Movies Like Secret Zoo (2020)

Secret Zoo is a 2020 comedy, drama film from Son Jae-gon with a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with We Bought a Zoo and Creature Comforts.

Comedy Drama

We Bought a Zoo

2011

Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.

6.8

MagicScore

Creature Comforts

1989

A humorous and thought-provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings.

7.2

MagicScore

Madagascar

2005

Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.

6.9

MagicScore

The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper

2005

During the holiday season, when the animals of the Central Park Zoo are preparing for Christmas, Private, the youngest of the penguins notices that the Polar Bear is all alone. Assured that nobody should have to spend Christmas alone, Private goes into the city for some last-minute Christmas shopping. Along the way, he gets stuffed into a stocking

6.8

MagicScore

Madagascar: A Little Wild - Holiday Goose Chase

2021

Melman the Giraffe meets Hank, a goose who has been separated from his family and along with his friends, they embark on a wild goose chase around the city to reunite Hank with his merry flock.

6.7

MagicScore

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

2012

Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chimps who broke the bank at a Monte Carlo casino. When French animal-control officer Capitaine Chantel DuBois picks up their scent, Alex and company are forced to hide out in a traveling circus.

6.6

MagicScore

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

2008

Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to the African continent. There the New Yorkers encounter members of their own species for the first time. Africa proves to be a wild place, but Alex and company wonder if it is better than their Central Park home.

6.5

MagicScore

Penguins of Madagascar

2014

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.

6.5

MagicScore

A Day at the Zoo

1939

A tour of the zoo, in typical Tex Avery style: a series of one-liners and sight gags, punctuated by Egghead teasing a lion at intervals, despite the admonishments of the narrator.

6.3

MagicScore

#10

Fierce Creatures

1997

Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most impressive and dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the keepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.

6.2

MagicScore

#11

Funky Monkey

2004

A teen genius teams up with a super-talented chimpanzee and his caretaker to take down an animal testing lab. In exchange, the scientist gives the teen some pointers on the girl of his dreams.

6.1

MagicScore

#12

Secretly, Greatly

2013

Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live under cover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They are shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

Hello, Schoolgirl

2008

Kwon Yeon-woo is a thirty year old low-level civil servant who works in a district office; quite innocent for his age, he has been on numerous blind dates in an unsuccessful bid to find a wife. After moving into a new place, he begins to encounter a high school girl, Soo-yeong, on his way to work every morning, and she begins to develop feelings for him. Meanwhile, Kang Sook has just started working at the district office straight out of high school, and falls head over heels for older woman Kwon Ha-kyeong.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

Start-Up

2019

Two boys are becoming real adults during a turbulent time as they experience a world that doesn't go their way.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

Dominion

2018

Exposing the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture through drones, hidden & handheld cameras, the feature-length film explores the morality and validity of our dominion over the animal kingdom.

8.4

MagicScore

#16

Lion, London Zoological Gardens

1896

A male lion, right next to bars that are about 6 or 8 inches apart, keenly watches a uniformed zoo attendant toss small morsels of food into the cage. The lion alternates between finding the food on the cage floor and reaching through the bars to swipe at the man, who stays alarmingly close to the beast. In the background are the large rocks and brick wall at the back of the lion's habitat.

5.2

MagicScore

#17

Wild Beasts

1984

PCP is unexplainably released into the Frankfurt water supply and sends the zoo inhabitants crazy. One evening after a malfunction of zoo security the gonzo critters rampage through the city eating and killing whatever they fancy, wreaking a night of bloody terror. It's up to regular Italian-trash whipping girl Lorraine De Selle and obnoxious Super Mario lookalike zookeeper John Aldrich to sort it out.

4.8

MagicScore

#18

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

2017

Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.

8.0

MagicScore

#19

Shark: The Beginning

2021

A bullied teenager who is locked up at a juvenile detention center due to an unexpected accident, meets a mixed martial arts champion to break through his own limits.

7.3

MagicScore

#20

Fists of Legend

2013

Three men who share a past participate in a mixed martial arts reality show where they have to fight against other contestants to win the prize money.

7.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Secret Zoo?

The top films similar to Secret Zoo by MovieMagicScore are We Bought a Zoo (6.8), Creature Comforts (7.2), Madagascar (6.9). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Secret Zoo worth watching?

Secret Zoo holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10 from 78 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Secret Zoo?

Secret Zoo (2020) is a comedy, drama film directed by Son Jae-gon, starring Ahn Jae-hong, Kang So-ra, Park Young-kyu.

Where can I find more recommendations like Secret Zoo?

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

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About movies like Secret Zoo

This ranked list pairs Secret Zoo (2020), a comedy and drama film from Son Jae-gon, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ahn Jae-hong 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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