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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
Vincent

Vincent

1982‱★ 7.9

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

Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams that annoy his mother....

#2
Stalk of the Celery Monster

Stalk of the Celery Monster

1979‱★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hansel and Gretel for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The only fragments remaining of the film today depict a dentist named Dr. Maxwell Payne making bloody experiments with his patients. He tries a woman, and after that the monster of...

#3
She Done Him Wrong

She Done Him Wrong

1933‱★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hansel and Gretel for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the way to see “his” girl, not rea...

#4
Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

1996‱★ 6.4

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

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. Presid...

#5
Friends with Benefits

Friends with Benefits

2011‱★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hansel and Gretel for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advant...

#6
Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice

1988‱★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hansel and Gretel 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....