Movies like Spirited Away: 20 to watch next
If you loved Spirited Away (2001) — a animation, family and fantasy film directed by Hayao Miyazaki — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Spirited Away most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like witch, parent child relationship and darkness. 9 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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A Letter to Momo 2012★ 7.3
Shares: Fantasy, Animation, Family
A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Wonderland 2019★ 6.4
Shares: Animation, Fantasy, Family
The story follows Akane, a girl with no self-confidence. On the day before her birthday, she meets a mysterious alchemist, Hippocrates, and his student, Pipo, who both tell her they're on a mission to save the world. Together, they set out from the basement for "Wonderland," and Akane finds herself labelled Wonderland's savior.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Tooth Fairy Tale 2025★ 8.5
Shares: Animation, Fantasy, Family
Van, the brave son of a tooth fairy leader, meets the goblins girl Gemma on his first mission. Despite the myths about ancient disputes between fairies and goblins, they share common values. When the greedy Spider Queen threatens both tribes, they must work together.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mary and The Witch's Flower 2017★ 7.2
Shares: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Earwig and the Witch 2021★ 5.9
Shares: Animation, Fantasy, Family
A headstrong orphan discovers a world of spells and potions while living with a selfish witch.
Stream in India on Netflix, Netflix Kids
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Sleeping Beauty 1959★ 6.9
Shares: Fantasy, Animation, Family
Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Hotel Transylvania 2012★ 7.0
Shares: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula has invited all his best friends to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis's 118th birthday. For Dracula catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem but the party really starts when one ordinary guy stumbles into the hotel and changes everything!
Stream in India on Netflix, Sony Liv, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Epic 2013★ 6.6
Shares: Animation, Family, Fantasy
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group of characters in order to save their world—and ours.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings 2012★ 7.6
Shares: Animation, Fantasy
Madoka Kaname, an ordinary middle-schooler, along with her best friend Sayaka Miki, are offered the chance to have any wish they want granted by the mysterious Kyubey, and become magical girls and fight witches. However, fellow magical girl Homura Akemi seems intent on stopping Madoka from becoming a magical girl at any cost. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings is a retelling of the first half of the TV anime series.
Stream in India on Anime Times Amazon Channel
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams 2007★ 6.4
Shares: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Princess Aurora and Princess Jasmine learn valuable life lessons in two short stories.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The House of Magic 2013★ 6.3
Shares: Family, Fantasy, Animation
Thunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos. Not everyone welcomes the new addition to the troupe as Jack Rabbit and Maggie Mouse plot to evict Thunder. The situation gets worse when the magician lands in hospital and his scheming nephew sees his chance to cash in by selling the mansion. Our young hero is determined to earn his place and so he enlists the help of some wacky magician's assistants to protect his magical new home.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Twitches 2005★ 6.7
Shares: Family, Fantasy
Twins separated at birth, Camryn and Alex meet by chance for the first time on their 21st birthday and discover they're witches with the power to save their homeland of Coventry from the evil that threatens it. But when Camryn leaves Alex to face the darkness alone, will Coventry be doomed? Or will the sisters multiply their magic by standing together?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Little Mermaid 1989★ 7.4
Shares: Animation, Family, Fantasy
This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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My Neighbor Totoro 1988★ 8.1
Shares: Fantasy, Animation, Family
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
Stream in India on Netflix, Netflix Kids
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices 2011★ 7.2
Shares: Animation, Fantasy, Family
The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster and saved by a mysterious boy named Shun. However, Shun disappears and Asuna embarks on a journey of adventure to the land of Agartha with her teacher Mr. Morisaki to meet a Shun again. Through her journey she comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.
Stream in India on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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The Academy of Magic 2020★ 7.1
Shares: Family, Animation, Fantasy
Aura is gifted with magical abilities; she and her friends have many exciting adventures at the academy, but soon Aura learns that the school hatches many dark secrets that she must uncover. Will she be able to unveil the truth?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Girl from the Other Side 2023★ 7.8
Shares: Animation, Fantasy
Once upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner land and an outer land. People feared the outer land, inhabited by eerie beings, the carriers of curse. One day, on the border to the inner land inhabited by humans, one such being finds a girl on heaps of abandoned dead bodies. The girl says her name is Shiva and shows affection to the "being" who found her, calling him "Teacher." This is a story of two people—one human, one inhuman—who linger in the hazy twilight that separates night from day.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Barbie: A Fairy Secret 2011★ 6.9
Shares: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Barbie realises that fairies secretly surround everybody. She, along with the help of her friends, Taylor and Carrie, sets out to rescue Ken. He is taken to the secret fairy city, Gloss Angeles.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Monster High: Haunted 2015★ 7.5
Shares: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Lurk what's waiting for the Monster High ghouls when they bring their killer fashion to the howlways of the spooktacular Haunted High! When the ghouls of Monster High follow Spectra Vondergeist one day, they discover a creeperiffic Ghost World with an all-spirit school. But their scary-cute student bodies are hardly welcome with the very strict Principal Revenant, and she punishes Spectra with frightful detention chains that prevent her from re-joining Monster High. Now, it's up to the imperfectly perfect friends to take on ghostly forms in order to save one of their own from disappearing forever!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Howl's Moving Castle 2004★ 8.4
Shares: Fantasy, Animation
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
Stream in India on Netflix