Movies Like The Return of Colmcille

If you liked The Return of Colmcille (2013), a movie directed by Margo Harkin, 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 Water Horse (2007)
★ 6.6/10
A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.
2
The Miracle Club (2023)
★ 6.3/10
Three close friends who have never left the outskirts of Dublin (much less Ireland) get the journey of a lifetime — a visit to Lourdes, the picturesque French town and place of miracles.
3
Angela's Ashes (1999)
★ 7.3/10
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
4
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
★ 6.8/10
When a bored Sherlock eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon following an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.
5
Fatima (2020)
★ 7.2/10
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World…
6
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
★ 7.4/10
Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of creatures that cause natural disasters and…
7
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
★ 6.7/10
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
8
The Legend of Ochi (2025)
★ 6.1/10
In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a…
9
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
★ 6.8/10
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
10
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
★ 5.9/10
The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive…
11
Peter Pan (2003)
★ 7.1/10
In 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…
12
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
★ 6.6/10
When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love...or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.
13
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
★ 6.9/10
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
14
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
★ 7.3/10
After losing Captain Jack Sparrow to the locker of Davy Jones, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa journey to the ends of the earth to rescue him. And as the East India Trading Company tightens its grip…
15
Infinite (2021)
★ 6.5/10
Evan McCauley has skills he never learned and memories of places he has never visited. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, a secret group that call themselves “Infinites” come to his rescue…
16
The Secret of Kells (2009)
★ 7.4/10
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…
17
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
★ 6.2/10
Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this…
18
Dolittle (2020)
★ 6.6/10
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…
19
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
★ 6.5/10
Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival…
20
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
★ 7.5/10
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.