20 best movies like The Witches (1990)


List of the best movies like The Witches (1990): Return to Halloweentown, The Brothers Grimm, Seventh Son, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Inkheart, The Dragon Pearl, The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex.

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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: 5.9
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: 5.5
    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: 6.7
    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: 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: 6.1
      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: 4.7
      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: 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: 6.1
      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: 6.3
      Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:00

      The Russo family and friends are headed to Tuscany, Italy, to meet their long lost relatives... but when Alex tries to prove she's more than a seemingly carefree young Wizard, she inadvertently conjures a spell that creates a Good Alex and an Evil Alex. When Evil Alex gets roped into a charming young wizard's foreboding plan to take over the world, Good Alex must find a way to save her family and humankind, which leads to a monumental battle between the two versions of herself - all atop the Tower of Pisa.

      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: 5.3
      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: 6.2
      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: 6.6
      Genrefantasy, comedy, family, detective
      CountryNetherlands
      Duration01:30

      Little Ben, a great admirer of an illusionist, dreams of making magic, and convinces her father to have his own show. The downside is that the parent is quite clumsy and accidentally makes Ben"s partner dissapear. And the police does not much believe in the magic ...

      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: 6.8
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:22

      The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see Granny Wendy in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland, could lead to a chance at redemption, in this family-oriented fantasy from director Steven Spielberg.

      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: 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: 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: 5.5
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

        Rose, a rebellious half-vampire/half-human guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa -- a mortal, royal vampire Princess - have been on the run when they are captured and returned to St. Vladamirs Academy, the very place where they believe their lives may be in most jeopardy. Rose will sacrifice everything to protect Lissa from those who intend to exploit her from within the Academy walls and the Strigoi (immortal, evil vampires) who hunt her kind from outside its sanctuary.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, family, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:28

        Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner, Sara get a call one night from mansion owner, Edward Gracey wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion a butler takes them to dine with Gracey. Gracey takes one look at Sara and he thinks she's his lost lover.

        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: 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: 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: 6.1
          Genrehorror, action, fantasy, adventure
          CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, France
          Duration01:44

            A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:48

            Supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket and blue jeans.

            Markimdb: 5.9
            Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, family
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration01:23

            A Californian family inherits a castle in Romania. This is especially exciting to the son, who is obsessed with monsters. And he is not disappointed.

            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: 4.8
            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: 7.6
            Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:07

            In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrefantasy, musical, adventure, family
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

            A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.

            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: 6.2
            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: 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: 6.1
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:32

            A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective
            CountryChina, USA, India, Nepal, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Iceland
            Duration01:19

            Chinese archeology professor Jack teams up with beautiful Indian professor Ashmita and assistant Kyra to locate lost Magadha treasure. In a Tibetan ice cave, they find the remains of the royal army that had vanished together with the treasure, only to be ambushed by Randall, the descendent of a rebel army leader. When they free themselves, their next stop is Dubai where a diamond from the ice cave is to be auctioned. After a series of double-crosses and revelations about their past, Jack and his team travel to a mountain temple in India, using the diamond as a key to unlock the real treasure.

            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: 6.3
            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: 2.7
            Genrehorror, fantasy, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:29

            The beautiful Aurora is cursed into everlasting sleep by an evil witch for a crime she didn't commit. The brave Commander of the Guard, William, embarks on a quest inspired by both love and loyalty to free the doomed princess. He travels into the dark forest where he encounters a friendly elf that helps him on his quest, a dangerous wizard with no love for royalty or evil, a deadly assassin, and a ravenous creature that preys on human flesh before the final confrontation that will determine Aurora's fate.

            Markimdb: 5.5
            Genrefantasy, adventure, family
            CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
            Duration01:29

            A Psammead is 'It', an ancient, irritable, ugly sand fairy, which five children find one day in a gravel pit. As a reward for finding him, It grants the children one wish a day, the results of which will last until sunset.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
            CountryUnited Kingdom, South Africa
            Duration01:27

            Family adventure based on Mary Norton's classic children's books about a race of tiny people who live under the floorboards, resourcefully surviving by borrowing bits and pieces from the large residents who dwell above. After being discovered by 'human beans', borrower Arrietty and her parents are forced to leave their home while attempting to evade the clutches of obsessive scientist Professor Mildeye.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
            CountryFrance, Italy, Germany
            Duration01:50

            Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans.

            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: 7.4
            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: 5.3
            Genrefantasy, comedy, family
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:29

            Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.

            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
              Genrefantasy, adventure, family
              CountryNetherlands
              Duration01:40

              Seven-year-old Johannes Blom gets blown away when he discovers a little man in the kitchen cupboard, hidden behind the peanut butter jar. He’s even more astonished when he realizes that this little man, ‘Wiplala’, has magical powers. When Wiplala accidentally transforms the Blom family to little people, the adventure begins. Will they ever go back to normal-sized people?

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
              CountryUSA, Italy
              Duration02:01

              Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.

              Markimdb: 3.3
              Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:22

              A sweet-natured Italian waiter named Pistachio Disguisey at his father Fabbrizio's restaurant, who happens to be a member of a family with supernatural skills of disguise. But moments later the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped Fabbrizio's former arch-enemy, Devlin Bowman, a criminal mastermind in an attempt to steal the world's most precious treasures from around the world. And it's up to Pistachio to track down Bowman and save his family before Bowman kills them!




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