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10 Best Movies Like The Nutcracker

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

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#1
The Way to the Heart

The Way to the Heart

2024★ 9.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Nutcracker for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ava, an award-winning chef at a big-city restaurant, has lost her spark. Her boss sends her out to find herself to save her menu and her job. She returns home and finds little to i...

#2
Maintenance by Any Means

Maintenance by Any Means

2003★ 5.0

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

"Maintenance by any Means" is about two maintenance men vying for the position of maintenance supervisor in an apartment complex. The maintenance men must compete with each other i...

#3
Girl on the Moon

Girl on the Moon

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Nutcracker for fans of Romance. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Someone from another planet crashed on Earth and evil is chasing him, and then love appears, and it defeats evil through an amulet....

#4
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Christmas Carol

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Christmas Carol

1993★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Nutcracker for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In this story inspired by the timeless classic, A Christmas Carol, Alvin finds himself center stage as a Scroogelike little chipmunk. Ghostly visits from Dave, Theodore and Simon a...

#5
Balto: Wolf Quest

Balto: Wolf Quest

2002★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Nutcracker for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Balto and his daughter Aleu embark on a journey of adventure and self discovery....

#6
Palkó Csinom

Palkó Csinom

1973★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Nutcracker for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The musical adventure film goes back to the early eighteenth century, the times of the battles between the Hungarian insurrectionists and the pro-Austrians. Palkó and Jankó are abo...