20 movies like Hugo, ordered by similarity : Walking Out(2017), Beasts of the Southern Wild(2012), The Confirmation(2016), Elephant Boy(1937), Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole(2010), The Secret of Kells(2009), A Monster Calls(2016), Le Grand Voyage(2004), Mary Poppins Returns(2018), August Rush(2007), Race to Space(2001), Third Man on the Mountain(1959) ...
Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
UK|USA|France
2011
126 Minutes
Ben Kingsley Sacha Baron Cohen Asa Butterfield Chloë Grace Moretz Ray Winstone Emily Mortimer Christopher Lee Helen McCrory Michael Stuhlbarg Frances de la Tour Richard Griffiths
orphan uncle georges méliès inspector god-daughter father heartwarming dreamy spectacular train station museum paris toy shop movie set father/son relationship filmmaking imagination loneliness growing up quest
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2017
95 Minutes
Matt Bomer Andrew J. Smith Josh Wiggins Bill Pullman Alex Neustaedter Lily Gladstone Ken White
father son grandfather bear brutal eerie gripping inspiring tense united states montana house woods mountain survival father/son relationship growing up journey adventure discovery
An urban teenager journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father. Father and son struggle to connect, until a brutal encounter in the heart of the wilderness changes everything.
Fantasy, Adventure, Drama
USA
2012
93 Minutes
Quvenzhané Wallis Dwight Henry Levy Easterly Lowell Landes Pamela Harper Gina Montana Nicholas Clark Jovan Hathaway
young girl father alcoholic mother prehistoric creature dreamy emotional striking louisiana family home the bathtub childhood poverty death of father search global warming african-americans growing up quest 2010s
Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2016
101 Minutes
Clive Owen Jaeden Martell Maria Bello Robert Forster Tim Blake Nelson Patton Oswalt Matthew Modine Stephen Tobolowsky
carpenter thief son father family mother charming endearing heartwarming lighthearted moving playful canada small town home father/son relationship fatherhood bonding life lessons growing up
A divorced father and his eight-year-old son are about to spend a somewhat predictable weekend together, nevertheless, when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the search for the thieves will soon turn into a true family bonding.
Adventure, Drama
UK
1937
80 Minutes
Robert Flaherty Sabu Walter Hudd Allan Jeayes W.E. Holloway Bruce Gordon D.J. Williams
young boy father elephant english gentleman driver trainer heartwarming suspenseful uplifting india village jungle road coming of age grief human-animal friendship colonialism search orphans growing up
This black and white movie is based on Rudyard Kipling's "Toomai, of the Elephants", in which a small native lad claims he knows the congregating place of the elephant hordes.
Fantasy, Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
USA|Australia
2010
91 Minutes
owl father son gutsy heartwarming positive orphanage forest family war survival quest growing up rivalry transformation 21st century
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.
Fantasy, Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
France|Belgium|Ireland|Netherlands|USA|Denmark|Brazil|Germany|Austria|Hungary|UK|Japan
2009
78 Minutes
Nora Twomey Paul Young
young boy illuminator uncle monk fairy cat suspenseful dreamy heartwarming monastery countryside fortress river forest scriptorium war religion survival writing good versus evil
A young boy in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids is beckoned to adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives with an ancient book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers.
Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
UK|Spain|USA
2016
108 Minutes
Lewis MacDougall Sigourney Weaver Felicity Jones Toby Kebbell Ben Moor James Melville Oliver Steer Dominic Boyle Jennifer Lim Geraldine Chaplin Liam Neeson
mother son monster grandmother creative emotional rousing spectacular house bedroom countryside cancer grief family ties love imagination adventure escape growing up love
A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mother's terminal illness.
Drama
2004
108 Minutes
Nicolas Cazalé Mohamed Majd Jacky Nercessian Malika Mesrar El Hadaoui François Baroni Krassi Kpacu Ghina Ognianova Kamel Belghazi
teen boy father old woman hitchhiker son positive heartwarming mecca france open road europe middle east border journey father/son relationship male bonding road trip heritage pilgrimage quest
A despotic man (Mohamed Majd) forces his teenage son (Nicolas Cazalé) to drive him across seven countries to visit Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Musical, Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
USA|UK
2018
130 Minutes
Emily Blunt Lin-Manuel Miranda Ben Whishaw Emily Mortimer Pixie Davies Nathanael Saleh Joel Dawson Colin Firth Meryl Streep Julie Walters Dick Van Dyke
bank teller father child nanny sister playful heartwarming spectacular emotional cheeky cheery england house bedroom living room family relationships loss magic adventure
A few decades after her original visit, Mary Poppins, the magical nanny, returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.
Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Kids & Family, Musical
USA|South Korea
2007
113 Minutes
Freddie Highmore Keri Russell Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Terrence Howard Robin Williams William Sadler Leon Thomas III Jamia Simone Nash
orphan homeless person boy cellist mother father touching emotional new york city orphanage abandoned theater street chicago central park search music schemes paternity reunion unlikely friendship
An orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift to try to find his birth parents.
Drama
Germany|USA
2001
104 Minutes
James Woods Annabeth Gish Alex D. Linz William Devane William Atherton Mark Moses Wesley Mann Patrick Richwood T.J. Beacom Craig Borden Barry Corbin
scientist colleague father son chimpanzee nasa director spirited suspenseful tender heartwarming town florida household laboratory office airplane father/son relationship scientific experiments space race mourning
In the 1960s a young woman works at NASA as an animal trainer responsible for the chimpanzee who will go into space.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|UK
1959
107 Minutes
James MacArthur Michael Rennie Janet Munro James Donald Walter Fitzgerald Helen Hayes Herbert Lom Ferdinand Mayne Laurence Naismith Lee Patterson Nora Swinburne
mountain climber mother father son captain teammate inspiring winsome heartwarming swiss alps switzerland village the matterhorn family honor father/son relationship mountain climbing determination dangerous mission quest growing up
A boy attempts to realize his father's dream of climbing an alpine peak known as the Citadel.
Fantasy, Adventure, Drama, History
India
1975
145 Minutes
Bharat Bhushan Ashish Kumar Kanan Kaushal Anita Guha Trilok Kapoor Rajnibala B. M. Vyas Dilip Dutt Rajan Haksar Leela Mishra Lata Arora
god daughter wife goddess young woman father emotional creative intricate heaven india city family home hinduism marriage family honor faith religion indian gods sacrifice
Sathyavati is a great devotee of Santoshi Maa. But when Narada decides to test her devotion, she faces several challenges in her life.
Drama
France|Germany
2008
100 Minutes
Alex Descas Mati Diop Nicole Dogue Grégoire Colin Jean-Christophe Folly Djédjé Apali Eriq Ebouaney Ingrid Caven Stéphane Pocrain Julieth Mars Toussaint Adèle Ado
father daughter widower neighbor train conductor emotional charming touching paris apartment train party bar wedding father/daughter relationship marriage isolation change death growing up
The relationship between a father and daughter is complicated by the arrival of a handsome young man.
Drama
Russia
2003
110 Minutes
Ivan Dobronravov Vladimir Garin Konstantin Lavronenko Natalya Vdovina Galina Petrova Aleksey Suknovalov Lazar Dubovik Elizaveta Aleksandrova Lyubov Kazakova
father son teenager mother emotional dark somber uneasy russia small town car boat island abandonment absence reunion father/son relationship discovery growing up mystery
In the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.
Comedy, Drama
India
2012
Minutes
Sharman Joshi Boman Irani Vidya Balan Satyadeep Misra Deepak Shirke Nilesh Diwekar
young man father son grandfather cricket player emotional gripping engaging heartwarming india house apartment cricket match family relationships family ties father/son relationship grandparent/child relationship chasing dreams adventure love
How the pursuit of an Indian cricket legend's Ferrari makes a young boy's dreams of playing cricket at Lords a reality.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
70 Minutes
Shirley Temple George Murphy Jimmy Durante Phyllis Brooks Edna May Oliver George Barbier Edward Ellis Jane Darwell El Brendel Donald Meek Patricia Wilder
orphan nephew band leader uncle landlady daughter winsome spectacular heartwarming new york city hotel stage courtroom broadway theater orphanage orphans musical performance rags to riches communal living family
An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.
Adventure
USA
1937
117 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Freddie Bartholomew Lionel Barrymore Melvyn Douglas Charley Grapewin Mickey Rooney John Carradine Oscar O'Shea Jack LaRue Walter Kingsford Sam McDaniel
young boy father fisherman captain friend sailor heartwarming uplifting ship boarding school gloucester, mass. ocean liner troubled youth accident sailors father/son relationship growing up transformation 1890s
A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2010
94 Minutes
Denzel Washington Chris Pine Rosario Dawson Kevin Dunn Ethan Suplee Kevin Corrigan Jessy Schram Jeff Wincott Elizabeth Mathis Lew Temple Meagan Tandy
engineer conductor safety inspector yardmaster father daughter tense thrilling emotional intense suspenseful train railway railyard pennsylvania runaway train toxic chemicals disaster father/daughter relationship death
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.