15 Exciting Movies About Kids With Powers

15 Exciting Movies About Kids With Powers

There have been quite a few films about kids with powers in recent years and they showcase how young people can be the heroes of their own stories.

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Hollywood seems to have a bit of an obsession with the idea of kids with immense powers. It’s not hard to understand why, since family-oriented films have traditionally been some of the biggest money-makers for the Hollywood studios, particularly during the summer months.

As a result, there have been quite a few exciting films with kids as the stars over the past couple of decades, most of which have showcased the ways in which even young people can be the heroes of their own stories, doing all that they can to fight against the forces of evil and darkness.

Updated on January 2nd, 2021 by Scoot Allan: Young children with powers have appeared on the big screen and in other mediums for decades, though there is no doubt that the big superhero boom of the last few decades has created a larger space for these types of stories to develop. Whether it’s through classic Disney stories for the whole family or unique comic book adaptations that wowed audiences, there is no shortage of exciting movies starring kids with incredible superpowers that may have gone unnoticed by fans over the years, which we’ll be exploring further today.

15 Escape To Witch Mountain (1975)

Disney was ahead of the game with 1975’s Escape to Witch Mountain, which introduced the mysterious siblings’ Tia and Tony, who had psionic powers like premonitions, telepathy, and telekinesis that made them targets of an occult-obsessed millionaire.

The film followed Tia and Tony as they followed a map to Witch Mountain hoping to uncover the secrets of their mysterious origins. The film launched film and TV sequels, a TV remake, and a big-budget re-imagining starring Dakota Fanning and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson called Race to Witch Mountain in 2009.

14 Sky High (2005)

2005’s Sky High took place at the titular school for superheroes where the son of the world’s greatest superheroes (played by Kurt Russel and Kelly Preston) attended, despite not developing any superpowers of his own.

The movie explored typical norms of high school life through a superhero filter and featured a number of cameos and surprising stars, while also providing a fun adventure with some great costumes and a wide variety of powers from the superheroes, sidekicks, and even future villains in training.

13 Zoom (2006)

Tim Allen and Courtney Cox starred in 2006’s Zoom, which took a slightly different approach to the training of young kids with powers and explored a smaller scale Academy For Superheroes that was run by the government and featured a small class of kids.

The team of children was the second class of the Academy following a failed first attempt, which left Tim Allen’s Captain Zoom as the lone survivor. He was brought in years later to help train a new generation, whether he wants to or not. While the film isn’t on many best-of lists, it’s still a fun family film.

12 The Darkest Minds (2018)

2018’s The Darkest Minds is an adaptation of Alexander Bracken’s YA novel of the same name, which takes place in a dystopian future plagued with a disease that wipes out nearly the entire population of minors.

The survivors are gifted with powerful abilities, which led to their imprisonment and the development of a powered resistance. The film was intended to launch a franchise that followed the book series, though a sequel has yet to move into development.

11 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018)

Peter Parker was an early example of kids with powers in other mediums, as he first became Spider-Man while still in high school at the age of fifteen, though 2018’s Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse focused on another teen hero with abilities.

While the adult Spider-Man played a large role in the movie, Into The Spider-Verse focused on young Miles Morales as he was bit by a spider and forced into his new role as Spider-Man after the death of his universe’s Peter Parker. The movie wowed audiences and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and a sequel is slated for 2022.

10 The Incredibles (2004)

Pixar is one of those animation studios that seems to know the exact way to produce a film that manages to be both exciting and full of heart at the same time, and the result is a film like The Incredibles.

It’s impossible not to love the titular family with superpowers who are still trying to live a traditional suburban life in postwar America. As always with Pixar, the animation is top-notch, the voice acting is precise, and the plot keeps the viewer invested from start to finish.

9 Matilda (1996)

Who could ever forget Matilda, the movie based on the novel of the same name by Roald Dahl?

The novelist’s books have had a bit of a checkered history when it comes to their translation to the big screen, but this one manages to do the original book justice, in no small part because of the performances of both Mara Wilson as Matilda and Danny DeVito as her father (DeVito also directed the film).

8 Harry Potter (2001-2011)

There’s absolutely no doubt that Harry Potter has become one of the most successful children’s books in the history of publishing, and it’s equally unsurprising that the entire film franchise has also been enormously successful. Aside from everything else, the films are a testament to just how far special effects have come in the last couple of decades.

Through the power of filmmaking technologies, the viewer is thoroughly immersed in the exciting and dangerous world of wizardry.

7 Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (2016)

Tim Burton is one of those directors who seems to have the ability to find both the right material and the right actors to bring his vision to life.

He seems to have found both in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, since the book is very much the sort of thing that Burton has shown an affinity for in his career, and Eva Green is just the right kind of off-beat star to bring the titular character to brilliant life. It’s a typical young adult fantasy, and that means that it has a lot of excitement, from beginning to the end.

6 Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

Anyone who has seen a film from the famous Studio Ghibli knows that their films manage to capture a certain whimsy that one associates with both childhood and young adulthood.

There’s a certain manic energy to this film (which is fairly typical for films produced by this studio), and there’s no question that the young witch Kiki is an absolutely entrancing hero, one that the viewer can cheer for and identify with.

5 Midnight Special (2018)

Midnight Special is a rather fascinating movie because it somehow manages to be both exciting and mysterious at the same time. It’s a simple story in some ways, about the bond between a father and a son. The wrinkle, of course, is that the son has special powers that make him vulnerable to those who want to take advantage of them.

The action keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat, always wondering what new aspects of the film’s central enigmas are going to be revealed next.

4 Ender’s Game (2013)

Ender’s Game, based on the novel of the same name by Orson Scott Card, is another film that manages to keep the spirit of the book while embarking on its own path (though it faced some challenges due to the public profile of the book’s author).

It manages to be action-packed, visually stunning (another testament to the ability of special effects to bring new worlds to visual life), as well as deeply and profoundly philosophical.

3 Moana (2016)

No one who has seen Moana could avoid falling under its spell. How could it be otherwise, when it manages to combine all of the typical Disney ingredients with a story that’s refreshingly new?

It certainly helps that the musical genius Lin-Manuel Miranda was responsible for the music in the film, imbuing its already-exciting plot with all of the verve and energy that everyone associates with him. And, of course, the animation is simply stunning.

2 Percy Jackson And The Olympians (2010-2013)

It takes a particular sort of writing talent to make Greek mythology one of the most frequently used sources of stories, and do something new and exciting with it.

However, that’s precisely what Rick Riordan’s books do, and the film version of Percy Jackson and the Olympians manages to keep the spirit of the man’s books while also succeeding as a film. It’s an exciting adventure filled with all of the gods and goddesses that a person could ask for.

1 The Golden Compass (2007)

This film is a textbook case of what might have been. Based on Philip Pullman’s enormous trilogy of novels and following the girl Lyra, it seemed to have all of the makings of a blockbuster.

Unfortunately, a number of ill-advised creative choices robbed the film of much of the novel’s original bite, and it limped along at the box office. For all of that, it is actually quite a good film, with some truly beautiful special effects and strong performances, most notably from Nicole Kidman as the villainous and cunning Mrs. Coulter.

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