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10 Best Movies Like Hansel and Gretel

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

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#1
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

2013★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hansel and Gretel for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have becom...

#2
Snow-White and Rose-Red

Snow-White and Rose-Red

1979★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hansel and Gretel for fans of Family & Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In an enchanted forest, the princely brothers Michael and Andreas get lost and are transformed, by a mountain spirit who jealously guards his underground treasure, into animals unt...

#3
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hansel and Gretel for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hansel and Gretel for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellows...

#5
Django Unchained

Django Unchained

2012★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hansel and Gretel for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner....

#6
Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

2012★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hansel and Gretel for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives ...