Movies Like Big Fish (2003)

Big Fish is a 2003 adventure, drama, fantasy film from Tim Burton with a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with How to Train Your Dragon 2 and Dark Blue Almost Black.

Adventure Drama Fantasy

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014

Five years have passed since Hiccup and Toothless united the dragons and Vikings of Berk. Now, they spend their time charting unmapped territories. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons -- and a mysterious dragon rider. Now, Hiccup and Toothless find themselves at the center of a battle to protect Berk from a power-hungry warrior.

7.7

MagicScore

Dark Blue Almost Black

2006

Jorge is a young man whose plans for the future are put on hold when his father has a stroke. For seven years, he diligently nurses his father and works as a janitor while studying part time to get a business degree. When Natalia, his childhood crush, returns from a stint studying abroad, Jorge begins to yearn for something better. He is desperate to find a new and better job, but finds that no one will hire him because he has experience only as a janitor. Antonio, Jorge’s older brother, soon to be released from jail, is an opportunist who has never gotten along with their father. In prison, at a theater workshop, Antonio meets Paula, a beautiful young woman in jail on drug charges. Paula has a problem because she flirted with another inmate's boyfriend.

6.8

MagicScore

How to Train Your Dragon

2010

As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.

7.9

MagicScore

Finch

2021

On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.

7.8

MagicScore

Lovers of the Arctic Circle

1998

Otto and Ana are kids when they meet each other. Their names are palindromes. They meet by chance, people are related by chance. A story of circular lives, with circular names, and a circular place where the day never ends in the midnight sun. There are things that never end, and Love is one of them.

7.3

MagicScore

The Drop

2014

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

6.8

MagicScore

To the Sea

2010

Before leaving for Rome with his mother, five year old Natan is taken by his father, Jorge, on an epic journey to the pristine Chinchorro reef off the coast of Mexico. As they fish, swim, and sail the turquoise waters of the open sea, Natan discovers the beauty of his Mayan heritage and learns to live in harmony with life above and below the surface, as the bond between father and son grows stronger before their inevitable farewell.

6.9

MagicScore

The Thirteenth Year

1999

A teen learns that his birth mother is a mermaid after he begins to grow fins and slimy scales on his thirteenth birthday.

6.6

MagicScore

Crush

2022

When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she's been harboring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like.

7.4

MagicScore

#10

About Time

2013

The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.

7.9

MagicScore

#11

The Lego Movie

2014

An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from conquering the universe.

7.4

MagicScore

#12

Crazy/Beautiful

2001

At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.

6.6

MagicScore

#13

The Young Girls of Rochefort

1967

Delphine and Solange are two sisters living in Rochefort. Delphine is a dancing teacher and Solange composes and teaches the piano. Maxence is a poet and a painter. He is doing his military service. Simon owns a music shop, he left Paris one month ago to come back where he fell in love 10 years ago. They are looking for love, looking for each other, without being aware that their ideal partner is very close...

7.7

MagicScore

#14

Life Is Beautiful

1997

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

8.4

MagicScore

#15

The Discovery of Heaven

2001

Disappointed with humanity, God wants to revoke his contract with humanity and wants to take back the stone tablets containing the ten commandments. To this end an angel is sent out to affect the personal lives of three humans so an appropriate child may be conceived.

6.3

MagicScore

#16

The Book of Fish

2021

When the scholar Jeong Yak-jeon is exiled to Heuksando Island during the Catholic Persecution of 1801, he decides to write a fish-based encyclopaedia.

7.8

MagicScore

#17

Fanatyk

2017

As a son deals with his own struggles, he must calm his father's obsession with fishing before his outlandish behavior ruins the entire family.

6.7

MagicScore

#18

Ponyo

2008

When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.

7.8

MagicScore

#19

The Mermaid

1904

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

5.7

MagicScore

#20

Cat Fishin'

1947

Spike is guarding a private fishing hole - in his sleep. Tom sneaks in to do some fishing - with Jerry as bait. But one particularly vicious fish turns out to be more than Tom or Jerry bargained for, particularly when he wakes up Spike.

7.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Big Fish?

The top films similar to Big Fish by MovieMagicScore are How to Train Your Dragon 2 (7.7), Dark Blue Almost Black (6.8), How to Train Your Dragon (7.9). Each shares adventure/drama/fantasy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Big Fish worth watching?

Big Fish holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10 from 7,500 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Big Fish?

Big Fish (2003) is a adventure, drama, fantasy film directed by Tim Burton, starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup.

Where can I find more recommendations like Big Fish?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more adventure recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Big Fish

This ranked list pairs Big Fish (2003), a adventure and drama and fantasy film from Tim Burton, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ewan McGregor take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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