Movies like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
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 648K
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
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, dark fantasy, fairy tale, entertaining, atmospheric, exciting, stylized, serious, visually appealing, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens, teen fantasy
Plot: magic, harry potter, witch, fantasy world, time travel, magical, witchcraft, friendship, good versus evil, werewolf, school, wizards, wizards and magicians, chosen one, young heroes, supernatural, supernatural ability, boarding school life, boarding school, magic spell, twists and turns, teenage boy, teenager, teenage girl, rat ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1993, 21st century, contemporary, 1990s
Place: europe, england

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Most similar movies to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fairy tale, exciting, dark fantasy and entertaining films with plots about magic, teenager, good versus evil, fantasy world, supernatural, witch and wizards mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), The Golden Compass (2007), Maleficent (2014), Stardust (2007), Bridge to Terabithia (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
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: exciting, fairy tale, dark fantasy, entertaining, scenic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot: magic, harry potter, witch, witchcraft, wizards, magical, school, chosen one, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, young heroes, supernatural ability ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, year 1996, 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
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100%
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
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, sad ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: magic, dragon, magical, boarding school, friendship, harry potter, chosen one, school, wizards, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, witch ...
Time: year 1995, 90s, 20th century, year 1994, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
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, suspenseful, fairy tale ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot: magic, harry potter, witch, magical, wizards, boarding school, wizards and magicians, chosen one, bravery, young heroes, friendship, supernatural ability ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, year 1998, 21st century
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
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, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, chick flick ...
Plot: magic, harry potter, fantasy world, friendship, witch, chosen one, magical, ghost, school, youth, wizards, boarding school ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century, year 1981, year 1991 ...
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
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: entertaining, exciting, fairy tale, scenic, dark fantasy ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: magic, harry potter, witch, fantasy world, boarding school, wizards, magical, creature, teacher, supernatural, chosen one, youth ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1992, year 1993, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
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, scenic, tense, entertaining, fairy tale ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens, chick flick ...
Plot: magic, witch, magical, harry potter, school, wizards, chosen one, wizards and magicians, supernatural, boarding school, best friends, supernatural ability ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, year 1994, year 1996, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
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, atmospheric, entertaining, sad, stylized ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot: magic, supernatural, magical, teenager, friendship, chosen one, witch, wizards and magicians, wizards, good versus evil, artifact, magic wand ...
Time: year 2017, 90s, near future, year 1997, year 1998 ...
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
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, scary, semi serious, humorous, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: fantasy world, magical creature, fairy, magical, siblings relations, magic, family relations, children, estate, imaginary kingdom, twins, supernatural ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: fairy tale, exciting, dark fantasy, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, chick flick
Plot: magic, witch, fantasy world, wizards, friendship, magical creature, good versus evil, magic wand, chase, sorcerer, teleportation, magician ...
Time: 1920s
Place: new york, england, arizona, london, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
The Golden Compass (2007)
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: epic, fairy tale, exciting, dark fantasy, aesthetic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot: fantasy world, journey, steampunk, alternate reality, orphan, magical, parallel world, polar bear, wizards, best friends, witch, magic ...
Place: england, london, oxford university
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 383K
Maleficent (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic 'Sleeping Beauty'. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading ...
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, captivating, visually appealing ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: witch, fantasy world, disney, princess, fairy, wizards and magicians, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, magical creature, transformation, magical, villain ...
Time: 14th century, middle ages
Place: france, scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
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, humorous, epic, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: mythology, greek mythology, monster, legends and myths, teenage life, good versus evil, centaur, teenager, demi god, supernatural, young heroes, heroes ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, empire state building manhattan new york city, tennessee, ancient greece, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
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, entertaining, fairy tale, exciting, gothic ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot: time travel, magic, fantasy world, time loop, monster, children, youth, orphan, beautiful scenery, supernatural power, wizards, boarding school ...
Time: year 1943, victorian era, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place: england, wales, europe, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
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, kids, chick flick, family outing
Plot: wizards, wizards and magicians, magical, fantasy world, witch, magic, curse, magical creature, teacher, circus, harry potter, giant animal ...
Time: 1920s
Place: paris france, france, london, austria, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 7.6
 276K
Stardust (2007)
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, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing, date night, kids, teens, chick flick ...
Plot: witch, magic, true love, love and romance, imaginary kingdom, fall in love, magical, pirate, chase, sword fight, fantasy world, supernatural ...
