Movies like The NeverEnding Story

If you like "The NeverEnding Story" you are looking for fairy tale, feel good and light movies about / with dragon, magic, fantasy world, imagination, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil and book themes of Adventure, Drama and Family genre shot in West Germany or USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps: 1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below). 2. Look for them in the presented list.
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
 7.3
 156K
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Original name: Die unendliche Geschichte
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 dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, light, surreal, touching, scenic, offbeat, atmospheric, epic, melancholic ...
Audience: family friendly, kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: dragon, magic, fantasy world, imagination, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, book, bookstore, child protagonist, school, evil force, boy, child hero, medieval, danger, oracle, heroic mission, mythology, journey, bully, childhood, father son relationship, giant, gnome, sword and sorcery ...
Time: year 1984, 80s, future, 90s
Keyword: reading, wizards, reboot, retrospective, visit, dreams

Movie in categories

Most similar movies to The NeverEnding Story

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fairy tale, cult classic, stylized and exciting films with plots about magic, fantasy world, magical, good versus evil, imaginary, escapades and imaginary kingdom mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like The NeverEnding Story: The Dark Crystal (1982), Labyrinth (1986), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), Mirrormask (2005), Legend (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
Style: dark fantasy, fairy tale, visual, light, visually appealing ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: puppetry, good versus evil, sword and sorcery, fantasy world, wizard, medieval, race against time, mission, crystal, magic, monster, puppet ...
Time: 90s, year 1982, 1900s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 7.3
 148K
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, offbeat, surreal, cult classic ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: puppet, surrealism, good versus evil, danger, rescue, fantasy world, maze, friendship, castle, beast, imaginary kingdom, female protagonist ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
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%
 6.7
 24K
Mirrormask (2005)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: 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
Style: stylized, surreal, offbeat, visually stunning, mindfuck ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens, date night, teen fantasy, kids ...
Plot: fantasy world, circus, magic, imaginary kingdom, trippy, coming of age, alternate reality, alternate dimension, parallel universe, good versus evil, imaginary, save the kingdom ...
Time: year 2005
Place: brighton, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 6.3
 72K
Legend (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lily and defeat the ...
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, stylized, epic, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot: good versus evil, devil, imaginary kingdom, magic, witch, rescue, princess, medieval, dungeon, sword and sorcery, love, fairy ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
 8.2
 700K
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real ...
Style: fairy tale, surreal, dark fantasy, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience: kids, date night, teen fantasy, adult, teen drama
Plot: monster, mythology, fantasy world, macabre, creature, imagination, magical, legends and myths, good versus evil, maze, young heroes, imaginary ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
 7.2
 129K
Willow (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Fearful of a prophecy stating that a girl child will be born to bring about her downfall, the evil Queen Bavmorda imprisons all pregnant women within the formidable stronghold of Nockmaar. A child, Elora Danan, is born in the Nockmaar dungeons and ...
Style: fairy tale, scenic, exciting, atmospheric, epic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: wizard, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, prophecy, imaginary kingdom, magic, queen, baby, black magic, castle, mother daughter relationship, medieval ...
Time: middle ages, future, 90s, 1900s, 20th century ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.8
 272K
Hook (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, stylized, feel good, inspirational ...
Audience: family friendly, pre-teens, kids, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot: childhood, pirate, kidnapping, magic, children, fairy, good versus evil, father son relationship, rescue, peter pan, fantasy world, destiny ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: fictional island, madagascar, california, new york, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
boy movies
boy
5560
light movies
11020
medieval movies
1866
Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Soviet Union, Norway
Duration: 99 min.
Story: They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the boundaries of space and time. A fantasy about a lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real ...
Style: fairy tale, captivating, light, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: imaginary kingdom, orphan, good versus evil, danger, heroes, supernatural, parallel world, hopes, rivalry, daring rescue, kidnapping, heroic mission ...
Place: ussr, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Princess Bride (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, touching, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, date night, chick flick ...
Plot: revenge, true love, love and romance, sword fight, imaginary kingdom, swashbuckler, friendship, princess, pirate, prince, save the princess, medieval ...
Time: middle ages, 20th century, victorian era, year 1987, 15th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 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.
Style: touching, clever, light, epic, grindhouse ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: native american, friendship, toys, coming of age, toy comes to life, magic, boy, child protagonist, toy soldier, cowboy, childhood, escapades ...
Time: 90s
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, 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 ⇓
86%
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story: Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make ...
Style: epic, atmospheric, scenic, breathtaking, stylized ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, manly, girls' night ...
Plot: sword fight, friendship, fantasy world, wizard, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, mythology, middle earth, magical, river, hobbit ...
Time: year 2001, future, 2000s, prehistory, prehistoric times
Place: new zealand, iran, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once ...
Style: fairy tale, exciting, stylized, enigmatic, captivating ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: giant, magic, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, princess, save the princess, youth, mythology, good versus evil, heroes, legends and myths, sword and sorcery ...
Time: year 2013, middle ages, 2010s
Place: seattle, tower bridge london, london, england
⇓ 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, tear jerker, sad, touching, heartbreaking ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: friendship, childhood, imagination, children, escape from reality, magical, fantasy world, loneliness, classmate, school, imaginary, friends ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 6.7
 30K
Return to Oz (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.
Style: fairy tale, surreal, cult classic, creepy, disturbing ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: witch, magic, princess, robot, stop motion, scarecrow, steampunk, halloween, fantasy world, psychiatry, danger, culture clash ...
Time: 1890s, 19th century, 80s, 1900s
Place: kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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: fairy tale, epic, visual, visually stunning, aesthetic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: fantasy world, steampunk, magical, journey, witch, alternate reality, orphan, parallel world, polar bear, imaginary, adventurer, heroes ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s
Place: england, london, oxford university
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 7.5
 336K
Hugo (2011)
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 ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
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, 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 ⇓
63%
 5.1
 130K
Eragon (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, mythical, serious, epic ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: dragon, chosen one, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, supernatural ability, imaginary, good versus evil, young heroes, fantasy world, legends and myths, danger, sword and sorcery ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Neverending Story III (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia.
Style: feel good, offbeat, fairy tale, action adventure, fantasy adventure ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: magic, bullying, book, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, dragon, sorcery, youth, sword and sorcery, childhood, kids and family, heroes ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 7.2
 10K
Alice (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story: Everything you know about Alice's adventures in Wonderland is about to be turned upside down in this modern-day miniseries event. Stars Kathy Bates, Caterina Scorsone, Matt Frewer, Harry Dean Stanton and Tim Curry.
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, bleak, offbeat ...
Plot: fantasy world, fish out of water, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, imaginary, curses spells and rituals, insanity, alice in wonderland, surrealism, transformation, chase, prejudice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 507 min.
TV show
Story: Return to the world of Thra, where three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis' power and set out to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.
Style: computer animated, atmospheric, colorful, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, preschool
Plot: fantasy world, crystal, resistance, magic, good versus evil, power struggle, puppet, clan, puppetry, emperor, castle, journey ...
Time: 90s, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
mythology movies
1594
journey movies
1737
bully movies
1822
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
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 ⇓
67%
The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Once again, Bastian is transported to the world of Fantasia which he recently managed to save from destruction. However, the land is now being destroyed by an evil sorceress, Xayide, so he must join up with Atreyu and face the Emptiness once more.
Style: fairy tale, stylized, surreal, action adventure, tripping ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: childhood, imaginary kingdom, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, sorcery, youth, destiny, giant, swamp, boy, imagination ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The 10th Kingdom (2000)
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 ⇓
100%
 7.6
 284K
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, 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 ⇓
100%
A Monster Calls (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Spain, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.
Style: touching, dark fantasy, emotional, compassionate, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, teens
Plot: bullying, childhood, monster, loneliness, terminal illness, life & death, imagination, cancer, courage, single mother, boy, nightmare ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.1
 33K
I Kill Giants (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Belgium, Denmark, UK, Sweden, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Sophia, a new high school student, tries to make friends with Barbara, who tells her that “she kills giants,” protecting this way her hometown and its inhabitants, who do not understand her strange behavior.
Style: sad, psychological, atmospheric, rough, heartbreaking ...
Audience: kids
Plot: teenage girl, escape from reality, imagination, giant, school, death of mother, cancer, illness, psychologist, girl, fantasy world, bully ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Brothers Lionheart (1977)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Iceland
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 9-year old Karl Lejon, 'Skorpan' is suffering from tuberculosis and knows that he will die soon. But his older brother Jonathan tries to comfort him by promising that they one day will meet in Nangijala, a magic country beyond the stars. ...
Style: touching, serious, exciting, epic, stylized ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: knight, boy, pagan, religious, magic, social justice, nature, coming of age, nordic, european, sorcery, working class ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, medieval times, middle ages
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie