Movies Like The Brahmin and the Butterfly
If you liked The Brahmin and the Butterfly (1901), a comedy and fantasy movie directed by Georges Méliès, 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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Mandibles (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and fantasyWhen two simple-minded best friends find a giant fly trapped in the trunk of a stolen car, they decide to train it in hopes of striking it rich.
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Family Swap (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and fantasyHusband does not understand his wife? Conflict with children? Do you want to be heard and stood in your place? Be afraid of your desires. In this family, everything changed places, including grandmother.
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The Severed Heads (1957)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and comedyA short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads.
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The Brand New Testament (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and fantasyGod lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until…
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Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and comedyAt 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.
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One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and fantasyMonsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made.
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Ladies First (2026)
★ 6/10Also comedy and fantasyAn arrogant but charismatic ladies' man finds his life of money, power and casual flings upended when he wakes up in a parallel world dominated by women.
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Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)
★ 6/10Also comedy and fantasyAfter a devastating battle against a diabolical turtle, a team of five avengers — known as the "Tobacco Force" — is sent on a mandatory retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion, where they share scary…
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Weird Science (1985)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and fantasyTwo unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a…
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Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon (2014)
★ 6/10Also comedy and fantasyTom and Jerry find a dragon egg, and help the baby dragon find its mother.
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Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and fantasyA documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.
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Slumberland (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and fantasyA young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
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Return (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyA young man returns home for the weekend to discover the difficulty of juggling friends, parents, magic mushrooms and several thousand chickens.
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Princess Nicotine (1909)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and fantasyA smoker falls asleep, and two mischievious fairies play with his pipe. He discovers this, and imprisons them in a cigar box. He removes a flower from the box, which contains a fairy smoking a cigarette. Next, he…
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The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy and fantasyWhile trying to prove to her family she can be mature and responsible, teen wizard Alex Russo conjures up a spell to rid herself of her bad qualities, unintentionally creating a Good and Evil Alex. When Evil Alex gets…
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Cinderfella (1960)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and fantasyWhen his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for his nasty step-family, Maximilian and Rupert attempt to find a…
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Barbie (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and fantasyBarbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living…
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Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and fantasyTom And Jerry are among the last animals living in Storybook Town, a fairy tale-inspired theme park "where dreams come true, if you believe."
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Alter Ego (2026)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyA quiet, middle-aged man spirals into obsession and paranoia when a charismatic look-alike moves in next door, featuring the exact same face—and a full head of hair.