Movies Like Playing God

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Club of the Laid Off

1989·25m·★ 7.2·Jiří Barta

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The House

2022·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Paloma Baeza

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Once Upon a Studio

2023·9m·★ 8.3·Trent Correy

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Memoir of a Snail

2024·1h 34m·★ 7.8·Adam Elliot

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The Wrong Trousers

1993·30m·★ 8.3·Nick Park

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A Close Shave

1996·30m·★ 8.1·Nick Park

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Corpse Bride

2005·1h 17m·★ 7.4·Mike Johnson

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A Grand Day Out

1990·24m·★ 7.7·Nick Park

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Waking Life

2001·1h 41m·★ 7.6·Richard Linklater

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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2005·1h 25m·★ 7.5·Steve Box

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Anomalisa

2015·1h 31m·★ 7.2·Duke Johnson

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2016·8m·★ 7.3·Theodore Ushev

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Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas

2021·30m·★ 7.2·Steve Cox

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Mad God

2021·1h 24m·★ 6.8·Phil Tippett

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James and the Giant Peach

1996·1h 19m·★ 6.7·Henry Selick

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2024·1h 34m·★ 5.6·Robert Morgan

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Frankenstein

1910·14m·★ 6.4·J. Searle Dawley

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The Spine of Night

2021·1h 33m·★ 6.4·Philip Gelatt

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$9.99

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How Good Is Playing God?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.