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Movies that feel likeTomorrowland (2015)

Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."

If you loved Tomorrowland, the closest films we have are The Iron Giant (1999), Jumanji (1995) and Flight of the Navigator (1986). All three share Tomorrowland's epic and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005).

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The Iron Giant
1999 · dir. Brad Bird
🍅 96%★ 8.1animation · drama · family

The same director's hopeful sci-fi heart, wrapped in Cold War wonder

The difference: A boy-and-robot friendship tale, quieter and sadder than Tomorrowland's quest

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.

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Jumanji
1995 · dir. Joe Johnston
🍅 56%★ 7.1adventure · fantasy · familyNetflix

Epic and warm in the same breath

The difference: Trades the twists of Tomorrowland for an angle of its own

When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.

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

Both land comfort and ideas at once

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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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Monsters vs Aliens
2009 · dir. Rob Letterman
🍅 73%★ 6.4animation · family · adventureParamount+Peacock

A cerebral, cozy sci-fi adventure pitched at the same family-friendly wonder

The difference: A government-monster comedy, without Tomorrowland's earnest optimism

When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters...

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Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005 · dir. Jon Favreau
🍅 77%★ 6.3science fiction · adventure · familyNetflix

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

The difference: Easier on the twists than Tomorrowland

After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.

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The Call of the Wild
2020 · dir. Chris Sanders
🍅 62%★ 6.7adventure · family · dramaDisney+

Warm family in both cases

The difference: Takes it somewhere less twisty than Tomorrowland does

Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

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Mira
2022 · dir. Dmitry Kiselyov
★ 5.8science fiction · drama · adventurePrime Video

Science fiction built on comfort, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Tomorrowland does

Near future. Lera Arabova is a 15-year-old girl who lives with her family in Vladivostok. Lera's father has been working at the orbiting space station "Mira" for many years and has long lost contact with his daughter, turning only into a voice on the phone. After a meteor shower hits the city, Lera has only one chance to save her loved ones and the city from a new disaster. Her father helps her in this - through satellite surveillance systems and the telephone, he uses every opportunity to send a message to his daughter, watching from above from the station her every step.

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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013 · dir. Thor Freudenthal
🍅 43%★ 5.7adventure · family · fantasyNetflixDisney+

A quest-driven fantasy adventure with the same warm, dreamlike optimism

The difference: Greek-myth monster hunting, not a hidden future city built on hope

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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Hugo
2011 · dir. Martin Scorsese
🍅 93%★ 7.5adventure · drama · family

Epic mystery, and it commits to that

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

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Bridge to Terabithia
2007 · dir. Gábor Csupó
🍅 85%★ 7.2adventure · drama · familyDisney+

Adventure with a pulse of warmth, in both cases

Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.

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

A wide-eyed dreamer whisked into a hidden world beyond imagination

The difference: A gentle giant fable, not a science-driven quest to save the future

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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Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 · dir. James Bobin
🍅 29%★ 6.2adventure · family · fantasyDisney+

A dreamlike, time-bending fantasy chasing wonder at the same epic scale

The difference: A Wonderland sequel romp, not a hopeful vision of scientific tomorrow

Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.

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