Movies Like Animals (2017)

Animals is a 2017 thriller film from Greg Zglinski with a MovieMagicScore of 5.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with A Cure for Wellness and Snowroller.

Thriller

A Cure for Wellness

2017

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.

6.3

MagicScore

Snowroller

1985

Stig-Helmer takes another vacation with his norwegian friend Ole. This time it's time for a skiing vacation in the Alps. Of course, Stig-Helmer has never learnt downhill skiing, but he attends a ski school. And together they manage to charm two women also on vacation.

6.2

MagicScore

Swiss Miss

1938

Stan and Ollie are mousetrap salesmen hoping for better business in Switzerland, with Stan's theory that because there is more cheese in Switzerland, there should be more mice.

6.2

MagicScore

The Eiger Sanction

1975

A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.

6.1

MagicScore

A Farewell to Arms

1957

An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.

5.9

MagicScore

Mad Heidi

2022

In a dystopian Switzerland that has fallen under the fascist rule of an evil cheese tyrant, Swiss mountain girl Heidi transforms herself into a kick-ass female fighting force who sets out to liberate the country from a cheese-fueled machinery of hate.

5.7

MagicScore

The Wife

2018

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

7.1

MagicScore

Closer

2004

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.

6.8

MagicScore

Antares

2004

A deadly car crash sets off three parallel stories of women at crisis points, faltering behind the doors of the same, plain Vienna apartment block.

5.9

MagicScore

#10

The Divine Order

2017

Nora is a young housewife and mother, living in a quaint little village with her husband and their two sons. The Swiss countryside is untouched by the major social upheavals the movement of 1968 has brought about. Nora’s life is not affected either; she is a quiet person who is liked by everybody – until she starts to publicly fight for women’s suffrage, which the men are due to vote on in a ballot on February 7, 1971.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

Sissi

1955

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.

7.3

MagicScore

#12

When the Bough Breaks

2016

A surrogate mother harbors a deadly secret desire for a family of her own with the husband who is expecting to raise her child.

5.8

MagicScore

#13

Burning Man

2011

Tom is a British chef in a Bondi restaurant who seems to have decided there are no longer any rules he needs to obey. Whatever Tom is up to, his actions seem to be tolerated by those around him. As Tom descends into darkness, fragments of a different story begin to emerge. All the women in his world are trying in their own, very different ways to help put him back together.

5.9

MagicScore

#14

Woman on the Run

2017

After surviving an attempt on her life, a reclusive mystery author discovers that her nanny has stolen her identity, forcing her to go to extreme lengths to get her children back.

5.8

MagicScore

#15

Miller's Girl

2024

A talented young writer embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher assigns a project that entangles them both.

6.3

MagicScore

#16

You Should Have Left

2020

In an effort to repair their relationship, a couple books a vacation in the countryside for themselves and their daughter. What starts as a perfect retreat begins to fall apart as one loses their grip on reality, and a sinister force tries to tear them apart.

6.1

MagicScore

#17

Shirley

2020

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

6.1

MagicScore

#18

Straw Dogs

2011

A young couple moves to a quaint southern town. Soon their perfect getaway turns out to become a living hell when dark secrets and lethal passions spiral out of control.

5.9

MagicScore

#19

Descent Into Hell

1986

The marriage of the famous writer Alan and his young wife Lola is in a crisis. On a vacation in Haiti Lola wants to decide if their relationship still has a future...

4.8

MagicScore

#20

La Notte

1961

A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship in Milan.

7.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Animals?

The top films similar to Animals by MovieMagicScore are A Cure for Wellness (6.3), Snowroller (6.2), Swiss Miss (6.2). Each shares thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Animals worth watching?

Animals holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.5/10 from 20 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Animals?

Animals (2017) is a thriller film directed by Greg Zglinski, starring Birgit Minichmayr, Philipp Hochmair, Mona Petri.

Where can I find more recommendations like Animals?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more thriller recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Animals

This ranked list pairs Animals (2017), a thriller film from Greg Zglinski, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Birgit Minichmayr take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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