Movies Like Gargoyles

If you liked Gargoyles (1972), a fantasy and horror movie directed by Bill L. Norton, 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
Basilisk: The Serpent King (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and tv movie
Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by…
2
The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and tv movie
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…
3
Night of the Demon (1957)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and horror
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the…
4
Nightbooks (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and horror
Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way…
5
The Ewok Adventure (1984)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and tv movie
Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.
6
Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy and horror
Just one enchanted jewel stands between earth and an army of evil spirits led by the devious ghoul, Phears. With the help of his new girlfriend and ghost pals, Max Doyle races to find the crystal and save the world.
7
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)
★ 7.4/10Also tv movie and fantasy
Scooby, 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…
8
Zog (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and tv movie
Zog is a keen young dragon who wants to learn to fly, roar, and breathe fire, so he studies at the Dragon School. He is desperate to impress his teacher and win a golden star, but he is prone to accidents and he has to…
9
Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and horror
An intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.
10
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and horror
After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar…
11
Mr. Boogedy (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and horror
A novelty-salesman moves his family into a new house. Initially dismissing incidents as more of their father's practical jokes, the family soon learns that the house is haunted by people who lived in the house 300…
12
Snow White (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and tv movie
Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.
13
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and fantasy
A concise adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" about Mr. Toad's motor mania, followed by a short retelling of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" concerning schoolmaster Ichabod Crane.
14
Elena and the Secret of Avalor (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasy and tv movie
In 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…
15
The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasy and tv movie
A 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…
16
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979)
★ 6.8/10Also tv movie and fantasy
Four children pass through a mystic portal in a wardrobe and discover the magical kingdom of Narnia, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures. There, an evil witch's spell has cast the land into eternal winter…
17
The Night Strangler (1973)
★ 6.7/10Also tv movie and horror
After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every…
18
Coraline (2009)
★ 7.9/10Also fantasy and horror
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real…
19
The Gorgon (1964)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and fantasy
In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she…
20
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)
★ 7.5/10Also tv movie and fantasy
A meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worse for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet, where the deadly Swarm awaits.