15 Movies Like Ballet Mécanique

Loved Ballet Mécanique? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Dracula
#1

Dracula

In late 15th-century Eastern Europe, Prince Vlad II’s bride is brutally murdered. As a result, he renounces God and damns Heaven itself. Cursed with eternal life, Vlad is reborn as Dracula, an immortal warlord who defies fate in a blood-soaked crusade to wrench his lost love back from death.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Ballet Mécanique.

Moonwalker
#2

Moonwalker

This fantastical movie inspired by the music of Michael Jackson features imaginative interpretations of hit tracks from the iconic 1987 album “Bad”.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Ballet Mécanique.

1001 Nights
#3

1001 Nights

Sheherazade has been married to a ruler who wants many wives, but only one at a time. Consequently, as soon as he has bedded them, he has them put to death. In most retellings, the girl staves off this unfortunate conclusion by putting off the connubial event for a thousand and one nights, telling irresistible stories instead. In this one, she gets hold of a magic lamp.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Ballet Mécanique.

Miraculous World: Tokyo, Stellar Force
#4

Miraculous World: Tokyo, Stellar Force

Kagami drags Marinette to Tokyo to help the Stellars defeat a new supervillain, but Marinette soon realizes her friend has another, untold reason for this trip to Japan.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Ballet Mécanique.

Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie
#5

Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie

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.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Ballet Mécanique.

Miraculous World: London, at the Edge of Time
#6

Miraculous World: London, at the Edge of Time

To save the future from a terrible fate, Marinette becomes Chronobug and teams up with Bunnyx to defeat a mysterious opponent who travels through time.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Ballet Mécanique.

Arthur and the Invisibles
#7

Arthur and the Invisibles

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 nature.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Ballet Mécanique.

The Mitchells vs. the Machines
#8

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Ballet Mécanique.

The Exterminating Angels
#9

The Exterminating Angels

A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his latest project: a thriller on the subject of female pleasure.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Ballet Mécanique.

Beauty and the Beast
#10

Beauty and the Beast

Forced to face the cruel side of life, a devastated, bankrupt merchant chances upon the enchanted castle of a hideous creature, the mere sight of it chills the bone to the marrow. There, a fate worse than death awaits the poor father-of-six, who, after plucking a sweet-scented rose from the repulsive master's verdant garden, must do the impossible: permit his compassionate daughter, Belle, to take his place and pay for the sins of her parent. Now, an impenetrable mystery shrouds the haunted mansion, and, as repugnance gradually turns into affection, only true love could break the spell.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Ballet Mécanique.

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
#11

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Ballet Mécanique.

Miraculous World: Paris, Tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir
#12

Miraculous World: Paris, Tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir

Miraculous holders from another world appear in Paris. They come from a parallel universe where everything is reversed: the holders of the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses, Shadybug and Claw Noir, are villains, while the holder of the Butterfly Miraculous, Betterfly, is a superhero.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Ballet Mécanique.

The House
#13

The House

Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Ballet Mécanique.

Nouvelle Vague
#14

Nouvelle Vague

After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, a young Jean-Luc Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He convinces producer Georges de Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, and creates a treatment with fellow New Wave filmmaker François Truffaut about a gangster couple. The result? Breathless, one of the first features of the Nouvelle Vague era of French cinema.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Ballet Mécanique.

The Giver
#15

The Giver

In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Ballet Mécanique.