Movies Like Buttermilk

If you liked Buttermilk (2025), a fantasy and animation movie directed by Lidia Dîrțu, 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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Monster High: Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love? (2012)
★ 8/10Also fantasy and animation
Draculaura’s Sweet 1600th birthday is an extra special occasion to party at Monster High! But her high expectations lead to deadly results when she’s faced with the choice between practical boyfriend Clawd, and new…
2
Monster High: Scaris City of Frights (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and fantasy
The Monstruitas of Monster High are obsessed with going to Scaris, The City of Frights for Fashion international competition where the winner will become the apprentice of the world famous Madame Ghostier designer.
3
The Black Cauldron (1985)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and fantasy
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the…
4
Lou (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also fantasy and animation
A lost-and-found box holds a mysterious and unseen monster within.
5
A Tooth Fairy Tale (2025)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and fantasy
Van, the brave son of a tooth fairy leader, meets the goblins girl Gemma on his first mission. Despite the myths about ancient disputes between fairies and goblins, they share common values. When the greedy Spider…
6
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasy
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an…
7
Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasy
A brave young animal explorer teams up with two trusty friends to find a powerful artifact before his greedy uncle can get his paws on it.
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Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasy and animation
After tumbling into a magic storybook, Puss in Boots must fight, dance and romance his way through wild adventures as he searches for an escape.
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10 Lives (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and fantasy
A pampered cat takes for granted the lucky hand he has been dealt after he is rescued and loved by Rose, a kind-hearted and passionate student. When he loses his ninth life, fate steps in to set him on a transformative…
10
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and fantasy
When Brainy Smurf is favored to win the annual Smurfberry Hunt for the ninth year in a row, Gutsy Smurf sets out to discover how Brainy wins every year. Gutsy’s investigation takes him into spooky Smurfy Hollow–and…
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Slumberland (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasy
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
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Unicorn Store (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy
A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.
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Scared Shrekless (2010)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasy
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.
14
The Willoughbys (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and fantasy
When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.
15
The House of Magic (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and animation
Thunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos. Not everyone welcomes the…
16
Wish Dragon (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and fantasy
Determined teen Din is longing to reconnect with his childhood best friend when he meets a wish-granting dragon who shows him the magic of possibilities.
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Cinderella and the Secret Prince (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and fantasy
Cinderella discovers a secret that could shake their world: an evil witch turned the prince into a mouse and replaced him with a look-alike. Cinderella and her friends must save the real prince and help him defeat the…
18
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…
19
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…
20
The Swan Princess: A Fairytale Is Born (2023)
★ 6/10Also animation and fantasy
Before becoming queen, Uberta lived a humble life with her husband Maximillian when she is suddenly thrust into royalty. Through triumph and tragedy, she learns the lessons needed to become a beloved Queen, all while…