Movies Like Mr. Pye

If you liked Mr. Pye (1986), a comedy and fantasy movie directed by Michael Darlow, 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.

1
The Dark Tower (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy
A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.
2
Cinderfella (1960)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and fantasy
When 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…
3
Firebreather (2010)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasy
It's not easy being a teen like Duncan. His mom wants him to pay more attention to his homework, while his dad - a 120-foot-tall monster known as a Kaiju - wants him to become the next King of All Monsters. When these…
4
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy
The 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…
5
Duplex (2003)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
6
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy
When Darren Shan is taken to a circus that's chock-full of sideshow oddities, he meets a vampire and receives a life-changing bite on the neck.
7
Paradise Hills (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy
A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.
8
Craig Before the Creek (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy and fantasy
Before he was Craig of the Creek, he was just Craig — a new kid in a new town. All Craig wants is to go back to his old friends at his old home. But when he learns that the nearby creek is hiding a lost treasure that…
9
The Addams Family (1991)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and fantasy
When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to…
10
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
★ 6/10Also fantasy
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
11
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasy
A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.
12
Cul-de-sac (1966)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.
13
Wildwood (2026)
★ 8.6/10Also fantasy
After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel launches a desperate rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness, an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon…
14
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasy
Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowship of nine warriors and accomplices…
15
Swashbuckler (1976)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
16
Candy Cane Lane (2023)
★ 6/10Also comedy and fantasy
Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of…
17
Beetlejuice (1988)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasy and comedy
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
18
The School for Good and Evil (2022)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and comedy
Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil.
19
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
20
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasy
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.