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Movies that feel likeThe Black Stallion (1979)

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.

If you loved The Black Stallion, the closest films we have are Swiss Family Robinson (1960), Fly Away Home (1996) and The Incredible Journey (1963). All three share The Black Stallion's warm and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The White Balloon (1995).

🍅 90% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Carroll Ballardwarmcozyepic
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Swiss Family Robinson
1960 · dir. Ken Annakin
🍅 81%★ 7.1adventure · familyDisney+

Common ground: shipwreck

After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater than nature: dastardly pirates.

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Fly Away Home
1996 · dir. Carroll Ballard
🍅 87%★ 6.9adventure · drama · family

Carroll Ballard working the same nerve twice

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Black Stallion does

Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest was torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When winter comes, Amy and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South.

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The Incredible Journey
1963 · dir. Fletcher Markle
🍅 89%★ 7adventure · familyDisney+

Warm where it counts, cozy underneath

The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?

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The Journey of Natty Gann
1985 · dir. Jeremy Kagan
🍅 91%★ 7adventure · family · dramaDisney+

Family with a pulse of scale, in both cases

America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf, and a hardened drifter.

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Storm Boy
1977 · dir. Henri Safran
★ 6.9drama · family

Both lean on warmth more than on adventure

The difference: Easier on the scale than The Black Stallion

Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.

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Escape to Witch Mountain
1975 · dir. John Hough
🍅 87%★ 6.3adventure · fantasy · science fictionDisney+

Cozy family in both cases

Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony escape to witch mountain, while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.

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Flight of the Navigator
1986 · dir. Randal Kleiser
🍅 85%★ 6.9family · science fiction · adventureDisney+

Adventure built on scale, twice over

12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.

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The Dark Crystal
1982 · dir. Frank Oz
🍅 78%★ 7.1adventure · family · fantasyPeacock

Warm family, and it commits to that

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

Adventure built on comfort, twice over

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

Both work the same scale

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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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Old Yeller
1957 · dir. Robert Stevenson
🍅 100%★ 7.2adventure · drama · familyDisney+

Both know what they want from family

The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1950s show

Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog.

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The White Balloon
1995 · dir. Jafar Panahi
🍅 83%★ 7.6drama · family

Both working the same family territory

Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with.

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