Movies Like Testament of Orpheus
If you liked Testament of Orpheus (1960), a fantasy movie directed by Jean Cocteau, 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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Orpheus (1950)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasyA famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world…
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Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasyHarold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
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Hereafter (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyThree people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
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The Life of Chuck (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasyIn this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.
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The Brand New Testament (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasyGod lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until…
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyAfter a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil.
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Meet Joe Black (1998)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasyBill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees…
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The Visitors (1993)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyAfter a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and…
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Defending Your Life (1991)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasyIs there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of…
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The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
★ 7/10Also fantasyA 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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Ghost (1990)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasyAfter a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
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Somewhere in Time (1980)
★ 7.5/10Also fantasyYoung writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from…
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Soul (2020)
★ 8.1/10Also fantasyJoe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the…
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The Tree of Life (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasyThe impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a…
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Dagon (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyA boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is…
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Tuesday (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasyA mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
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Endless (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasyWhen madly in love high school graduates Riley and Chris are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend's death while Chris is stranded in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to…
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Above the Shadows (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasyA young woman who has faded to the point of becoming invisible must find her way back with the help of the one man who can see her.
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Oh, God! (1977)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyWhen God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
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The Blood of a Poet (1932)
★ 7/10Also fantasyIn a poet’s room, an armless statue abruptly comes to life. It invites the poet to step through a mirror and to discover another world. Strange places and characters present themselves to him. The poet tears himself…