20 best movies like Ella Enchanted (2004)

List of the best movies like Ella Enchanted (2004): Cinderella, Penelope, Mirror Mirror, Christmas Cupid, Prince Charming, Stardust, Cinderella, Three Wishes for Cinderella, The Healer, Little.

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Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:26

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:39

    Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company. This untraditional fairy tale about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:46

    After she spends all her money, an evil enchantress queen schemes to marry a handsome, wealthy prince. There's just one problem - he's in love with a beautiful princess, Snow White. Now, joined by seven rebellious dwarves, Snow White launches an epic battle of good vs. evil...

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, family, cartoon, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:25

    Sloan is beautiful, stylish, and on the fast track to success at her public relations firm. After her client Caitlin ends up in a coma and becomes her own personal ghost of Christmas past, present, and future; she finds out first hand that her unethical ways needs to change and reuniting with a past jilted lover may be the answer.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:07

    In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom

    Cinderella, an orphaned girl with an evil stepmother, has big dreams and with the help of her Fabulous Godmother, she perseveres to make them come true.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family
    CountryCzechoslovakia, East Germany
    Duration01:22

    The film stars Libuse Safrankova as the title character, a young woman who is put upon by her stepmother and stepsisters. The film employs a twist, though, when a handsome prince comes knocking. Cinderella does not simply fall into the prince's arms. In this version, he must actively pursue the young woman who is a skilled sharpshooter prone to wearing hunting outfits. Cinderella also has three wishes at her disposal, gained from three magic nuts.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family
    CountrySpain, Canada, USA
    Duration02:56

    The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:00

    Jordan Sanders, a take-no-prisoners tech mogul, wakes up one morning in the body of her 13-year-old self right before a do-or-die presentation. Her beleaguered assistant April is the only one in on the secret that her daily tormentor is now trapped in an awkward tween body, just as everything is on the line.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, New Zealand
    Duration02:18

    For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a bewildered Skeeter manage his own unruly fantasies now that the outrageous characters and situations from his mind have morphed into actual people and events?

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:45

    An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, family, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

      Jessica Olsen goes to Los Angeles with nothing more in mind that visiting her grandparents while her sister tries to meet Christopher Wilde. One night she meets Christopher Wilde. They go an an adventure around Los Angeles and start to like each other. When Jessica returns home, Christopher, on national TV, says he doesn't know her, and never met her.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, family
      CountryFrance, Belgium
      Duration02:31

      Christmas is on its way and with it disaster. The 92,000 responsible for manufacturing children's toys all become sick at the same time! It's a tough moment for Santa, better known as Father Christmas. He's left no choice: he must make an emergency trip to Earth with his reindeer to search for a remedy. When he arrives, he must find some allies to save the magic of Christmas.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, musical, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      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.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
      Duration02:24

      Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard. Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      A young boy, Josh Baskin makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big. He wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman. What will he find out about this strange world?

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:58

      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.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      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".

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:38

      When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:03

        The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA, Australia, United Kingdom
        Duration01:53

        Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:32

        After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), a grief-stricken British businessman, Ian Wyndham, living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:45

        Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their differences and live happily ever after?

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:13

        P-A-X-497/341, aka “Pax” , a curious young man from the well-ordered but loveless future, travels to present day New Orleans in search of romance novelist Elizabeth Barrett – whose book he has come upon during an archeological dig in the year 3127. Hoping Elizabeth can explain the concept of love to him, which is now nonexistent in his time, Pax embarks on an adventure filled with new discoveries. Elizabeth introduces Pax to life in the year 2011, filled with love, music and of course, destiny. When Pax doesn’t return to the future by the given deadline, Bob, his fellow scientist, travels back in time to find him. Meanwhile, as Elizabeth helps Pax learn about love, she ends up confiding in her colleague, played by Valerie Harper, about her own upcoming “surprise” engagement.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA, Italy
        Duration02:01

        Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA, New Zealand
        Duration01:53

        In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:46

        When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrefantasy, comedy, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:50

        Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, family
        CountryUSA

        Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives, it touches something deep within him. Ruby is recently separated from her family in the wild, which causes him to question his life, where he comes from and where he ultimately wants to be.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
        CountryUSA

        When a prince, and heir to the throne, finds himself in some hot water for his partying ways, the royal family decides to hire a top notch PR consultant to work with him.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:38

        Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:32

        A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrefantasy, comedy, family
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:29

        Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once remarkable Emporium.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
        Duration02:24

        A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
        CountryGermany

        The life of 14-year-old Lilith is similar to that of a normal teenager, but there is a peculiarity: she is the daughter of the devil and lives with him in hell. Because she is totally bored there and also wants to have fun and explore the world, she makes a pact with her father: she is allowed to go to earth for a week - but she has to convert a good person to evil there. If she succeeds in this challenge, she may stay on earth forever, otherwise she'll be waving a hell of a boring job in the bookkeeping of the underworld.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        Holly is tired of moving every time her mom Jean breaks up with yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man, an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her self-esteem.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:22

        The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see Granny Wendy in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland, could lead to a chance at redemption, in this family-oriented fantasy from director Steven Spielberg.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:35

        When a reporter encounters the eldest son of a famous political family at a mountain retreat, she winds up pretending to be his girlfriend over Christmas so he can save face with his family. Should she secretly expose newsworthy scoops about the famous family in order to save her job, or trust that she's falling in love for real? Stars Patricia Richardson and Katrina Law.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:10

        Shrek The Musical is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 2001 DreamWorks Animation's film Shrek and William Steig's 1990 book Shrek! It was nominated for 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical. On July 19, 2013, following the closure of the national tour and West End productions, Amazon.com confirmed that the filmed performance would be available for instant viewing on September 17, 2013. A DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download was also released on that day.The performance is an edit of several live performances as well as a performance shot without an audience. The original principal cast appear, as well as various alumni across the show's Broadway run. Also, it keeps the song "Donkey Pot Pie" instead of the replacement, "Forever."

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
        CountryUSA

        Single mom Jenna Thompson only five weeks to deliver her next teen novel to her publisher. So, this year's annual beach vacation with her kids will be a working vacation. Upon arrival, the family soon meets their new next-door neighbor, confident, devil-may-care surfer Lucas McKinnon.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrefantasy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:35

        A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice. In Disney’s magical take on the classic The Nutcracker, Clara wants a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box holding a priceless gift. A golden thread presented at her godfather’s holiday party leads her to the coveted key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. There Clara encounters a soldier, a gang of mice and the regents of three magical Realms. But she must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger, to retrieve her key and return harmony to the unstable world.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
        CountryUSA

        A young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does not share her love for the holiday at all. When she is about to breakdown because of her family, she receives a snowglobe in the mail. When she opens up the snowglobe, she is transported into the world inside, where Christmas is the heart and soul for everyone who lives there. She discovers she can return to her world by going down a small path in the small forest at the edge of the village, and can return whenever she winds up the snowglobe. After a long set of visits to the globe, she accidentally gets trapped inside.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, short
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France

        Fourteen years after the events of the first film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
        CountryCanada

        The story of a young businesswoman who tries to convince her uptight parents to accept her current boyfriend and instead finds herself falling for an old high school flame.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

        Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews visits gypsy Madame Rosa for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex for four hours. Paul and animal psychologist coworker Diane Farrow decide to test it on themselves. The awkward pair suddenly find themselves alluring to anyone they approach, but soon realize they are most attracted to each other.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:05

        In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael's three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:44

        Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning the heart of a handsome lifeguard.




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