Movies Like The Things They Left Behind
If you liked The Things They Left Behind (2012), a fantasy and mystery movie directed by Guillaume Heulard, 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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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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Momo (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyMomo 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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Invisible Sister (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasyTeenager Cleo's school science project goes quite awry, causing her popular older sister Molly to go invisible.
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also mysteryNancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…
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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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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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You Cast A Spell On Me (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasyDespite agreeing to an arranged marriage to a childhood friend, a successful businessman tries to track down a beautiful woman that he met at a Halloween party.
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The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasyWhen human sailors are attacked by mysterious creatures of the deep, only one person can stop the war between land and sea: the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia.
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The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasyAfter her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is…
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Thinner (1996)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasyAn obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is…
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Pinocchio (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasyA wooden puppet embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.
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Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)
★ 6/10Also fantasyA 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…
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Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action! (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also fantasyWhen Draculaura is led to believe she's the rightful heir to the vampire throne, she and her best ghoulfriends are whisked away to Transylvania for a royal coronation to die for. But they soon discover the hunt for the…
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Trolls Holiday in Harmony (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyQueen Poppy plans the first annual Trolls Kingdom Secret Holiday Gift Swap, but things don't go quite as expected.
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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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Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer: Operation: Secret Santa (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasyWayne and Lanny, now partners, are called by Magee to meet with a secret contact – Mrs. Claus, who sends them on a new mission to retrieve a box from Santa’s secret workshop. Later they sneak into Santa’s office while…
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The Pagemaster (1994)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyRich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the…
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Nocturna (2007)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and mysteryAn orphan boy named Tim is afraid of the dark. However, when the stars start going out in the sky, he finds himself exploring the world of the night, alongside his new friend, the Cat Shepherd.
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Freaky Friday (1976)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasySchool girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life. On a normal Friday morning, both complain about each other and wish…