Movies Like Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
If you liked Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), a adventure and fantasy movie directed by Chris Columbus, 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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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
★ 7.7/10Also adventure and fantasyAs Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him…
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
★ 8/10Also adventure and fantasyYear 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…
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
★ 7.7/10Also adventure and fantasyHarry, 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…
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The School for Good and Evil (2022)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and adventureBest friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
★ 7.8/10Also adventure and fantasyAfter 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…
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
★ 7.7/10Also adventure and fantasyReturning for his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small…
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also adventure and fantasyCars 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…
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The Black Cauldron (1985)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and fantasyTaran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the…
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
★ 8.1/10Also adventure and fantasyHarry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with…
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Practical Magic (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasySally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course…
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The Wizard of Oz (1939)
★ 7.6/10Also adventure and fantasyYoung 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…
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Upside-Down Magic (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyNory and her best friend Reina enter the Sage Academy for Magical Studies, where Nory’s unconventional powers land her in a class for those with wonky, or “upside-down,” magic. Undaunted, Nory sets out to prove that…
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A Little Princess (1995)
★ 7.6/10Also fantasyWhen her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who…
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Beastly (2011)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasyA modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasy and adventureGellert 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…
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The Witches (1990)
★ 7/10Also fantasyWhile 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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Hocus Pocus (1993)
★ 7/10Also fantasyAfter 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once…
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Casper (1995)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyCasper 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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The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure 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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The Secret of Moonacre (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and fantasyWhen 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at…