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10 Best Movies Like Dora and the Magic Lantern

If you loved Dora and the Magic Lantern, 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 Dora and the Magic Lantern for fans of Adventure & Family & Fantasy. 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
Come Away

Come Away

2020★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dora and the Magic Lantern for fans of Adventure & Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parent...

#3
Trouble at Timpetill

Trouble at Timpetill

2008★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dora and the Magic Lantern for fans of Adventure & Family & Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The children of a small European mountain village end up being its only residents, soon after the adults cannot take their behavior any longer....

#4
Anastasia: Once Upon a Time

Anastasia: Once Upon a Time

2020★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dora and the Magic Lantern for fans of Adventure & Family & Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Anastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl....

#5
Discovering Dinotopia

Discovering Dinotopia

2002★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dora and the Magic Lantern for fans of Adventure & Family & Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The citizens of Waterfall City flee for the tenuous safety of Earthfarm, abandoning their city to the dangerous Outsiders - who discover the key to Dinotopias future and threaten i...

#6
FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story

1997★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dora and the Magic Lantern for fans of Family & Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley F...

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