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Movies that feel like Peter Pan (2003)

If you loved Peter Pan, the closest films we have are Pan (2015), The Dark Crystal (1982) and The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990). All three share Peter Pan'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 Netflix, HBO Max and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 77% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. P.J. Hoganepicdreamlikewarmcozy

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Pan
2015 Β· dir. Joe Wright
πŸ… 27%β˜… 5.7fantasy Β· adventure Β· family

The same two preoccupations: flying, and mermaid

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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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The Dark Crystal
1982 Β· dir. Frank Oz
πŸ… 78%β˜… 7.1adventure Β· family Β· fantasy

Two things both keep coming back to: liberation and fantasy world

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

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 II: The Next Chapter
1990 Β· dir. George T. Miller
πŸ… 14%β˜… 5.1family Β· fantasy Β· adventure

Both are built on the same subject: based on children's book

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Peter Pan does

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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Return to Never Land
2002 Β· dir. Robin Budd
πŸ… 46%β˜… 5.8adventure Β· fantasy Β· animation

Both keep coming back to the same thing: flying

The difference: Sits closer to animation than Peter Pan does

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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The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 Β· dir. Mark Waters
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.5family Β· adventure Β· fantasy

Common ground: fairy

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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The BFG
2016 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.3adventure Β· family Β· fantasy

The same preoccupation in both: based on children's book

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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πŸ… 49%β˜… 6.3adventure Β· family Β· fantasy

One thread runs through both: 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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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019 Β· dir. Joachim RΓΈnning
πŸ… 40%β˜… 6.6family Β· fantasy Β· adventure

Both keep coming back to the same thing: fairy

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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Peter Pan
1953 Β· dir. Clyde Geronimi
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.3animation Β· family Β· adventure

Common ground: crocodile

Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face Captain Hook and foil his attempts to get rid of Peter for good.

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Alice in Wonderland
2010 Β· dir. Tim Burton
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.4family Β· fantasy Β· adventure

Epic where it counts, dreamlike underneath

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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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013 Β· dir. Thor Freudenthal
πŸ… 43%β˜… 5.7adventure Β· family Β· fantasy

Warm and cozy in the same breath

In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.

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Pete's Dragon
2016 Β· dir. David Lowery
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.7adventure Β· family Β· fantasy

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

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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