Movies Like Angel Buns
If you liked Angel Buns (1981), a fantasy movie directed by David Buckley, 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 Prophecy (1995)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasyThe 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.
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A Shoe Addict's Christmas (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasyAs 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…
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Good Fortune (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasyA well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy capitalist.
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All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyCharlie 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.
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Angels in the Outfield (1994)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyRoger 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…
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A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasyUpon 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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The Preacher's Wife (1996)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasyGood-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming…
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City of Angels (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasyWhen 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…
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A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasyA 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.
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The Heavenly Kid (1985)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasyAfter 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…
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Fallen (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasyFor high schooler Aaron Corbett, turning 18 means becoming not just a man but a nephilim, too -- half human, half angel, with supernatural abilities.
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How Sarah Got Her Wings (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasyGood 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…
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Dogma (1999)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasyAn 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.
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The Bishop's Wife (1947)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyAn Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and…
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
★ 7/10Also fantasyBoxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the…
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Two of a Kind (1983)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyGod has had enough of the bad behavior and attitude of humankind, and has decided to start it all over. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world by…
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyIn New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary…
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Heart and Souls (1993)
★ 7/10Also fantasyA fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the life of a child born at the moment of their deaths as his guardians…
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The Prophecy II (1998)
★ 6/10Also fantasyThe 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.
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Made in Heaven (1987)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasyDeceased 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.