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Movies that feel like Pinocchio (2019)

If you loved Pinocchio, the closest films we have are Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2019), CJ7 (2008) and The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990). All three share Pinocchio's warm and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily led astray, encountering magical beasts, fantastical spectacles, while making friends and foes along his journey. However, his dream is to become a real boy, which can only come true if he finally changes his ways.

πŸ… 84% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Matteo Garronecontemplativewarmcozydreamlike

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If Pinocchio hit the spot, these will too

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Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs
2019 Β· dir. Hong Sung-ho
πŸ… 40%β˜… 6.5animation Β· fantasy Β· family

The same two preoccupations: calm, and whimsical

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy.

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CJ7
2008 Β· dir. Stephen Chow
πŸ… 49%β˜… 6.4comedy Β· drama Β· family

One thread runs through both: whimsical

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than Pinocchio does

A poor construction worker, who struggles to keep his son in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy which proves to be much, much more once the young boy starts to play with it.

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The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
1990 Β· dir. George T. Miller
πŸ… 14%β˜… 5.1family Β· fantasy Β· adventure

Common ground: based on children's book

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Pinocchio does

Once again, Bastian is transported to the world of Fantasia which he recently managed to save from destruction. However, the land is now being destroyed by an evil sorceress, Xayide, so he must join up with Atreyu and face the Emptiness once more.

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The Secret Garden
1993 Β· dir. Agnieszka Holland
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.3drama Β· family Β· fantasy

The same mix in both: stillness, then warmth

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and forgotten. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.

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Storm Boy
1977 Β· dir. Henri Safran
β˜… 6.9drama Β· family

The same preoccupation in both: based on children's book

The difference: Not nearly as dreamlike as Pinocchio

Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.

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A Little Princess
1995 Β· dir. Alfonso CuarΓ³n
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.6drama Β· family Β· fantasy

Cozy where it counts, dreamlike underneath

When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth.

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A Dog's Purpose
2017 Β· dir. Lasse HallstrΓΆm
πŸ… 35%β˜… 7.3adventure Β· fantasy Β· family

Contemplative drama in both cases

A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.

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The BFG
2016 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.3adventure Β· family Β· fantasy

Both lean on warmth more than on family

An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.

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Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 Β· dir. James Bobin
πŸ… 29%β˜… 6.2adventure Β· family Β· fantasy

Fantasy built on comfort, twice over

Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.

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When Marnie Was There
2014 Β· dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.6animation Β· drama Β· family

Both keep coming back to the same thing: calm

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.

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A Christmas Carol
2009 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.8animation Β· drama Β· family

Dreamlike drama, and it commits to that

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

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Just Another Christmas
2020 Β· dir. Roberto Santucci
β˜… 6.7comedy Β· drama Β· fantasy

Family with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He soon realizes that he’s doomed to keep waking up on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve, having to deal with the aftermath of what his other self has done the other 364 days of the year.

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