Movies like Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver: 20 to watch next
If you loved Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018) — a adventure, family and fantasy film directed by Dennis Gansel — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like island, adventurer and quest. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Jim Button and the Wild 13 2020★ 5.9
Shares: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A year has gone by since Jim Button and his best friend, the engine driver Luke, returned from their dangerous adventure in Dragon City. Life on Morrowland goes its leisurely way again. Suddenly, dark clouds are gathering over the tranquil island of Morrowland: the notorious pirate gang "The Wild 13" has learned that the dragon Mrs Grindtooth has been conquered by Jim and Luke and now swears revenge. To protect Morrowland from another threat, the two of them set off with their steam engines Emma and Molly on a dangerous journey where they meet old friends like princess Li Si, Mr. Tur Tur and Nepomuk and make new friends with Sursulapichi, a real mermaid. On their adventure, Jim's most fervent wish might also come true: to find out the truth about his mysterious origins.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Secret Kingdom 2023★ 6.4
Shares: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Verity and Peter’s trip to the old family mansion takes a turn when the floor of their room suddenly gives way and they fall into an underground chamber where they are met by a civilization of creatures. The leader tells them that Peter's arrival was foretold as he’s the one who can use Great Clock of the Citadel to restart time and destroy the Shroud, a malevolent creature who feeds on fear itself...
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wish Upon a Unicorn 2020★ 6.9
Shares: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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 unicorn with magical blood.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Discovering Dinotopia 2002★ 6.4
Shares: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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 its survival.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Pan 2015★ 6.0
Shares: Fantasy, Adventure, Family
Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard. Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Come Away 2020★ 5.8
Shares: Fantasy, Adventure
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 parents from their downward spirals of despair until finally they are forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Anastasia: Once Upon a Time 2020★ 5.9
Shares: Family, Adventure, Fantasy
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dragonheart: Vengeance 2021★ 6.8
Shares: Fantasy, Adventure
Lukas, a young farmer whose family is killed by savage raiders in the countryside, sets out on an epic quest for revenge, forming an unlikely trio with a majestic dragon and a swashbuckling, sword-fighting mercenary, Darius.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Magic Faraway Tree 2026★ 6.8
Shares: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Legend of Ochi 2025★ 6.1
Shares: Family, Fantasy, Adventure
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 has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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The Water Man 2020★ 6.1
Shares: Adventure, Fantasy
Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy named Gunner and his friend Jo venture into the remote Wild Horse forest to search for a mythical figure who possesses the secret to immortality. When they go missing, Gunner's father Amos must immerse himself in his son's world to find them.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Christmas Dragon 2014★ 6.0
Shares: Family, Fantasy, Adventure
After receiving a magic crystal from a dying elf and a message to save the North and the fading spirit of Christmas, Ayden, an orphaned girl, sets out along with her friends to fulfil his last wish.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
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Inkheart 2008★ 6.3
Shares: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Jack the Giant Slayer 2013★ 5.9
Shares: Fantasy, Adventure
The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hagen 2024★ 6.2
Shares: Fantasy, Adventure
Hagen von Tronje, the Burgundian master-at-arms, holds his troubled kingdom together while hiding his dark past. The arrival of the unpredictable dragon slayer Siegfried threatens to upend the old order. As King Gunter seeks Siegfried's help to win the fierce Valkyrie Brunhild, Hagen faces a tragic choice between loyalty to the king and his own identity.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Abigail 2019★ 6.1
Shares: Adventure, Fantasy
A young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby's father was one of the sick - and he was taken when she was six years old. Going against the authorities to find his father, Abby learns that her city is actually full of magic. And she discovers in herself extraordinary magical abilities.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Shorts 2009★ 5.9
Shares: Family, Fantasy, Adventure
A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Peter Pan 2003★ 7.1
Shares: Adventure, Fantasy, Family
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Blue Bird 1940★ 5.9
Shares: Family, Fantasy, Adventure
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.
Stream in India on Tubi TV, Plex
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Mythica: The Godslayer 2016★ 5.9
Shares: Adventure, Fantasy
As the Lich King's zombie legions ravage the world, a cursed young sorceress embarks on a quest to obtain a weapon from the gods. But when she joins her sworn enemy in a desperate attempt to save the world, she must recover the good in herself before her friends are all dead, and defeat the Lich King before the gods are destroyed and the world forever enslaved.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now