Zathura: A Space Adventure
Why this pick
Like Jumanji, it turns a found board game into a volatile real-world adventure, balancing sibling friction, escalating dangers, and a playful sense of childhood wonder.
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Why this pick
Like Jumanji, it turns a found board game into a volatile real-world adventure, balancing sibling friction, escalating dangers, and a playful sense of childhood wonder.
Why this pick
Its ordinary household object unleashes a secret fantastical world, with the same child-centred discovery, escalating consequences, and warm 1990s family-adventure feeling.
Why this pick
A familiar place becomes unpredictably alive overnight, delivering Jumanji-like creature chaos, comic peril, and a fast-moving adventure built around an adult rediscovering courage.
Why this pick
This has a similarly mischievous premise in which toys become a dangerous force in suburbia, mixing creature-feature tension, inventive action, and kid-friendly dark humor.
Why this pick
It channels the same gleeful escalation as Jumanji: fantastical threats spill into an ordinary town, while young heroes race through comic scares and creature mayhem.
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01 / THE STORY
While exploring an old mansion, siblings Peter and Judy Shepherd find a curious, jungle-themed game called Jumanji in the attic. When they start playing, they free Alan Parrish, who's been stuck in the game's inner world for decades. If they win Jumanji, the kids can free Alan for good - but that means braving giant bugs, ill-mannered monkeys and even stampeding rhinos.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Alan Parrish

Sarah Whittle

Judy Shepherd

Peter Shepherd

Nora Shepherd

Samuel Alan Parrish / Van Pelt

Carl Bentley

Carol Anne Parrish