Aksim (2014, dir. Lee Sung-gang) - A Korean animation about a monkey named Aksim who doesn't fit in. One day, the spirit of a human girl enters his mind, leading him down a path of no return. ★★★★ (Watch) (Letterboxd) tags: alterhumanity, plurality

Flatland: The Film (2007, dir. Ladd Ehlinger Jr.) - Based on the 1884 novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott. A creature from a two-dimensional universe has his world turned upside-down by a visitor from the third dimension. ★★★★★ (Watch) (Letterboxd) tags: other dimensions, plurality

Mosley (2019, dir. Kirby Atkins) - The film tells the story of Mosley, a "thoriphant" who rebels against his life of servitude and embarks on a treacherous journey to find the fabled city of Uprights. ★★★½ (Letterboxd) tags: evolution, interspecies relationships, transformation

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018, dir. Andy Serkis) - A well-done adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book with some admittedly unsettling character design choices. ★★★ (Letterboxd) tags: alterhumanity, interspecies relationships

My Octopus Teacher (2020, dir. Philippa Ehrlich & James Reed) - A man develops an intense bond with a young octopus. ★★★★½ (Letterboxd) tags: interspecies relationships, alterhumanity

Okja (2017, dir. Bong Joon-ho) - A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend – a massive animal named Okja. ★★★½ (Letterboxd) tags: animal rights, interspecies relationships

The Plague Dogs (1982, dir. Martin Rosen) - Based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. Two dogs named Rowf and Snitter escape from a research laboratory in Great Britain. ★★★★ tags: animal rights, interspecies relationships

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011, dir. Rupert Wyatt), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014, dir. Matt Reeves), & War for the Planet of the Apes (2017, dir. Matt Reeves) - A trilogy based on the Planet of the Apes franchise. Apes acquire higher intelligence and establish themselves as the new dominant species after a plague wipes out most of humanity. ★★★★ tags: animal rights, interspecies relationships

White God (2014, dir. Kornél Mundruczó) - A young girl, Lili, must give up her beloved dog, Hagen, after a new regulation that puts a severe tax on mixed breeds. Forced to live on the streets, Hagen is soon captured and sent to the pound, but his escape with the other dogs is swift and their revenge is merciless as Lili continues to search for him. ★★★★ (Letterboxd) tags: animal rights, interspecies relationships

Wild (2016, dir. Nicolette Krebitz) - A young woman has an encounter with a wild wolf that permanently changes the course of her life. Major content warning for animal abuse, specifically bestiality. ★★★★ (Letterboxd) tags: alterhumanity, interspecies relationships

Wolfwalkers (2020, dir. Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart) - A young hunter and her father set out to exterminate the last wolf pack in Ireland, but everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from the woods. ★★★★½ (Letterboxd) tags: alterhumanity, transformation, animal rights, interspecies relationships

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