Hugo
Where the Wild Things Are
Please add other Adventure/Drama/Family films to this list.
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Harry Potter movies
Jumanji (1995)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
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The story is king.
I loved this movie and I also loved the following:
Legend
Labyrinth
Willow
The Dark Crystal
Stardust (newer than the others, but feels like it's from the same time period).
I am sure there are more, but those are my favorites that give me the same feeling I get when I watch TNS.
All good but since I was older when Stardust came out it doesn't have the same magic.. The others are my all time favorites..
shareIn addition to what was already mentioned:
Explorers
The Goonies
Stand By Me
Return to Oz
The Monster Squad
The Princess Bride
shareSpirited Away
Coraline
so many movies, so little time
Others had my first suggestions so I had to think to come up with others so here's my list:
The Superman movies
Supergirl
The Chronicles Of Narnia movies
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Edward Scissorhands
The Mummy movies
Casper
The Karate Kid movies
Secret Garden
Pete's Dragon
Hook
Jumanji
The Mask Of Zorro
The Legend Of Zorro
Peter Pan (I'm partial to the 2003 version with Jason Isaacs who played Luscius Malfoy in Harry Potter)
Yep I was looking through my movies for these LOL
The granddaddy of 'em all... The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It'll never be topped.
shareSome of these have been mentioned already, but here are similar movies I recommend:
The Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
Mirrormask
Goosebumps
Legend
Willow
Alice (1988)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Jumanji
The Wizard of Oz
Return to Oz
Oz the Great and Powerful
Harry Potter
After Hours