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10 Best Movies Like Matilda

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

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#1
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical

2022★ 6.8

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

An extraordinary young girl discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage, against all odds, to help others change their stories, whilst also taking charge of her own...

#2
A Little Princess

A Little Princess

1995★ 7.6

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

When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the se...

#3
Family Switch

Family Switch

2023★ 6.4

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

When the Walker family members switch bodies with each other during a rare planetary alignment, their hilarious journey to find their way back to normal will bring them closer toge...

#4
The Boxtrolls

The Boxtrolls

2014★ 6.7

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

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald S...

#5
The Twits

The Twits

2025★ 6.0

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

When the meanest, nastiest villains pull a trick to take over their town, two brave children team up with a family of magical animals to bring them down....

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A Boy Named Charlie Brown

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

1969★ 6.9

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

Poor Charlie Brown. He can't fly a kite, and he always loses in baseball. Having his faults projected onto a screen by Lucy doesn't help him much either. Against the sage advice an...

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