If you grinned at Rapunzel and Jack’s snappy back-and-forth and the story’s cheeky twists on the tower-and-witch setup, you’ll love the irreverent charm of Howl’s Moving Castle. Sophie’s curse-induced transformation into an old woman leads to hilarious spats with the vain wizard Howl and sardonic fire demon Calcifer, all while she barrels into trouble with the same stubborn heart Rapunzel shows once she climbs down from her tower.

Enjoyed how Grounded reframes Rapunzel’s tale—complicating the Witch’s story and upending what the tower meant? The Goose Girl does something similar with the Grimm story of a princess betrayed by her maid. Ani’s quiet gift for speaking with wind and animals, her fall from royalty to tending geese, and her careful reclaiming of identity echo Rapunzel’s journey from captive certainty to hard-won truth.

If Rapunzel leaving the tower with Jack and discovering that the world—and the Witch’s stories about it—aren’t what she was taught hooked you, East delivers that same arc of growth. Rose strikes a bargain with a mysterious white bear, then undertakes a perilous trek to the far North to rescue him from the troll queen, transforming from protected daughter to determined, self-reliant hero.

Loved roaming across Tyme’s varied kingdoms with Rapunzel—markets, forests, and customs that feel lived-in? Fairyland is even more textured. September navigates talking wyverns, exacting bureaucratic rules under the Marquess, and wonderfully odd geographies, much like Rapunzel learning the true contours of her world once she steps off the tower’s threshold.

If Rapunzel’s realization that the Witch’s "protection" was control resonated with you, Ella Enchanted will hit that same emotional beat. Ella is cursed to obey any order, exploited by cruel guardians like Dame Olga, and must outwit her way past commands to protect herself and those she loves—much as Rapunzel learns to choose for herself once she’s off the tower and out from under the Witch’s thumb.