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Movies that feel likeHow to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

Five years after uniting the dragons and Vikings of Berk, Hiccup and Toothless soar beyond their homeland, charting the vast unknown. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons—and a mysterious dragon rider with a startling connection to Hiccup. And as the ruthless conqueror Drago Bludvist rises to seize control of both dragons and people alike, Hiccup must step into his role as a true leader and, alongside his friends and Toothless, protect Berk from a devastating war.

If you loved How to Train Your Dragon 2, the closest films we have are How to Train Your Dragon (2025), The Boy and the Beast (2015) and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). All three share How to Train Your Dragon 2's dreamlike and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Boy and the Heron (2023).

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: How to Train Your Dragon (2010) · How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

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How to Train Your Dragon
2025 · dir. Dean DeBlois
🍅 78%★ 7.7fantasy · family · actionNetflix

Berk rebuilt in live action — the same bond, retold

The difference: A remake of the first film — you already know every beat

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.

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The Boy and the Beast
2015 · dir. Mamoru Hosoda
🍅 90%★ 7.6action · adventure · animationMax

A boy and a gruff guardian growing strong side by side

The difference: Anime spirit-world intimacy — smaller battles, deeper quiet

Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.

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Raya and the Last Dragon
2021 · dir. Don Hall
🍅 93%★ 7.3animation · action · adventureDisney+

A warrior and a dragon restoring a fractured world

The difference: Trust-parable plotting — the dragon talks, the wonder shrinks

Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, that same evil has returned and it’s up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the legendary last dragon to restore the fractured land and its divided people.

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🍅 59%★ 7.4action · adventure · fantasyMax

A saga closing with dragons, armies and heavy costs

The difference: Padded trilogy math — one battle stretched to feature length

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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The Boy and the Heron
2023 · dir. Hayao Miyazaki
🍅 96%★ 7.3animation · fantasy · dramaMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: grief

The difference: Goes its own way on the momentum

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."

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🍅 65%★ 6.7adventure · fantasyDisney+

A hidden world of the extraordinary guarded from ordinary eyes

The difference: Burton's gothic clockwork — melancholy without the soaring

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

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Jack the Giant Slayer
2013 · dir. Bryan Singer
🍅 52%★ 6.3fantasy · action · adventure

A folk tale inflated to blockbuster adventure size

The difference: Charmless CG bloat — spectacle without a beating heart

The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012 · dir. Stephen Chbosky
🍅 85%★ 7.9dramaPrime Video

One thread runs through both: melancholy

The difference: Less dreamlike, more its own thing

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

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

Both are built on the same subject: parents and children

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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A Monster Calls
2016 · dir. J. A. Bayona
🍅 86%★ 7.4fantasy · adventure · family

Dreamlike and epic in the same breath

12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.

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Robin Hood
2018 · dir. Otto Bathurst
🍅 15%★ 5.4adventure · action · thrillerRent or buy

A legend retooled for kinetic modern-style action

The difference: A notorious flop — style anachronisms, no soul

A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.

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

Both land momentum and warmth at once

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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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