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Movies like Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
4 films to watch after Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.
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 learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
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1The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Fit 60%Shares Adventure and Fantasy with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
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.
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2The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Fit 53%Shares Adventure and Fantasy with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
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3The Black Cauldron (1985)
Fit 46%Shares Adventure and Fantasy with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
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4The School for Good and Evil (2022)
Fit 36%Shares Fantasy and Adventure with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil.
