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Movies Like The Gifted One

If you liked The Gifted One (1989), a drama and fantasy movie directed by Stephen Herek, 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. 1Special

    Special (2006)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and fantasy

    A lonely metermaid has a psychotic reaction to his medication and becomes convinced he's a superhero. A very select group of people in life are truly gifted. Special is a movie about everyone else.

  2. 2Northfork

    Northfork (2003)

    ★ 6/10Also fantasy and drama

    The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the…

  3. 3Twitches Too

    Twitches Too (2007)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and fantasy

    Reunited 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…

  4. 4The Shepherd

    The Shepherd (2023)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and fantasy

    On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.

  5. 5The Good Witch

    The Good Witch (2008)

    ★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and drama

    A mysterious woman comes in to town and inhabits the local haunted mansion, making everyone wonder if she's a witch or "The Grey Lady".

  6. 6Vesper

    Vesper (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and fantasy

    After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…

  7. 7The Canterville Ghost

    The Canterville Ghost (1996)

    ★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and fantasy

    When a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she's not at all happy. Especially as there's a ghost and a mysterious re-appearing bloodstain on the hearth. She…

  8. 8Powder

    Powder (1995)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and fantasy

    Harassed by classmates who won't accept his shocking appearance, a shy young man known as "Powder" struggles to fit in. But the cruel taunts stop when Powder displays a mysterious power that allows him to do incredible…

  9. 9Upside-Down Magic

    Upside-Down Magic (2020)

    ★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and tv movie

    Nory and her best friend Reina enter the Sage Academy for Magical Studies, where Nory’s unconventional powers land her in a class for those with wonky, or “upside-down,” magic. Undaunted, Nory sets out to prove that…

  10. 10Mio in the Land of Faraway

    Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and fantasy

    Under the watch of his unkind realtives, lonely Bosse's luck is changed when he is sent to the land where his real father is the King. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy…

  11. 11How Sarah Got Her Wings

    How Sarah Got Her Wings (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and fantasy

    Good Samaritan Sarah Fitzpatrick has a fatal accident just before Christmas, and finds herself in the lobby before the gates of Heaven. Certain that she will be let in, she is shocked to find that her name is not on…

  12. 12Big Fish

    Big Fish (2003)

    ★ 7.7/10Also fantasy and drama

    Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will…

  13. 13Tideland

    Tideland (2005)

    ★ 6.5/10Also fantasy and drama

    Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

  14. 14A Dog's Purpose

    A Dog's Purpose (2017)

    ★ 7.6/10Also fantasy and drama

    A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.

  15. 15Nine Days

    Nine Days (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and fantasy

    A 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.

  16. 16The Good Witch's Family

    The Good Witch's Family (2011)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and fantasy

    A young witch visits her cousin in a small town during a heated mayoral election race. Her kind-hearted cousin, the town’s beloved “good witch” and newlywed with two teenage step-kids, is running for office, but must…

  17. 17Horns

    Horns (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and fantasy

    In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.

  18. 18Anne of Green Gables

    Anne of Green Gables (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and tv movie

    Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and…

  19. 19Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and tv movie

    Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American…

  20. 20Where the Wild Things Are

    Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and fantasy

    Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret…

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