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Movies that feel likeDescendants 2 (2017)

When the pressure to be royal becomes too much for Mal, she returns to the Isle of the Lost where her archenemy Uma, Ursula's daughter, has taken her spot as self-proclaimed queen.

If you loved Descendants 2, the closest films we have are Pete's Dragon (2016), The BFG (2016) and Peter Pan (2003). All three share Descendants 2's warm and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Dark Crystal (1982).

🍅 83% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Kenny Ortegawarmcozydreamlikeepic
10 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Disney Plus · Peacock Premium

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Descendants (2015) · Descendants 3 (2019)

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Pete's Dragon
2016 · dir. David Lowery
🍅 88%★ 6.7adventure · family · fantasyDisney+

The same mix in both: warmth, then comfort

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

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The BFG
2016 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 74%★ 6.3adventure · family · fantasyDisney+

Both land dream logic and scale at once

An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.

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Peter Pan
2003 · dir. P.J. Hogan
🍅 77%★ 6.8adventure · fantasy · family

Family built on warmth, twice over

In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.

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The Dark Crystal
1982 · dir. Frank Oz
🍅 78%★ 7.1adventure · family · fantasyPeacock

Both keep coming back to the same thing: villain

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.

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A Dog's Purpose
2017 · dir. Lasse Hallström
🍅 35%★ 7.3adventure · fantasy · family

Cozy fantasy, and it commits to that

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.

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The NeverEnding Story
1984 · dir. Wolfgang Petersen
🍅 84%★ 7.3adventure · fantasy · family

Common ground in both: magic and fairy tale

While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.

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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019 · dir. Joachim Rønning
🍅 40%★ 6.6family · fantasy · adventureDisney+

Both are built on the same subject: magic

Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

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Kleks Academy
2024 · dir. Maciej Kawulski
★ 4.5fantasy · adventure · familyNetflix

Both lean on dream logic more than on adventure

A seemingly ordinary girl finds her way into the eponymous Academy to explore the world of fairy tales, imagination and creativity. With the help of a crazy, talented teacher, she develops her unique abilities and also stumbles upon a clue that will help her unravel the biggest secret of the family...

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🍅 49%★ 6.3adventure · family · fantasyDisney+

Epic tv movie in both cases

This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.

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Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 · dir. James Bobin
🍅 29%★ 6.2adventure · family · fantasyDisney+

Family with a pulse of warmth, in both cases

Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.

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Dumbo
2019 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 46%★ 6.2family · fantasy · adventureDisney+

Fantasy with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.

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Return to Oz
1985 · dir. Walter Murch
🍅 59%★ 6.7adventure · family · fantasyDisney+

Another one that scratches it

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.

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