Movies Like How to Train Your Dragon
If you liked How to Train Your Dragon (2010), a fantasy and adventure movie directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and familyAs Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested…
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasy and adventureFive years after uniting the dragons and Vikings of Berk, Hiccup and Toothless soar beyond their homeland, charting the vast unknown. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds…
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Dragon Rider (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and familyAn unlikely trio of heroes – a dragon, a boy and a forest brownie – embark on an epic adventure to find the “Rim of Heaven” - the mythological safe haven for all dragons.
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How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
★ 7.9/10Also fantasy and familyOn the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their…
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Beowulf (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and animationA 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.
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Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and familyPrincess Annika escapes the clutches of the evil wizard, explores the wonders of Cloud Kingdom, and teams up with a magnificent winged horse - who turns out to be her sister, Princess Brietta - to defeat the wizard and…
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Wish Dragon (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and familyDetermined teen Din is longing to reconnect with his childhood best friend when he meets a wish-granting dragon who shows him the magic of possibilities.
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My Father's Dragon (2022)
★ 7/10Also animation and adventureStruggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious…
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Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon (2021)
★ 7/10Also adventure and animationAn epic journey of a young hero and her Spirit Guides, 'Dillo' a cute and humorous armadillo and "Vaca" a goofy oversized tapir, who embark on a quest to save their home in the spectacular Amazon Rainforest.
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Peter Pan (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and fantasyIn 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…
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A Tooth Fairy Tale (2025)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and fantasyVan, the brave son of a tooth fairy leader, meets the goblins girl Gemma on his first mission. Despite the myths about ancient disputes between fairies and goblins, they share common values. When the greedy Spider…
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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and familyA blue harvest moon will rise, allowing the fairies to use a precious moonstone to restore the Pixie Dust Tree, the source of all their magic. But when Tinker Bell accidentally puts all of Pixie Hollow in jeopardy, she…
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The House of Magic (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also family and fantasyThunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos. Not everyone welcomes the…
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Return to Never Land (2002)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and fantasyIn 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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My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and familyEquestria's divided. But a bright-eyed hero believes Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns should be pals — and, hoof to heart, she’s determined to prove it.
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The Bad Guys (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure and animationWhen the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and familyGreg Heffley is a scrawny but ambitious kid with an active imagination and big plans to be rich and famous – he just has to survive middle school first.
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Peter Pan (1953)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and familyLeaving 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…
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
★ 8.5/10Also adventure and fantasyAs armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the…
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Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and adventureA brave young animal explorer teams up with two trusty friends to find a powerful artifact before his greedy uncle can get his paws on it.