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The Goonies (1985)
7.7/10on IMDb
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A map in an attic sends a group of kids below the Oregon coast in search of treasure. They work out which ordinary objects and landmarks matter, even while a family of criminals tries to get there first. Expect dark tunnels, skeletons, and quite a bit of yelling.
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Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
6.1/10on IMDb
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Dora interprets the terrain, older clues, and the layout of a hidden city while her friends begin to catch up. It’s an accessible first choice if the family wants kids doing the route-finding in a real jungle setting with comic and fantastical surprises.
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Treasure Planet (2002)
7.2/10on IMDb
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A teenager unlocks a spherical chart and sets out on a ship that sails through space. He has to make choices about what the chart shows and where the crew should go next. It’s a brighter animated adventure with some tense betrayal and shipboard danger.
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Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
7.7/10on IMDb
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Two young people use their knowledge of a New England island to leave the places adults expect them to stay. One has scouting skills, and the route across the island is central to their plan. It’s an offbeat choice for older kids and teens, with adult themes and some upsetting animal peril.
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Moana (2016)
7.6/10on IMDb
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Moana sails across open water to reach a place her community has been afraid to visit. Learning to read wind and stars matters as much as getting Maui to join her. The ocean helps in ways a real navigator could never count on, and there are some startling creatures.
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Holes (2003)
7.1/10on IMDb
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Stanley and Zero have to cross a dry landscape where a landmark known as God’s Thumb becomes their best chance of finding water and shelter. The return gives earlier clues a different use. The story includes rough treatment of children and some tense desert danger.
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Finding ʻOhana (2021)
6.1/10on IMDb
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A pair of siblings follows a journal and other clues through Oʻahu in search of family history and treasure. The tunnels and hidden passages give them practical work to do, and the best choices often depend on hearing what relatives have been trying to tell them.
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The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
6.1/10on IMDb
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A schoolboy draws his classmates into a search for a way to stop Morgana. Arthurian stories become clues to real and imagined places, and the children have to move through the landscape once adults stop believing them. There are threatening fantasy creatures.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
7.9/10on IMDb
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Elliott and the other kids have to decide how to get their visitor back to a landing site. Their own knowledge of the neighborhood matters when the adults close in. Try it for a familiar place that turns into an adventure once the kids choose their way through it.
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Spirited Away (2001)
8.6/10on IMDb
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Chihiro learns a bathhouse’s rules while trying to get to the people who can help her parents. By the time she takes a train into unfamiliar territory, choosing the route has become her own responsibility. The world’s transformations can unsettle young viewers.
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Labyrinth (1986)
7.3/10on IMDb
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Sarah has to find her way through Jareth’s maze before time runs out for her little brother. False turns and untrustworthy shortcuts make choosing a guide part of the adventure. The puppets provide comedy as well as some distinctly uncanny scenes.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
6.9/10on IMDb
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Lucy is the first to find a way through the wardrobe, and later the children have to decide which routes and guides to follow in a land they enter in winter. Look for the lamppost and the points where the same stretch of country begins to look different to each child.
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The Wizard of Oz (1939)
8.1/10on IMDb
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The Yellow Brick Road gives Dorothy an obvious place to start, but the further she goes the less any one person’s directions will get her home. She recruits a party, tries doors and crossroads, and finally has to choose what to believe about the way back.
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Treasure Island (1950)
6.9/10on IMDb
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Young Jim Hawkins comes into possession of a chart that makes a sea journey possible, then has to decide which sailors can be trusted when they get there. The 1950 Disney version is a straightforward adventure about who can use a map and who tries to take it.
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Peter Pan (1953)
7.2/10on IMDb
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A boy who is already used to flying takes Wendy and her brothers to Never Land by a route they can pick out in the night sky. This is the 1953 animated version. A single bright landmark stands in for a whole map, a good fit for a younger family adventure.
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Flight of the Navigator (1986)
6.9/10on IMDb
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A boy climbs aboard a ship that seems to have information about when and where he went missing. He can’t simply leave the flying to its strange computer if he wants to choose the trip he takes. It is a comic science-fiction alternative to an overland journey.
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The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
7.3/10on IMDb
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A young reporter follows clues hidden in models of a ship and tracks them across countries and desert terrain. Captain Haddock has knowledge Tintin needs, but Tintin handles many of the decisions about the next direction. Expect chases and more action than a quiet puzzle.
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Alice in Wonderland (1951)
7.3/10on IMDb
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Alice takes one unfamiliar path after another as she tries to follow a rabbit and find her way home. The 1951 animated film gives her increasingly unreliable guides, and changes in her size can make a doorway useful one minute and useless the next.
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Enola Holmes (2020)
6.7/10on IMDb
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Enola leaves home to find her mother and follows clues that take her through trains and unfamiliar corners of London. What she learns about getting around helps her cross paths with someone else who needs to disappear for a while. Pick it for older kids who want the route to work like a mystery.
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Castle in the Sky (1986)
8.0/10on IMDb
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A girl’s crystal and a young engineer’s knowledge help them travel through flight paths people think are impossible. A storm makes finding the floating island a navigation problem as well as a mystery. The fantasy includes gunfire and tense scenes on airships.
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Onward (2020)
7.3/10on IMDb
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Two teenage brothers follow a map through a world that has made much of its magic obsolete. The older brother knows the lore, and the younger has to decide what to trust about hazards along the way. Their route makes both of their strengths necessary.
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