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Movies that feel likeHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

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

If you loved Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the closest films we have are Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). All three share Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'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).

🍅 83% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. David Yatesepicdreamlike
7 of 12 streaming nowHBO Max · Disney Plus · Peacock Premium

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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 Goblet of Fire (2005) · Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

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🍅 74%★ 7.2fantasy · adventureMaxPeacock

Wizarding history deepening as darkness gathers

The difference: Creature-caper charm, the dread only budding

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+

Middle-chapter fantasy where debts and prophecies tighten

The difference: Sea-monster spectacle, romance played lighter

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

Beloved-book fantasy with warmth before the dark turn

The difference: A journey beginning, not a mentor's end

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

Both are built on the same subject: magic

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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Thor: The Dark World
2013 · dir. Alan Taylor
🍅 67%★ 6.7action · adventure · fantasyDisney+

The same mix in both: scale, then dream logic

Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

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

Fantasy with a pulse of scale, in both cases

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

Yates' painterly gloom applied to a legend's return

The difference: No magic, no Hogwarts — just jungle

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

An aging master preparing a young apprentice to face dark magic

The difference: A critical punching bag — generic sword-and-sorcery, 12% on RT

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

Young heroes uncovering truths adults tried to bury

The difference: World-building cut short at one film

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

A young dreamer swept through magical worlds on a fairy-tale quest

The difference: A modest family fantasy — the world feels thin next to Hogwarts

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

Dark-fantasy dread where an evil power hunts the young hero

The difference: Style over character — nobody here earns the affection Hogwarts does

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

Common ground: magic

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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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