It is unlikely that one can now find a person who at least once in his life has not heard the story of the "boy who survived." Yes, yes, it’s about a series of films about Harry Potter right now.
A kind, wonderful, magical fantasy universe, on which a whole generation of children has grown. All of them sincerely believed that one day an owl would bring them a letter stating that they were accepted to the school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
But while the owl is still on its way, it will not be superfluous to get acquainted with a list of films similar to Harry Potter.
10. Inkheart | 2008
Film "Inkheart" was released in 2008. He appeared at the box office thanks to a German book of the same name authored by Cornelia Funke.
In the center of the plot is the healer Mortimer, or simply “Mo,” and his little daughter, Meggy. Daughter and father share a common passion for books.
When Mo and Maggie read books together, their amazing gift wakes up - to revive the characters of the books read. But there is one “but.” Instead of a lively character, someone else should take his place in the book, and at some point in time, Maggie's mom becomes that other.
9. Lemony Snicket: 33 misfortunes | 2004
Another similar movie - Lemony Snicket: 33 Misfortunes. What scammers will not do to get a huge sum of money. And the murder, and causing grievous physical injuries to innocent children.
The young orphans of Baudelaire: Violet, Klaus and Sunny, were not lucky - they encountered such a fraudster in the person of the evil Count Olaf.
This villain does not hesitate to go to all sorts of tricks, just to get the inheritance that was left to the children after the mysterious death of their parents. It’ll pretend to be a relative, or some closest friend, or even try to force the children away by force to marry the older Baudelaire.
Fortunately, children are not as simple as they seem, so they can give a fitting rebuff to the evil count.
8. The bridge to Terabithia | 2007
Being a black sheep is incredibly difficult, especially at school. Jess Aarons was convinced of this in his own hard way. He would continue to bear the misunderstanding of his peers if he had not met another black sheep, a girl with a strong and independent character named Leslie.
Teaming up against misunderstanding from classmates, the guys are friends. Near their home, Jess and Leslie find a secret place and turn it into a secret and magical, giving it the name Terabithia, hence the name of the film - "Bridge to Terabithia".
7. Spiderwick: The Chronicles | 2008
Although most people don’t believe this, miracles live right next to people. You just need to carefully look around. Unfortunately, this skill is not available to everyone.
The only good news is that it’s rare, but there are people like Arthur Spiderwick. Arthur was not only able to see miracles and magical creatures, but also described in detail in his book everything that he knew about them.
After a couple of hundred years, Spiderwick’s book will be found by a boy named Jared and will begin to comprehend the world around him in a completely new way.
6. Golden compass | 2007
Film The Golden Compass - This is an amazing story about the adventures of the extraordinary girl Lira Belakva. In the world in which she lives, not everything is so simple and simple. And all because there exist witches, rulers of the North, bears, strong and brave warriors, and much more that is magical and unusual.
Each person also has his own personal animal protector, which are called Daimons.
The life of the girl Lyra proceeded calmly and measuredly: she lived on the streets of Osford and talked with her best friend Roger. But events begin to gain rapid momentum when Lyra, together with her deamon Panteleimon, rescues her uncle from murder. Well, this is just the tip of the iceberg. A large-scale battle is coming. And Lira, along with Panteleimon, will take part in it not the last.
5. Stardust | 2007
True love knows no barriers and is not afraid of anything. But often, to find true love or to understand that a person is narrowed in front of a person, it takes a considerable amount of time and a large supply of strength. This is what the main character of the film has to understand. "Star dust" Tristan.
From his small village he will go on a long journey to get a star falling from the sky for his beloved Victoria.
But Tristan did not even imagine that a fallen star would turn out to be a girl who, more than anything else, dreams of getting home to heaven. Now, in order to achieve the desired, Tristan and Iwein (the name of the star) will have to combine their efforts.
4. Fantastic creatures | 2016-2018
Fans of stories about the adventures of wizards and wizards from the world of "Harry Potter" will certainly rejoice when they begin to watch the movie "Fantastic creatures". Of course, in it there will be no beloved and pleasant to the eye of Harry, Ron and Hermione. But what a pleasant nostalgia!
The plot is still a young and not quite yet experienced wizard-biologist Newt Salamander. He very much loves two things: various magical creatures and fall into different unlucky situations.
By his carelessness, these very magical creatures will be faced by people deprived of magical abilities, and here the most interesting begins.
3. The house of strange children Miss Peregrine | 2016
Another unusual and insanely charming movie "Miss Peregrine's House of Strange Children" from the talented director Tim Burton. The original book, on which the film was shot, is called “The House of Strange Children”, and it appeared thanks to the pen of an American writer before Rensom Riggs.
Young guy Jacob lives with his family in Florida. His childhood was shrouded in strange and surprisingly beautiful stories of his grandfather: about the mysterious island where he once lived and about children with unusual abilities.
As a child, Jacob believed in these tales, but stopped when he grew up. But some mysterious events will force him to reconsider his view of old grandfather's stories.
2. The Chronicles of Narnia | 2005-2010
Could you imagine a little girl named Lucy Pevensi that when she and her brothers and sister play hide and seek and hide in a large closet, she will find not only old fur coats, but also an entrance to another world? To a magical land called Narnia.
This world is inhabited by intelligent animals that can talk, as well as mythical creatures such as satyrs, fauns, griffins and many others.
Quite by chance having met this world, Lucy discovers that he was captured by an evil white sorceress. But it will be even stranger that it is Lucy, together with her brothers Edmund and Peter, as well as Susan's sister, who will save Narnia from the terrible tyrant who plunged this beautiful world into eternal cold.
1. Percy Jackson | 2010-2019
Lovers of ancient Greek myths should definitely get acquainted with such a wonderful character as Percy Jackson.
He is funny, funny, something constantly happens to him. And along the way, he constantly gets acquainted quite closely with quite famous and noteworthy characters of myths of Ancient Greece: the Minotaur Monster, gods (such as Zeus and Hades), Cerberus, Medusa Gorgon and this is just an incomplete list of Percy's new acquaintances. But will it still be ...