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Movies that feel like Pan (2015)

If you loved Pan, the closest films we have are Peter Pan (2003), Castle in the Sky (1986) and How to Train Your Dragon (2025). All three share Pan's dreamlike and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

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.

🍅 27% Rotten Tomatoes5.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Joe Wrightdreamlikeepicwarmkinetic
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Peter Pan
2003 · dir. P.J. Hogan
🍅 77%6.8adventure · fantasy · family

The same two preoccupations: flying, and mermaid

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.

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Castle in the Sky
1986 · dir. Hayao Miyazaki
🍅 96%8adventure · fantasy · animation

Both are working the same pair: magic, pirate

The difference: Leans harder into animation than Pan does

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

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

The same preoccupation in both: flying

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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Eragon
2006 · dir. Stefen Fangmeier
5.1fantasy · action · adventure

Both are built on the same subject: magic

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

Common ground: fairy tale

The difference: None of the momentum Pan is built on

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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Return to Never Land
2002 · dir. Robin Budd
🍅 46%5.8adventure · fantasy · animation

The same mix in both: dream logic, then scale

The difference: Missing the momentum of Pan

In 1940, the world is besieged by World War II. Wendy, all grown up, has two children; including Jane, who does not believe Wendy's stories about Peter Pan.

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🍅 49%6.3adventure · family · fantasy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: fantasy world

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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Mortal Kombat II
2026 · dir. Simon McQuoid
🍅 64%6.3action · fantasy · adventure

Fantasy with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

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The Scorpion King
2002 · dir. Chuck Russell
🍅 40%5.5action · adventure · fantasy

Adventure built on dream logic, twice over

In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.

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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
1958 · dir. Nathan Juran
🍅 100%7action · adventure · family

Warm family, and it commits to that

The difference: 57 years apart, and the 1950s show

When the lovely Princess Parisa is shrunken by wicked ,Sokurah the Magician, Sinbad must embark on a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.

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Dragon Blade
2015 · dir. Daniel Lee
🍅 36%5.9adventure · history · action

Both lean on scale more than on action

Huo An, the commander of the Protection Squad of the Western Regions, was framed by evil forces and becomes enslaved. On the other hand, a Roman general escapes to China after rescuing the Prince. The heroic duo meet in the Western Desert and a thrilling story unfolds.

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🍅 46%6.2fantasy · adventure

One thread runs through both: fantasy world

Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.

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