Movies Like Embers & Dust
If you liked Embers & Dust (2016), a fantasy movie directed by Patrick Biesemans, 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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Chips Ahoy (1956)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasyChip and Dale are starving in their tree home when they notice a plentiful supply of acorns on an island in a lake. To get to the island, they borrow a miniature model ship of Donald's to sail on. The irate Donald…
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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasyAfter a hurricane levels his city, a young man wanders into a mysterious library where books literally come to life. This film won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2012.
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Day & Night (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasyWhen Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the wrong foot. But as they…
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Thru the Mirror (1936)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasyMickey has been reading Alice in Wonderland, and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is alive.
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The Willoughbys (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyWhen the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasyWenches Scarlett and Giselle fix each other up for their wedding, in which they would each marry their groom. Upon realizing that both their grooms were the same man, Jack Sparrow, the two wenches found themselves in…
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Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasyA brave young animal explorer teams up with two trusty friends to find a powerful artifact before his greedy uncle can get his paws on it.
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A Thousand Words (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyJack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes…
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Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasyA documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.
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How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)
★ 8/10Also fantasyIt's been ten years since the dragons moved to the Hidden World, and even though Toothless doesn't live in New Berk anymore, Hiccup continues the holiday traditions he once shared with his best friend. But the Vikings…
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Sketch (2025)
★ 7/10Also fantasyWhen a young girl’s sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life—chaotic, real, and on the loose. As the town descends into chaos, her family must reunite and stop the monsters they never meant to…
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You're So Cupid (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasyFraternal twin sisters Emma and Lilly are as different as night and day. Emma, the beautiful blonde tomboy, would rather be riding a horse than anything else in the world. While Lilly, her shy redheaded twin, loves to…
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Puppy! (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyThe residents of Hotel Transylvania find their world turned upside-down when youngster Dennis gets a surprise monster-sized pet.
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The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also fantasyWhile trying to prove to her family she can be mature and responsible, teen wizard Alex Russo conjures up a spell to rid herself of her bad qualities, unintentionally creating a Good and Evil Alex. When Evil Alex gets…
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Party Central (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasyMike and Sulley are back at Monsters University for a fun-filled weekend with their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers. The gang is throwing their first party, but no one’s showing up. Luckily for them, Mike and Sulley…
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Paperman (2012)
★ 8/10Also fantasyAn urban office worker finds that paper airplanes are instrumental in meeting a girl in ways he never expected.
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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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Revolting Rhymes (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasyTwo half-hour animated films based on the much-loved rhymes written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.