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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
Letters to Juliet

Letters to Juliet

2010★ 7.0

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

An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically ans...

#2
Tumbbad

Tumbbad

2018★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secre...

#3
I'm Losing It

I'm Losing It

2018★ 6.7

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

There's two great loves in Anya's life, her athlete boyfriend Zhenya and food. Zhenya is not happy how Anya has been gaining weight due to her eating habits and decides to dump he...

#4
The Black Phone

The Black Phone

2022★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on...

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...