Movies like The Nutcracker
If The Nutcracker's mix of nazi, fairy and musical 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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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Directed by Mark Gustafson · 117 min8.0
Why you'll like itWith John Turturro · Shares: musical · Also fantasy and adventure
During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
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Anastasia
1997 · Directed by Don Bluth · 94 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: musical, 1920s · Also family and fantasy
Ten years after she was separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting with her grandmother.
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Cinderella
1950 · Directed by Clyde Geronimi · 74 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: fairy, musical · Also family and fantasy
Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she…
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Thumbelina
1994 · Directed by Don Bluth · 87 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: fairy, musical · Also fantasy and family
Born of a flower and growing to only a couple of inches tall, poor Thumbelina is worried she'll never meet someone her own size, until she happens to catch the eye of Prince Cornelius of the Fairies.
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992 · Directed by Bill Kroyer · 76 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: fairy, musical · Also family and fantasy
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home: the pristine rainforest known as FernGully.
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Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014 · Directed by Steve Loter · 77 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: fairy · Also adventure and family · From the same decade (2010s)
An ancient myth of a massive creature sparks the curiosity of Tinker Bell and her good friend Fawn, an animal fairy who’s not afraid to break the rules to help an animal in need.
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Secret of the Wings
2012 · Directed by Peggy Holmes · 75 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: fairy · Also family and fantasy · From the same decade (2010s)
Tinkerbell wanders into the forbidden Winter woods and meets Periwinkle. Together they learn the secret of their wings and try to unite the warm fairies and the winter fairies to help Pixie Hollow.
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The Lion King
1994 · Directed by Roger Allers · 89 min8.3
Why you'll like itWith Nathan Lane · Shares: musical
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself.
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A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
2016 · Directed by Michelle Johnston · 92 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: musical · Also family and fantasy · 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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Peter Pan
2003 · Directed by P.J. Hogan · 113 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: fairy · Also adventure and fantasy
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook.
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Aladdin
2019 · Directed by Guy Ritchie · 127 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: musical · Also adventure and fantasy · From the same decade (2010s)
A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their…
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Directed by Robert Stevenson · 117 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: nazi · Also family and fantasy
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.