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Movies Like The Nutcracker

If you liked The Nutcracker (2016), a horror and comedy movie directed by Jim Haggerty, 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. 1Mater and the Ghostlight

    Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and horror

    Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8 Café, the Sheriff tells the story of the legend of the Ghostlight…

  2. 2Z

    Z (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror

    A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.

  3. 3Frankenweenie

    Frankenweenie (1984)

    ★ 6.9/10Also horror and comedy

    When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's homemade monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc…

  4. 4Once Bitten

    Once Bitten (1985)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and horror

    Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to preserve her own…

  5. 5The Shed

    The Shed (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge…

  6. 6The Fearless Vampire Killers

    The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and horror

    A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.

  7. 7Mr. Boogedy

    Mr. Boogedy (1986)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror

    A novelty-salesman moves his family into a new house. Initially dismissing incidents as more of their father's practical jokes, the family soon learns that the house is haunted by people who lived in the house 300…

  8. 8Solid Serenade

    Solid Serenade (1946)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy

    Tom ties up Spike and sneaks into the courtyard of the glamorous Toodles Galore with his bass, hoping to woo her with his song, much to the annoyance of a sleeping Jerry.

  9. 9The 'Burbs

    The 'Burbs (1989)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and horror

    When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But…

  10. 10Monster House

    Monster House (2006)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and horror

    Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.

  11. 11A Knight for a Day

    A Knight for a Day (1946)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    By accident, Cedric (Goofy), replaces his master, Sir Loinsteak, in the armor just before the joust with champion Sir Cumference.

  12. 12Race with the Devil

    Race with the Devil (1975)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror

    Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.

  13. 13Lonesome Ghosts

    Lonesome Ghosts (1937)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and horror

    On a dark and stormy night, four bored ghosts decide to have some fun by calling the Ajax Ghost Exterminators.

  14. 14The Monster Club

    The Monster Club (1981)

    ★ 5.8/10Also horror and comedy

    A vampire attacks a horror author on the street and then invites him to a nearby club as a gesture of gratitude, which turns out to be a meeting place for assorted creatures of the night. The vampire then regales him…

  15. 15The Bed Sitting Room

    The Bed Sitting Room (1969)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.

  16. 16The Yankee Doodle Mouse

    The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    As Tom and Jerry stage their typical fight sequences, the patriotic soldier theme of the title is evidenced by such things as a carton of eggs labeled "Hen Grenades"; Jerry dropping light bulbs from an airplane like…

  17. 17Scared Shrekless

    Scared Shrekless (2010)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and horror

    Shrek challenges Donkey, Puss in Boots and his other fairy tale character friends to spend the night in Lord Farquaad's haunted castle, telling scary stories to see who can resist becoming scared and stay the longest.

  18. 18Good Scouts

    Good Scouts (1938)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    Donald is leading a scout troop consisting of his nephews on a hike in the woods. Donald isn't nearly the expert on the woods that he thinks he is, much to the amusement of the boys. In a bid for sympathy, he douses…

  19. 19Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

  20. 20Lou

    Lou (2017)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy

    A lost-and-found box holds a mysterious and unseen monster within.

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