Movies like The Nutcracker
If The Nutcracker's mix of fairy tale, 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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The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992 · Directed by Brian Henson · 86 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: christmas · Also music and fantasy
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during nighttime visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
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A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
2016 · Directed by Michelle Johnston · 92 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: fairy tale · Also fantasy and music · From the same decade (2010s)
A contemporary musical version of the classic Cinderella story in which the servant step daughter hope to compete in a musical competition for a famous pop star.
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Black Swan
2010 · Directed by Darren Aronofsky · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: ballet, stage performance · From the same decade (2010s)
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
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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 · From the same decade (2010s)
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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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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Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Directed by Bill Condon · 129 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: fairy tale · From the same decade (2010s)
A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.
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Wicked
2024 · Directed by Jon M. Chu · 162 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: fairy tale
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to…
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Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022 · Directed by Stephen Donnelly · 97 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: christmas
On a cold Christmas Eve, selfish miser Ebenezer Scrooge has one night left to face his past — and change the future — before time runs out.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000 · Directed by Ron Howard · 105 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: christmas
The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...
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Ella Enchanted
2004 · Directed by Tommy O'Haver · 96 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: fairy tale
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience.
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Santa Claus: The Movie
1985 · Directed by Jeannot Szwarc · 108 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: christmas
In ancient times, a man named Claus, who delivers toys in his small village, fulfils his destiny to become Santa Claus after meeting an expert toy-making elf, Patch, in the North Pole.