20 best movies like Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

List of the best movies like Escape to Witch Mountain (1975): The Jungle Book, Zathura: A Space Adventure, Earth to Echo, Pan, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Witches, Inkheart, A Wrinkle in Time, Race to Witch Mountain.

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Markimdb: 7.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:45

A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.

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: 5.8
Genrefantastic, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:31

    After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. When everyone around them refuses to take the messages seriously, the three embark on a secret adventure to crack the code and follow it to its source. But taking matters into their own hands gets the trio in way over their heads when they discover a mysterious being from another world who desperately needs their help. The epic, suspenseful and exciting journey that follows will change all of their lives forever.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
    Duration02:24

    Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard. Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:12

    An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:31

    A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the witches' plot before he can stop them?

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantasy, adventure, family
    CountryGermany, United Kingdom, USA, Italy
    Duration01:46

    The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family
    CountryCanada

    Based on a children's series by the same name. Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them around the universe to a place unlike any other.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

      A taxi driver gets more than he bargained for when he picks up two teen runaways. Not only does the pair possess supernatural powers, but they're also trying desperately to escape people who have made them their targets.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure, family, detective
      CountryWest Germany

      A nine year old boy named Joey, who after the tragic death of his father, begins to experience psychic powers such as allowing him to move inanimate objects with his mind, set things on fire, and even communicate with his dead father. However, not everything is good for Joey as his newly gained powers accidentally awake an evil supernatural force that is contained inside the body of an old ventriloquist's dummy that Joey found in an abandoned house. The supernatural Dummy shows similar powers to Joey's, and soon he puts the lives of everyone near Joey in danger as the evil Dummy has dark plans for Joey's special powers.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantastic, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, Spain, France, Canada, United Kingdom
      Duration02:22

      Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantasy, adventure, family
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:52

        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.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        A Victorian gentleman hopes to find his long-lost son, who vanished whilst searching for a mysterious Viking community in a volcanic valley somewhere in uncharted Arctic regions. The gentleman puts together an expedition team to go on the search, but when they reach their destination they must escape from some Viking descendants who will kill to keep their existence a secret.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrefantasy, adventure, family
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:41

        In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home

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

        A lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:39

        A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrefantasy, adventure, family
        CountrySweden, Soviet Union, Norway
        Duration01:39

        They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the boundaries of space and time. A fantasy about a lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the king.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Hungary
        Duration01:44

        In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:28

        David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty war while being hunted by a sinister and determined group of zealots who have sworn to destroy all Jumpers. Now, David’s extraordinary gift may be his only hope for survival!

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family, military
        CountryNetherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany

        Dolf a 15 year old boy is sent back in time by a timemachine. Accidentally he is sent back to the Middle Ages. He is rescued by children who are part of a childrens' crusade, on their way to rescue Jeruzalem. During the trip Dolf finds out the danger is not coming from outside the crusade, but from within.

        Markimdb: 4
        Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:43

          The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrefantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada, China
          Duration01:42

          John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA, Germany, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
          Duration01:50

          To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.

          Markimdb: 3.9
          Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Luxembourg, USA
          Duration01:28

          When an archaeological expedition opens an ancient Egyptian tomb, the unimaginable evil of a cursed pharaoh is unleashed.

          Markimdb: 4.7
          Genrefantasy, adventure, family, detective
          CountryAustralia
          Duration01:33

          When teenagers JOSH (Louis Corbett) and LING (Li Lin Jin) join their respective parents, CHRIS (Sam Neill) and Dr LI (Wang Ji) on an archaeological dig in China they encounter something trapped beneath a temple beyond their wildest imagination. A real live Chinese dragon. Two thousand years earlier, to defend his kingdom, the dragon lent an emperor his all powerful pearl. Instead of being returned, the pearl was buried with the emperor beneath his palace, and helpless without its source of power the dragon has remained entombed ever since.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrefantasy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:46

          In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but just as perplexed as he is by the fact that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.

          Markimdb: 3.3
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA

          A Mysterious Alien Creature (MAC) escaping from nefarious NASA agents, is befriended by a young boy in a wheelchair. Together, they try to find MAC's family from whom he has been separated.

          Markimdb: 3.8
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure
          CountryUSA, France, Denmark
          Duration01:36

          Two brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrefantasy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:53

          After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.

          Markimdb: 4.7
          Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, crime
          CountryCanada, USA, Luxembourg
          Duration01:37

          Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:51

          Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.

          Markimdb: 4.1
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Japan, France
          Duration01:44

          Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrefantasy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA

          The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family, detective
          CountryUSA, Japan
          Duration02:25

          In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family, crime, detective
          CountryJapan
          Duration01:59

          In Victorian-era London, on the night of Ciel Phantomhive's tenth birthday a fire destroyed his manor and killed both of his parents. In a moment of death Ceil strikes a deal with a demon, his soul in exchange for revenge. This demon becomes his butler and calls himself by name of Sebastian Michaelis, to protect and serve Ciel until the deal has been completed. One month after the fire Ciel returns from being missing, with his new butler Sebastian. Ceil is now the head of the Phantomhive corporation, handling all business affairs as well as the work as the Queen of England’s guard dog and looking for his parents murders.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genredrama, adventure, family, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:39

          When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!

          Markimdb: 4
          Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:22

          Conrad and Sally Walden are home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until things get out of hand, and The Cat must go, go, go, before their parents get back.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
          CountryGermany

          Vlad has just moved and joined one of the most famous magical schools in the world, where he meets fairies, witches, trolls and dwarfs. Him and his father are the first vampires in town, but he soon meets other special kids.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada
          Duration02:44

          A 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.

          Markimdb: 4
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA

          During their search for a habitable planet the last living humans crash-land on a barren world, inhabited by bloodthirsty aliens and mysterious post-apocalyptic warriors.

          Markimdb: 2.4
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA

          In this modern retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fantasy action-adventure classic, a commercial airliner crashes deep in the heart of the Amazon. Now, the survivors must face a mysterious and hostile world inhabited by giant scorpions, dragons, and a simian beast that stands ten stories tall.

          Markimdb: 3.5
          Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure, family, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:29

          Eight years after the third film, the OSS has become the world's top spy agency, while the Spy Kids department has since become defunct. A retired spy Marissa (Jessica Alba) is thrown back into the action along with her stepchildren when a maniacal Timekeeper (Jeremy Piven) attempts to take over the world. In order to save the world, Rebecca (Rowan Blanchard) and Cecil (Mason Cook) must team up with their hated stepmother. Carmen and Juni have since also grown up and will provide gadgets to them.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:29

          Skylar finds out that her parents are monster hunters after she accidentally releases some monsters from a secret containment chamber; so she and her techno friends must recapture all the monsters and also save her mom and dad from these monsters who are out for revenge.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrefantasy, adventure, family
          CountryNew Zealand, United Kingdom, Australia
          Duration01:52

          A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrefantastic, family
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:39

          Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA, Israel
          Duration01:46

          The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using a cosmic key developed by the locksmith Gwildor. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner and he begins to drain her life-force as he waits for the moon of Eternia to align with the Great Eye of the Universe that will bestow god-like power upon him.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA

          As Halloweentown prepares to celebrate its 1,000th anniversary, Marnie Piper and her brother Dylan return to Witch University, where trouble is in session from the Sinister Sisters and from someone who's plotting to use Marnie's powers for evil.

          Markimdb: 4.2
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:25

          After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.




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