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The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974)
5.2/10on IMDb
Released
The sequel sends Fritz through a set of comic and often deliberately offensive episodes. Pick it as a follow-up only when you want more of the character’s adult counterculture satire and understand what that era of animation can bring with it.
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Cats (2018)
4.8/10on IMDb
Released
Also known as Cats and Peachtopia, this animated film follows a young cat who wants to find a legendary place and a homebody father who goes after him. Choose it for a contrast between two kinds of domestic cat and what happens to those habits away from home.
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The Legend of Hei (2019)
7.4/10on IMDb
Released
Hei is a cat spirit who leaves its home after humans disturb the forest. The shape of the cat and the way it moves remain important even around characters with much bigger powers. Pick it for an adventurous fantasy that still has a small, wary animal at the center.
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The Legend of Hei 2 (2025)
8.1/10on IMDb
Released
Hei returns to a conflict in which understanding what other spirits and humans are doing matters as much as using a power. See the first movie before this larger sequel if you want its action to carry the weight of the earlier relationships.
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Catnapped! (1998)
6.9/10on IMDb
Released
Children enter a world of cats and take feline shapes themselves. Their choices about how to move and who to trust give the transformation a practical point. Pick it for a bright animated displacement adventure with some startling changes of scale.
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Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
7.0/10on IMDb
Released
Two cat-shaped boys take a train through strange, quiet landscapes. The cat figures are stylized characters rather than household pets. Choose it for deliberate pacing and mysterious imagery, with more to think about than to cheer for.
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Spring and Chaos (1996)
7.1/10on IMDb
Released
Animated cats stand in for the people in a film about the Japanese writer Kenji Miyazawa. It works for viewers who like the mood of Night on the Galactic Railroad and want a different kind of cat-shaped animation, where the visual choice belongs to a poetic biography.
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The Life of Budori Gusuko (2012)
5.4/10on IMDb
Released
Budori is a cat-shaped young hero in a Kenji Miyazawa story about disaster, work, and protecting the place where he lives. This animated adaptation is a quiet fantasy. Pick it when the look of its cities and landscapes is part of what you want from the story.
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Peter-No-Tail (1981)
7.0/10on IMDb
Released
In the 1981 Swedish film, a tailless kitten tries to find his place among cats that immediately notice the difference. Choose it for an older hand-drawn domestic-cat adventure where the social rules of the neighborhood matter.
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Peter-No-Tail in Americat (1985)
5.7/10on IMDb
Released
The Swedish sequel puts the cat into a stylized American setting. Use it after the original if you want to see an apparently small neighborhood protagonist imagine a place where friendships and ambitions can play out on a larger scale.
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Pelle Svanslös (2020)
5.4/10on IMDb
Released
The 2020 Swedish animated feature retells the adventures of a rural kitten who ends up in a new city. It makes a good alternative to the 1981 film when you want a newer visual approach to Pelle’s struggle to find his way into established groups.
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The Cat Who Walked by Herself (1988)
7.0/10on IMDb
Released
The feature-length Soviet animation revisits a story about a cat that enters relationships with people on her own terms. Pick it for a visually unusual folk tale where the cat’s independence persists even as people want the animals around them to play a fixed role.
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Bad Cat (2016)
7.0/10on IMDb
Released
Shero, a rough-edged Istanbul cat, is the center of this adult animated comedy. Pick it for a street cat with his own messy relationships and sense of humor. Its tone and violence are intended for an older audience.
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Ghost Cat Anzu (2024)
6.6/10on IMDb
Released
An oversized ghost cat becomes the unlikely guardian of a girl visiting her grandfather’s temple. Anzu’s laid-back decisions lead the pair into the spirit world, with room for everyday humor before the adventure gets stranger.
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A Cat Called Dom (2023)
Released
An animated cat called Dom joins filmmaker Will Anderson in a nonfiction film about his family. Dom gives the story an irreverent voice. The mix of animation and real footage suits an adult viewer looking for a more personal cat film.
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Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds (2023)
7.1/10on IMDb
Released
Two sisters become cats when they tumble into a storybook land. Their altered forms are part of the adventure while they try to make their way home. The shifting colors and places give the fantasy a distinct look.
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Soul (2020)
8.0/10on IMDb
Released
Joe spends a significant stretch of the film inside a therapy cat named Mr. Mittens while 22 uses his human body. Pick this for an animated transformation that changes what the main character can do during the adventure.
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Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
5.8/10on IMDb
Released
The dog Hank learns from Jimbo, a cat samurai with a history of his own. Jimbo’s partnership and the cat villagers remain central to the story of defending their town.
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