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Movies that feel likeGuillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.

If you loved Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, the closest films we have are Suzume (2022), Ne Zha 2 (2025) and A Writer's Odyssey (2021). All three share Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio's dreamlike and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Russian Ark (2002).

🍅 27% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Mark Gustafsondreamlikeepiccontemplative
9 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Hulu

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Suzume
2022 · dir. Makoto Shinkai
★ 7.6animation · drama · adventureNetflixHulu

Dreamlike where it counts, epic underneath

Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.

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Ne Zha 2
2025 · dir. Jiao Zi
🍅 91%★ 7.9animation · action · fantasyMax

Common ground: dark fantasy

The difference: Reviewed even better

After a catastrophic event leaves their bodies destroyed, Ne Zha and Ao Bing are granted a fragile second chance at life. As tensions rise between the dragon clans and celestial forces, the two must undergo a series of perilous trials that will test their bond, challenge their identities, and decide the fate of both mortals and immortals.

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A Writer's Odyssey
2021 · dir. Lu Yang
🍅 93%★ 6.2fantasy · action · adventure

Fantasy with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The difference: Leans further into action

Lu Kongwen is the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armor. But through a strange twist of fate, the fantasy world of the novel begins to impact life in the real world, leading Guan Ning to accept a mission from Tu Ling to kill the author.

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The Legend of Hei
2019 · dir. MTJJ
★ 7.4animation · fantasy · actionRent or buy

Animation built on dream logic, twice over

The difference: Goes its own way on the stillness

When cat spirit Luo Xiaohei's home is deforested by humans, he must find a new one. He runs into a group of other spirit creatures who take him under their wing with dreams of reconquering the land they say is rightfully theirs. However, they run into a human known as Wuxian who separates Luo Xiaohei from the other spirits and the two go on a journey, with the cat spirit learning to control his abilities as well as forming his own thoughts on whether or not he should ally with the spirits or the humans.

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Green Snake
2021 · dir. Amp Wong
★ 6.8animation · fantasy · actionNetflix

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

The difference: Played as action first

While trying to free her sister from Fahai's clutches, Xiao Qing winds up in a dystopian city and meets a mysterious man who can't recall his past life.

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🍅 74%★ 7.2fantasy · adventureMaxPeacock

Dreamlike drama, and it commits to that

In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.

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Seventh Son
2014 · dir. Sergei Bodrov
🍅 12%★ 5.5adventure · fantasy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark fantasy

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward.

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Upon the Magic Roads
2021 · dir. Oleg Pogodin
★ 5.7adventure · fantasy

Epic fantasy in both cases

Romantic John the Fool and his friend Foal set out on a series of unpredictable adventures in different magical worlds. The two buddies will have to outsmart an evil tyrant king, catch the firebird, and find John’s true love.

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The Golden Compass
2007 · dir. Chris Weitz
🍅 42%★ 6.1adventure · fantasy

Adventure of the same temperament

In a parallel universe, after overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.

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Russian Ark
2002 · dir. Aleksandr Sokurov
🍅 89%★ 7.2drama · fantasy · history

Contemplative drama in both cases

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.

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🍅 83%★ 7.6adventure · fantasyMaxPeacock

Both are fantasy through and through

Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds.

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Mortal Kombat II
2026 · dir. Simon McQuoid
🍅 64%★ 6.3action · fantasy · adventureMax

Both play adventure straight

The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

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