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Movies Like The Little Match Girl

If you liked The Little Match Girl (1954), a fantasy movie, 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. 1The Little Matchgirl

    The Little Matchgirl (2006)

    ★ 7.4/10Also fantasy

    An animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and…

  2. 2Princess Nicotine

    Princess Nicotine (1909)

    ★ 5.8/10Also fantasy

    A smoker falls asleep, and two mischievious fairies play with his pipe. He discovers this, and imprisons them in a cigar box. He removes a flower from the box, which contains a fairy smoking a cigarette. Next, he…

  3. 3The Snowman

    The Snowman (1982)

    ★ 7.6/10Also fantasy

    A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.

  4. 4Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

    Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10Also fantasy

    A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.

  5. 5Once Upon a Snowman

    Once Upon a Snowman (2020)

    ★ 6.9/10Also fantasy

    The previously untold origins of Olaf, the innocent and insightful, summer-loving snowman are revealed as we follow Olaf’s first steps as he comes to life and searches for his identity in the snowy mountains outside…

  6. 6Dashing Through the Snow

    Dashing Through the Snow (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also fantasy

    Eddie Garrick is a good-hearted man who has lost his belief in the wonder of Christmas. While spending time with his nine-year-old daughter Charlotte on Christmas Eve, he befriends a mysterious man in a red suit named…

  7. 7The 12 Days of Christmas Eve

    The 12 Days of Christmas Eve (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also fantasy

    When Brian Conway, a successful businessman whose family relationships have suffered, gets in a car accident on Christmas Eve, Santa gives him twelve chances to redo the day and repair the relationships in his life…

  8. 8Olaf's Frozen Adventure

    Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also fantasy

    Olaf is on a mission to harness the best holiday traditions for Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff.

  9. 9Prep & Landing

    Prep & Landing (2009)

    ★ 6.9/10Also fantasy

    Wayne gets a new rookie partner, Lanny, after his previous partner got the promotion he wanted. Lanny has to remind Wayne of the Spirit of Christmas and the importance of being an elf in Santa's Prep and Landing elite…

  10. 10Under the Sea: A Descendants Story

    Under the Sea: A Descendants Story (2018)

    ★ 7.1/10Also fantasy

    Mal emerges from the shadows of a mystical forest onto a dark coastline where she crosses paths with Dizzy.

  11. 11Santa's Workshop

    Santa's Workshop (1932)

    ★ 6.6/10Also fantasy

    Santa's little helpers must hurry to finish the toys before Christmas Day.

  12. 12Slumberland

    Slumberland (2022)

    ★ 7.2/10Also fantasy

    A 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.

  13. 13Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant

    Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant (2011)

    ★ 6.3/10Also fantasy

    Agent Coulson informs Agent Sitwell that the World Security Council wishes Emil Blonsky to be released from prison to join the Avengers Initiative. As Nick Fury doesn't want to release Blonsky, the two agents decide to…

  14. 14Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10Also fantasy

    Wenches 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…

  15. 15Lou

    Lou (2017)

    ★ 7.5/10Also fantasy

    A lost-and-found box holds a mysterious and unseen monster within.

  16. 16The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker (1993)

    ★ 5.8/10Also fantasy

    On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep and dreams herself into a fantastic world in which her toys become larger than life. She meets up with the Nutcracker Prince who takes her on a journey to his…

  17. 17Godmothered

    Godmothered (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also fantasy

    A young and unskilled fairy godmother that ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored. What she discovers is that the girl has now become a grown woman…

  18. 18Beethoven's Christmas Adventure

    Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)

    ★ 6/10Also fantasy

    A Christmas elf accidentally takes off in Santa's sleigh, crash lands in a small town, and loses the magic toy bag. Beethoven must rescue the elf, recover the bag from greedy crooks, and return the sleigh to Santa in…

  19. 19Naughty or Nice

    Naughty or Nice (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also fantasy

    Krissy Kringle receives a delivery intended for Santa Claus. A magical book that shows if a person has been naughty or nice. She uses the book's power to find out about those around her, which leads to some very…

  20. 20Kermit's Swamp Years

    Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)

    ★ 5.8/10Also fantasy

    At 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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