Time: 19th century, future, 50s, victorian era, 1850s ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
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, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: fantasy world, witch, magic, good versus evil, legends and myths, talking animals, imaginary kingdom, parallel world, magical, winter, heroes, children ...
Time: 1940s, future, year 1940, 20th century
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Genre: Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
Style: epic, breathtaking, captivating, exciting, scenic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, chick flick
Plot: fantasy world, sword fight, dragon, sword and sorcery, ancient, wizards and magicians, wizards, creature, imaginary kingdom, magical, elf, mythology ...
Time: future, 2010s, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and ...
Style: emotional, sad, touching, tear jerker, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: friendship, childhood, imagination, escape from reality, classmate, loneliness, magical, friends, fantasy world, school, children, teenage girl ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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 50K
The Covenant (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 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.
Style: gothic, atmospheric, fairy tale, sexy, exciting ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: supernatural, teenager, good versus evil, friendship between men, magic, wizards and magicians, rivalry, youth, supernatural ability, chase, curses spells and rituals, high school ...
Time: 17th century, 21st century
Place: massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 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.
Style: exciting, fairy tale, epic, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: mythology, youth, monster, fantasy world, friendship, heroic mission, young heroes, greek mythology, legends and myths, superhuman powers, friends, artifact ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, ancient greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
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, entertaining, scenic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: fantasy world, imaginary kingdom, obsessive quest, parallel universe, magic, wizards, witch, female warrior, dragon, alternate world, lion, talking animals ...
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, UK
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, entertaining, saga ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot: fantasy world, talking animals, sword fight, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, queen, witch, prince, centaur, wizards, parallel world, lion ...
Time: 1940s, 21st century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 141K
Labyrinth (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah - a teenager with an active imagination - summons the Goblins from her favourite book, "Labyrinth", to take the baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, ...
Style: gothic, fairy tale, humorous, surreal, stylized ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen fantasy ...
Plot: surrealism, good versus evil, puppet, fantasy world, friendship, rescue, heroes, maze, beast, imaginary kingdom, female protagonist, hopes ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Worst Witch (2017)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Join Mildred Hubble in CBBC's adaptation of The Worst Witch books, written by Jill Murphy.
Style: entertaining, humorous, feel good, light, captivating
Audience: kids, family outing, teen fantasy
Plot: witch, friendship, magical power, witchcraft, magic, bully, teenager, wizards and magicians, girl, school, female friendship, teenage girl ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Old-school magic meets the modern world when young Alex stumbles upon the mythical sword Excalibur. He soon unites his friends and enemies, and they become knights who join forces with the legendary wizard Merlin. Together, they must save mankind ...
Style: fairy tale, exciting, captivating, semi serious, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot: schoolboy, excalibur, teenage protagonist, medieval, magic, friends, magician, eclipse, boy hero, destiny, chivalry, coming of age ...
Time: middle ages, future
Place: britain, london, cornwall
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Witches Don't Exist (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story: On her 13th birthday Katie, a talented young girl, receives a magical amulet. This amulet was on a quest to find the fifth and last witch to complete the order of the star witches. Because in it's incomplete form, the order is unable to protect ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, captivating
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: witch, magic, amulet, good versus evil, young heroes, supernatural, wizards and magicians, rivalry, best friends, escapades, youth, fantasy world ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In the sequel to Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland", Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, entertaining, surreal, psychotronic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick
Plot: fantasy world, time travel, magic, talking dog, time, time loop, queen, imagination, good versus evil, alternate reality, sister sister relationship, wonderland ...
Time: victorian era, 1870s, 19th century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, though he's unaware of the dangers that lie ...
Style: fairy tale, breathtaking, mysterious, exciting, dark fantasy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: wizards, fantasy world, magic, magical, hereditary gift of witchcraft, magical creature, magic wand, castle, fascist, wizards and magicians, lgbt, good versus evil ...
Time: year 1939, year 1932, 1930s
Place: berlin germany, new york, rio de janeiro, germany, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: exciting, atmospheric, dark fantasy, sexy, fairy tale ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot: supernatural, vampire, magic, angel, werewolf, good versus evil, supernatural romance, chosen one, supernatural ability, teenage love, youth, uncover truth ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, gothic, entertaining, dark ...
Audience: family outing, adult
Plot: supernatural, medieval, magic, fantasy world, wizards, curses spells and rituals, witch, brothers, evil queen, creativity, fairy, legends and myths ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, regency period, 1790s, 1810s
Place: europe, hamburg germany, frankfurt germany, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%