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Movies that feel like Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)

If you loved Journey to the Beginning of Time, the closest films we have are Jason and the Argonauts (1963), The Dark Crystal (1982) and The NeverEnding Story (1984). All three share Journey to the Beginning of Time's epic and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel, fuboTV and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Four schoolboys go on an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, where they behold landscapes and creatures that have long since vanished from the earth.

7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Karel Zemanepicdreamlikewarmcozy

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Journey to Italy (1954) · Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

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Jason and the Argonauts
1963 · dir. Don Chaffey
🍅 85%7.3adventure · family · fantasy

Epic where it counts, dreamlike underneath

Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.

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The Dark Crystal
1982 · dir. Jim Henson
🍅 78%7.1adventure · family · fantasy

Both land warmth and comfort at once

The difference: 27 years apart, and the 1980s show

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.

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

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

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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Return to Oz
1985 · dir. Walter Murch
🍅 59%6.8adventure · family · fantasy

Fantasy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.

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🍅 76%6.9adventure · family · fantasy

Both trade on warmth more than on being family

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 Jungle Book
2016 · dir. Jon Favreau
🍅 94%7.3adventure · family · fantasy

Cozy adventure in both cases

After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli, a man-cub fostered by wolves, is forced to flee the jungle, and he embarks on a journey of self-discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera, and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.

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Alice in Wonderland
2010 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 51%6.4family · fantasy · adventure

Fantasy built on scale, twice over

Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.

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Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 · dir. James Bobin
🍅 29%6.2adventure · family · fantasy

Both keep circling back to time travel

Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.

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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019 · dir. Joachim Rønning
🍅 40%6.6family · fantasy · adventure

Dreamlike family, and it commits to that

Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008 · dir. Andrew Adamson
🍅 66%6.5adventure · family · fantasy

Warm adventure, and it commits to that

One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a young prince whose life has been threatened by the evil King Miraz. Now, with the help of a colorful cast of new characters, including Trufflehunter the badger and Nikabrik the dwarf, the Pevensie clan embarks on an incredible quest to ensure that Narnia is returned to its rightful heir.

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🍅 49%6.3adventure · family · fantasy

Cozy fantasy in both cases

This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.

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Dumbo
2019 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 46%6.2family · fantasy · adventure

Both are adventure through and through

A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.

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