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Movies that feel likeHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

When his name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools. Signs of Voldemort's return emerge as Harry's friends help him prepare for the Triwizard Tournament.

If you loved Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the closest films we have are Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Doctor Strange (2016). All three share Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire's epic and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Russian Ark (2002).

🍅 88% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Mike Newellepicdreamlike
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) · Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) · Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) · Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) · Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

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🍅 74%★ 7.2fantasy · adventureMaxPeacock

Rowling's magic transplanted to new shores and older heroes

The difference: Gentler creature-caper, the darkness only gathering

In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.

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🍅 53%★ 7.4adventure · fantasy · actionDisney+

Mid-2000s blockbuster fantasy going darker in its middle chapter

The difference: Sea-monster adventure, no coming-of-age

Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman, ever-crafty Jack must track down the still-beating heart of Jones. But he won’t do it alone: Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are drawn back into another one of his perilous quests—assuming they can evade execution for aiding a pirate.

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Doctor Strange
2016 · dir. Scott Derrickson
🍅 89%★ 7.5fantasy · adventure · actionDisney+

Common ground in both: magic and wizard

The difference: Played as action first

After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · dir. Peter Jackson
🍅 64%★ 7.8adventure · fantasy · actionMax

A reluctant champion thrust into trials beyond his size

The difference: Road-quest fantasy, warmer and slower

Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

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Russian Ark
2002 · dir. Aleksandr Sokurov
🍅 89%★ 7.2drama · fantasy · history

Both land scale and dream logic at once

The difference: Leans further into drama

A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.

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Conan the Barbarian
1982 · dir. John Milius
🍅 68%★ 6.9adventure · fantasy · actionNetflix

Old-school sword-and-sorcery where dark magic exacts a blood price

The difference: Brutal, adult and mythic — no warmth and no classmates

A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom, the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria and Subotai. The group comes upon King Osric, who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.

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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010 · dir. Mike Newell
🍅 37%★ 6.5adventure · fantasy · actionDisney+

Newell directing another young hero through magical trials

The difference: Desert action-fantasy, no Hogwarts stakes

A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

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

Apprentice magic and witch-hunting on a dark YA-fantasy template

The difference: Generic and joyless — the franchise it wanted to be never came

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

A gifted child navigating a magical world's dangerous politics

The difference: Colder, stranger cosmology — daemons over dragons

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

Epic adventure in both cases

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

The same preoccupation in both: magic

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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

Wizards, portals and a fantasy world tipping toward all-out war

The difference: Dense game lore, no school-days heart — armies over friendships

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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