Movies Like The Amazing Mr. Blunden

If you liked The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972), a family and fantasy movie directed by Lionel Jeffries, 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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From Time to Time (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy
A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.
2
Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also family and 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.
3
Monster High: Haunted (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also family and fantasy
Lurk what's waiting for the Monster High ghouls when they bring their killer fashion to the howlways of the spooktacular Haunted High! When the ghouls of Monster High follow Spectra Vondergeist one day, they discover a…
4
Mostly Ghostly (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also family and fantasy
Based on the successful book series by R.L. Stine, this spooky tale finds 11-year-old Max making a deal with the ghosts who haunt his home. If Max helps them find what was responsible for their parents' disappearance…
5
The Witches (1990)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and family
While 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…
6
The Portable Door (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy
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…
7
Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also family 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.
8
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also family and fantasy
A 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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The Amazing Mr. Blunden (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and family
Jamie and Lucy have an encounter with what appears to be a pair of ghost children. But these spooky kids, Sara and Georgie, aren’t actually ghosts. They’ve travelled forwards in time to seek help, believing they’re…
10
The Secret Kingdom (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also family and fantasy
Verity and Peter’s trip to the old family mansion takes a turn when the floor of their room suddenly gives way and they fall into an underground chamber where they are met by a civilization of creatures. The leader…
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Casper (1995)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy and family
Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly…
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Haunted Mansion (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy
A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.
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Beetlejuice (1988)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasy
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
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A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also family and fantasy
Recruited by a secret society of babysitters, a high schooler battles the Boogeyman and his monsters when they nab the boy she's watching on Halloween.
15
The Canterville Ghost (1996)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and family
When a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she's not at all happy. Especially as there's a ghost and a mysterious re-appearing bloodstain on the hearth. She…
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The BFG (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also family and fantasy
An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.
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Momo (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also family and fantasy
Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time…
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also family and fantasy
When 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…
19
FX's A Christmas Carol (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasy
London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasy
A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.