Movies Like Scales

If you liked Scales (2017), a fantasy and adventure movie directed by Kevan Peterson, 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
Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also family and adventure
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.
2
Prince Charming (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and fantasy
After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.
3
Wish Upon a Unicorn (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and family
Two children discover that their mother is gone. The youngest of the pair, adventurer and upcomming singer, Long Johnson forces his older sister, Lily Johnson, to hunt down a unicorn with magical blood.
4
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and adventure
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…
5
Snow Queen (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and family
Since a bitter winter storm stole the life of Gerda's mother, she and her father have sadly continued to run the remote hotel they call home. Lonely and isolated, Gerda's only joy is Kai, the handsome bellboy. A…
6
The King's Daughter (2022)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and adventure
King Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force, a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate daughter's discovery of the creature.
7
The Good Witch (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also family and fantasy
A mysterious woman comes in to town and inhabits the local haunted mansion, making everyone wonder if she's a witch or "The Grey Lady".
8
Candy Cane Lane (2023)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and family
Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of…
9
SlugTerra: Return of the Elementals (2014)
★ 7/10Also family and adventure
A new member has joined Eli and the Shane Gang! Junjie, once the protector of the Eastern Caverns, is a master of the slugslinging art of Slug Fu! But even with the power of five slingers, the Shane Gang find…
10
Stardust (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and fantasy
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest…
11
Bookworm (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and family
Eleven-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise, comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes…
12
Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and family
Inferno’s powers are stolen by a young and powerful villain and it’s up to the Secret Warriors to defeat their new foe and help their friend. But does Inferno even WANT his powers back? Meanwhile, America Chavez learns…
13
Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and adventure
When the King Gareth dies, his potential heirs, twin grandchildren who possess the dragon’s unique strengths, use their inherited powers against each other to vie for the throne. When Drago’s source of power – known as…
14
Dave Made a Maze (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and fantasy
Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of…
15
Willow (1988)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and adventure
The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with…
16
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and fantasy
Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to India, but in a storm he's washed off the ship and ends up on an island, which is…
17
A Monster Calls (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasy and adventure
12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
18
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
★ 6/10Also adventure and family
In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.
19
Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows (2005)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and family
The Toa Metru return to their glorious city of Metru Nui to finally accomplish their mission, only to find the city in ruins, overrun by the dreaded Visorak horde. Captured by their new enemy and transformed into…
20
The Good Witch's Destiny (2013)
★ 7.6/10Also family and fantasy
As Cassie's birthday approaches, Lori discovers disturbing parallels between Cassie and her great aunt, who disappeared years before on her birthday. When signs of a curse appear, Cassie conjures up a little magic to…