Movies like Coraline (2009)

Name: Coraline
Released: 2009

6 films to watch after Coraline, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

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.

1

James and the Giant Peach (1996)

Fit 68%

Shares Family, Animation and Fantasy with Coraline.

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.
2

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)

Fit 62%

Shares Animation, Family and Fantasy with Coraline.

When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.
3

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

Fit 58%

Shares Fantasy and Family with Coraline.

While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.
4

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

Fit 53%

Shares Animation, Family and Fantasy with Coraline.

When an evil spirit known as Pitch Black lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the earth.
5

Epic (2013)

Fit 48%

Shares Animation, Family and Fantasy with Coraline.

A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world—and ours.
6

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

Fit 48%

Shares Horror, Fantasy, Animation and Family with Coraline.

A concise adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" about Mr. Toad's motor mania, followed by a short retelling of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" concerning schoolmaster Ichabod Crane.