
Movies that feel likeThe NeverEnding Story (1984)
If you loved The NeverEnding Story, the closest films we have are The Dark Crystal (1982), Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and Peter Pan (2003). All three share The NeverEnding Story'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 Escape to Witch Mountain (1975).
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If The NeverEnding Story hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)

Both keep coming back to the same thing: creature

Epic and dreamlike in the same breath
The difference: Made in the 1960s, in a different era of the craft

Both land warmth and comfort at once

Both are working the same pair: wolf, anthropomorphism

The same preoccupation in both: fairy tale

Both are built on the same subject: horse
The difference: Easier on the dream logic than The NeverEnding Story

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

One thread runs through both: magic

Common ground: school

Fantasy built on dream logic, twice over

Both lean on warmth more than on family

Cozy adventure in both cases
The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than The NeverEnding Story does
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