Movies like The Nutcracker
If The Nutcracker's mix of dance performance, classical music and ballet stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Nutcracker's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020 · Directed by David E. Talbert · 122 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: christmas · Also fantasy and music
An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.
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A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish
2019 · Directed by Michelle Johnston · 86 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: christmas · Also music and fantasy
Kat is an aspiring singer-songwriter who dreams of making it big. However, her dreams are stalled by her reality: a conniving and cruel stepfamily and a demoralizing job working as a singing elf at billionaire Terrence…
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
1964 · Directed by Larry Roemer · 52 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: christmas
Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his glowing nose, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius,…
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Fantasia
1940 · Directed by Bill Roberts · 124 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: classical music
Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia over and over again.
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High Strung
2016 · Directed by Michael Damian · 96 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: ballet
When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly.
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Fantasia 2000
2000 · Directed by James Algar · 74 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: classical music
Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.
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Save the Last Dance
2001 · Directed by Thomas Carter · 113 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: ballet
After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school.