Movies Like Up in Heaven

If you liked Up in Heaven (2026), a animation and fantasy movie directed by Nicolás Sole, 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
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasy
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
2
Chances Are (1989)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasy
Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda…
3
City of Angels (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasy
When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his…
4
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and fantasy
Charlie and Itchy return to Earth to find Gabriel's Horn, but along the way meet up with a young boy named David, who ran away from home.
5
What Dreams May Come (1998)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasy
After Chris Nielsen dies in a car accident, he is guided through the afterlife by his spirit guide, Albert. His new world is beautiful and can be whatever Chris imagines. Even his children are there. But, when his…
6
Always (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy
The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.
7
The Prophecy (1995)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy
The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven. However, it is hidden inside of a Native American girl and only a former priest and a schoolteacher can stop him.
8
The Prophecy II (1998)
★ 6/10Also fantasy
The archangel Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of a suicidal teen and the opposition of the angel Danyael.
9
Gabriel (2007)
★ 6/10Also fantasy
Gabriel tells the story of an archangel who fights to bring light back to purgatory - a place where darkness rules - and save the souls of the city's inhabitants.
10
Good Fortune (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasy
A well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy capitalist.
11
Fallen (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasy
For high schooler Aaron Corbett, turning 18 means becoming not just a man but a nephilim, too -- half human, half angel, with supernatural abilities.
12
Horns (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
13
Legion (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy
When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel…
14
Made in Heaven (1987)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy
Deceased drifter Mike arrives in Heaven and quickly falls for newborn soul Annie, soon to start her assignment on Earth. When Annie leaves, Mike follows. They spend the next three decades drifting back together.
15
The Heavenly Kid (1985)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasy
After dying in a car crash, Bobby Fantana is forced to pay for his misdeeds by becoming someone's guardian angel. He reluctantly agrees to watch over awkward high schooler Lenny Barnes, teaching him how to be cool and…
16
Angels in the Outfield (1994)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so…
17
Dogma (1999)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasy
An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loophole and re-enter Heaven.
18
A Shoe Addict's Christmas (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy
As Christmas approaches, a department store worker whose life lacks fulfillment meets her guardian angel, who offers her a chance to change her circumstances by magically transporting her to Christmases past whenever…
19
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy
Upon being fired, a desperate guy kidnaps a daughter of his former boss. Two angels are sent to Earth to check if love is possible in this case.
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All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and fantasy
When a casino-owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven. Wanting to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing so damns him to…