Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Big Fish

If you loved Big Fish, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

1989★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big Fish for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chanc...

#2
Oz the Great and Powerful

Oz the Great and Powerful

2013★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big Fish for fans of Adventure & Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save ...

#3
Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

2009★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big Fish for fans of Adventure & Fantasy & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play ru...

#4
Bogus

Bogus

1996★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big Fish for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus....

#5
The Last Unicorn

The Last Unicorn

1982★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big Fish for fans of Adventure & Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A unicorn learns from a riddle-speaking butterfly that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the monstrous Red Bull. The unicorn sets ou...

#6
Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee

2005★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Big Fish for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses...

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