Movies Like Search for the Jewel of Polaris: Mysterious Museum
If you liked Search for the Jewel of Polaris: Mysterious Museum (1999), a fantasy and family movie directed by David Schmoeller, 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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Fire and Ice (1983)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasyThe villainous Nekron and his mother, Queen Juliana, plot against the human race from their frigid fortress. Creating mass destruction with huge glaciers, mother and son incur the wrath of Larn, a warrior whose entire…
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Futurama: Bender's Game (2008)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasyWhen Leela is insulted by a group of space-rednecks (like regular rednecks, but in space), she enters the Planet Express ship in a demolition derby. Leela emerges victorious, but when she brings the damaged ship home…
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Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyWhen young Lili's mother dies in childbirth, her father remarries Lady Claudia, a woman ruled by an evil mirror with the power to make her queen of all living things. After escaping an attempt on her life, Lili finds…
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The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasyWhile on a dangerous mission to recover the historic Judas Chalice, Flynn is saved by Simone. But when double-crossed by a respected professor and ambushed by a ruthless gang, Flynn realizes Simone's secret, his true…
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The Brothers Grimm (2005)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasyFolklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they…
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
★ 6/10Also fantasyTo prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyMistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasyDoctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.
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Cinderfella (1960)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasyWhen his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for his nasty step-family, Maximilian and Rupert attempt to find a…
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Wizards (1977)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasyAfter the death of his mother, evil mutant wizard Blackwolf discovers long-lost military technologies. Full of ego and ambition, Blackwolf claims his mother's throne, assembles an army, and sets out to brainwash and…
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasyA 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.
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Ladyhawke (1985)
★ 7/10Also fantasyCaptain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together…
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Doctor Strange (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasyAfter his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasyGellert 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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Abigail (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyA young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby's father was one of the sick - and he was taken when she was six years old. Going…
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Flora & Ulysses (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also family and fantasyWhen Flora rescues a squirrel she names Ulysses, she is amazed to discover he possesses unique superhero powers, which take them on an adventure of humorous complications that ultimately change Flora's life--and her…
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Just in Time for Christmas (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasyLindsay is faced with a life-altering decision as Christmas approaches: Stay in her tiny hometown and marry boyfriend Jason or accept a coveted post teaching at an Ivy League college on the other side of the country…
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasySarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live…
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The Illusionist (2006)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasyWith his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the…
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
★ 8.1/10Also 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…