
10 Best Movies Like Edward Scissorhands
If you loved Edward Scissorhands, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Ed Wood
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Edward Scissorhands for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Edward Scissorhands for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker....

What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Edward Scissorhands for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally...

Corpse Bride
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Edward Scissorhands for fans of Fantasy & Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.
In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the...

A Nightmare on Elm Street
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Edward Scissorhands for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child moles...

Beetlejuice
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Edward Scissorhands for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home....