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Movies that feel like Tale of Tales (2015)

If you loved Tale of Tales, the closest films we have are November (2017), Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) and Tumbbad (2018). All three share Tale of Tales' dreamlike and dread 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.

The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.

πŸ… 84% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Matteo Garronedreamlikedreadunsettling
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November
2017 Β· dir. Rainer Sarnet
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.1drama Β· fantasy Β· romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: witch

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Tale of Tales does

In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.

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Tigers Are Not Afraid
2017 Β· dir. Issa LΓ³pez
πŸ… 97%β˜… 6.9fantasy Β· horror

Both land dream logic and dread at once

When her mother suddenly disappears with no one to care for her, young Estrella ends up on the street and joins a gang of children, triggering a dangerous and tragic chain of events.

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Tumbbad
2018 Β· dir. Rahi Anil Barve
πŸ… 87%β˜… 8.2fantasy Β· horror

Unsettling fantasy, and it commits to that

India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.

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The Witches
1990 Β· dir. Nicolas Roeg
πŸ… 94%β˜… 6.8fantasy Β· family Β· horror

The same preoccupation in both: witch

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 1990s show

While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical formula. When they discover the eavesdropper, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and hotel manager Mr Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.

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Oculus
2014 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.6horror

Horror with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

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The Lure
2015 Β· dir. Agnieszka SmoczyΕ„ska
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.2horror Β· music Β· fantasy

Both are built on the same subject: sister sister relationship

Two mermaid sisters, who end up performing at a nightclub, face cruel and bloody choices when one of them falls in love with a beautiful young man.

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Frankenstein
2025 Β· dir. Guillermo del Toro
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.4drama Β· fantasy Β· horror

One thread runs through both: mother son relationship

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

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Nosferatu
2024 Β· dir. Robert Eggers
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.1horror Β· fantasy

Both lean on dread more than on romance

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

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Freddy vs. Jason
2003 Β· dir. Ronny Yu
πŸ… 42%β˜… 5.8horror

Horror built on unease, twice over

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

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Poison for the Fairies
1986 Β· dir. Carlos Enrique Taboada
β˜… 7.2fantasy Β· horror

Dreamlike fantasy in both cases

In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.

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Extra Ordinary
2019 Β· dir. Mike Ahern
πŸ… 98%β˜… 6.4fantasy Β· comedy Β· horror

Romance with a pulse of dread, in both cases

A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.

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Anna and the Apocalypse
2018 Β· dir. John McPhail
πŸ… 77%β˜… 6.1horror Β· comedy Β· fantasy

Fantasy with a pulse of unease, in both cases

A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Havenβ€”at Christmasβ€”forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash, and sing their way to survival. In a desperate race to reach their loved ones, they soon learn that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.

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