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): Alice Through the Looking Glass, A Wrinkle in Time, Looper, Warcraft, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, MirrorMask, Return to Halloweentown, The Island at the Top of the World, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Excalibur.

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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: 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.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
CountryUSA, China
Duration01:58

In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

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: 6.1
    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: 6.8
    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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 5.7
    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: 5.1
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, adventure, family
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration01:51

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

    Markimdb: 5.9
    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: 7.4
    Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, short
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Zambia
    Duration00:23

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

    Markimdb: 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, 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: 6.8
      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: 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: 6.1
        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: 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: 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.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genredrama, adventure, family
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration01:20

        The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family, crime
        CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
        Duration01:40

        With all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases and a wisecracking new handler, Derek (Anthony Anderson), Cody has to retrieve the device before the world's leaders fall under the evil control of a diabolical villain.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:38

        When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrefantasy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
        CountryUSA, India
        Duration01:28

        Dorothy wakes up in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man and Glinda from a devious new villain, the Jester. Wiser the owl, Marshal Mallow, China Princess and Tugg the tugboat join Dorothy on her latest magical journey through the colorful landscape of Oz to restore order and happiness to Emerald City.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA, New Zealand
        Duration01:53

        In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
        CountryUSA

        As two teen prodigies try to master the art of time travel, a tragic police shooting sends them on a series of dangerous trips to the past.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:52

        A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray's obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged life into a living hell.

        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: 5.7
          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: 6.1
          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: 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: 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, 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: 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: 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!

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