham faces off against bad guys, chows down on hot dogs, and makes plenty of food-based puns.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTin Toy (1988)
Babies are hardly monster-like, unless you're a toy. After escaping a drooling baby, Tinny realizes that he wants to be played with after all. But in the amount of time it takes him to discover this, the baby's attention moves on to other things only an infant could find interesting.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTokyo Mater (2008)
A routine tow lands Mater in Tokyo, where he is challenged to a drift-style race against a nefarious gang leader and his posse of ninjas. With the help of his friend, 'Dragon' Lightning McQueen, and some special modifications, Mater attempts to drift to victory and become Tow-ke-O Mater, King of all Drifters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMater and the Ghostlight (2006)
Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8 Café, the Sheriff tells the story of the legend of the Ghostlight, and as everyone races home Mater is left alone primed for a good old-fashioned scare.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Grand Day Out (1990)
Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Wrong Trousers (1993)
Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno trousers created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Close Shave (1996)
Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMotor Tour (1982)
Animated hijinks of a man whose car just will not start, no matter what he does.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Stick and Stone (2017)
When Stick rescues Stone from a prickly situation with a Pinecone, the pair becomes fast friends. But when Stick gets stuck, can Stone return the favor? With a subtle anti-bullying message even the young will understand, Stick and Stone have energy, emotion, and personality to spare and share a story of kindness and friendship that all will enjoy.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
My Stuffed Monkey (2025)
A man down on his luck finds comfort in his childhood stuffed monkey as he tries to lift his spirits.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Mickey's Safety Club: Street Safe, Street Smart (1989)
Mickey and his friends take a close look at important street safety situations and tips.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
The Day Will Come When You Won't Be (TBA)
Mia is about to get married, one night she will have a confrontation with her mother and will have a dilemma about whether she should get married and live her life or stay with her mother.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Cedric (2006)
Death as a global service provider? Unthinkable! So far Death has thought that too. But then his nephew Cedric had the crazy idea of founding the company AFTER LIFE while his uncle was away. This company takes over the craft of death with the latest technology and markets it worldwide.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Autism (2019)
Autism by Salamtak, an awareness-evoking short cinema on how to discover and deal with autism.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Life?
The closest matches to Life are Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer? (2019), Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money? (2019) and No Time for Nuts (2006). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Life?
Start with Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer? (2019), the closest match to Life.
What is the highest-rated movie like Life?
Far from the Tree (2021), rated 8.1/10 by 395 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Life?
My Stuffed Monkey (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Life?
Yes: Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer? (2019), Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money? (2019) and No Time for Nuts (2006).
How are movies similar to Life chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Life, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.