Movies like The Golden Compass
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The Golden Compass (2007)
196K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
fairy tale, epic, visual, visually stunning, aesthetic, dark fantasy, mystical, spiritual, exciting, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
fantasy world, steampunk, magical, journey, witch, alternate reality, orphan, parallel world, polar bear, imaginary, adventurer, heroes, parallel universe, coming of age, female protagonist, kidnapping, dog sled, strong female character, chosen one, quest, child protagonist, overheard conversation, atheism, sword and sorcery, animal ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
england, london, oxford university
Keyword:
wizards, reboot, educational film, egyptian
Most similar movies to The Golden Compass
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out cult classic, fairy tale, exciting and stylized films with plots about magic, fantasy world, supernatural, magical, escapades, imaginary and good versus evil mostly in Adventure, Fantasy and Family genres. Some movies like The Golden Compass: Inkheart (2008), The Secret of Moonacre (2008), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), His Dark Materials (2019), Alice in Wonderland (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
visually appealing, captivating, fairy tale, epic, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
fantasy world, imaginary kingdom, dragon, obsessive quest, parallel universe, alternate world, witch, female warrior, christian, wizard, good versus evil, medieval ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
82K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, UK, USA, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
fairy tale, touching, exciting, dark fantasy, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
adventurer, fictional reality, young heroes, imaginary, supernatural, writers, family relations, book, magic, parents and children, father daughter relationship, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 2008, middle ages
Place:
alps, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus ...
Style:
mysterious, dark fantasy, breathtaking, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly, family outing, kids ...
Plot:
magical, witch, fantasy world, wizards and magicians, wizard, magical creature, curse, harry potter, circus, sorcerer, witchcraft, giant animal ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
paris france, london, france, new york, alps ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hungary, UK, France, Australia, USA, New Zealand
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, sentimental, captivating, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, young heroes, orphan, imaginary, teenage life, family relations, youth, curses spells and rituals, magic spell, estate, rivalry, heroes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the ...
Style:
fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, epic, scenic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
fantasy world, witch, good versus evil, legends and myths, magic, magical, medieval, imaginary kingdom, parallel world, winter, sword fight, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, year 2005, future, year 1940, 20th century
Place:
antarctic, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.
Style:
fairy tale, colorful, light, entertaining, visually appealing ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, date night, chick flick ...
Plot:
witch, magic, imaginary kingdom, wizard of oz, good versus evil, circus, wizards and magicians, magic trick, prophecy, medieval, transformation, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2013, 1900s
Place:
kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous ...
Style:
dark fantasy, epic, scenic, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
magic, harry potter, witch, magical, boarding school, wizard, wizards and magicians, bravery, chosen one, school, young heroes, supernatural ability ...
Time:
year 2010, year 1997, year 1998, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black – and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help.
Style:
gothic, fairy tale, dark fantasy, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
harry potter, magic, witch, magical, fantasy world, wizard, witchcraft, time travel, werewolf, teenager, friendship, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, year 1993 ...
Place:
europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, UK, Australia, Germany, Guatemala, New Zealand
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a young prince whose life has been threatened by the evil King Miraz. Now, with the help of a colorful ...
Style:
fairy tale, epic, feel good, saga, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
fantasy world, sword fight, witch, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, queen, prince, talking animal, centaur, sibling relationship, parallel world, animal ...
Time:
1940s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
london
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children, and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious ...
Style:
atmospheric, enigmatic, suspense, exciting, sad ...
Audience:
teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
travel, magic, prophecy, friendship, children, child protagonist, steampunk, journey, parallel universe, conspiracy, coming of age, church ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
england, london, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Ignoring threats to his life, Harry returns to Hogwarts to investigate – aided by Ron and Hermione – a mysterious series of attacks.
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, dark fantasy, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, harry potter, witch, magical, boarding school, fantasy world, creature, wizard, teacher, supernatural, youth, chosen one ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 2002, year 1992, year 1993 ...
Place:
london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
dark fantasy, fairy tale, entertaining, gothic, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
time travel, magic, fantasy world, time loop, children, monster, imaginary, youth, orphan, beautiful scenery, supernatural power, witch ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1943, year 2016, 2010s, 1940s ...
Place:
england, wales, europe, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
As Harry begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as 'Property of the Half-Blood Prince', and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, entertaining, saga ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
harry potter, witch, magic, magical, school, good versus evil, witchcraft, chosen one, wizards and magicians, young heroes, boarding school, boarding school life ...
Time:
year 2009, year 1997, year 1996, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a ...
Style:
offbeat, fairy tale, atmospheric, gothic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
children, orphan, death in the family, steampunk, danger, siblings relations, child in peril, book, happy ending, young heroes, child, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2004, victorian era, 1940s
Place:
peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Italy, Canada, Japan, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting ...
Style:
fairy tale, atmospheric, surreal, gothic, visually appealing ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
fantasy world, magic, escape from reality, magical, imaginary kingdom, transformation, teenage girl, dream, cat, imaginary, alice in wonderland, good versus evil ...
Time:
19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 1870s ...
Place:
cornwall, england, london, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 171 min.
TV show
Story:
Four kids travel to the magical land of Narnia where they must battle an evil queen with the direction of the Lion, Aslan.
Style:
serious, exciting, offbeat, mystical, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
parallel world, young heroes, narnia, imaginary kingdom, coronation, alternate dimension, medieval, good versus evil, heroes, bet, heroic mission, danger ...
Time:
1900s
Place:
britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, atmospheric, sad, epic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
magic, magical, witch, supernatural, sorcerer, imaginary, chosen one, dragon, wizards and magicians, friendship, harry potter, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, year 1997, 20th century, year 1998 ...
Place:
london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, intense, scenic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
magic, witch, good versus evil, snow white, princess, fantasy world, heroine, evil queen, sorceress, immortality, queen, imaginary kingdom ...
Time:
year 2012, middle ages, 2010s, medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, scary, semi serious, visual ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
magical creature, fantasy world, magical, fairy, children, imaginary, magic, siblings relations, family relations, estate, parent child relationship, supernatural ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, light, surreal, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, family outing, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
dragon, magic, fantasy world, imagination, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, book, bookstore, child protagonist, school, evil force, boy ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s, future, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Harry starts his fourth year at Hogwarts, competes in the treacherous Triwizard Tournament and faces the evil Lord Voldemort. Ron and Hermione help Harry manage the pressure – but Voldemort lurks, awaiting his chance to destroy Harry and all that ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, atmospheric, saga ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
magic, magical, witch, harry potter, boarding school, friendship, dragon, teenager, wizard, good versus evil, school, chosen one ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, year 1995, year 1994, 20th century ...
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, touching, teen ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
harry potter, magic, wizard, witch, friendship, fantasy world, magical, boarding school, chosen one, youth, children, school ...
Time:
year 2001, 80s, year 1991, year 1981, 20th century ...
Place:
england, europe, london, yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
80K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, exciting, captivating, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
childhood, pirate, fantasy world, fairy, children, boy, magic, teenager, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, friendship, youth ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, year 2003, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
fictional island, london, europe, big ben london, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
284K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, feel good, light, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, chick flick, kids, teens ...
Plot:
witch, magic, true love, magical, fantasy world, love and romance, imaginary kingdom, fall in love, chase, sword fight, witchcraft, imaginary ...
Time:
19th century, 2000s, year 2007, future, 50s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must master his new found skills in order to prevent a war between the Gods that could devastate ...
Style:
exciting, epic, entertaining, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
mythology, greek mythology, supernatural, legends and myths, good versus evil, demi god, monster, teenage life, centaur, greek god, young heroes, half breed ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
empire state building manhattan new york city, las vegas, tennessee, ancient greece, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 417 min.
TV show
Story:
Two centuries after Snow White and Cinderella had their adventures, the Nine Kingdoms ready themselves for the coronation of Prince Wendel, Snow White's grandson, to the throne of the Fourth Kingdom. But an evil once-queen has freed herself ...
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, scenic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
magical, magic, good versus evil, fairy, journey, imaginary kingdom, fantasy world, friendship, imaginary, supernatural, parallel universe, supernatural ability ...
Place:
usa, virginia, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students – ...
Style:
exciting, saga, scenic, tense, teen ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
witch, magic, magical, harry potter, teenager, school, creature, boarding school, chosen one, wizards and magicians, supernatural ability, young heroes ...
Time:
year 2007, year 1995, year 1996, 20th century, year 1994 ...
Place:
london, england, europe, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA, Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
stylized, touching, dark fantasy, light, talky ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
childhood, creature, mischievous children, imaginary kingdom, fantasy world, imagination, loneliness, island, children, coming of age, youth, anger ...
Time:
year 2009, 90s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and ...
Style:
touching, visually appealing, visual, fairy tale, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
steampunk, orphan, filmmaking, magical, boy, street kid, friendship, robot, childhood, train crash, child, secret ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, post world war one, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
paris france, france, iran, madagascar, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
Style:
exciting, teen, breathtaking, psychotronic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, obsessive quest, fantasy world, imaginary, lost world, adventurer, mysterious place, twists and turns, expedition, cave, danger, rescue ...
Time:
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Place:
iceland, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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