20 best movies like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

List of the best movies like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016): The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising, The Golden Compass, Seventh Son, Hugo, The Jungle Book, From Time to Time, The Last Airbender, Pan, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Where the Wild Things Are.

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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: 6.1
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: 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: 7.5
Genredrama, adventure, family, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
Duration02:06

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

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: 6.7
Genrefantasy, drama, adventure
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:32

A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.

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: 5.7
    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: 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: 6.7
      Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, family
      CountryGermany, Australia, USA
      Duration01:41

      Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts -- Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander -- crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.

      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: 6.4
      Genrefantasy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, India, United Kingdom
      Duration01:54

      The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her!

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, China, Canada
      Duration02:32

        The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies of witch hunters have battled this unnatural enemy for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who many years ago slayed the all-powerful Witch Queen, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen cursed Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter. Today, Kaulder is the last living hunter who has spent his immortal life tracking down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost family.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrefantasy, adventure, family
        CountryThailand

        A man who stops into a foster home to drop off some donations soon tells the kids a story about two teenage friends who uncover a long-lost medallion that transports them back in time.

        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: 6.6
        Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
        CountryAustralia, New Zealand

        In the 14th century a village seeking escape from the Black Death are guided by a boy's vision to tunnel into an abandoned mine and emerge into 20th century New Zealand.

        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: 5.9
        Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure, detective
        CountryUSA, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
        Duration01:58

          Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrefantasy, drama, adventure
          CountryDenmark, Norway, Czech Republic, Iceland, Sweden

          The Shamer's Daughter, Dina, with the magical power of compelling people to admit their most secret shame, must save her family with her newly found father. But he is a Blackmaster, with the power to make people see and believe things that aren't true, so Dina must deal with having inherited this horrible power, while forging a relationship with a father she fears and mistrusts.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, USA, Bahrain
          Duration01:27

          A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in South East England.An American law student in London. Knocked down by a black cab, she wakes with amnesia in a world that's a million miles from home - Wonderland. We follow her adventures as she's dragged through an underworld filled with twisted individuals and the lowest low-lifers, by the enigmatic cab driver, Whitey. She needs to find out who she is, where she's from and use what wits she has left to get back home in one piece. As her journey progresses she discovers nothing is what it seems, realizes that fate and life are terminally entwined, and finds true love lurking in the unlikeliest place.

          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: 5.3
          Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure, detective
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:37

          Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, family
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:48

          Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous African desert! Equipped only with their wits and the expertise of a native bushman who befriends them, they are determined to triumph over impossible odds and reach their destination. But along the way, the trio face a primitive desert wilderness.

          Markimdb: 3.6
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:43

          S. Darko follows Samantha Darko, the younger sister of Donnie, the protagonist of Donnie Darko, and her friend Corey. On their way to California, their car breaks down, forcing them to wait in a small town until it is fixed. While there, Samantha begins to have dreams that warn her of the end of the universe.

          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: 6.7
          Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
          Duration02:34

          When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy... whether he likes it or not.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA, Sweden
          Duration01:34

          40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, detective
          CountryGermany, Canada
          Duration02:10

            In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and enters Downworld, an alternate realm filled with demons, vampires, and a host of other creatures. Clary and her companions must find and protect an ancient cup that holds the key to her mother's future.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
            CountryUSA, Canada, China, Japan
            Duration02:12

              The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.

              Markimdb: 6.4
              Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
              CountryItaly, France, United Kingdom
              Duration02:17

              From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.

              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: 8.6
              Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
              Duration02:49

                Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genredrama, adventure, family, sport
                CountryUnited Kingdom
                Duration01:42

                Brennan is Liverpool's number one fan, able to recite facts ad infinitum about the club and at a public school in the south of England since his father Gareth is emotionally unable to care for him following the death of Will's mother. Gareth appears one day out of the blue with tickets for Liverpool's trip to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul.

                Markimdb: 7.4
                Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                Duration01:46

                When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.

                Markimdb: 6.5
                Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA, South Africa, Canada
                Duration01:37

                  In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

                  Markimdb: 7.4
                  Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, short
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, Zambia
                  Duration00:23

                  Mwansa goes on a journey to finally prove that he is Mwansa the Great.

                  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: 5.1
                  Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, adventure, family
                  CountryFrance, Belgium
                  Duration01:51

                  Five kids wake up in a world where everybody has disappeared.

                  Markimdb: 5.7
                  Genrefantasy, family
                  CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom
                  Duration01:40

                  A youngster living in a stately home discovers the magical garden Mary, Colin & Dickon stumbled across years before - but faces a battle with the housekeeper over whether to nurture it.

                  Markimdb: 7.3
                  Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                  Duration02:20

                  A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.

                  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: 6.2
                  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: 6.1
                  Genrefantasy, adventure, family, detective
                  CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                  Duration01:51

                  In the sequel to Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland", Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.

                  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: 4.4
                  Genrethriller, fantasy, comedy, family
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:29

                  Hansel and Gretel is a 2002 film adaptation of the Brothers Grimm children's story. It stars Jacob Smith and Taylor Momsen as the eponymous characters. It includes the Sandman, played by Howie Mandel and Sinbad as a raven.

                  Markimdb: 5.9
                  Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, family
                  CountryLuxembourg, United Kingdom, Germany
                  Duration01:38

                  A tale about two young boys, Prosper and Bo, who flee to Venice after being orphaned and dumped in the care of a cruel auntie. Hiding in the canals and alleyways of the city, the boys are befriended by a gang of young urchins and their enigmatic leader, the Thief Lord. From their home base of an old cinema theater, the children steal from the rich to support themselves and soon capture the interest of a bumbling detective. However, a greater threat to the children is something from a forgotten past - a beautiful magical treasure with the power to spin time itself

                  Markimdb: 7.5
                  Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, musical, family
                  CountryUnited Kingdom
                  Duration01:53

                  The classic Charles Dickens' Christmas ghost tale told in musical form.

                  Markimdb: 6.6
                  Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:55

                  A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

                  Markimdb: 5.9
                  Genrefantasy, adventure, family
                  CountryPoland

                  After a serious car accident, Lukasz discovers that the blue door in his new room lead to alternate reality.




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