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Movies that feel likeHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.

If you loved Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the closest films we have are The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and The NeverEnding Story (1984). All three share Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'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 The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008).

🍅 80% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Chris Columbusepicdreamlikewarm
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: 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 Half-Blood Prince (2009) · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies poster
🍅 59%★ 7.4action · adventure · fantasyMax

A small hero swept into a grand fantasy conflict

The difference: War-heavy finale — battles over school-year wonder

Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.

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🍅 74%★ 7.2fantasy · adventureMaxPeacock

The same wizarding world, wand shops and all

The difference: Adult leads in 1920s New York — wonder without Hogwarts warmth

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

A lonely kid escaping into a world where stories are real

The difference: 80s practical-effects charm — stranger and sadder

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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🍅 76%★ 6.9adventure · family · fantasyDisney+

Children stepping through an ordinary door into a magical destiny

The difference: A fairy-tale allegory — gentler, more old-fashioned

Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.

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The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · dir. Mark Waters
🍅 81%★ 6.5family · adventure · fantasyParamount+Peacock

Epic and dreamlike in the same breath

The difference: Played as family first

Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.

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🍅 53%★ 7.4adventure · fantasy · actionDisney+

One thread runs through both: witch

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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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🍅 48%★ 5.9adventure · fantasy · familyDisney+

Columbus again: a boy discovers he belongs to a hidden magical world

The difference: Greek myth in modern America — snarkier, less cozy

Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must master his new found skills in order to prevent a war between the Gods that could devastate the entire world.

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

An apprentice learning to fight dark magic under a seasoned master

The difference: Grim witch-hunting with none of the school-days warmth

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

Epic adventure in both cases

The difference: Lighter on warmth

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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Eragon
2006 · dir. Stefen Fangmeier
★ 5.1fantasy · action · adventureDisney+

A farm boy discovers he's the chosen one in a world of magic

The difference: Flat telling of a familiar arc — the wonder never ignites

In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.

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Pan
2015 · dir. Joe Wright
🍅 27%★ 5.7fantasy · adventure · familyMax

An orphan whisked from bleak London into a magical destiny

The difference: Overstuffed origin retooling — charm asserted, not earned

Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard. Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.

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

Both lean on dream logic more than on fantasy

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

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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