12 Best Nutcracker Movies and Where to Stream Them

A slight twist on the original Nutcracker movie comes in the film The Secret of the Nutcracker. Clara is 12 years old, but that doesn’t stop her from embarking on a dangerous mission to rescue her father who is being held in a POW camp. With the help of Drosselmeyer, she may be able to achieve her Christmas miracle. IMDb Score: 5/10

In The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute, it is New Year’s Eve and Marie learns that her mother is being forced to marry the revolting money lender Mr. Ratter. As a show of goodwill, Ratter gives Marie a doll named Nutcracker, and later she magically becomes the same size as her childhood toys who come to life. Nutcracker turns out to be Prince George, who has been put under a spell. Marie must come together with her toys to the Land of Flowers to save the world from falling under the control of the rat people. IMDb Score: 5.1/10

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One of the better-known nutcracker movies today is The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, where Clara needs a magical key to unlock a box containing a priceless gift. When a golden thread leads her to the key, it instead disappears into a strange parallel world. In this world, she meets a soldier named Phillip, a group of mice, and regents that preside over the three realms. To retrieve her key though, Clara and Phillip will have to travel to the fourth realm and restore harmony to the unstable land along the way. IMDb Score: 5.5/10

If you enjoy watching the Home Alone series starring Macaulay Culkin, make sure to add The Nutcracker to your list, as Culkin appears as the Nutcracker Prince, who protects Marie. This live-action adaptation of the ballet has Marie awaken to find that toys and mice have grown large, and a villainous rodent ruler tries to torment her. As the Prince protects Marie, they float through several dance sequences and meet the Sugarplum Fairy and her dashing cavalier. IMDb Score: 5.7/10

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Barbie fans, if you have not watched this movie, you should now. Barbie in the Nutcracker has Clara awakening one night to find her Nutcracker doll coming to life, and battling against the Mouse King. Clara is then shrunk by the Mouse King and must race to find a princess who can reverse the magic. IMDb Score: 6.3/10

The Hallmark Channel dominates the holiday season and brings its twist to the Nutcracker story with A Nutcracker Christmas. In the film, a rising ballet star is ready to take the stage for her dream role when she receives horrible news that her sister has died. Years later, she has vowed to never dance again, but a Hallmark encounter with an old flame may just change her mind. IMDb Score: 6.5/10

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Nutcracker Fantasy is a Japanese-American stop-motion animated film that is loosely based on Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet. In the film, a girl’s love and courage are tested as she attempts to help a handsome soldier who is under the spell of a two-headed mouse. IMDb Score: 6.7/10

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The Nutcracker Prince is a Canadian animated romance fantasy film that takes another look at the famous ballet, earning its spot on our best Nutcracker movies list. In the film, a girl and her Nutcracker doll join a Christmas battle between toy soldiers and the minions of a mouse king. IMDb Score: 6.7/10

The Nutcracker: The Motion Picture is a Pacific Northwest Ballet performance that is set during Christmas Eve and festivities are well underway. Clara is especially excited when her godfather Droseelmeier arrives with a bag full of gifts, including a wooden nutcracker. When everyone falls asleep that night, Clara visits the Christmas tree to inspect the mysterious nutcracker when she finds herself immersed in a dream world both dark and enchanting. IMDb Score: 6.8/10

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The 1973 version of The Nutcracker is a Soviet/Russian animated film from the Soyuzmultfilm studio and was directed by Boris Stepantsey. Instead of being solely based on Tchaikovsky’s ballet, it more closely resembles E.T.A. Hoffman’s 1816 short story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” which originally inspired the ballet. IMDb Score: 7.5/10

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If you prefer to watch a ballet-based film about the Nutcracker, try watching The Bolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker which was filmed in the Bolshoi Theatre. Choreographer Yuri Grigorovich immerses himself in Hoffman’s imagery and takes cues from the traditional staging of Marius Petipa’s scenario. The best of the Bolshoi Ballet appear in this performance, and it is a must-see on our best Nutcracker movies list. IMDb Score: 7.6/10

Last but not least on our best nutcracker movies list is 1977’s The Nutcracker. This television adaptation of Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker is considered “the most romantic version ever” and stars Mikhail Baryshnikov in his prime, and costars Gelsey Kirkland in the American Ballet Theatre. IMDb Score: 8.3/10

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Christmas is a time full of cheer and holiday-themed movies, so make sure to get into the spirit by checking out these fifteen best nutcracker movies on their respective streaming services.