Movies like Edward Scissorhands: 20 to watch next
If you loved Edward Scissorhands (1990) — a fantasy, drama and romance film directed by Tim Burton — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Edward Scissorhands most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like underdog, small town and unsociability. 8 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Love at First Sight 2023★ 7.2
Shares: Romance, Drama
Hadley and Oliver begin falling in love on a flight from New York to London, but when they lose each other at customs, can they defy all odds to reunite?
Stream in India on Netflix
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Endless 2020★ 6.6
Shares: Romance, Drama, Fantasy
When madly in love high school graduates Riley and Chris are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend's death while Chris is stranded in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to connect. In a love story that transcends life and death, both Riley and Chris are forced to learn the hardest lesson of all: letting go.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey 2025★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Fantasy, Drama
Sarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present... and possibly getting a chance to alter their futures.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Beastly 2011★ 6.3
Shares: Romance, Fantasy, Drama
A modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Secret of Moonacre 2009★ 6.6
Shares: Fantasy, Romance
When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Meet Joe Black 1998★ 7.4
Shares: Fantasy, Drama, Romance
Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Winter's Tale 2014★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Best of Me 2014★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, Romance
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Secret Beyond the Door 1947★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Romance
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Ghost Story 2017★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Canterville Ghost 1996★ 6.3
Shares: Fantasy, Drama
When a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she's not at all happy. Especially as there's a ghost and a mysterious re-appearing bloodstain on the hearth. She campaigns to go back home, and her dad, believing the ghost's pranks are Ginny's, is ready to send her back. But then Ginny actually meets the elusive 17th-century Sir Simon de Canterville (not to mention the cute teenaged duke next door), and she sets her hand to the task of freeing Sir Simon from his curse.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mr. Nobody 2009★ 7.8
Shares: Drama, Romance
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Jane Eyre 1943★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Romance
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Stream in India on Stingray Amazon Channel
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Maleficent 2014★ 7.1
Shares: Fantasy, Romance
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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One & Two 2015★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, Fantasy
In an isolated farmhouse, located in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by a mysterious wooden wall, Zac and Eva, two siblings gifted with extraordinary abilities, endure every day the wrath of their strict father while witnessing how a cruel sickness lurks their beloved mother.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Equals 2015★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Romance
A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.
Stream in India on Bloodstream
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The Time Traveler's Wife 2009★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Untamed Heart 1993★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Romance
Caroline, a young waitress who seems to have bad taste in men, is on her way home one night when thugs attempt to rape her. Adam, the mysterious busboy who works at the same diner, helps fight off the assailants, and she begins a relationship with him -- but not all their fellow Minnesotans are happy for them. Meanwhile, the couple face their own difficulties when Caroline finds about Adam's past, including his unique health condition.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between 2022★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Drama
Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?
Stream in India on Netflix
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Upside Down 2012★ 6.3
Shares: Romance, Drama, Fantasy
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the question: what if love was stronger than gravity?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now