
Movies that feel like Wicked (2024)
If you loved Wicked, the closest films we have are I Am Dragon (2015), The Little Mermaid (2023) and A Whisker Away (2020). All three share Wicked's romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 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.
If Wicked hit the spot, these will too

Common ground: fairy tale
The difference: Not nearly as contemplative as Wicked

Common ground in both: witch and musical
The difference: None of the stillness Wicked is built on

The same preoccupation in both: bullying
The difference: Leans harder into animation than Wicked does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: based on play or musical
The difference: 24 years apart, and the 2000s show

One thread runs through both: bullying
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Both are built on the same subject: fairy tale

Both keep coming back to the same thing: female friendship

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

Both land tenderness and dream logic at once

Drama with a pulse of warmth, in both cases

Contemplative romance, and it commits to that

Both lean on romance more than on fantasy
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