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Movies Like The Prince and the Pauper

If you liked The Prince and the Pauper (2000), a adventure and family movie directed by Giles Foster, 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. 1The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince and the Pauper (1977)

    ★ 6.1/10Also adventure

    Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide to play a joke on the court by dressing in each other's clothes…

  2. 2The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince and the Pauper (1937)

    ★ 6.8/10Also adventure and family

    Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards…

  3. 3The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)

    ★ 6.9/10Also adventure

    A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in…

  4. 4The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

    ★ 7.5/10Also adventure

    A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in…

  5. 5Pinocchio

    Pinocchio (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also adventure and family

    A wooden puppet embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy.

  6. 6The Indian in the Cupboard

    The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)

    ★ 6.5/10Also adventure and family

    A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.

  7. 7Treasure Island

    Treasure Island (1972)

    ★ 5.9/10Also adventure and family

    Young Jim Hawkins finds himself serving with pirate captain Long John Silver in search of a buccaneer's treasure, in this short adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale.

  8. 8Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland (2010)

    ★ 6.6/10Also family and adventure

    Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.

  9. 9The Princess Bride

    The Princess Bride (1987)

    ★ 7.7/10Also adventure

    In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of…

  10. 10The Jungle Book

    The Jungle Book (2016)

    ★ 6.9/10Also adventure and family

    After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli, a man-cub fostered by wolves, is forced to flee the jungle, and he embarks on a journey of self-discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera, and the free-spirited…

  11. 11Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland (1951)

    ★ 7.2/10Also family and adventure

    On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades.

  12. 12White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

    White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)

    ★ 6.9/10Also adventure and family

    A boy and his dog, White Fang, must try to save the noble Haida tribe from evil white men in turn-of-the-century Alaska.

  13. 13The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

    The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

    ★ 6.5/10Also family

    A concise adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" about Mr. Toad's motor mania, followed by a short retelling of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" concerning schoolmaster Ichabod Crane.

  14. 14Descendants 2

    Descendants 2 (2017)

    ★ 7.4/10Also family and adventure

    When the pressure to be royal becomes too much for Mal, she returns to the Isle of the Lost where her archenemy Uma, Ursula's daughter, has taken her spot as self-proclaimed queen.

  15. 15Journey to the Center of the Earth

    Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

    ★ 6.1/10Also adventure and family

    On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.

  16. 16Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast (2017)

    ★ 7/10Also family

    A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.

  17. 17The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers (1948)

    ★ 6.8/10Also adventure

    In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue…

  18. 18The Vikings

    The Vikings (1958)

    ★ 7/10Also adventure

    Einar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.

  19. 19Cheaper by the Dozen

    Cheaper by the Dozen (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also family

    This remake of the beloved classic follows the raucous exploits of a blended family of 12, the Bakers, as they navigate a hectic home life while simultaneously managing their family business.

  20. 20Treasure Island

    Treasure Island (1934)

    ★ 6.6/10Also adventure and family

    In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of buccaneer Captain Flint's buried treasure.

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