Movies Like The Pearl
If you liked The Pearl (1929), a fantasy movie directed by Henri d'Ursel, 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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Caprice (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyA girl finds herself inside a fashion magazine – Joanna Hogg's graduation piece at the National Film and Television School starring a then unknown Tilda Swinton.
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The Severed Heads (1957)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyA short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads.
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The Little Match Girl (1928)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasyAn impoverished girl tries to sell matches on New Year's Eve. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to keep warm, the flame shows her what's beyond.
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The Brand New Testament (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasyGod lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until…
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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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Afterlife of the Party (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasyA social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.
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The Fairy (2011)
★ 6/10Also fantasyA hotel clerk searches all over Le Havre for the fairy who made two of his three wishes come true before disappearing.
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Winter's Tale (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasyA burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
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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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Interstate 60 (2002)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasyAn aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
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Irish Wish (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyMaddie's dream guy is days away from marrying her best friend when a wish for true love made on an ancient stone in Ireland magically alters her fate.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyMistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
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The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasyWhen human sailors are attacked by mysterious creatures of the deep, only one person can stop the war between land and sea: the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia.
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasySarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live…
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Four Kids and It (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasyA group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.
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The Girl Who Cried Pearls (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also fantasyA poor boy’s love for a girl whose tears turn to pearls leads him into a perilous bargain between love, greed, and survival.
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The Visitors (1993)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyAfter a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and…
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Nine Days (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasyA bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
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The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasyCecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo'…
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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.