Movies Like Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
If you liked Upside Down; or, The Human Flies (1899), a fantasy movie directed by Walter R. Booth, 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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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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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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The Academy of Magic (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyAura is gifted with magical abilities; she and her friends have many exciting adventures at the academy, but soon Aura learns that the school hatches many dark secrets that she must uncover. Will she be able to unveil…
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Princess Nicotine (1909)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasyA smoker falls asleep, and two mischievious fairies play with his pipe. He discovers this, and imprisons them in a cigar box. He removes a flower from the box, which contains a fairy smoking a cigarette. Next, he…
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Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2002)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyThe Oscar-winning cat-and-mouse twosome--Tom and Jerry--returns with another adventure. When Tom and Jerry's irrepressible curiosity gets the best of them, the mysterious magic ring that Tom guards with his life ends…
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The House of Magic (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasyThunder, 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…
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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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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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The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasyAn eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because…
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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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Abigail (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyA 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…
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Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasySet in the storybook world of Enchancia, the music-filled movie follows Sofia, an average girl whose life suddenly changes when her mother marries the king and she is whisked off to live in a castle with her mom, new…
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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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Minions & Monsters (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also 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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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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The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
★ 6.5/10Also 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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A Thousand Words (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyJack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes…
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MirrorMask (2005)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyIn a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.
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Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasyThe gang goes on a trip to check on Velma's younger sister, Madelyn. She's been studying stage magic at the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy, where apparently there have been sightings of a giant griffin. The gang decides…
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Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasyOscar 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.