Movies Like Magic Journeys
If you liked Magic Journeys (1982), a fantasy and science fiction movie directed by Murray Lerner, 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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Tomorrowland (2015)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and science fictionBound 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…
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A Witches' Ball (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and science fictionEvery year the Witching World gathers to celebrate the newly inducted witches into their world. Beatrix (12) is eager to become part of this world, but when her pending magical status is jeopardized she needs the help…
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Monster Summer (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and mysteryWhen a mysterious force begins to disrupt their big summer fun, Noah and his friends team up with a retired police detective to embark on a monstrous adventure to save their island.
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Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and fantasyScooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they…
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Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also mystery and fantasyThe gang goes on a trip to check on Velma's younger sister, Madelyn. She's been studying stage magic at the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy, where apparently there have been sightings of a giant griffin. The gang decides…
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy and mysteryAfter a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil.
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The Lost World (1960)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and science fictionProfessor 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.
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The Time Machine (1960)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasy and science fictionA Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
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Arabian Adventure (1979)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and science fictionAn evil caliph offers his daughter’s hand in marriage to a prince if he can complete a perilous quest for a magical rose. Helped by a young boy and a magic carpet, Prince Hasan has to overcome genies, fire-breathing…
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Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasy and mysteryIt'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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Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and science fictionTony and Tia are other-worldly twins endowed with telekinesis. When their Uncle Bene drops them off in Los Angeles for an earthbound vacation, a display of their supernatural skill catches the eye of the nefarious Dr…
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Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and fantasyAn intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.
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Snowglobe (2007)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and science fictionA young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does not share her love for the holiday at all. When she is about to…
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
★ 8/10Also science fiction and mysteryHumanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
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Children of the Damned (1964)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and science fictionSix children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.
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FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy and mysteryIn 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.
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Monster High 2 (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and science fictionAs they enter sophomore year at Monster High, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura and Frankie Stein face new students, new powers, and an even bigger threat that could not only tear their friendship apart but could change the…
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Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and fantasyUnjustly accused of staging a spooky practical joke complete with ghosts, Daphne, Velma, Fred and Shaggy are suspended from Coolsville High. To clear their names, they team up to solve the supernatural mystery…and head…
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Treasure Planet (2002)
★ 7.6/10Also science fiction and fantasyWhen 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…
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Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and fantasyAn evil sorceress transports the gang back to the age of chivalrous knights, spell-casting wizards, and fire-breathing dragons.