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10 Best Movies Like Hansel & Gretel

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

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#1
Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel

1988★ 7.0

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

Hansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upon the cottage of a kindly old ...

#2
Legend

Legend

1985★ 6.2

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

Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic...

#3
Godmothered

Godmothered

2020★ 6.7

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

A young and unskilled fairy godmother that ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored. What she discovers is that t...

#4
FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

1997★ 6.4

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

In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley F...

#5
The Black Cauldron

The Black Cauldron

1985★ 6.4

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

Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidn...

#6
Halloweentown High

Halloweentown High

2004★ 6.6

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

Marnie puts her magic on the line to get several Halloweentown teenagers transferred to her high school in the mortal world. But soon, Marnie and her new friends are in trouble and...

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