Movies like The Water Horse
The Water Horse (2007) is a fantasy movie directed by Jay Russell. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
★ 7.1 · 11,842 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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2. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
★ 7.6 · 14,686 votes · Fantasy, Adventure, Action
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
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3. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
★ 6.9 · 532 votes · Adventure, Fantasy, Family
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
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4. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
★ 6.5 · 2,086 votes · Adventure, Drama, Family
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.
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5. Peter Pan (2003)
★ 7.1 · 2,827 votes · Adventure, Fantasy, Family
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.
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6. The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
★ 6.5 · 720 votes · Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
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7. A Monster Calls (2016)
★ 7.3 · 3,675 votes · Fantasy, Adventure, Family
12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
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8. The Secret Garden (2020)
★ 6.3 · 627 votes · Family, Fantasy, Drama
Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. She meets her sickly cousin, and the two children find a wondrous secret garden lost in the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor.
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9. A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
★ 7.3 · 835 votes · Family, Adventure, Fantasy
An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal pet mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny in this magical and endearing story that proves nothing is impossible…
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