Movies like Upside-Down Magic
If Upside-Down Magic's mix of friendship, magic and supernatural stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Upside-Down Magic's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Casper
1995 · Directed by Brad Silberling · 100 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, supernatural, young heroes · Also fantasy and family
Casper 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.
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My Little Pony: Equestria Girls
2013 · Directed by Jayson Thiessen · 72 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, magic · Also family and fantasy
Via a magic mirror, Twilight Sparkle travels into an alternate universe in order to recover a crown that was stolen from the Crystal Empire. Upon her arrival she is horrified to learn that she has turned into a human.
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Maleficent
2014 · Directed by Robert Stromberg · 97 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, magic · Also fantasy and family
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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Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
2010 · Directed by Spike Brandt · 75 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: magic · Also family and fantasy
The gang goes on a trip to check on Velma's younger sister, Madelyn. She's been studying stage magic at the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy, where apparently there have been sightings of a giant griffin.
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Descendants 3
2019 · Directed by Kenny Ortega · 106 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: magic · Also family and tv movie
The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep.
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Onward
2020 · Directed by Dan Scanlon · 102 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: magic · Also family and fantasy · From the same decade (2020s)
In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.
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Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob
2021 · Directed by Christina Sotta · 72 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: friendship · Also family and fantasy · From the same decade (2020s)
An evil sorceress transports the gang back to the age of chivalrous knights, spell-casting wizards, and fire-breathing dragons.
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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, good versus evil
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 Two Towers
2002 · Directed by Peter Jackson · 179 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: magic, good versus evil
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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Descendants 2
2017 · Directed by Kenny Ortega · 111 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: magic · Also family and fantasy
When the pressure to be royal becomes too much for Mal, she returns to the Isle of the Lost where her archenemy Uma, Ursula's daughter, has taken her spot as self-proclaimed queen.
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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, good versus evil
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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Descendants
2015 · Directed by Kenny Ortega · 112 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: magic · Also family and fantasy
A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos),…