Movies Like Inventor Crazybrains and the Girl Called Bird
If you liked Inventor Crazybrains and the Girl Called Bird (2022), a fantasy and history movie directed by Jefferson Everest Crawford, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasySarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live…
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Princess (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasyA reclusive princess and a directionless young man embark on a quest to save the world's mythical creatures from becoming extinct.
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MirrorMask (2005)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyIn a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.
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Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms (2017)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasyA powerful ruler from House Targaryen begins a campaign to unite a fractured continent ruled by seven competing families. With the aid of formidable dragons, the conquest reshapes the balance of power and leads to the…
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Mayerling (1968)
★ 6.2/10Also historyCrown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country…
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Peter Ibbetson (1935)
★ 7/10Also fantasyWhen his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project…
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Unicorn Store (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasyA woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.
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Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasyThe story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive…
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Panther (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also historyIn this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.
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The Secret Garden (1993)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasyA young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years…
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Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasyAnastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.
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Radium Girls (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also historyYoung women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
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The Dark Crystal (1982)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasyOn another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
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Coraline (2009)
★ 7.9/10Also fantasyWandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real…
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Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasyStuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets the beautiful priestess Teela in need of help, she offers her assistance and provides a motley troupe. Together they go in…
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Radioactive (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also historyThe story of Nobel Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of…
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Munich - The Edge of War (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also historyAt the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
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Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyWhen young Lili's mother dies in childbirth, her father remarries Lady Claudia, a woman ruled by an evil mirror with the power to make her queen of all living things. After escaping an attempt on her life, Lili finds…
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FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyIn 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.
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Mr. Turner (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also historyEccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.