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Movies Like The Tales of Grandmother Basyang

If you liked The Tales of Grandmother Basyang (1985), a family and fantasy movie directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes, 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. 1Southbound

    Southbound (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and horror

    On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers — two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family…

  2. 2Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House

    Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House (2016)

    ★ 6.2/10Also family and fantasy

    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.

  3. 3Nightbooks

    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…

  4. 4Dust Bunny

    Dust Bunny (2025)

    ★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and horror

    Ten-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.

  5. 5Nightbreed

    Nightbreed (1990)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror and fantasy

    A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.

  6. 6Witch Hunt

    Witch Hunt (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also horror and fantasy

    In a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltered teenager must face her own demons and prejudices as she helps two young witches avoid law enforcement and cross the southern border to…

  7. 7Dark Harvest

    Dark Harvest (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and fantasy

    In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.

  8. 8Nocebo

    Nocebo (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also horror and fantasy

    A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying…

  9. 9Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action!

    Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action! (2014)

    ★ 7.5/10Also family and fantasy

    When Draculaura is led to believe she's the rightful heir to the vampire throne, she and her best ghoulfriends are whisked away to Transylvania for a royal coronation to die for. But they soon discover the hunt for the…

  10. 10Anastasia: Once Upon a Time

    Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)

    ★ 5.9/10Also family and fantasy

    Anastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.

  11. 11Hansel and Gretel

    Hansel and Gretel (1988)

    ★ 7.1/10Also family and fantasy

    Hansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upon the cottage of a kindly old woman. But is this kindly old woman…

  12. 12The Unhealer

    The Unhealer (2021)

    ★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and horror

    A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to…

  13. 13Monster High: Haunted

    Monster High: Haunted (2015)

    ★ 7.5/10Also family and fantasy

    Lurk what's waiting for the Monster High ghouls when they bring their killer fashion to the howlways of the spooktacular Haunted High! When the ghouls of Monster High follow Spectra Vondergeist one day, they discover a…

  14. 14The Witches

    The Witches (1990)

    ★ 7/10Also fantasy and family

    While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical…

  15. 15R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead

    R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead (2025)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror and fantasy

    When his brother disappears and everyone forgets he existed, Sam must unravel the mystery before Finn is gone forever.

  16. 16The Mortuary Collection

    The Mortuary Collection (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and horror

    In the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. The eccentric undertaker chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each…

  17. 17Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning

    Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and fantasy

    Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigitte and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves. But when one of the girls is bitten, they have no one to turn to but…

  18. 18Nosferatu

    Nosferatu (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10Also horror and fantasy

    A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

  19. 19Twilight Zone: The Movie

    Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror and fantasy

    An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."

  20. 20A Knight's War

    A Knight's War (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror and fantasy

    A fearless knight braves a deadly realm to save the Chosen One’s soul. Facing witches, demons, and brutal foes, he discovers her return could ignite chaos and doom humanity.

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