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10 Best Movies Like Yeelen

If you loved Yeelen, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Abigail

Abigail

2019★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Yeelen for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby's father was one of the sick - and he was taken w...

#2
Four Kids and It

Four Kids and It

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Yeelen for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes....

#3
Oz the Great and Powerful

Oz the Great and Powerful

2013★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Yeelen for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save ...

#4
Northfork

Northfork

2003★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Yeelen for fans of Drama & Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley ...

#5
The Flight of Dragons

The Flight of Dragons

1982★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Yeelen for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so the green wizard, Carolinus, decides to shield it for all time. Ommadon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Ca...

#6
The Last Unicorn

The Last Unicorn

1982★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Yeelen for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A unicorn learns from a riddle-speaking butterfly that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the monstrous Red Bull. The unicorn sets ou...

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