Movies Like Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

If you liked Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), a fantasy and adventure movie directed by David Yates, 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 Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and fantasy
When a magical artifact is lifted from his library, a meek librarian sets out to ensure its safe return.
2
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasy and adventure
Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his…
3
The Portable Door (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy and adventure
Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate…
4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
★ 8/10Also adventure and fantasy
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and new challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also…
5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also adventure and fantasy
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets…
6
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and adventure
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.
7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also adventure and fantasy
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and…
8
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and fantasy
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
9
Inkheart (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and fantasy
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.
10
Four Kids and It (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy
A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.
11
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.
12
The Hobbit (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasy and adventure
The story follows the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, a diminutive creative who resides in a place called Middle-Earth before he is compelled to go on a quest to find a treasure buried deep in the heart of the Lonely…
13
Abigail (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and fantasy
A young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby's father was one of the sick - and he was taken when she was six years old. Going…
14
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
★ 7.6/10Also adventure and fantasy
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss…
15
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
★ 7.8/10Also adventure and fantasy
After his name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools in the Triwizard Tournament. But if Harry never submitted his name for the…
16
Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and fantasy
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.
17
Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy
Just one enchanted jewel stands between earth and an army of evil spirits led by the devious ghoul, Phears. With the help of his new girlfriend and ghost pals, Max Doyle races to find the crystal and save the world.
18
The Wiz (1978)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy and adventure
Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.
19
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?
20
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasy and adventure
Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid…