Movies Like Thawing Seeds: A Forest Fairy Guide from the Underground

If you liked Thawing Seeds: A Forest Fairy Guide from the Underground (2025), a fantasy movie directed by Janne Elens, 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
Abigail (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy
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…
2
Northfork (2003)
★ 6/10Also fantasy
The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the…
3
Hansel and Gretel (1988)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy
Hansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upon the cottage of a kindly old woman. But is this kindly old woman…
4
Legend (1985)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy
Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful…
5
Four Kids and It (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy
A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.
6
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy
When Clara’s mother leaves her a mysterious gift, she embarks on a journey to four secret realms—where she discovers her greatest strength could change the world.
7
Ella Enchanted (2004)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be…
8
Godmothered (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy
A young and unskilled fairy godmother that ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored. What she discovers is that the girl has now become a grown woman…
9
The Dark Crystal (1982)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasy
On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
10
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
11
Epic (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasy
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their…
12
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy
A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.
13
Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy
Stuck 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…
14
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.
15
Penelope (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy
Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soulmate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her…
16
A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasy
An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a…
17
The Secret Kingdom (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy
Verity and Peter’s trip to the old family mansion takes a turn when the floor of their room suddenly gives way and they fall into an underground chamber where they are met by a civilization of creatures. The leader…
18
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.
19
The Flight of Dragons (1982)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasy
The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so the green wizard, Carolinus, decides to shield it for all time. Ommadon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is…
20
Wolfwalkers (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also fantasy
In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild…