Movies like Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus (1993) is a fantasy movie directed by Kenny Ortega. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
★ 6.7 · 354 votes · Fantasy, Family, Comedy
A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch.
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2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
★ 7.9 · 30,412 votes · Adventure, Fantasy
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
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3. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
★ 7.3 · 20,077 votes · Fantasy, Adventure
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
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4. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
★ 7.1 · 11,841 votes · Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.
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5. The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
★ 6.7 · 2,969 votes · Family, Adventure, Fantasy
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.
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6. Casper (1995)
★ 6.4 · 5,083 votes · Fantasy, Comedy, Family
Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.
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7. Halloweentown (1998)
★ 6.8 · 626 votes · Family, Fantasy, Comedy
On her 13th birthday, Marnie learns she's a witch, discovers a secret portal, and is transported to Halloweentown — a magical place where ghosts and ghouls, witches and werewolves live apart from the human world. But she soon finds herself battling wicked warlocks, evil curses, and endless surprises.
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8. The Little Vampire (2000)
★ 7.0 · 485 votes · Family, Adventure, Comedy
Based on the popular books, the story tells of Tony who wants a friend to add some adventure to his life. What he gets is Rudolph, a vampire kid with a good appetite. The two end up inseparable, but their fun is cut short when all the hopes of the vampire race could be gone forever in single night. With Tony's access to the daytime world, he helps them to find what they've always wanted.
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