Films like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
8 picks with a similar feel
What defines Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, going by its Boxlist taste profile: An otherworldly fantasy film that is warm-hearted, inventive and wide-ranging. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday. Its strongest markers on Boxlist are themes of culture clash, coming of age and underdogs, plus tags such as children's home, falcon and wales.
Here are 8 films with a similar feel, ranked by how closely they match that profile. Treat them as picks to try, not a definitive list.
Based on Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).
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Why it's like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: Also heightened and warm-hearted, with themes of culture clash and coming of age. Common ground: time travel.
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Why it's like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: Also heightened and inventive, with themes of coming of age.
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Avengers: Endgame (2019)
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Why it's like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: Also heightened and glossy, with themes of culture clash and underdogs. Common ground: time travel.
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The NeverEnding Story (1984)
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Why it's like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: Also heightened and inventive, with themes of coming of age.
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The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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Why it's like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: Also heightened and glossy, with themes of culture clash and coming of age.
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The Adam Project (2022)
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Why it's like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: Also heightened and fast-paced, with themes of culture clash and underdogs. Common ground: time travel.
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How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
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Why it's like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: Also heightened and warm-hearted, with themes of coming of age.
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Hugo (2011)
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Why it's like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: Also warm-hearted and heightened, with themes of coming of age. Common ground: orphan.
Boxlist compares Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children with every film in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 6.7 or more from at least 1,000 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point. Ratings are TMDB audience scores out of 10.
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- What should I watch if I like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children?
- Picks with a similar feel include Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Avengers: Endgame and The NeverEnding Story. Each shares part of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children's taste profile, themes or tags; the full list has 8 films.
- How are these films like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children chosen?
- Boxlist compares Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children with every film in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 6.7 or more from at least 1,000 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point.
- Is there a lighter film like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children?
- The Adam Project has a similar feel but scores lighter on Boxlist's weightiness scale.