Movies Like Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
If you liked Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022), a animation and fantasy movie directed by Mark Gustafson and Guillermo del Toro, 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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Pinocchio (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy and adventureA wooden puppet embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
★ 7/10Also animation and fantasyThree children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
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Pinocchio (1940)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and fantasyWhen the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by…
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Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and fantasyDorothy wakes in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends, the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man, and Glinda, from a devious new villain, the Jester. New comrades Wiser the Owl…
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Luca (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and fantasyLuca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.
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Coraline (2009)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and fantasyWandering 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…
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The Boxtrolls (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasyAn orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
★ 7/10Also adventure and fantasyWhen the lovely Princess Parisa is shrunken by wicked Sokurah the Magician, Sinbad must embark on a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.
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Beowulf (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and animationA 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.
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The Dark Crystal (1982)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and fantasyOn another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
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The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and fantasyA nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
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A Tooth Fairy Tale (2025)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and fantasyVan, the brave son of a tooth fairy leader, meets the goblins girl Gemma on his first mission. Despite the myths about ancient disputes between fairies and goblins, they share common values. When the greedy Spider…
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Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and adventureKubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery…
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James and the Giant Peach (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and adventureWhen the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
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Momo (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and adventureMomo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time…
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The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
★ 7/10Also animation and adventureA group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.
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The House of Magic (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and animationThunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos. Not everyone welcomes the…
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Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasyMia discovers her magic stone is part of an ancient prophecy and embarks on a thrilling journey to the farthest islands of Centopia to face a great evil, and shape her own destiny.
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The Twits (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also animation and fantasyWhen the meanest, nastiest villains pull a trick to take over their town, two brave children team up with a family of magical animals to bring them down.
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Wish (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and fantasyAsha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force – a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe - the ruler of…