Movies Like The Magic Lantern
If you liked The Magic Lantern (1903), a 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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Bogus (1996)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasyRecently 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.
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Under the Sea: A Descendants Story (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyMal emerges from the shadows of a mystical forest onto a dark coastline where she crosses paths with Dizzy.
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Un Chien Andalou (1929)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasyUn Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.
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Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (2012)
★ 7/10Also fantasyAn 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…
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Hideaways (2011)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyThe elder one of each generation in the Furlong family is equipped with an extraordinary capacity. James discovers the nature of his at the time of an accident which causes the death of his father and his grandmother…
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The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasyOne of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another…
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Sketch (2025)
★ 7/10Also fantasyWhen a young girl’s sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life—chaotic, real, and on the loose. As the town descends into chaos, her family must reunite and stop the monsters they never meant to…
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Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 4 (2015)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasyThe fourth instalment in the surreal Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared videos in which the three returning characters enter a sinister digital world through their computer.
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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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Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasyA documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.
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The '?' Motorist (1906)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasyA magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.
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Minions & Monsters (2026)
★ 7.6/10Also fantasyThis is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the…
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Le manoir du diable (1896)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyIn a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of interloping cavaliers.
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The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyA Californian family inherits a castle in Romania. This is especially exciting to the son, who is obsessed with monsters. And he is not disappointed.
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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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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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One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
★ 6.1/10Also 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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The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasyA group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.
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The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyLord Shiva wakes. A convocation of magicians in the guise of figures from mythology; a masquerade party at which Pan is the prize. The wine of Hecate is poured: Pan's cup is poisoned by Shiva. Kali blesses the assembly…
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Lorenzo (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyA cat named Lorenzo is dismayed to discover that his tail has developed a personality of its own.