20 best movies like Wonder Man (1945)

List of the best movies like Wonder Man (1945): Cats, Switch, Dead & Breakfast, Topper Returns, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Cinderella, Descendants 3, High Spirits, Chi-Raq, Slice.

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Markimdb: 2.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, musical
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan

A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make her fall in love with him. If not, Steve's soul will become the property of the devil. But the devil hedges his bet, and Steve is reincarnated as a woman named Amanda Brooks.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, musical
CountryUSA
Duration01:28

Six friends on a road trip stop for the night at a bed and breakfast in the sleepy town of Lovelock. After a night that leaves both the inn's owner and chef dead, the gang finds themselves under suspicion by the local sheriff. But that's only the beginning as nearly all of the town's quirky residents become possessed by an evil spirit and pin down the friends inside the B&B.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:28

Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, who was accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington (Landis), the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, musical
CountryUSA
Duration02:09

Under hypnosis while trying to quit smoking, Daisy Gamble revisits past lives and different personalities.

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: 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
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
Duration01:39

When Peter Plunkett's Irish castle turned hotel is about to be repossesed, he decides to spice up the attraction a bit for the 'Yanks' by having his staff pretend to haunt the castle. The trouble begins when a busload of American tourists arrive - along with some real ghosts.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy, drama, musical, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:37

A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:22

In a spooky small town, when a slew of pizza delivery boys are slain on the job, two daring survivors set out to catch the culprits behind the cryptic crime spree.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, short
CountryUSA
Duration00:08

Immediately after his death, the victim of a car crash gets answers to every question he's ever had about his life, including the most import one of all - what did it all mean?

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, western, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:09

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

Markimdb: 3.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, musical
CountryUSA

When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again before mom’s big wedding.

Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, musical
CountryJapan

The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.

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: 4.6
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, musical, family
CountryIndia

As the only employed member of a large family, Aditya Singh a big-hearted mechanic, works hard to provide for his siblings, his grandmother and a bevy of nieces and nephews. But, when he is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, his family's future becomes a murky prospect. Fearful for their safety and happiness, Aditya convinces Yamraj the Hindu god of death, to give him a chance to return -- as a ghost -- to carry out the unresolved business of his life.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, musical, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:05

    In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrefantasy, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    In this modern take on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life, Claire Phillips (Karen Allen). But after firing a staff member, Eliot Loudermilk (Bobcat Goldthwait), on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:00

    The story is about Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies and is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
    CountryNew Zealand, USA
    Duration02:03

    Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

    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: 4.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:53

    A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must thwart a plot to destroy their home town. Built around the music of the beatles, this musical uses some big name groups like Peter Frampton and Aerosmith.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    When the Kwimper family car runs out of fuel on a new Florida highway and an officious state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop Kwimper digs in his heels and decides to do a little homesteading. He and his son Toby and their 'adopted' children—Holly, Ariadne, and the twins—start their own little community along a strip of the roadside.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:18

    Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an angel, so he became the giver of toys and happiness. But this year the bet is off, and Santa is about to return to his evil ways.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    In 1939, WBN, a fourth radio network, is about to take to America's airwaves. As if the confusion of the premiere night wasn't enough, Penny Henderson, the owner's secretary, must deal with an unhappy sponsor, an overbearing boss and a soon-to-be ex-husband who desperately wants her back. As the broadcast begins, a mysterious voice breaks the broadcast and suddenly members of the cast turn up dead. It's up to her husband Roger, to find out whodunit as the police chase him through the halls of WBN.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

      A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Eccentric Frank Carlyle ran a horror shop in small-town Steeple Falls, which takes pride in and profit from its Halloween traditions. Frank's widower grandson Richard grudgingly returns there from Boston with his own kids, bright Ian and bratty Claire, to settle the inheritance. Ian discovers great-grandpa's house is really haunted, and not just, as legend holds, by historic owner Zachariah Kull, who was burned on the stake.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrefantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But soon her worst expectations come true, when not only her old memories haunt her, but also Jolly's ghost, who doesn't approve of her new mate. Invisible to anyone but Kay, he tries to prevent the wedding. Written by Tom Zoerner

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy, musical, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Maximillian, the lone survivor of a race of vampires, comes to Brooklyn in search of a way to live past the next full moon. His ticket to survival is Rita, a NYPD detective who doesn't know she's half vampire -- and Maximillian will do whatever's necessary to put her under his spell.

      Markimdb: 3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      When Max fools a gang of local toughs, he finds himself in big trouble. Fleeing from the thugs, Max runs into an old warehouse and bumps into a boom box. By doing that, he manages to release Kazaam, a genie who has been held captive for thousands of years.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

        A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Based on the comic by Peter M. Lenkov.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrecomedy, drama, musical, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:50

        During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the civilians at home. This was Universal Pictures' effort. It features everyone from Donald O'Connor to the Andrews Sisters to Orson Welles to W.C. Fields to George Raft to Marlene Dietrich, and dozens of other Universal players.

        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: 5.2
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:36

        Lucy Chadman (Shelley Long) chokes to death and is resurrected by her loopy sister Zelda (Judith Ivey) on the one year anniversary of her death. Lucy, of course, does not believe she has actually been dead and thinks it is an elaborate hoax until she goes to her apartment and discovers her husband (Corbin Bernsen) married to her gold digging best friend, Kim (Sela Ward).

        Markimdb: 3.1
        Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
        CountryUSA

        This follow-up to the George Romero/Stephen King-launched anthology series features five new tales of horror and a wraparound. The main stories deal with alternative realities ("Alice"), possessed communication devices ("The Radio"), vampires and serial killers in lust ("Call Girl"), mad inventors ("The Professor's Wife"), and hauntings from beyond the grave ("Haunted Dog").

        Markimdb: 8.7
        Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, musical, detective
        CountryIndia

        A young couple, Ganga and Nakulan, arrives at the ancestral home called Madampalli of the latter. Hailing from a family that follows tradition and superstitions, Nakulan's uncle Thampi objects to the couple's idea of moving into the allegedly haunted mansion, which Nakulan ignores. The couple moves in anyway following which seemingly supernatural events begin to happen.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA

        Rocksford, New England, 1672. Puritan witch hunter Jonathan Wooley is cursed after burning a witch at the stake: his descendants will never find happiness in their marriages. At present, politician Wallace Wooley, who is running for state governor, is about to marry his sponsor's daughter.




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