20 best movies like The Island at the Top of the World (1974)

List of the best movies like The Island at the Top of the World (1974): The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising, A Knight in Camelot, The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Time Machine, The Jungle Book, The Dragon Pearl, Flight of the Navigator, Underdog, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

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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: 4.7
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

Yet another variation on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee At King Arthur's Court." Here, a computer malfunction causes a science researcher to be sent back in time with her laptop, which she uses to amaze the court.

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: 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: 7.5
Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 5.1
Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:29

A huge burrowing machine tunnels out of control at ferocious speed, cutting clean through to the center of the earth, to the twilight world of pellucidar. Once there, Dr. Perry and David Innes are threatened by half human creatures, lizard-like birds, and man-eating plants.

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: 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: 4.9
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, Australia

      Fourteen year old Nim, more determined than ever to protect her island and all the wildlife that call it home, faces off against resort developers and animal poachers. Soon she realizes she can’t depend on her animal cohorts alone and must make her first human friend – Edmund, who’s run away to the island from the mainland – to save her home.

      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: 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: 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: 5.2
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:10

      The prospects for continuing life on Earth in the year 2058 are grim. So the Robinsons are launched into space to colonize Alpha Prime, the only other inhabitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the mission, the Robinsons find themselves hurtling through uncharted space.

      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: 3.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      The Most Dangerous Game formula gets a monstrous twist as the mythical Hydra turns the tables on a group of wealthy human-hunters. Kidnapped along with three ex-convicts, former Marine Tim Nolan is transported to a deserted island where the super rich pay a fortune to hunt human prey. But this island isn't exactly deserted; it's actually home to Hydra the Beast!

      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: 6.5
      Genrefantasy, adventure, family
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to India, but in a storm he's washed off the ship and ends up on an island, which is inhibitated by very tiny people. After he managed to convince them he's harmless and is accepted as one of their citizens, their king wants to use him in war against a people of giants. Compared to them, even Gulliver is a gnome.

      Markimdb: 3.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure, family
      CountryUSA

      A dormant volcano deep with the Turkish forest holds within it a deadly secret. Perfectly preserved, a nest of pterodactyl eggs are ready to hatch...

      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: 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: 5.4
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:26

      A group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrefantasy, musical, adventure, family
      CountryUSA

      Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home

      Markimdb: 3.3
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      In a planet where humans must scavenge the post-apocalyptic barren wasteland, Hirokin – a reluctant warrior with a dark past – sets off on mission to fulfill his destiny. Having fought to the death to save his wife and son from the planets evil dictator – Griffin – and his elite army of hunters, the lone warrior is left for dead in the vast desert. Armed with his samurai blade, Hirokin is forced to choose between avenging the murder of his family and fighting for the freedom his people. In a twist of fate and with a small rebellion by his side Hirokin s vision finally becomes clear.

      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: 4.7
      Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      A story from the life in the beginning of XX century based on the theater play by Maxim Gorky.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure, family
      CountryUSA

      In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.

      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: 6.4
      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: 5.3
      Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      Emperor Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make Marge his before blowing up the Earth. The Emperor and other inhabitants of his planet are somewhat less than bright, and Dick begins reliving episodes of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in order to rescue Marge, save the Earth, and restore the rightful emperor to the throne.

      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: 4.1
      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: 6.5
      Genreadventure, family
      CountryNorway, Sweden, USA
      Duration01:32

      A young Norwegian boy in 1850s England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his shipmates are actually pirates.

      Markimdb: 3.3
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Bulgaria
      Duration01:28

      It is 2020 and the impending apocalypse is inevitable. Due to a rapidly growing Black Hole headed straight for the sun, Earth begins to fall into darkness, waves rise above Los Angeles, Paris is rocked by extreme earthquakes and Japan is crumbling. Governments around the world race to build massive space arks for the lucky few who will escape Earth's tragic fate, though billions of people will be left behind. At the same time in the ruins of a Mayan temple a solution is discovered: 12 ancient skulls, that when brought together can stop the destruction. A team of scientists set out to find the hidden skulls and rescue mankind from imminent destruction.

      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: 5.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective
      CountryUSA, Australia, Canada
      Duration01:33

      When Mystery, Inc. are guests of honor at the grand opening of the Coolsville Museum of Criminology, a masked villain shows up and creates havoc before stealing the costumes of the gang's most notorious villains...Could it be that their nemesis, mad scientist Jonathan Jacobo has returned and is trying to recreate their deadliest foes?

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrefantastic, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:42

      Slipstream is a 1989 post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure film. The plot has an emphasis on aviation and contains many common science-fiction themes, such as taking place in a dystopian future in which the landscape of the Earth itself has been changed and is windswept by storms of great power. There are also numerous sub-plots, such as free will and humanity amongst artificial intelligence.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, family
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration03:06

      Dr. Gulliver has returned from his journey to his family after a long absence - and tells them the story of his travels.

      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: 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: 6.5
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:36

      An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him.

      Markimdb: 3
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure, military
      CountryGermany, Canada, USA, Bulgaria
      Duration01:26

      Hazen Kaine, an American contract killer living in Sofia, Bulgaria, gets more than he bargains for when he enters into a contract with the mob. One last job before he gets out and starts a new life for himself. The targets: the three children of royal billionaire Andon Dupont. Seems simple enough, or so he thought. Hazen apprehends the children, and before he can blink an eye, a simple necklace worn by one of the children sends his life spiraling back to medieval times. Now completely out of his element, Hazen fights for his life as he tries to escape a medieval army and a fierce fire-breathing dragon.

      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: 6.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:22

      When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astronauts Colonel Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome.

      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.




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