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10 Best Movies Like Once Upon a Time

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

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#1
Penelope

Penelope

2007★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time for fans of Fantasy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soulmate when she's sequestered inside ...

#2
Winter's Tale

Winter's Tale

2014★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time for fans of Drama & Fantasy & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her....

#3
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time for fans of Fantasy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic entanglements abound in the woods,...

#4
Peter Ibbetson

Peter Ibbetson

1935★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time for fans of Drama & Fantasy & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little tim...

#5
Enchanted

Enchanted

2007★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time for fans of Fantasy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. ...

#6
Mr. K

Mr. K

2025★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time for fans of Drama & Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mr. K, a traveling magician, finds himself in a Kafkaesque nightmare when he can’t find the exit of his hotel. His attempts to get out only pull him deeper, entangling him further ...

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