The 7 Maze and Labyrinth Movies That Kids Will Love

Maze and Labyrinth movies are probably more popular than you realize. I have reviewed over 120 different movies on the site, and the Top 12 Maze Movies list includes some all-time classics. Some movies have a quick maze or labyrinth scene, while others are based completely on the maze theme. For a sortable spreadsheet of all maze movies I have reviewed use this link to the google sheet. A common theme is a horror movie where a character gets lost in a corn maze or a funhouse mirror maze. But none of those themes or situations are appropriate for kids. Today I want to share with you some maze movies that kids will love.

The 7 Maze and Labyrinth Movies That Kids Will Love

7. ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951) IMDB Rated : G Time: 71 minutes

Alice in Wonderland (1951) movie poster

Our first movie is the classic Disney animated version of Alice in Wonderland from 1951 (I count 14 different versions of this movie that have been made!). Rated G and comes in at a quick 71 minutes, the shortest movie on the list. Towards the end of the movie we get a scene where Alice is led into a maze by the Cheshire cat.

6. THE GAMES MAKER (2014) IMDB Rated: TV - PG Time: 111 minutes

The Games Maker movie poster

This is the longest movie on the list and the movie most appropriate for older kids. Not quite PG-13 but the material would be appreciated more. Essentially this story revolves around the making of board games and a family adventure that takes our young lead actor on a quest ! We get a hedge maze and a board game involving labyrinths. If you like teen adventure movies, this one might interest you !

5. ANINA (2013) IMDB Rated: NR Time: 78 minutes

Anina movie poster

This movie is about a 10 year old girl, Anina, and a problem she deals with at school. She receives an interesting punishment and the story revolves around how she deals with it. It has a great message and includes multiple mazes in the story. This was the submission of Uruguay for the 2014 Oscars best foreign language film category. It deserves more love. The animation style is beautiful.

4. MUPPETS FROM SPACE (1999) IMDB Rated G Time: 87 minutes

Muppets From Space movie poster

While this isn’t much of a maze movie, there is a maze scene featuring Rizzo the Rat. Now during a key scene Rizzo gets captured by the bad guys and gets put into a cage with lab rats. I should have said “spoiler” before that. Anyway the lab rats are put into a rat maze during the next scene., and that’s why this movie is a maze movie. Overall we have a typical Muppets movie that is led by Gonzo. It’s rated G and comes in at a short 87 minutes.

3. FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON (2000) IMDB Rated TV - PG Time: 91 minutes

Flowers for Algernon movie poster

Any movie that starts with a mouse running through a maze is going to get a good review from me. The movie is of the made for TV variety and is based on the best-selling, award winning 1966 novel of the same name written by Daniel Keyes. The story revolves around an intellectually disabled man who undergoes a surgery to try to make him a genius. There is an opportunity for some parenting with this movie by discussing how people treat our main character during the film.

2.HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (2010) IMDB Rated PG Time: 98 minutes

How to Train Your Dragon movie poster

The original How to Train Your Dragon movie contains a maze scene during…..you guessed it…..the training of dragons. This movie started a successful franchise and is a movie that can enjoyed by both children and adults.

Movies that didn’t make the cut. All have maze scenes, and are PG-13 if you have older children who can sit through longer movies.

  • Hubie Halloween ; PG-13, 103 minutes

  • The Maze Runner ; PG-13, 113 minutes

  • The Maze Runner: The Death Cure ; PG-13, 143 minutes

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ; PG-13, 157 minutes

    If you would like to see all maze movies in a sortable Google sheet, I have made one (with 11 different columns) to help people find movies to watch !

  1. LABYRINTH (1986) (IMDB) Rated PG Time: 101 minutes

Labyrinth (1986) movie poster

Another movie featuring the talents of Jim Henson but with the additions of David Bowie and Lucasfilm. A teenage girl is angrily babysitting her younger baby brother and she wishes he would be taken away. The Goblin King grants the wish and takes the brother in a classic case of be careful what you wish for. Her only way to get him back is to solve a Labyrinth in 13 hours or her brother will permanently become a goblin in this weird fantasy world. Some children may find this scary…so use your best judgement ! I love the cast of characters from Jim Henson which later became a series of comic books !

Introducing 4 new free printable maze sections to the website

I recently launched 8 new sections of the website aimed at kids, which included many new books (203 new mazes and 7 new books). All of them sit in the Free Printable Maze section of the website. Here is a review of those sections if you missed it:

Today I announce the launch of 4 new sections of mazes. 3 sections that are for adults and harder than the previous content. And I also finally got around to making the circle maze section of the site for beginners. You can find the example gallery below with one maze of each type. The On Line Maze section is also gathered into a book which will be labeled as Volume 2 (Volume 1 is the Kids version).

I hope you enjoy the new mazes. There are more to come !

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) Movie Review

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) (IMDB)

Spacehunter Adventures in the Forbidden Zone movie poster

When I sat down to watch this movie, one that I had no idea about until I did a deep search on IMDB, I had low expectations. The initial titles told me this was going to be rough, but seeing a dystopian space movie with Molly Ringwald in her prime pulled me in. After a crash landing on a planet full of mutants, 2 bounty hunters (including Molly) chase the $ to attempt a rescue of 3 captives. The movie has a Mad Max feel and is better than many Star Wars inspired movies from this time. In fact, this movie was released 1 week before Return of the Jedi. During the last third of the movie, Molly is captured by the mutants, but if she can traverse a maze without dying she is promised her release. The maze is a Mad Max style obstacle course like a horror Wipeout. Molly plays her typical moody, complaining character.

I give it a 5.4/10.

Maze Comic Book Cover #80 - SPELL CHECK

Issue #80 in my comic book cover series is called SPELL CHECK and features the maze of a wizard. The background was made using starryai. I tried to make the wizard ambiguous from a side standpoint. He might be good or evil. Maybe the story arch takes him from one to the other. This begins a 3 issue medieval arch of characters.

My comic book cover mazes can be found in 2 places:

Comic Book Cover Mazes - Year 1 (Issues #1-53)

Comic Book Cover Mazes - Year 2

Wizard Maze Comic Book Cover

To receive a book of my first year of comic book book mazes (Volume 1 with mazes #1-53) you can sign up for my book alerts - any time I launch a free maze book, or paid book (on Amazon), I will send you a note about the new book launch.