Movies Like Erax

If you liked Erax (2022), a mystery and family movie directed by Hebru Brantley, 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
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)
★ 6.4/10Also family
On Halloween night, two precocious little girls try to save their parents from their nasty old capitalist aunt's greedy clutches. Magic abounds and they meet mysterious new friends along the way.
2
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and family
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang visit Oakhaven, Massachusetts to seek strange goings on involving a famous horror novelist and his ancestor who is rumored to have been a witch.
3
Lou (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also family
A lost-and-found box holds a mysterious and unseen monster within.
4
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also family
A Californian family inherits a castle in Romania. This is especially exciting to the son, who is obsessed with monsters. And he is not disappointed.
5
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020)
★ 7.7/10Also family and mystery
Scooby-Doo and the gang team up with their pals, Bill Nye The Science Guy and Elvira Mistress of the Dark, to solve this mystery of gigantic proportions and save Crystal Cove!
6
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also family and mystery
Nancy 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…
7
The Loud House Movie (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also family
The Loud family travel to Scotland and discover they are descendants of Scottish royalty as they move into their giant ancestral castle.
8
Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace (2013)
★ 8.2/10Also family and mystery
Mecha Mutt, a revolutionary remote-controlled lunar rover resembling a large canine, goes rogue at Houston's Annual Science Expo. Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace is the fourth in a series of direct-to-video short films.
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Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also family and mystery
Join Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. crew as they head to Chicago for Talent Star, a hit talent show in which Fred and Daphne are finalists with some high hopes. Unlucky for them, the competition is frightful…
10
The Canterville Ghost (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also family
An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.
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The Twits (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also family
When 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.
12
To Grandmother's House We Go (1992)
★ 6.5/10Also family
When precocious twins Sarah and Julie feel like Mom is tired of them, they take off on an exciting adventure to their grandmother's house and encounter a pair of villains along the way.
13
Groot's Pursuit (2022)
★ 7/10Also family
Groot investigates a spooky noise that’s been haunting the Quadrant, which leads to an intense dance off.
14
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also family and mystery
When ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion with a mysterious ticking noise that emanates from the walls. Upon discovering that his…
15
Revolting Rhymes (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also family
Two half-hour animated films based on the much-loved rhymes written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
16
Sketch (2025)
★ 7/10Also family
When 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…
17
Frankenweenie (1984)
★ 6.9/10Also family
When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's homemade monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc…
18
Far from the Tree (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also family
On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.
19
Room on the Broom (2012)
★ 6.7/10Also family
Animated film based on the wonderful children's picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The story of a kind witch who invites a surprising collection of animals to join her on her…
20
The Addams Family (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also family
The Addams family's lives begin to unravel when they face-off against a treacherous, greedy crafty reality-TV host while also preparing for their extended family to arrive for a major celebration.