Movies like Pan
If Pan's mix of flying, magic and fairy tale stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Pan's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Peter Pan
1953 · Directed by Clyde Geronimi · 77 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: flying, magic, mermaid · Also family and adventure
Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever.
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Peter Pan
2003 · Directed by P.J. Hogan · 113 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: flying, mermaid, pirate · Also adventure and fantasy
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook.
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Hook
1991 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 142 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: flying, fairy tale, pirate · Also adventure and fantasy
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids.
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Maleficent
2014 · Directed by Robert Stromberg · 97 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: magic, fairy tale · Also fantasy and adventure · From the same decade (2010s)
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land.
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Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia
2006 · Directed by William Lau · 76 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: magic, mermaid · Also family and adventure
In this animated follow-up to Fairytopia, Elina enlists the help of a mermaid, Nori, to save her friend Nalu, a merman prince who has been captured by the wicked Laverna.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010 · Directed by Michael Apted · 113 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: magic, fantasy world · Also adventure and family · From the same decade (2010s)
This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Directed by Peter Jackson · 201 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: magic, fantasy world · Also adventure and fantasy
As 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 Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Directed by Peter Jackson · 179 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: magic, fantasy world · Also adventure and fantasy
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Directed by Peter Jackson · 179 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: magic, fantasy world · Also adventure and fantasy
Frodo 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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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Directed by Alfonso Cuarón · 141 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: flying, magic · Also adventure and fantasy
Harry Potter's life is in danger once more as dangerous wizard Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison and is heading to Hogwarts.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · Directed by Chris Columbus · 152 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: magic, fantasy world · Also adventure and fantasy
Harry 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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How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Directed by Chris Sanders · 98 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: flying · Also fantasy and adventure · From the same decade (2010s)
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle.