Movies Like The Haunting of Barney Palmer
If you liked The Haunting of Barney Palmer (1987), a family and mystery movie directed by Yvonne Mackay, 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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Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also family and fantasyJust 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.
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The Witches (1990)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and familyWhile staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical…
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The Canterville Ghost (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also family and fantasyAn American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also family and fantasyWhen ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion with a mysterious ticking noise that emanates from the walls. Upon discovering that his…
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The Legend of Ochi (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also family and fantasyIn 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…
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Inkheart (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also family and fantasyThe adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
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The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also family and fantasyUpon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
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Nightbooks (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and familyAlex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way…
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The Magic Faraway Tree (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also family and fantasyA 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.
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Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also family and fantasyScary Godmother is the whimsical all-ages story that follows the first trick-or-treating adventure of Hannah Marie, a young girl whose rotten older cousin is babysitting her one dark Halloween. Unhappy to be saddled…
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Orion and the Dark (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also family and fantasyA boy with an active imagination faces his fears on an unforgettable journey through the night with his new friend: a giant, smiling creature named Dark.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also family and fantasyOne year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a young prince whose life has been threatened by the evil King Miraz…
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The Boxtrolls (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also family and fantasyAn orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
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Coraline (2009)
★ 8/10Also family and fantasyWandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real…
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
★ 7/10Also family and fantasyThree children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
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Cinderella (1950)
★ 7.1/10Also family and fantasyCinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she…
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The Secret Garden (1993)
★ 7.4/10Also family and fantasyA young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years…
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Family Switch (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy and familyWhen the Walker family members switch bodies with each other during a rare planetary alignment, their hilarious journey to find their way back to normal will bring them closer together than they ever thought possible.
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Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action! (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also family and fantasyWhen Draculaura is led to believe she's the rightful heir to the vampire throne, she and her best ghoulfriends are whisked away to Transylvania for a royal coronation to die for. But they soon discover the hunt for the…
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Ella Enchanted (2004)
★ 6.5/10Also family and fantasyElla lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be…