Movies Like Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
If you liked Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983), a family and fantasy movie directed by Jon Stone, 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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The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also family and fantasyA follow up to the 2009 animated feature and adapted from the childrens' book by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler. The Gruffalo's child explores the deep dark wood in search of the big bad mouse and meets the Snake…
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Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also family and fantasyDorothy wakes in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends, the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man, and Glinda, from a devious new villain, the Jester. New comrades Wiser the Owl…
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James and the Giant Peach (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also family and fantasyWhen the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
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The Point (1971)
★ 6.8/10Also family and fantasyA father reads his son a bedtime story about young Oblio, who is banished from the fantastical kingdom of pointed heads and things for having no point.
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Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also family and fantasyThe Yowie Yahoo starts kidnapping musicians at a concert attended by Scooby and the gang in Vampire Rock, Australia.
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August Rush (2007)
★ 7.4/10Also family and musicEvan, a musically gifted orphan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater…
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Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasy and familyIt's horror on the high seas when Scooby-Doo and the gang take a creepy cruise into one of the world's most mysterious places, the Bermuda Triangle! If Scooby, Shaggy and the gang can't solve this mystery, they may…
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Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)
★ 7.4/10Also family and tv movieScooby, Shaggy and Scrappy are on their way to Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls, where they've been hired as gym teachers. Once there, however, they find that not only is it actually an all-girl school of…
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Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and familyWhen the sour-sweet wind starts blowing again, the Whos retreat to their homes because they know the Grinch will soon be a'prowlin. Young Eukariah Who has to make a trip to the Euphemism (outhouse), when the wind blows…
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The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
★ 6.2/10Also family and musicElmo loves his fuzzy, well-worn blue blanket more than anything in the whole world. However, when Elmo's blanket gets sucked through a colorful, swirling tunnel into Grouchland, the yuckiest place on earth, Elmo goes…
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UglyDolls (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also music and familyIn the adorably different town of Uglyville, weirdness is celebrated, strangeness is special and beauty is embraced as more than meets the eye. After traveling to the other side of a mountain, Moxy and her UglyDoll…
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The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and familyA group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.
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Follow That Bird (1985)
★ 6.4/10Also family and musicBig Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the…
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Eloise at the Plaza (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also family and tv movieEloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. Her caretaker "Nanny" watches over her while her mom is away. Then one day, while trying to figure out how to get invited to a…
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Elena and the Secret of Avalor (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasy and familyIn the Kingdom of Avalor, Elena takes Naomi up a mountain to show her favorite view of the kingdom. Elena laments to Naomi how she was trapped in the Amulet of Avalor for forty-one years, and then presents to her a…
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Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also family and 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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Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights (1994)
★ 7.3/10Also family and fantasyScooby-Doo and Shaggy travel to Arabia to become the Caliph's Royal Food Tasters. But they bite off more than they can chew and are forced to run for their lives! It's a wild magic carpet ride as Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and…
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Blue's Big City Adventure (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also family and musicWhen Josh gets the opportunity of a lifetime to audition for Rainbow Puppy’s Broadway musical, Josh and Blue skidoo to NYC for the very first time where they meet new friends and discover the magic of music, dance, and…
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Twitches Too (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also family and fantasyReunited witch twins Camryn and Alex adjust to their new life as supernatural beings while at the same time trying to maintain a normal existence in this sequel to the magical Disney Channel original movie Twitches…
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Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also family and fantasyIn honor of the 30th anniversary of the animated classic, this animated and live-action blended special showcases the fan-favorite movie, along with new musical performances, sets and costumes inspired by the classic…