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10 Best Movies Like Penelope

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

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#1
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penelope for fans of Fantasy & Comedy & 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,...

#2
Disenchanted

Disenchanted

2022★ 6.7

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

Disillusioned with life in the city, feeling out of place in suburbia, and frustrated that her happily ever after hasn’t been so easy to find, Giselle turns to the magic of Andalas...

#3
Cinderfella

Cinderfella

1960★ 6.1

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

When his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for his nasty step-family, Maximi...

#4
Irish Wish

Irish Wish

2024★ 6.1

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

Maddie's dream guy is days away from marrying her best friend when a wish for true love made on an ancient stone in Ireland magically alters her fate....

#5
Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

2008★ 6.2

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

Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up ...

#6
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935★ 6.3

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

Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile, a troupe of amateur actors rehearses a play. When the fairy Puc...

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