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Movies that feel likePercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

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.

If you loved Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, the closest films we have are The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), Peter Pan (2003) and The BFG (2016). All three share Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief'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 Pete's Dragon (2016).

🍅 48% Rotten Tomatoes★ 5.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Chris Columbusepicdreamlikewarmcozy
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

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

Ordinary kids called back into a fantastical world to set things right

The difference: A returning-siblings Narnia quest, allegorical rather than mythological

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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Peter Pan
2003 · dir. P.J. Hogan
🍅 77%★ 6.8adventure · fantasy · family

Kids swept from ordinary life into a wondrous, dangerous fantasy world

The difference: A Neverland flying adventure, timeless whimsy over godly mythology

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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The BFG
2016 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 74%★ 6.3adventure · family · fantasyDisney+

An unlikely friendship blooms in a world hidden just out of ordinary sight

The difference: A gentle giant-and-orphan friendship story, quieter than a demigod quest

An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.

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Pete's Dragon
2016 · dir. David Lowery
🍅 88%★ 6.7adventure · family · fantasyDisney+

A child's bond with something extraordinary hidden from the ordinary world

The difference: A forest-set dragon friendship story, gentler and less quest-driven

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

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The Jungle Book
2016 · dir. Jon Favreau
🍅 94%★ 7.3adventure · family · fantasyDisney+

A young outsider learning to navigate a world of powerful, mythic creatures

The difference: A jungle coming-of-age story, animal-guided rather than god-powered

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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A Dog's Purpose
2017 · dir. Lasse Hallström
🍅 35%★ 7.3adventure · fantasy · family

The same mix in both: scale, then dream logic

The difference: Played as drama first

A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.

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Alice in Wonderland
2010 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 51%★ 6.4family · fantasy · adventureDisney+

A young hero discovering a hidden identity and destiny in a fantasy world

The difference: A Wonderland return-journey story, whimsical rather than myth-based

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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Dumbo
2019 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 46%★ 6.2family · fantasy · adventureDisney+

A misfit discovering an extraordinary gift hidden inside them

The difference: A circus-set family drama about a flying elephant, not a mythic quest

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

Warm where it counts, cozy underneath

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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Kleks Academy
2024 · dir. Maciej Kawulski
★ 4.5fantasy · adventure · familyNetflix

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

A seemingly ordinary girl finds her way into the eponymous Academy to explore the world of fairy tales, imagination and creativity. With the help of a crazy, talented teacher, she develops her unique abilities and also stumbles upon a clue that will help her unravel the biggest secret of the family...

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Return to Oz
1985 · dir. Walter Murch
🍅 59%★ 6.7adventure · family · fantasyDisney+

Dreamlike fantasy in both cases

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

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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The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
1990 · dir. George T. Miller
🍅 14%★ 5.1family · fantasy · adventure

A young hero returning to a fantastical world to face a new threat

The difference: A dreamlike sequel about imagination itself, more abstract than mythology

Once again, Bastian is transported to the world of Fantasia which he recently managed to save from destruction. However, the land is now being destroyed by an evil sorceress, Xayide, so he must join up with Atreyu and face the Emptiness once more.

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