Movies like Twitches (2005)
The best movies like Twitches (2005) are Hocus Pocus (1993), Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001) and Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996). If Twitches hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDescendants 3 (2019)7.7/10 from 1,673 votes
- NewestPractical Magic 2 (2026)Released 2026
- Same seriesTwitches Too (2007)Twitches
Hocus Pocus (1993)
After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHalloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001)
The Cromwell clan lives in the real world, except for their grandmother who lives in Halloweentown, a place where monsters go to escape reality. But now the son of the Cromwells' old enemy Kalabar has a plan to use the grandmother's book to turn Halloweentown into a grey dreary version of the real world while transforming the denizens of the real world into monsters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwitches Too (2007)
Reunited witch twins Camryn and Alex adjust to their new life as supernatural beings while at the same time trying to maintain a normal existence in this sequel to the magical Disney Channel original movie Twitches. But they soon find themselves going head to head with the forces of darkness that threaten to destroy their world. Luckily, their birth mother, the powerful Miranda, is on hand to help out.
Why it matches: Same series: Twitches · both drama & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHalloweentown (1998)
On her 13th birthday, Marnie learns she's a witch, discovers a secret portal, and is transported to Halloweentown — a magical place where ghosts and ghouls, witches and werewolves live apart from the human world. But she soon finds herself battling wicked warlocks, evil curses, and endless surprises.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHalloweentown High (2004)
Marnie puts her magic on the line to get several Halloweentown teenagers transferred to her high school in the mortal world. But soon, Marnie and her new friends are in trouble and out of luck when the evil Knight Of The Iron Dagger appears. He's determined to destroy all things magical, and it's up to Marnie to save her high school, the human world and her magic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReturn to Halloweentown (2006)
As Halloweentown prepares to celebrate its 1,000th anniversary, Marnie Piper and her brother Dylan return to Witch University, where trouble is in session from the Sinister Sisters and from someone who's plotting to use Marnie's powers for evil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009)
During a family vacation, Alex, a young witch, accidentally casts a curse on her loved ones. To reverse this, she tries to find a magical stone while her brother tries to keep their parents together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBibi Blocksberg (2002)
Elation in Neustadt: by the means of a little witching, Bibi Blocksberg saved two kids from burning to death. While her mother Barbara, a witch of flesh and blood herself, is very proud of her daughter, father Bernhard, overworked and stressed, disapproves greatly of her supernatural antics. Then Bibi gets a message from Walpurgia, the senior witch: she is going to receive her crystel ball, that will make a "real" witch of her, early. Proudly, Bibi jumps up her broom to fly to the Blocksberg, the witches' headquarters. But Rabia, one of the few evil witches, aging in misery and with a secret, begrudges her all the glory...and her youth. And so Rabia sets off events that will soon make Bibi's life fall into pieces.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJinxed (2013)
Meet the Murphys, a family with never ending bad luck. "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong," it's Murphy's law! Over a century ago a witch put a magical curse on their great-great grandfather and the whole family has been jinxed for generations! After Meg Murphy (played by Big Time Rush's Ciara Bravo) and her family's house is destroyed in yet another freak accident, the family moves into their grandfather's house in Harvest Hills. In a not-so-strange case of bad luck, Meg's nemesis Ivy is also spending the summer in town. But things start to look up, kind of, when Meg meets a local boy named Brett and he casts another spell on her, a love spell that is! With help from her brother Charlie, Meg more determined than ever, must break the hex on her catastrophically cursed family! Watch this doomed teen try for a normal existence in a world full of hijinks!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Good Witch's Garden (2009)
Middleton prepares for its bicentennial, and Grey House is to be the party venue. Good witch Cassie is remodeling it as B&B. her first and only guest, Nick Chasen, claims to be a distant relative. He produces papers to prove he's the heir of the builder, colonial era captain Hamblin, while the Grey lady was his mistress and stole it. Police chief and lover Jake Russell goes all the way to motivate her to fight and disprove the claim before she's effectively disowned. Brandon is dared to pass a rascals-initiation by local brat Steve and Duke. George's gardening skills lead to romance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHocus Pocus 2 (2022)
29 years since the Black Flame Candle was last lit, the 17th-century Sanderson sisters are resurrected, and they are looking for revenge. Now it's up to three high school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow's Eve.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPractical Magic (1998)
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like this16 Wishes (2010)
The story about Abby Jensen, a girl who's been eager to reach her 16th birthday and has kept a secret wish list since she was a little girl. When the Big Day actually arrives, utter disaster strikes, leaving Abby to think her birthday is ruined. But when a mysterious box of magical birthday candles arrives to turn things around, Abby's 16 Wishes start to come true. Her day gets better and better...until she makes one wish that threatens to change everything.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Thirteenth Year (1999)
A teen learns that his birth mother is a mermaid after he begins to grow fins and slimy scales on his thirteenth birthday.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPractical Magic 2 (2026)
The Owens sisters must confront the dark curse that threatens to unravel their family once and for all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book (2009)
Lilly was a normal girl with a healthy sense of adventure. That is, until she finds a magical book, complete with a funny little dragon, "Hector". With the help of her new friend and the book, Lilly has the ability to time-travel and truly satisfy her adventure- lust!.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTeen Witch (1989)
Louise is not very popular at her highschool. Then she learns that she's descended from the witches of Salem and has inherited their powers. At first she uses them to get back at the girls and teachers who teased her and to win the heart of the handsome footballer's captain. But soon she has doubts if it's right to 'cheat' her way to popularity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Worst Witch (1986)
Mildred is one of the young girls at a prestigious witch academy. She can't seem to do anything right and is picked on by classmates and teachers. The headmistress of the school, Miss Cackle, has an evil twin sister who plans to destroy the school. Can Mildred foil the plan before the Grand Wizard comes to the Academy for a Halloween celebration you'll never forget?!!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Sabrina Goes to Rome (1998)
Sabrina goes to Rome, with Salem stowaway-ed in her backpack, to free her 16th-century aunt Sophia who was banished for divulging her powers to a non-witch.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMatilda (1996)
Matilda Wormwood is an brilliant and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, fail to see that fact. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a terrifying, sadistic headmistress. As she becomes fed up with the constant cruelty, she discovers she has a special gift that she just might be able to use to outwit the unruly adults around her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Witches (1990)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFreaky Friday (2003)
Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Good Witch's Family (2011)
A young witch visits her cousin in a small town during a heated mayoral election race. Her kind-hearted cousin, the town’s beloved “good witch” and newlywed with two teenage step-kids, is running for office, but must keep her family from falling apart when their visitor uses her magic to put them—and the whole town—under her bitter spell.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBewitched (2005)
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWish Upon a Star (1996)
A younger sister wishes to switch places with her popular older sister and the two bickering siblings awaken to find the wish has come true.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Craft: Legacy (2020)
An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCow Belles (2006)
In order to learn how to be responsible, two wealthy teen sisters are forced to work in the family business by their exasperated father. When company funds goes missing, it's up to the girls to save the day.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisDescendants 3 (2019)
The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Twitches?
The closest matches to Twitches are Hocus Pocus (1993), Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001) and Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Twitches?
People who watched Twitches most often go on to Hocus Pocus (1993), Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001) and Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996).
What is the highest-rated movie like Twitches?
Descendants 3 (2019), rated 7.7/10 by 1,673 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Twitches?
Practical Magic 2 (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Twitches part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Twitches, which includes Twitches Too (2007).
Are there English movies like Twitches?
Yes: Hocus Pocus (1993), Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001) and Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996).
How are movies similar to Twitches chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Twitches, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.