The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)

A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family

What to watch after The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

• Belle & Sebastian (2013)
• Treasure Planet (2002) — Same feel: whimsical, optimistic
• Flight of the Navigator (1986) — Same feel: whimsical, optimistic
• Les Misérables (2012)
• The City of Lost Children (1995) — Jean-Pierre Jeunet directed both
• Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — Same subject: train