Best Movies like Enchanted
Did you enjoy Disney’s ‘Enchanted’? If you’re a big fan of fairy tales, romance, magic, and good against evil, there are a number of similar movies like Enchanted to watch.
From her magic fairytale kingdom, Princess Giselle of Enchanted is banished by an evil queen and suddenly finds herself in the urban world of modern-day America. New truths and reality soon dawn on her that this is not the same ‘happily ever after’ world she once lived in. She eventually finds love with a handsome divorced lawyer but can’t help but wonder if her view of romance can survive in the gritty street of Manhattan.
If you’re anticipating the sequel of Enchanted, Here are some amazing similar movies that can leave you charmed with a twist of animated fairytales.
1. Stardust
Top on our list of movies like Enchanted is a fantasy tale story of Stardust. The movie revolves around Charlie Cox, a young man who embarks on a dangerous adventure to save the magical land of Stormhold.
This magical world story came from Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess and depicts a beautiful picture with a number of cool, and creepy characters adapted by movie director Matthew Vaughn. Some of the greatest casts to play a role in the movie include Claire Danes, Sienna Miller, Ricky Gervais, Rupert Everett, Ian McKellen, Peter O’Toole, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Jason Flemyng.
2. Freaky Friday (2003)
Here’s our second recommendation; Freaky Friday. This movie was adapted from Mary Rodgers’s novel also titled ‘Freaky Friday’ and written in 1972.
The magic fairytale tells a story of a mother and daughter, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, whose bodies are switched with magic after they ate a mysterious Chinese fortune cookie.
This is an amazing humor and heartfelt movie that will make you fall in love with the two main characters and the actors who portrayed them.
3. Shrek
Third on our list of movies like Enchanted is quite a popular animated movie called Shrek. The Disney movie combines funny scenes and characters as well as mature humor and parody, hence it appeals to both kids and adults.
The animation is a funny fairy tale and the voice cast combines together to make this movie a huge global hit, with a number of sequels.
4. Hook
Hook is a story about Peter Pan, who has grown up and is now an adult in the real world. All his memories of Neverland have been forgotten.
However, Peter Pan’s children are abducted by Captain Hook, a notorious villain from his childhood past. He returned to Neverland to save his kids and battle Hook with the help of Tinkerbell and the Lost Boys.
In the magical kingdom of Neverland, Pan must once again rediscover the magic he once had if he was to succeed in defeating Captain Hook. Hook is one of those similar movies like Enchanted that’s often considered a Robin Williams classic and accumulated a massive audience.
5. The Pagemaster
The Pagemaster tells a story of a young boy, Richard Tyler (Macaulay Culkin), who seeks shelter from a storm in a nearby library.
The librarian tries to offer Richard an adventure book but he declines and insists on a phone. Before he can call Richard’s parents, Richard slips, hits his head, and passes out.
When he wakes up, he finds out he has been transformed into an animated fantasy land world populated by famous literary characters and has to overcome various obstacles in the classic books before he can return to the real world.
The amazing fantasy adventure movie for kids and adults alike will plunge you deep into a reverse Enchanted world with its captivating plot and great voice cast.
6. Godmothered
Last on our list of similar movies like Enchanted is Godmothered. It’s a Disney fantasy comedy-drama and tells a story of an inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training who is trying to prove that people still need fairy godmothers.
This movie portrays a few certain similarities with Enchanted and Godmothered. The most notable similarity is that they both try to show the impact a little magic can make in the modern world.
There are both funny and captivating scenes in this drama as the fairy Godmother searches for a grown woman who had always wished for a fairy godmother as a child.
She tries to convince the woman of the idea of letting her use magic to better her life.
