Movies Like Journey to the Center of the Earth

If you liked Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), a adventure and fantasy movie directed by Henry Levin, 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.

1
The Lost World (1960)
★ 5.8/10Also adventure and fantasy
Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.
2
The Water Horse (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also family and adventure
A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.
3
The Lost World (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and fantasy
This Lost World is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous adventure story. Bob Hoskins makes an unusually genial Professor Challenger, far less of a bully than Doyle's character, but his…
4
Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster (2004)
★ 7.3/10Also family and adventure
While the gang travel to Scotland to visit Daphne's cousin and witness the annual Highland Games, they find themselves terrorized by the legendary Loch Ness Monster.
5
The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and family
A Victorian gentleman hopes to find his long-lost son, who vanished while searching for a mysterious Viking community in a volcanic valley somewhere in uncharted Arctic regions. The gentleman puts together an…
6
The Secret of Kells (2009)
★ 7.4/10Also family and fantasy
Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears…
7
Return to Oz (1985)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and family
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.
8
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and fantasy
Desiring control of the kingdom, evil wizard Pendragon devises a cunning machination to usurp the throne. By abducting and forcing Princess Elaine to marry him, Pendragon will coerce the king into abdicating his power…
9
Extinct (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also family and adventure
Op and Ed, two adorable donut-shaped animals - flummels - accidentally time-travel from 1835 to modern-day Shanghai. There they discover traffic, trans fats, and worst of all, that flummels are now extinct. It's up to…
10
The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and family
On a day known to the dinosaurs as "Treasure Day", Bron becomes stuck in the Mysterious Beyond. This event urges the young Longneck Littlefoot to take his friends on a quest to the Fire Mountain to save his father…
11
Inkheart (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and family
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
12
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997)
★ 6.3/10Also family and adventure
The Great Valley turns barren and herds of dinosaurs have to find another place to inhabit. Cera, Littlefoot and Petrie, all kids, leave to find food and get stranded on a lush unknown island.
13
Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also family and adventure
Anastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.
14
Dolittle (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also family and fantasy
After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his…
15
Dino Time (2012)
★ 6/10Also adventure and family
Young daredevil Ernie, his sister Julia, and his best friend Max accidentally trip a time-machine into operation and find themselves transported back in time 65 million years, where they meet a T-rex named Tyra and her…
16
Missing Link (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also family and adventure
The charismatic Sir Lionel Frost considers himself to be the world's foremost investigator of myths and monsters. Trouble is, none of his small-minded, high-society peers seems to recognize this. Hoping to finally gain…
17
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
★ 7.6/10Also fantasy and adventure
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
18
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and family
When the water supply to the Great Valley is blocked, Littlefoot and his friends must cooperate with a group of bullies to find the reason the cause.
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The Good Dinosaur (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and family
An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
20
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and family
A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.