With its stunning animated and creepy quality, many fans look for similar movies like Coraline that capture that dark fantasy-horror vibe. Based on a novella of the same name by Neil Gaiman, Caroline follows the titular young girl who moves into a new home and finds a portal to an alternate universe. There, she finds a new version of her family only for it to reveal a more dark and sinister truth. Coraline became the third highest-grossing stop-motion movie and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars.

Coraline balances between the wondrous and the disturbing in a way that is suitable for family audiences. However, despite its uniqueness, it is not the only film to be successful for that balance of creepiness and whimsy. There are plenty of others, and many are also known for their stop-motion animation style. These movies don't veer so far into horror that...