Movies Like Carrossel

If you liked Carrossel (2024), a mystery and fantasy movie directed by Leonardo Vieira Mendonça and Mauro Henrique Soarez, 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 Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy and mystery
After a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil.
2
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy and mystery
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?
3
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (2012)
★ 7/10Also fantasy
An original story featuring performances by Cirque du Soleil. A young woman is entranced by an Aerialist. When they fall into the dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil and are separated, they travel through the different…
4
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.
5
Bogus (1996)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
6
Big Top Scooby-Doo! (2012)
★ 7.6/10Also mystery
When Scooby and the gang hear of a werewolf plaguing a traveling circus, they go undercover as circus performers to get to the bottom.
7
Abigail (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and mystery
A young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby's father was one of the sick - and he was taken when she was six years old. Going…
8
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and fantasy
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang visit Oakhaven, Massachusetts to seek strange goings on involving a famous horror novelist and his ancestor who is rumored to have been a witch.
9
Animal Crackers (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy
A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.
10
The Monster Squad (1987)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy
Count Dracula returns to the world of humans accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them the ability to rule the…
11
Under Wraps (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasy
Three friends try to save their mummified friend, Harold, from greedy criminals by returning him to his resting place before midnight on Halloween.
12
Big Fish (2003)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasy
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will…
13
Inkheart (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
14
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy
Recruited by a secret society of babysitters, a high schooler battles the Boogeyman and his monsters when they nab the boy she's watching on Halloween.
15
The Commuter (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
16
Warlock (1989)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy
In 17th century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock, but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help. Flung into the future, the warlock winds up in the 1980s and plans to bring about…
17
The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
★ 6/10Also fantasy
The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the…
18
Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also mystery
Scooby-Doo and the rest of the ghost-busting gang visit a quiet farm town where everyone is preparing for the annual Halloween harvest celebration.
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Under Wraps 2 (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy
As Marshall, Gilbert and Amy are preparing for her father’s Spooktacular Halloween-themed wedding to his fiancé Carl, plans go awry when they discover that their mummy friend Harold and his beloved Rose may be in danger.
20
Buddy (2026)
★ 7/10Also fantasy
Inside the colorful world of "It's Buddy!", a group of children spend their days singing, dancing, and helping Buddy - bright orange unicorn - spread happiness. But when one child refuses to play along, Buddy is not…