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Movies that feel likeFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.

If you loved Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the closest films we have are Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) and Mortal Kombat II (2026). All three share Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald's dreamlike and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

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🍅 36% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. David Yatesdreamlikeepic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) · Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince poster
🍅 83%★ 7.6adventure · fantasyMaxPeacock

Dumbledore quietly maneuvering against a rising dark wizard

The difference: Hogwarts-bound and slower — romance shares time with menace

Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds.

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🍅 73%★ 6.9fantasy · action · adventureDisney+

Common ground: magic

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.

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Mortal Kombat II
2026 · dir. Simon McQuoid
🍅 64%★ 6.3action · fantasy · adventureMax

Both are built on the same subject: magic

The difference: Played as action first

The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

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Kong: Skull Island
2017 · dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts
🍅 75%★ 6.7action · adventure · fantasy

The same mix in both: dream logic, then scale

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

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Mulan
2020 · dir. Niki Caro
🍅 71%★ 5.8adventure · fantasy · actionDisney+

Fantasy built on dream logic, twice over

When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. She is spirited, determined and quick on her feet. Disguised as a man by the name of Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her innermost strength and embrace her true potential.

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Aquaman
2018 · dir. James Wan
🍅 66%★ 6.8action · adventure · fantasyMax

Epic adventure in both cases

Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being a king.

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The Legend of Tarzan
2016 · dir. David Yates
🍅 36%★ 6.2fantasy · action · adventureRent or buy

Yates again pairing mythic scale with a brooding, muted palette

The difference: No magic at all — a jungle adventure with a political spine

Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.

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Seventh Son
2014 · dir. Sergei Bodrov
🍅 12%★ 5.5adventure · fantasy

Apprentice wizardry and monster-fighting in a dark fantasy world

The difference: A generic sword-and-sorcery misfire — worldbuilding runs shallow

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward.

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Upon the Magic Roads
2021 · dir. Oleg Pogodin
★ 5.7adventure · fantasy

A fairy-tale quest hopping between strange magical worlds

The difference: A Russian family fantasy — modest effects and broad whimsy

Romantic John the Fool and his friend Foal set out on a series of unpredictable adventures in different magical worlds. The two buddies will have to outsmart an evil tyrant king, catch the firebird, and find John’s true love.

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The Golden Compass
2007 · dir. Chris Weitz
🍅 42%★ 6.1adventure · fantasy

Fantasy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

In a parallel universe, after overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.

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Warcraft
2016 · dir. Duncan Jones
🍅 29%★ 6.7action · adventure · fantasyStarz

Two worlds pushed toward war by magic that corrupts its wielders

The difference: Dense game lore to absorb — orc battles, no 1920s elegance

The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.

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Snow White and the Huntsman
2012 · dir. Rupert Sanders
🍅 48%★ 6.1adventure · fantasy · drama

Dark fairy-tale grandeur where magic means power and imprisonment

The difference: Gloomy fairy-tale action — a love triangle subs for deep lore

After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain immortality, The Evil Queen needs the heart of Snow White. After Snow escapes the castle, the Queen sends the Huntsman to find her in the Dark Forest.

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