20 best movies like Earthbound (2012)


List of the best movies like Earthbound (2012): Brand Upon the Brain!, Bana Masal Anlatma, Journey Back to Christmas, Explorers, My Future Boyfriend, About Time, Zathura: A Space Adventure, Aliens Stole My Body, The Fabulous Baron Munchausen, Straight Story.

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Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryCanada, USA

In the weird and wonderful supercinematic world of Canadian cult filmmaker Guy Maddin, personal memory collides with movie lore for a radical sensory overload. This eerie excursion into the Gothic recesses of Maddin’s mad, imaginary childhood is a silent, black-and-white comic science-fiction nightmare set in a lighthouse on grim Black Notch Island, where fictional protagonist Guy Maddin was raised by an ironfisted, puritanical mother.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryTurkey

The story of a minibus driver and a fairytale princesss nestling under the wing of timeless friendship in an ordinary neighborhood.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryCanada

WWII has ended and Hanna is still grieving over her husband's disappearance. When the Christmas Comet appears for the first time in 70 years, Hanna is caught in a terrible storm and knocked unconscious. When she wakes up, she's in 2016.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

The visionary dreams of three curious and adventuresome young boys become an exciting reality in Explorers, the action-fantasy from director Joe Dante, who combines keen humor, warmth and fantasy with unexpected twists. In their makeshift laboratory, the boys use an amazing discovery and their ingenuity to build their own spaceship and launch themselves on a fantastic interplanetary journey.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:13

P-A-X-497/341, aka “Pax” , a curious young man from the well-ordered but loveless future, travels to present day New Orleans in search of romance novelist Elizabeth Barrett – whose book he has come upon during an archeological dig in the year 3127. Hoping Elizabeth can explain the concept of love to him, which is now nonexistent in his time, Pax embarks on an adventure filled with new discoveries. Elizabeth introduces Pax to life in the year 2011, filled with love, music and of course, destiny. When Pax doesn’t return to the future by the given deadline, Bob, his fellow scientist, travels back in time to find him. Meanwhile, as Elizabeth helps Pax learn about love, she ends up confiding in her colleague, played by Valerie Harper, about her own upcoming “surprise” engagement.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:03

    The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place... by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as he thinks.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA

    The Galactic Patrol is back - but they've lost Deputy Rod Allbright's body. It's been stolen by B'KR, the most fiendish villain in the galaxy, which leaves Rod's mind sharing one body with his annoying cousin Elspeth. Stranded on a mysterious alien planet, our young heroes embark on a mission to find the only being who can stop B'KR once and for all, the legendary time-strider himself; Art Allbright - who also happens to be Rod's dad. The Galactic Patrol's high-flying adventures continue in this thrilling second film based on the global best-selling book series from acclaimed author Bruce Coville and Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing. This rip-roaring sequel draws the crew of the Good Ship Ferkel into a web of alien plots that will test their courage to the utmost -- and ultimately bring them face-to-face with one of the galaxy's most guarded secrets.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, military
    CountryCzechoslovakia

    The 20th century's first man lands on the moon and discovers - that Baron Munchausen has already beaten him to it, along with Cyrano and characters from Jules Verne's lunar-landing novel. The Baron spirits the young cosmonaut by horse-drawn ship back to an ancient "Earth", where they insult a sultan, rescue a princess, fall in love with the princess, and then as a trio have further experiences in a world of pastel colors, ornate dreamlike settings, and the inevitable angry disrupters of peacefulness and love.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryGreece

    This film is about an upside down world, where being homosexual is considered "normal" and heterosexual is considered "not normal".

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, short
    CountryFrance
    Duration00:16

    Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious satellite.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryBrazil
    Duration01:46

    Zero (Wagner Moura) is a brilliant scientist, but unfortunate because 20 years ago was publicly humiliated and lost in college Helena (Alinne Moraes) the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions makes him travel in time, more precisely, to the past. After the chance to change his story, Zero returns to this totally changed.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA

    Charles Whitley travels from 1903 to 2020 where he meets Megan Turner, a tour guide at his historic mansion, and experiences a 21st Century Christmas.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, music
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:16

    Croydon, 1977. A trio of punk teenagers goes to a party to meet girls, but they find that girls there are very different from what they expected.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    When a chance encounter brings together the cynical Dell and the quick-witted Kimberly, the stage is set for a tempestuous love affair that unfolds like a puzzle. As the film zigzags back and forth in time-from a meteor shower in LA, to an encounter in a Paris hotel room, to a fateful phone call-an unforgettable portrait of a relationship emerges.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.

