Movies Like Pinocchio (2012)

Pinocchio is a 2012 animation, family, fantasy film from Enzo D'Alò with a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Indian in the Cupboard and High & Low The Worst X.

Animation Family Fantasy

The Indian in the Cupboard

1995

A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.

6.5

MagicScore

High & Low The Worst X

2022

Fists fly when Oya High’s street fighters defend themselves from a three-school alliance of brawlers.

7.5

MagicScore

Blue Spring

2001

Soon after being named the new leader of his high school's gang system, Kujo grows bored with the violence and hatred that surround him. He wants desperately to abandon his post… but his once-enviable position of power has a strange way of making him feel powerless.

7.1

MagicScore

Gridiron Gang

2006

Under the leadership of their counselor, teenagers at a juvenile detention center gain self-esteem by playing football together. Based on a true story.

7.0

MagicScore

Flora and Son

2023

Single mom Flora is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max. Her efforts to keep him out of trouble lead to a beat-up acoustic guitar, a washed-up LA musician, and harmony for this frayed Dublin family.

6.9

MagicScore

Kids

1995

A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.

6.9

MagicScore

Outlaws

2021

Introverted Girona student Nacho meets two delinquents from the city's Chinatown and gets caught up in a summer onslaught of burglaries and hold ups that will change his life.

6.9

MagicScore

To Sir, with Love II

1996

After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city school proves to be too much to resist.

6.4

MagicScore

Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare

2023

Out-of-control teens across America were sent to a therapy camp in the harsh Utah desert. The conditions were brutal, but the staff were even worse.

5.7

MagicScore

#10

Pinocchio

1940

A little wooden puppet yearns to become a real boy.

7.1

MagicScore

#11

Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map

2013

When Shaggy and Scooby find a mysterious pirate's treasure map in their triple-extra-large Scooby snack pizza, the whole Mystery Inc. gang sets out from their treehouse to find the lost booty of Gnarlybeard and the Phantom Parrot, encountering some suspicious individuals along the way who are also involved in the hunt. The tale is told in brand-new way to see the Scooby-Doo series: entirely through puppets! Pilot for unproduced puppet series based on "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo", released direct-to-DVD.

8.3

MagicScore

#12

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2022

During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.

8.0

MagicScore

#13

Faust

1994

A very free adaptation of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", Goethe's "Faust" and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. A nondescript man is lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, where he finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.

7.5

MagicScore

#14

The Muppet Christmas Carol

1992

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

7.4

MagicScore

#15

Labyrinth

1986

When Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she inadvertently summons the Goblin King who whisks Toby away to his castle at the center of a labyrinth. Sarah enters into a bargain with the Goblin King where she is given just thirteen hours to solve the labyrinth and rescue Toby, or else lose him forever.

7.3

MagicScore

#16

The Tale of the Fox

1941

In the kingdom of animals, Master Fox is used to trick and fool everyone. So the King, the Lion, receives more and more complaints about him. He orders that Master Fox is arrested and brought to him.

7.0

MagicScore

#17

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

1977

A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.

6.9

MagicScore

#18

Kooky

2010

Young Ondra has asthma and so his parents throw away his favourite toy: a musty old stuffed bear named Kooky. That night Ondra dreams that Kooky is determined to find his way back home from the dump. In the boy's fantasy, the bear gets lost in a forest occupied by strange animals and remarkable beings that he never heard of while living on the toy shelf in Ondra's room. And of course even in this small imaginary world, true good exists as does real evil, which Kooky must face up to in order to become a real hero.

6.7

MagicScore

#19

Thunderbirds Are GO

1966

When the launch of a mission to Mars goes awry due to sabotage, International Rescue is requested to assist in the mission's second attempt.

6.3

MagicScore

#20

Pinocchio

2022

A wooden puppet embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.

6.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Pinocchio?

The top films similar to Pinocchio by MovieMagicScore are The Indian in the Cupboard (6.5), High & Low The Worst X (7.5), Blue Spring (7.1). Each shares animation/family/fantasy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Pinocchio worth watching?

Pinocchio holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10 from 32 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Pinocchio?

Pinocchio (2012) is a animation, family, fantasy film directed by Enzo D'Alò, starring Gabriele Caprio, Rocco Papaleo, Paolo Ruffini.

Where can I find more recommendations like Pinocchio?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more animation recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Pinocchio

This ranked list pairs Pinocchio (2012), a animation and family and fantasy film from Enzo D'Alò, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Gabriele Caprio take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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