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10 Best Movies Like Where the Wild Things Are

If you loved Where the Wild Things Are, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Wish Upon a Unicorn

Wish Upon a Unicorn

2020★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Where the Wild Things Are for fans of Fantasy & Adventure & Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Two children discover that their mother is gone. The youngest of the pair, adventurer and upcomming singer, Long Johnson forces his older sister, Lily Johnson, to hunt down a unico...

#2
Nico the Unicorn

Nico the Unicorn

1998★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Where the Wild Things Are for fans of Fantasy & Adventure & Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

As an 11-year-old boy struggles to cope with a disability, he finds a pony who gives birth to a unicorn which he takes care of....

#3
Inkheart

Inkheart

2008★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Where the Wild Things Are for fans of Fantasy & Adventure & Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative....

#4
The Legend of Ochi

The Legend of Ochi

2025★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Where the Wild Things Are for fans of Fantasy & Adventure & Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi ha...

#5
Four Kids and It

Four Kids and It

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Where the Wild Things Are for fans of Fantasy & Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes....

#6
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

2016★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Where the Wild Things Are for fans of Fantasy & Drama & Adventure & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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....

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