Movies Like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
If you liked 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907), a adventure and fantasy movie directed by Georges Méliès, 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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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and fantasyA ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
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Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and fantasyMax imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret…
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
★ 6/10Also adventure and fantasyIn 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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Luca (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also fantasyLuca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.
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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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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and fantasyCaptain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman, ever-crafty Jack must track down…
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Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
★ 6.8/10Also adventureWhen scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead…
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The Sea Beast (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and fantasyWhen a young girl stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter, they launch an epic journey into uncharted waters — and make history to boot.
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Underwater (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also adventureAfter an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
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Finding Dory (2016)
★ 7/10Also adventureDory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?
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Waterworld (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also adventureIn a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola…
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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyRuby Gillman, a sweet and awkward high school student, discovers she's a direct descendant of the warrior kraken queens. The kraken are sworn to protect the oceans of the world against the vain, power-hungry mermaids…
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Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasy and adventureIt's horror on the high seas when Scooby-Doo and the gang take a creepy cruise into one of the world's most mysterious places, the Bermuda Triangle! If Scooby, Shaggy and the gang can't solve this mystery, they may…
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Moana (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also fantasy and adventureTeenage Moana answers the Ocean's call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with infamous demigod Maui on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people.
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Momo (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and adventureMomo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time…
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The King's Daughter (2022)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and adventureKing Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force, a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate daughter's discovery of the creature.
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Moana 2 (2024)
★ 7/10Also adventure and fantasyAfter receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever…
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Moana (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also adventureIn Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
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The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureSet several years after the first film, Ariel and Prince Eric are happily married with a daughter, Melody. In order to protect Melody from the Sea Witch, Morgana, they have not told her about her mermaid heritage…
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
★ 6/10Also fantasyTo prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.