Movies like Monster Mia (2026)

Name: Monster Mia
Released: 2026

10 films to watch after Monster Mia, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

12-year-old Mia and her scruffy pet rat Quentin are sent to the mysterious Rotwood Academy after one too many problems at school. The new school gives her the creeps, and Mia needs to figure a way out before the students realize she isn't a monster like them! But the vice principal Van Vlad hosts a particular dislike for humans, and Mia is scared he has seen through her act...

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Coraline (2009)

Fit 69%

Shares Animation, Family and Fantasy with Monster Mia.

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.
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The Boxtrolls (2014)

Fit 66%

Shares Animation, Family and Fantasy with Monster Mia.

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
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Orion and the Dark (2024)

Fit 62%

Shares Animation, Family and Fantasy with Monster Mia.

A boy with an active imagination faces his fears on an unforgettable journey through the night with his new friend: a giant, smiling creature named Dark.
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Monster House (2006)

Fit 61%

Shares Animation, Family and Fantasy with Monster Mia.

Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
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Monster High: Haunted (2015)

Fit 58%

Shares Animation, Family and Fantasy with Monster Mia.

Lurk what's waiting for the Monster High ghouls when they bring their killer fashion to the howlways of the spooktacular Haunted High! When the ghouls of Monster High follow Spectra Vondergeist one day, they discover a creeperiffic Ghost World with an all-spirit school. But their scary-cute student bodies are hardly welcome with the very strict Principal Revenant, and she punishes Spectra with frightful detention chains that prevent her from re-joining Monster High. Now, it's up to the imperfectly perfect friends to take on ghostly forms in order to save one of their own from disappearing forever!
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Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)

Fit 54%

Shares Fantasy and Family with Monster Mia.

Be careful what you wish for. With their after school junk business, best friends Sonny and Sam hope to find treasure in other people’s trash. But when cleaning out the old Stine house, they open a locked book that frees a supernatural nightmare – Slappy! Now, with the help of Sonny’s sister Sarah, they’re in a race against time to get the sinister dummy and all the creatures he’s brought to life back into the pages before he unleashes total pandemonium!
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My Oni Girl (2024)

Fit 51%

Shares Animation, Fantasy and Family with Monster Mia.

A shy teenage boy's inability to say no is tested when a headstrong girl drags him on a mystical journey amid summer snow to find her missing mom.
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A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020)

Fit 51%

Shares Family and Fantasy with Monster Mia.

Recruited by a secret society of babysitters, a high schooler battles the Boogeyman and his monsters when they nab the boy she's watching on Halloween.
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The Pagemaster (1994)

Fit 50%

Shares Family, Fantasy and Animation with Monster Mia.

Rich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he has to try and get home again.
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Monster High: 13 Wishes (2013)

Fit 46%

Shares Family, Fantasy and Animation with Monster Mia.

It’s a new school year at Monster High, and the little sister of Clawdeen Wolf, Howleen, is determined to be more fangtastic than ever. Her dream of popularity turns out to be easier than anyone imagined when she stumbles upon a genie named Gigi Grant who grants her not 3, but 13 Wishes! But the ghouls quickly learn to be s-careful what you wish for because each wish comes with a dark side, and soon the student disem-body of Monster High is turned upside-down! Join Frankie Stein, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura and the rest of their creeperiffic ghoulfriends as they journey deep inside the magic lantern to save the very soul of Monster High… while flashing their killer style every step of the way!