Movies like Alice (1988)
The best movies like Alice (1988) are The Wind in the Willows (1983), The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1990) and The Pied Piper (1986). If Alice hooked you with its animation and fantasy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedCoraline (2009)8.0/10 from 9,745 votes
- NewestThe House (2022)Released 2022
The Wind in the Willows (1983)
One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins a series of adventures with his new friend Rat. They go for a picnic on the riverbank, on a caravan expedition with Toad, until Toad switches allegiance to his new car and his reckless driving makes Mole and Rat search out Badger for help in curbing Toad's profligate habits. But Toad gets away from them and gets a 20-year sentence from the magistrate for theft, reckless driving, and Gross Impertinence. While Toad works his wiles on the jailer's daughter and escapes jail dressed as a washer woman, Badger tries to guard Toad Hall from the machinations of the Weasels and is badly beaten. And it requires a plan of attack and all four comrades to regain Toad Hall.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1990)
Based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could build a flying ship would win the hand of the Tsar's daughter. The youngest son of a simple peasant shows up to claim her, and the dumbfounded Tsar quickly has second thoughts, setting several 'impossible" tasks for 'The Fool of the World' and his remarkable friends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & adventure
The Pied Piper (1986)
A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of the most ambitious Czech animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
Based on elements from the stories of Mark Twain, this feature-length Claymation fantasy follows the adventures of Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn as they stowaway aboard the interplanetary balloon of Mark Twain. Twain, disgusted with the human race, is intent upon finding Halley's Comet and crashing into it, achieving his "destiny." It's up to Tom, Becky, and Huck to convince him that his judgment is wrong and that he still has much to offer humanity that might make a difference. Their efforts aren't just charitable; if they fail, they will share Twain's fate. Along the way, they use a magical time portal to get a detailed overview of the Twain philosophy, observing the "historical" events that inspired his works.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993)
A boy born the size of a small doll is kidnapped by a genetic lab and must find a way back to his father in this inventive adventure filmed using stop motion animation techniques.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & adventure
Toys in the Attic (2009)
In an attic full of discarded junk, a pretty doll called Buttercup lives in an old trunk together with her friends, the marionette Sir Handsome, the lovable Teddy Bear, a Mechanical Mouse and the plasticine creature, Laurent. When Buttercup is snatched and taken off to the Land of Evil, her pals set out on a wondrous and daring adventure to rescue her from the all-powerful Head of State.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
The House (2022)
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Mascot (1933)
A toy stuffed dog has just been sewn together when it hears a young child ask for an orange. The child's mother explains that they have no money, and so she cannot buy any oranges. The dog is then packed up along with a box full of other toys to be sold, but it soon winds up in the street. The dog picks up an orange from a curb side stand, and hopes to take it home to the child. But that night, before the dog can get back to the child's home, it must face a series of strange and frightening adventures.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVincent (1982)
Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams that annoy his mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMoomins and the Comet Chase (2010)
One day Moomintroll wakes to notice that grey dust is covering everything in the Moominvalley. He runs to ask the philosophical Muskrat if he knows what is happening, who advises him that things tend to look like this before an awful fate coming from the sky hits the Earth. With the help of his father, Moominpappa, Moomintroll and his close friends Sniff and Snufkin build a raft and head out on a challenging journey to the observatory in the Lonely Mountains hoping to find out more from the wise professors there. The friends have to overcome several adversities in order to make it there. When they arrive, they find the professors deep in calculations. They reveal that a comet will reach the Earth in four days, four hours, four minutes and 44 seconds.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & adventure
Blood Tea and Red String (2006)
The aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak battle over the doll of their hearts' desire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)
100 miles north, a bit east and up, is Pinchcliffe, the home of bicycle repairman Reodor Felgen and his two assistants, Solan Gundersen and Ludvig. Sponsored by oil sheik Ben Redic Fy Fazan, they build the car "Il Tempo Gigante" to race against Reodor's former assistant Rudolf Blodstrupmoen, who has stolen one of Reodor's inventions to become a world racing champion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hand (1965)
A happy little potter is approached by a huge hand which wants him to sculpt its statue. The potter refuses, wanting nothing more than to be left alone with his only friend, a potted plant. As the hand's request gives way to bribery, demands, and threats, the potter becomes more desperate to escape its clutch, leading to tragedy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDimensions of Dialogue (1983)
Three surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Snails (1966)
In a distant planetoid, an industrious but hapless old farmer strives to make his vegetables flourish, however, to no avail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonkeybone (2001)
After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilarious alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and escapes to wreak havoc on the real world, Stu has to find a way to stop him before his sister pulls the plug on reality forever!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Tale of the Fox (1941)
In the kingdom of animals, Master Fox is used to trick and fool everyone. So the King, the Lion, receives more and more complaints about him. He orders that Master Fox is arrested and brought to him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStreet of Crocodiles (1986)
A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDarkness, Light, Darkness (1990)
A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFaust (1994)
A very free adaptation of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", Goethe's "Faust" and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. A nondescript man is lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, where he finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJames and the Giant Peach (1996)
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEven Mice Belong in Heaven (2021)
Whizzy is a little mouse, Whitebelly is a fox. They are naturally mortal enemies. One day, after an unfortunate accident, both meet in animal heaven. Together, they will embark on a fantastic journey and discover friendship can overcome everything.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCoraline (2009)
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Separation (2003)
The separation of conjoined twins and its extraordinary consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation
Black Moon (1975)
There is a global gender war between men and women. A teenage girl tries to escape this reality and arrives at a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives with a family: sister, brother, many children and an old, bedridden woman who stays in contact with the world through her radio.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMary and Max (2009)
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
A 20th century man lands on the Moon and discovers that Baron Munchausen has beaten him to it, accompanied by Cyrano de Bergerac and the characters from Jules Verne's novels about the conquest of the satellite.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJan Werich's Fimfarum (2002)
Humorous as well as educational stories about magical and everyday problems, about devils, miracles, ordinary human vices and wisdom. The graphic design of the stories reflects the humour and the atmosphere of the stories Fimfárum, When the Leaves Fall from the Oak, Franta the Fearless, A Dream Come True, and Greedy Barka, that were recorded by Jan Werich on an LP in the 1960’s and published in a book called Fimfarum.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
A Midsummer's Night Dream (1959)
The first puppet film shot in CinemaScope. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common popular world of tradesmen amateur theatre and a fairy-tale happiness of magic creatures as elves and nymphs. The film is considered the most remarkable Jiří Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both animation & fantasy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Alice?
The closest matches to Alice are The Wind in the Willows (1983), The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1990) and The Pied Piper (1986). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Alice?
People who watched Alice most often go on to The Wind in the Willows (1983), The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1990) and The Pied Piper (1986).
What is the highest-rated movie like Alice?
Coraline (2009), rated 8.0/10 by 9,745 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Alice?
The House (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to Alice chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Alice, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.