Movies like Pinocchio: Unstrung (2026)

Name: Pinocchio: Unstrung
Released: 2026

10 films to watch after Pinocchio: Unstrung, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

Influenced by a sinister Cricket and created by Geppetto, Pinocchio launches a violent crusade to carve himself into a real boy like his brother James, one piece at a time.

1

Mandy (2018)

Fit 64%

Shares Fantasy and Horror with Pinocchio: Unstrung.

The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.
2

Ginger Snaps (2000)

Fit 60%

Shares Horror and Fantasy with Pinocchio: Unstrung.

The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.
3

Dagon (2001)

Fit 59%

Shares Fantasy and Horror with Pinocchio: Unstrung.

A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. Running for his life, he uncovers Imboca's secret..they worship Dagon, a monstrous god of the sea...and Dagon's unholy offspring are on the loose...
4

Inland Empire (2006)

Fit 53%

Shares Horror, Mystery and Fantasy with Pinocchio: Unstrung.

When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.
5

Barbarian (2022)

Fit 52%

Shares Horror and Mystery with Pinocchio: Unstrung.

In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.
6

Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)

Fit 50%

Shares Horror and Fantasy with Pinocchio: Unstrung.

Brigitte has escaped the confines of Bailey Downs but she's not alone. Another werewolf is tailing her closely and her sister's specter haunts her. An overdose of Monkshood - the poison that is keeping her transformation at bay - leads to her being incarcerated in a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts where her only friend is an eccentric young girl by the name of Ghost.
7

Knock at the Cabin (2023)

Fit 49%

Shares Horror and Mystery with Pinocchio: Unstrung.

While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.
8

The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2014)

Fit 49%

Shares Horror with Pinocchio: Unstrung.

Returning home from a business trip to discover his wife missing, a man delves deeper and deeper into a surreal kaleidoscope of half-baked leads, seduction, deceit, and murder.
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The Children (2008)

Fit 48%

Shares Horror and Mystery with Pinocchio: Unstrung.

A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
10

Wishmaster (1997)

Fit 47%

Shares Horror and Fantasy with Pinocchio: Unstrung.

The Djinn, having been released from his ancient prison, seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him, thereby opening a portal and freeing his fellow Djinn to take over the earth.