Movies Like Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
If you liked Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), 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 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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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 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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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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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 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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Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and fantasyTia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who…
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
★ 7.9/10Also adventure and fantasyHarry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and…
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
★ 8.5/10Also adventure and fantasyAs armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the…
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
★ 8.4/10Also adventure and fantasyFrodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers - Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt…
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasy and adventureIn 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape…
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Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and fantasyAlice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure 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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Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyBe careful what you wish for. With their after school junk business, best friends Sonny and Sam hope to find treasure in other people’s trash. But when cleaning out the old Stine house, they open a locked book that…
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
★ 7.6/10Also fantasy and adventureThe Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
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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 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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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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Jumanji (1995)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and fantasyWhen siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room…