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Movies like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Not everyone loves Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like odd kids with odd powers.

  2. You like a hidden world caught in a time loop.

  3. You like Tim Burton's gothic style.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • His Dark Materials2019

    • a hidden world caught in a time loop

    Good for you if you like an Oxford of airships, witches and armored bears.

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2004

    • a hidden world caught in a time loop
    • Tim Burton's gothic style

    Good for you if you like the wizarding world getting stranger and bigger.

  • Alice in Wonderland2010

    • a hidden world caught in a time loop
    • Tim Burton's gothic style

    Good for you if you like a colourful, twisted fairy tale world.

  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2001

    • a hidden world caught in a time loop

    Good for you if you love a world full of details: moving staircases, talking portraits, a hidden platform.

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001

    • a hidden world caught in a time loop

    Good for you if you love a world so detailed it feels like it existed before the film.

  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002

    • a hidden world caught in a time loop

    Good for you if you want to go back to Hogwarts and see more of it.

  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them2016

    • a hidden world caught in a time loop

    Good for you if you like seeing the wizarding world in another country and era.

  • Pan's Labyrinth2006

    • a hidden world caught in a time loop
    • Tim Burton's gothic style

    Good for you if you like a dark fairy tale with creatures you won't forget.

  • Coraline2009

    • odd kids with odd powers
    • Tim Burton's gothic style

    Good for you if you like dark, strange fairy tales.

  • Howl's Moving Castle2004

    • Tim Burton's gothic style

    Good for you if you like Miyazaki's hand-drawn images, a castle walking on bird legs and a field of flowers by a lake.

  • Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief2010

    • a hidden world caught in a time loop

    Good for you if you like Greek myths in modern America.

  • Over the Garden Wall2014

    • Tim Burton's gothic style

    Good for you if you like painted forests that look like vintage illustrations.

  • Spirited Away2001

    • odd kids with odd powers
    • a hidden world caught in a time loop

    Good for you if you love getting lost in a world with its own strange rules.

Reasons taken from Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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