Movies like A Monster Calls

Key Features:: Grief, Terminal illness, Bullying, Fantasy, Coming-of-age, Monster, Emotional healing, Family drama, Loss, Imagination, Child protagonist
Tone:: serious, poetic, dramatic
Target Audience:: Drama viewers, Fans of fantasy, Viewers interested in emotional stories
Emotional Arc:: Fear → Acceptance → Catharsis

A Monster Calls

2016-10-07

12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.

Genres

Fantasy, Adventure, Family

Cast

Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Ben Moor, James Melville, Oliver Steer, Dominic Boyle, Jennifer Lim, Max Gabbay

Crew

Patrick Ness, J.A. Bayona

Rating

★7.3(3476 votes)