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Movies that feel like Time Bandits (1981)

If you loved Time Bandits, the closest films we have are Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), Hook (1991) and Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002). All three share Time Bandits's warm and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Disney Plus, Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and others, checked against today's data.

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

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If Time Bandits hit the spot, these will too

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Escape to Witch Mountain
1975 Β· dir. John Hough
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.3adventure Β· fantasy Β· science fiction

Both land warmth and comfort at once

The difference: None of the wit that defines Time Bandits

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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Hook
1991 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 37%β˜… 6.8adventure Β· fantasy Β· comedy

Dreamlike where it counts, epic underneath

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

The boy who wasn't supposed to grow upβ€”Peter Panβ€”does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland.

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Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
2002 Β· dir. Alain Chabat
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.7family Β· fantasy Β· comedy

Magic sits at the heart of each

The difference: Missing the ideas of Time Bandits

History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 Β· dir. Tim Burton
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.7adventure Β· comedy Β· family

Family built on wit, twice over

The difference: 24 years apart, and the 2000s show

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

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Stuart Little
1999 Β· dir. Rob Minkoff
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6family Β· fantasy Β· comedy

Both trade on warmth more than on being fantasy

When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with as much pluck and courage as he can muster.

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Explorers
1985 Β· dir. Joe Dante
β˜… 6.4science fiction Β· adventure Β· family

Cerebral science fiction, and it commits to that

Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.

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Space Jam
1996 Β· dir. Joe Pytka
πŸ… 46%β˜… 6.5family Β· animation Β· science fiction

Comedy with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

The difference: Leans animation where Time Bandits does not

With their freedom on the line, the Looney Tunes seek the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan to win a basketball game against a team of moronic aliens.

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Treasure Planet
2002 Β· dir. Ron Clements
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.2science fiction Β· adventure Β· animation

Map is the engine of both

When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.

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The NeverEnding Story
1984 Β· dir. Wolfgang Petersen
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.3adventure Β· fantasy Β· family

The same preoccupation in both: magic

While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.

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Flight of the Navigator
1986 Β· dir. Randal Kleiser
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.9family Β· science fiction Β· adventure

Both keep circling back to time travel

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 Β· dir. Jim Henson
πŸ… 78%β˜… 7.1adventure Β· family Β· fantasy

Dreamlike adventure in both cases

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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Return to Oz
1985 Β· dir. Walter Murch
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.8adventure Β· family Β· fantasy

Family with a pulse of scale, in both cases

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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