20 movies like Paperhouse, ordered by similarity : Good Boy!(2003), Fairy Tale: A True Story(1997), Meet Joe Black(1998), Inside Out(2015), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark(2010), The Little Vampire(2000), Casper(1995), Making Contact(1985), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(2005), Colossal(2016), Wonder Park(2019), Spirited Away(2001) ...
6.7/10
Fantasy
UK
1988
92 Minutes
Charlotte Burke Ben Cross Glenne Headly Elliott Spiers Gemma Jones Sarah Newbold
young girl father mother young boy friend dark creepy england house dreamworld dreams father/daughter relationship imagination art loneliness childhood pursuit discovery 1980s
A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
5.1/10
Comedy, Fantasy
USA
2003
89 Minutes
Molly Shannon Liam Aiken Kevin Nealon Brittany Moldowan Mikhael Speidel
young boy dog mother father friend leader charming heartwarming engaging amusing house suburbia spaceship sirius earth dogs mission race against time human-animal friendship evil plot
An intergalactic dog pilot from Sirius (the dog star), visits Earth to verify the rumors that dogs have failed to take over the planet.
6.4/10
Kids & Family, Fantasy
UK
1997
99 Minutes
Florence Hoath Elizabeth Earl Paul McGann Phoebe Nicholls Peter O'Toole Harvey Keitel Bill Nighy Bob Peck Tim McInnerny
harry houdini arthur conan doyle mother young girl daughter philosopher lighthearted positive endearing engaging house yorkshire, england meadow laboratory london fairies spirituality beliefs imagination media circus
In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies.
7.2/10
Drama, Romance, Fantasy
USA
1998
180 Minutes
Brad Pitt Anthony Hopkins Claire Forlani Jake Weber Marcia Gay Harden Jeffrey Tambor David S. Howard Lois Kelly-Miller
businessman father daughter mysterious man son-in-law heartwarming powerful engaging new york city world trade center apartment hospital party coffee shop death unusual friendship father/daughter relationship humanity supernatural romance race against time
Death, who takes the form of a young man, asks a media mogul to act as a guide to teach him about life on Earth, and in the process, he falls in love with his guide's daughter.
8.1/10
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
2015
95 Minutes
young girl mother father imaginary friend teacher friend amusing charming emotional san francisco house imaginary world school dining room street emotion moving change adaptation hockey
After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.
5.6/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
USA|Australia|Mexico
2010
99 Minutes
Katie Holmes Guy Pearce Bailee Madison Jack Thompson Garry McDonald Alan Dale Julia Blake
child father girlfriend creature thrilling tense creepy haunted house mansion basement creatures house building haunted houses pursuit escape 2000s
A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend believes that she has released creatures from a sealed ash pit in the basement of her new home.
5.7/10
Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Germany|Netherlands|USA
2000
97 Minutes
Jonathan Lipnicki Richard E. Grant Jim Carter Alice Krige Rollo Weeks John Wood Pamela Gidley Tommy Hinkley Anna Popplewell Dean Cook Elizabeth Berrington
boy vampire vampire hunter best friend father bully amusing heartwarming playful suspenseful scotland school household cliff town unusual friendship evil plot unlikely hero loneliness childhood
A lonely American boy living in Scotland makes a new best friend, a fellow nine year-old who happens to be a vampire.
6.1/10
Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1995
100 Minutes
casper ghost father daughter uncle amusing lighthearted maine mansion haunted house friendship love ghosts father/daughter relationship supernatural haunting growing up discovery 1990s
An afterlife therapist and his daughter meet a friendly young ghost when they move into a crumbling mansion in order to rid the premises of wicked spirits.
4.9/10
Sci-Fi, Fantasy
West Germany
1985
95 Minutes
Joshua Morrell Eva Kryll Jan Zierold Tamy Shields Matthias Kraus
young boy bully best friend dead person puppet father engaging emotional thrilling suspenseful melodramatic shocking house school reviving the dead father/son relationship danger science fiction death of father love
Believing to be able to communicate with his deceased father, a young boy develops psychic powers where he uses them to try to stop supernatural forces threatening his family and friends, especially a possessed ventriloquist dummy.
