
50 Movies Like Beauty and the Beast (1991) You Need to Watch Next
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon le
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Disney's 1991 landmark — the first animated film nominated for Best Picture — follows bookish Belle, captive in the castle of a cursed beast who must learn to love. With its Broadway-grade songs and lush animation, it set a new standard for the form. If its romance, music and warmth charmed you, the Disney animated classics and grand musical fairy tales share its spectacle and heart.
If you loved Beauty and the Beast (1991) by Gary Trousdale, here are 50 movies that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are The Princess and the Frog, Cinderella, Cinderella II: Dreams Come True. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.
50 Movies Similar to Beauty and the Beast

The Princess and the Frog
2009 · Ron Clements
A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

Cinderella
1950 · Clyde Geronimi
Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
2002 · John Kafka
As a newly crowned princess, Cinderella quickly learns that life at the Palace - and her royal responsibilities - are more challenging than she had imagined. In three heartwarming tales, Cinderella ca
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

Thumbelina
1994 · Don Bluth
Born of a flower and growing to only a couple of inches tall, poor Thumbelina is worried she'll never meet someone her own size, until she happens to catch the eye of Prince Cornelius of the Fairies.
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
2007 · Frank Nissen
When Lady Tremaine steals the Fairy Godmother's wand and changes history, it's up to Cinderella to restore the timeline and reclaim her prince.
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

Aladdin
1992 · John Musker
In the boorish city of Agrabah, kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin and Princess Jasmine fall in love, although she can only marry a prince. He and power-hungry Grand Vizier Jafar vie for a magic lamp
In common: Animation · Family

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997 · Andy Knight
Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seated hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

Elemental
2023 · Peter Sohn
In a city where fire, water, land and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: how much they have in common.
In common: Animation · Family

Sleeping Beauty
1959 · Clyde Geronimi
Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

Corpse Bride
2005 · Mike Johnson
In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.
In common: Animation · Fantasy · Romance

The Little Mermaid
1989 · Ron Clements
This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Me
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993 · Henry Selick
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghouli
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938 · David Hand
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

Pinocchio
1940 · Hamilton Luske
When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

The Book of Life
2014 · Jorge R. Gutierrez
The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure th
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

Barbie: Princess Charm School
2011 · Ezekiel Norton
Blair, a waitress in the kingdom of Gardania, realises that she strongly resembles the region's missing queen. She then gets to go to Princess Charm School and causes problems for the teacher.
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

Fantasia
1940 · Wilfred Jackson
Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia over and over aga
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

The Sword in the Stone
1963 · Wolfgang Reitherman
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to giv
In common: Animation · Family · Fantasy

Hercules
1997 · Ron Clements
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phi
In common: Animation

Wish Dragon
2021 · Chris Appelhans
Determined teen Din is longing to reconnect with his childhood best friend when he meets a wish-granting dragon who shows him the magic of possibilities.
In common: Animation

Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs
2019 · Hong Sung-ho
Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy.
In common: Animation

Violet Evergarden: The Movie
2020 · Taichi Ishidate
As the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.
In common: Animation · Fantasy

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
2019 · Soichi Masui
In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Mak
In common: Animation · Fantasy

A Whisker Away
2020 · Tomotaka Shibayama
A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, the line between human and animal starts to blur.
In common: Animation · Fantasy

Shrek 2
2004 · Andrew Adamson
Happily ever after never seemed so far far away when a trip to meet the in-laws turns into a hilariously twisted adventure for Shrek and Fiona. With the help of his faithful Donkey, Shrek takes on a p
In common: Animation · Family

Weathering with You
2019 · Makoto Shinkai
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloo
In common: Animation · Fantasy

Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie
2023 · Jeremy Zag
After a guardian of magical jewels turns an awkward girl and a popular boy into superheroes, they can never reveal their identities — even to each other.
In common: Animation · Family

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
2025 · Tatsuya Yoshihara
In a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into Denji's world, and he faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a world where surviva
In common: Animation · Fantasy

How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Dean DeBlois
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, h
In common: Animation · Family

Wish
2023 · Chris Buck
Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force – a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe -
In common: Animation · Family

Frozen
2013 · Chris Buck
Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the
In common: Animation · Family

Aladdin
2019 · Guy Ritchie
A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the p
In common: Family · Fantasy

The Little Mermaid
2023 · Rob Marshall
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With merm
In common: Family · Fantasy

Alice in Wonderland
1951 · Clyde Geronimi
On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades.
In common: Animation · Family

Epic
2013 · Chris Wedge
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 or
In common: Animation · Family

Stardust
2007 · Matthew Vaughn
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world
In common: Family · Fantasy

Pocahontas
1995 · Mike Gabriel
Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.
In common: Animation · Family

Peter Pan
1953 · Clyde Geronimi
Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face Captain Hook and foil
In common: Animation · Family

The Polar Express
2004 · Robert Zemeckis
When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
In common: Animation · Family

Anastasia
1997 · Don Bluth
Ten years after she was separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting with her grandmother. She is accompanied by two c
In common: Animation · Family

Tinker Bell
2008 · Bradley Raymond
Journey into the secret world of Pixie Hollow and hear Tinker Bell speak for the very first time as the astonishing story of Disney's most famous fairy is finally revealed in the all-new motion pictur
In common: Animation · Family

Arthur and the Invisibles
2006 · Luc Besson
Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from being demolished, goes looking for some much-fabled hidden treasure in the land of the Minimoys, tiny people living in harmony with n
In common: Animation · Family

A Christmas Carol
2009 · Robert Zemeckis
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that a
In common: Animation · Family

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
2009 · Luc Besson
Arthur answers a distress call from Princess Selenia, who is menaced by the nefarious Maltazard.
In common: Animation · Family

Underdogs
2013 · Juan José Campanella
All seems well for Amadeo, a shy but talented foosball player who's in love with the free-spirited Laura. Trouble strikes when Grosso, the world's best soccer player, returns home with plans to destro
In common: Animation · Romance

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010 · Zack Snyder
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.
In common: Animation · Family

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
2001 · Darrell Rooney
Lady and Tramp's mischievous pup, Scamp, gets fed up with rules and restrictions imposed on him by life in a family, and longs for a wild and free lifestyle. He runs away from home and into the street
In common: Animation · Family

Swapped
2026 · Nathan Greno
A small woodland creature and a majestic bird, two natural sworn enemies of the Valley, magically trade places and set off on an adventure of a lifetime to switch back. Their journey soon uncovers a g
In common: Animation · Family

Brave
2012 · Mark Andrews
In the mystical Scottish Highlands, Merida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Merida one day defies a sacred custom of t
In common: Animation · Family

Twilight
2008 · Catherine Hardwicke
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward's repeated
In common: Fantasy · Romance