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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.

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#1
Ed Wood

Ed Wood

1994★ 7.5

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...

#2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005★ 7.0

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....

#3
What's Eating Gilbert Grape

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

1993★ 7.7

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...

#4
Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride

2005★ 7.6

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...

#5
A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984★ 7.3

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...

#6
Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice

1988★ 7.4

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....