6.6/10
Fantasy, Kids & Family, Comedy
UK|USA
2005
115 Minutes
Johnny Depp Freddie Highmore David Kelly Helena Bonham Carter Noah Taylor Missi Pyle James Fox Deep Roy Christopher Lee Adam Godley Franziska Troegner
willy wonka oompa loompa young boy young girl grandfather father amusing playful dreamy wonka candy company factory household childhood family virtue inventions candy bad behavior adventure discovery
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
6.2/10
Comedy, Fantasy
Canada|USA|Spain|South Korea
2016
110 Minutes
Anne Hathaway Jason Sudeikis Austin Stowell Tim Blake Nelson Dan Stevens Agam Darshi Rukiya Bernard Christine Lee
woman alcoholic boyfriend childhood friend monster soldier brooding emotional intense bar town seoul, south korea house military base car drinking childhood friends dreams monsters connections
Gloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in New York City and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this phenomenon.
5.9/10
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
Spain|USA
2019
85 Minutes
animal young girl father mother friend neighbor amusing playful touching cheery cheeky imaginary world theme park roller coaster house imagination theme park friendship adventure adventure
Wonder Park tells the story of an amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive.
Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
2001
125 Minutes
daughter boy parent spirit eerie fascinating offbeat heartwarming amusement park bathhouse supernatural realm japan japanese mythology childhood coming of age friendship growing up love discovery 2000s
8.2/10
War, Fantasy, Drama
Mexico|Spain
2006
120 Minutes
Sergi López Maribel Verdú Ivana Baquero Álex Angulo Doug Jones Ariadna Gil Federico Luppi Roger Casamajor Manolo Solo
young girl mother military officer stepfather servant monster dark creative touching forest household spain war fascism rebellion fable death magic discovery escape
In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
7.9/10
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|Germany
2009
126 Minutes
Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Leonard Nimoy Eric Bana Bruce Greenwood Karl Urban Zoe Saldana Simon Pegg John Cho Anton Yelchin Ben Cross
captain kirk spock cadet friend father alien spirited engaging intricate rousing thrilling amusing space earth spaceship starship enterprise alien planet black hole exploration mystery
The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.
Anime, Fantasy
1988
87 Minutes
schoolgirl sister father mother spirit amusing endearing playful japan countryside forest hospital household childhood sisterhood strange happenings environmentalism exploration magical creatures discovery
Two sisters encounter a mythical forest sprite and its woodland companions when they move to rural Japan.
6.7/10
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
2015
89 Minutes
dracula daughter grandson father friend human lighthearted madcap endearing amusing heartwarming hotel transylvania graveyard bedroom dining room tower monsters training father/son relationship
Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel.
7.3/10
Animation, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1942
70 Minutes
child mother father friend girlfriend hunter emotional heartwarming powerful forest wild animals death family love man vs. nature growing up sacrifice 20th century
The story of a young deer growing up in the forest.
7.1/10
Fantasy
USA
1934
78 Minutes
Fredric March Evelyn Venable Guy Standing Katharine Alexander Gail Patrick Helen Westley Kathleen Howard Kent Taylor Henry Travers G.P. Huntley Jr. Otto Hoffman
prince father daughter death dark passionate tender estate italy death forbidden love father/daughter relationship heartbreak sacrifice forbidden love metamorphosis 1930s
The Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.
7.1/10
Fantasy, Comedy, Action, Adventure
USA
2018
118 Minutes
Paul Rudd Evangeline Lilly Michael Douglas Michael Peña Walton Goggins Bobby Cannavale Laurence Fishburne Michelle Pfeiffer Judy Greer Tip "T.I." Harris David Dastmalchian
superhero partner father doctor enemy amusing hilarious thrilling endearing cool confident atlanta laboratory apartment woods van super powers rivalry fighting fatherhood
As Scott Lang balances being both a superhero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.
6.8/10
Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1953
88 Minutes
Peter Lind Hayes Hans Conried Tommy Rettig Mary Healy John Heasley Robert Heasley Noel Cravat Henry Kulky
young boy single mother plumber music teacher uncle amusing quirky outlandish household dreamworld imagination fantasy childhood mother/son relationship song and dance piano adventure escape rescue 1950s
A young boy dreams that he is in an imaginary world where, assisted by his family's plumber, he must save other piano-playing kids like himself from the dungeons of his dictatorial piano teacher who also mind-controls his mother.
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