    Markimdb: 1.2
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy
    CountryRussia, Kazakhstan
    Duration01:34

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    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, family, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:14

    When ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion with a mysterious ticking noise that emanates from the walls. Upon discovering that his uncle is a warlock, Lewis begins learning magic, but when he rebelliously resurrects an evil warlock he must find the secret of the house and save the world from destruction.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:25

    Nani is a flower decorator, madly in love with his neighbor Bindhu. He gets killed by the baddie, Sudeep, a powerful businessman. Nani comes back as a housefly to get his revenge.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryHong Kong, China
    Duration01:42

    The young monk Taka and his three disciples are captured by a demonic tree. Taka manages to escape thanks to the magic stick of Monkey King and decided to go free his companions. En route, he encounters a strange ally called Meiyan, a girl who is half-human and half monster. As Taka and his new friend set off on a fantastic adventure they will face many hardships and battles and may very well decide the fate of humanity and the entire universe...

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

    A reclusive scientist builds a robot that looks exactly like him to go on a long term space mission. Since the scientist seems to lack all human emotion he is unable to program them into his android and an eccentric woman is hired to "educate" the robot on human behavior. In the end she falls in love ... but is the robot or the Dr. Mr Right?

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA

    When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in the other, Buddy is on his way to Vegas to succeed Elvis as King. Along the way, he saves an orphan who decides to tag along.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama
    CountryFrance, Italy, United Kingdom
    Duration01:43

    New York City in the year 2095 where genetically altered humans live side by side with unaltered men and women.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, family
    CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
    Duration01:29

    A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryHungary
    Duration02:07

    Liza's a nurse, seeking love. Her only company is a long-dead Japanese pop star, who turns her into a fox-fairy out of jealousy. Now, every men who desires Liza shall die horribly. Can she overcome the curse?

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA

    When a tiny intergalactic starship crashes into the bedroom of middle-schooler Rod Allbright, he is enlisted by the extraterrestrial Galactic Patrol, a group of out-of-this-world lawmen, and must race to save the world from Total Planetary Disaster with his cousin Elspeth.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:34

    Exploring the somewhat darker and more mysterious side of the Lewis Carroll's classic book, the movie follows Alice Liddell (the book's inspiration) as an old woman who is haunted by the characters she was once so amused by. As she thinks back on it, she starts to see her relationship with the shy author/professor in a new way and realizes the vast change between the young Alice and the old.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, comedy
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:21

    A band of ninja warriors, led by an Iga Ninja named Yamata, witness a giant ball of fire drop from the sky and crash into the forest. When the warriors find and attempt to identify the object, they discover aliens that attack and feast on them. Yamata and the survivors swear vengeance, but in challenging the aliens, they learn that their weapons have no effect.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, drama, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    An intergalactic dog pilot from Sirius (the dog star), visits Earth to verify the rumors that dogs have failed to take over the planet.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:09

    Under hypnosis while trying to quit smoking, Daisy Gamble revisits past lives and different personalities.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy, short
    CountryAustralia

    A man discovers that he is part of a secret sect of magical beings who hunt down and destroy demons in the internet.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
    Duration01:36

      In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA

      Seven female directors present seven short films.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic publisher.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      Aspiring composer Jim Sanders is engaged to spoiled rich girl Patty. But the morning after his bachelor party, Jim wakes up to discover a beautiful, broken-winged angel in his pool. When everyone finds out about his heavenly houseguest, Jim must cope with a dangerously jealous fiancée, an exploitive future father-in-law and a group of buddies with an outrageous business plan!

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
      CountryUSA

      A science fiction vampire movie. The Vampire is an emissary from an embattled world near destruction who teleports to Earth to see if they can live here. He finds that our blood is nourishing and that at least one source of it is a steady stream of transfusions. He hypnotizes a Dr. to provide them and has his blond nurse move in to administer them.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family
      CountryIndia
      Duration02:25

      One day they pray to God for help and he does help them. He sends his most mischievous, childlike, lovable angel to the rescue, with a mission to bring Ranbeer and the kids together. Geeta (Rani Mukerji) comes bicycling down a rainbow… and bursts into Ranbeer's house as the selfproclaimed new nanny. And then starts the roller coaster ride of fun, emotions, magic and love.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      A painter's life is forever changed when a mythical and deadly spirit from Celtic lore – a Leannán Sí – becomes his muse and lover.




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