Movies Like Once Upon a Time, Cinema
If you liked Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992), a fantasy and history movie directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 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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Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999)
★ 7/10Also comedy and historyWhat was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and hurls him and his imbecile underling, Baldrick, through the course of…
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Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and comedyAt 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.
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The Warriors Gate (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and fantasyAfter a mysterious chest opens a gateway through time, teen gamer Jack is transported to an ancient empire terrorized by a cruel barbarian king. Jack will need all of his gaming skills as he battles to defeat the…
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Slumberland (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and fantasyA young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
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Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and fantasyA rebellious teenage princess discovers she has superhuman abilities and joins a secret society of extraordinary second-born royals tasked with protecting the world.
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The Monkey King (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy and comedyA stick-wielding monkey teams with a young girl on an epic quest for immortality, battling demons, dragons, gods — and his own ego — along the way.
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The Loud House Movie (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and fantasyThe Loud family travel to Scotland and discover they are descendants of Scottish royalty as they move into their giant ancestral castle.
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The Willoughbys (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and 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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The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy and 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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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and fantasyTruck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to…
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Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2002)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and fantasyThe Oscar-winning cat-and-mouse twosome--Tom and Jerry--returns with another adventure. When Tom and Jerry's irrepressible curiosity gets the best of them, the mysterious magic ring that Tom guards with his life ends…
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Invisible Sister (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and comedyTeenager Cleo's school science project goes quite awry, causing her popular older sister Molly to go invisible.
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My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Legend of Everfree (2016)
★ 7.5/10Also fantasy and comedyWhen Canterlot Highschool goes on a trip to Camp Everfree, they’re surprised to find a magical force is causing strange things to happen around camp. With the help of the Mane 6 and especially Sunset Shimmer, Twilight…
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Last Action Hero (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy and comedyAfter his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a…
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Disenchanted (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and fantasyDisillusioned with life in the city, feeling out of place in suburbia, and frustrated that her happily ever after hasn’t been so easy to find, Giselle turns to the magic of Andalasia for help. Accidentally transforming…
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Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy and comedyScooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they…
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Revolting Rhymes (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and fantasyTwo half-hour animated films based on the much-loved rhymes written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
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Pizza Movie (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and fantasyA group of college students go downstairs to their dorm lobby to get a delivery pizza. There's only one issue: They're insanely high on a homemade drug, turning their simple journey down two sets of stairs into a…
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10 Lives (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and fantasyA pampered cat takes for granted the lucky hand he has been dealt after he is rescued and loved by Rose, a kind-hearted and passionate student. When he loses his ninth life, fate steps in to set him on a transformative…
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Shorts (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and comedyA young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.