The Cat and the Moon is a 2019 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Alex Wolff, who stars alongside Mike Epps, Skyler Gisondo, Tommy Nelson, Patricia Pinto, and Stefania LaVie Owen.

[2] It was released by FilmRise on October 25, 2019, in select theaters in New York City and Los Angeles, as well as through digital and on-demand services.

[3] During his mother's rehabilitation time, Nick moves to New York to stay with an old musician friend of his father's, named Cal.

On his way to his school, Nick considers attempting suicide by jumping in front of an oncoming train but at the last minute, is spooked back.

[5] Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote: "While the gist here is a familiar one of coming-of-age seriocomedy, Wolff avoids predictable beats, letting significant insights emerge almost incidentally rather than milking them for melodramatic effect.