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Movies that feel likeThe Boy and the Beast (2015)

Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.

If you loved The Boy and the Beast, the closest films we have are Long Way North (2015), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) and Boy & the World (2014). All three share The Boy and the Beast's epic and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Red Turtle (2016).

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Long Way North
2015 · dir. Rémi Chayé
🍅 98%★ 7.2adventure · animation · dramaPrime Video

Common ground: growing up

The difference: Trades the momentum of The Boy and the Beast for an angle of its own

In 1892 Saint Petersburg, when her explorer grandfather's failure to return from his latest expedition brings dishonour to her aristocratic family, a resilient teenager runs away to follow in his trail in search of his famed ship.

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How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014 · dir. Dean DeBlois
🍅 92%★ 7.8fantasy · action · adventureParamount+

Both are built on the same subject: parents and children

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than The Boy and the Beast does

Five years after uniting the dragons and Vikings of Berk, Hiccup and Toothless soar beyond their homeland, charting the vast unknown. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons—and a mysterious dragon rider with a startling connection to Hiccup. And as the ruthless conqueror Drago Bludvist rises to seize control of both dragons and people alike, Hiccup must step into his role as a true leader and, alongside his friends and Toothless, protect Berk from a devastating war.

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Boy & the World
2014 · dir. Alê Abreu
🍅 93%★ 7.5animation · fantasy · adventure

The same preoccupation in both: growing up

The difference: Easier on the momentum than The Boy and the Beast

Suffering because of his father's departure to the big city, a boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic world dominated by bug-engines and strange beings. An unusual animation with various artistic techniques that portrays the issues of the modern world through the eyes of a child.

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The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · dir. Mark Waters
🍅 81%★ 6.5family · adventure · fantasyParamount+Peacock

One thread runs through both: parents and children

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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How to Train Your Dragon
2025 · dir. Dean DeBlois
🍅 78%★ 7.7fantasy · family · actionNetflix

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.

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The Florida Project
2017 · dir. Sean Baker
🍅 96%★ 7.6drama

Both land stillness and warmth at once

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

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Jack the Giant Slayer
2013 · dir. Bryan Singer
🍅 52%★ 6.3fantasy · action · adventure

The same mix in both: dream logic, then wistfulness

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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 lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.

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Pan
2015 · dir. Joe Wright
🍅 27%★ 5.7fantasy · adventure · familyMax

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard. Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.

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Mommy
2014 · dir. Xavier Dolan
🍅 89%★ 8drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.

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Wolf Children
2012 · dir. Mamoru Hosoda
🍅 95%★ 8.1animation · family · dramaMax

Mamoru Hosoda working the same nerve twice

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.

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The Red Turtle
2016 · dir. Michael Dudok de Wit
🍅 93%★ 7.5animation · drama · fantasy

Both lean on warmth more than on animation

The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.

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Chernobyl: Abyss
2021 · dir. Danila Kozlovsky
★ 5.2drama · history · actionPrime Video

Epic adventure in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to history than The Boy and the Beast does

The aftermath of a shocking explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station made hundreds of people sacrifice their lives to clean up the site of the catastrophe and to successfully prevent an even bigger disaster that could have turned a large part of the European continent into an uninhabitable exclusion zone. This is their story.

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