Movies like Wolfwalkers
If Wolfwalkers's mix of friendship, wolf and magic stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Wolfwalkers's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022 · Directed by Peter Baynton · 35 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, family, hand drawn animation · Also animation and family · From the same decade (2020s)
The unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse traveling together in the boy's search for home.
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How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014 · Directed by Dean DeBlois · 102 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: reflective, adoring, comforting · Also fantasy and adventure
Five years after uniting the dragons and Vikings of Berk, Hiccup and Toothless soar beyond their homeland, charting the vast unknown. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds…
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Encanto
2021 · Directed by Byron Howard · 102 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: magic, forest, female protagonist · Also animation and family · From the same decade (2020s)
The tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto.
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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 itWith Sean Bean · Shares: magic, comforting · 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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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · Directed by Chris Columbus · 152 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, magic, calm · 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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Swapped
2026 · Directed by Nathan Greno · 102 min8.9
Why you'll like itShares: wolf, enchant · Also adventure and animation · From the same decade (2020s)
A small woodland creature and a majestic bird, two natural sworn enemies of the Valley, magically trade places and set off on an adventure of a lifetime to switch back.
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The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Directed by Frank Darabont · 142 min8.7
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, curious, admiring
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden.
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The Little Mermaid
1989 · Directed by John Musker · 83 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: hand drawn animation, father daughter relationship · Also animation and family
This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him.
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The Croods
2013 · Directed by Kirk DeMicco · 99 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: family, admiring · Also animation and adventure
The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and feisty Gran gather food by day and huddle together in a cave at night.
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The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998 · Directed by Darrell Rooney · 81 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, father daughter relationship · Also adventure and animation
The circle of life continues for Simba, now fully grown and in his rightful place as the king of Pride Rock. Simba and Nala have given birth to a daughter, Kiara who's as rebellious as her father was.
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Ella Enchanted
2004 · Directed by Tommy O'Haver · 96 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: magic, fairy tale · Also family and fantasy
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience.
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Directed by Chris Columbus · 161 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: magic, admiring · Also adventure and fantasy
Cars 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…