
Movies that feel likeMaleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
If you loved Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, the closest films we have are Pete's Dragon (2016), The BFG (2016) and Peter Pan (2003). All three share Maleficent: Mistress of Evil's warm and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Little Mermaid (2023).
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If Maleficent: Mistress of Evil hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Maleficent (2014)

A gentle, effects-driven fairy tale about an unlikely, misunderstood bond
The difference: A quiet boy-and-dragon story, not a fairy court's political scheming

A gentle giant-and-child bond wrapped in handsome studio spectacle
The difference: Spielberg's storybook warmth, without Maleficent's darker fairy edge

A storybook world of fairies and flight told with old-fashioned earnestness
The difference: A boy-who-never-grows-up tale, not Maleficent's family-versus-duty conflict

A sequel where old allies return to fight for a threatened kingdom
The difference: A more overtly heroic quest, missing Maleficent's morally tangled leads

The same mix in both: warmth, then comfort
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

A live-action Disney fairy tale weighing loyalty to family against a new love
The difference: An underwater musical romance, not a story about wings and vengeance

A live-action Disney remake hiding darker family betrayal behind the spectacle
The difference: A circus-set outcast story, no fairy-court politics or magic battles

A visually lush sequel dragging a beloved heroine back into old conflicts
The difference: Underland's clockwork time-travel plot, weaker than the first film

Common ground: magic

Both land dream logic and scale at once

Family built on warmth, twice over
The difference: Leans further into drama

A dreamy, practical-effects fantasy world under threat from within
The difference: A boy-reader framing device, not a story of two women's strained bond
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