Movies Like The Tale of the White Serpent
If you liked The Tale of the White Serpent (1958), a animation and fantasy movie directed by Taiji Yabushita, 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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Welcome to Smelliville (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasyThe Oggly family arrive at the municipal rubbish dump of Smelliville and must look for a new home, but they never feel really welcome anywhere. They stink and are for most humans just a tad too oggly. When Firebottom…
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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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K: Missing Kings (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and fantasyThe "Academy Island Incident" in which four "kings" cross paths... Since then, Silver Clansmen Kuroh Yatogami and Neko have been searching for their master, Shiro. Without finding any clues to Shiro's whereabouts, the…
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Legend of the Millennium Dragon (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and fantasyA spectacular journey of an unwilling young hero thrust into a mysterious past full of monsters, dragons, and strange hidden powers. Through a series of out of this world battles and adventures, Jun, a shy middle…
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Cat Soup (2001)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and animationThe surreal black comedy follows Nyatta, an anthropomorphic kitten, on his travel to the land of the dead and back in an effort to save his sister's soul.
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The Monkey King (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and fantasyA 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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Demon City Shinjuku (1988)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and animationTen Years ago, Genichiro Izayoi died trying to stop the sorcerer Rebi Ra, and as a result Shinjuku became a playground for demons. And now, the day approaches when Rebi Ra will complete his decade-long ritual to plunge…
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A Thousand and One Nights (1969)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasyAldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Fast Asleep! The Great Assault on the Dreaming World (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and fantasyOne night, the Nohara family were enjoying a pleasant dream, when suddenly a big fish appeared in their dreams and ate them. The next morning, Hiroshi read in the newspaper that everybody in another town had the same…
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Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and fantasyA group of five Genesect have invaded the big city and pose a threat to the supply of electricity, which attracts the attention of the legendary Pokémon Mewtwo. Satoshi, Pikachu and his friends must come to the rescue…
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Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and fantasyA little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself.
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and fantasyFound inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she…
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Crayon Shinchan the Movie: My Moving Story! Cactus Attack! (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also animationThe Noharas must survive a hoard of man-eating killer cacti after Shin-chan's father relocates the family to Mexico for work.
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and fantasyPrincess Aurora and Princess Jasmine learn valuable life lessons in two short stories.
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Mai Mai Miracle (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also animationInspired by her grandfather's stories, young Shinko embarks on wild flights of fancy about the history of the little town she lives in. But dreams can't fend off the realities of growing up.
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The Testament of Sister New Devil: Departures (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and fantasyAfter being branded a potential threat by the hero village, Basara returns home with his companions, where their bonds deepen amid growing tension over a summons to face the elders. Encouraged by Chisato and…
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and fantasyAfter a typhoon hits Nobita's town, he and Doraemon discover a wind sprite who, with some help from Doraemon's 22nd-century tech, takes them and their friends to a fantastic world of wind and storm people. But the wind…
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Modest Heroes (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and fantasyTwo tiny, aquatic humanoids search for their missing father, a boy battles a lethal allergy to eggs, and an invisible salaryman tries to become a hero.
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Urotsukidōji III: Return of the Overfiend (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and fantasyAs the Overfiend slumbers, the mad emperor Caesar rises to power, enslaving a new race of demon beasts. Into this cruel existence is born the Lord of Chaos, the Overfiend's nemesis. As the blood-thirsty beasts capture…
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Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and fantasyWith their most formidable foe vanquished, Inuyasha and his comrades begin returning to their everyday lives. But their peace is fleeting as another adversary emerges: Kaguya, the self-proclaimed princess from the Moon…