Feel free to add more movies/TV shows/Anime that reminds you of Artemis Fowl!
I recommend:
Terminator The Judgment Day: The iconic Schwarzy movie starring a protective tough-to-kill robot, a female badass with guns and a smart kid.
Robocop 2: One of the villain is a 13yo juvenile delinquent. He is a little bit more cruel than Artemis but he has the same business mind.
Darby O'Gill and the Little People: An old Disney movie loved by Eoin Colfer himself. It’s about an Irishman and the King of Leprechaun outsmarting each other
Megamind: It’s about a super-intelligent supervillain who is slowly becoming a superhero. At some point, he lied to his love interest and regrets it
Joshua: a psychological horror about a brillant and refined 9yo boy who terrorizes his family
Avatar The Last Airbender: one of the villain has a major redemption evolution
Bright? BRIGHT?
I’d go for your head but you included Die Hard and Black Butler, so I’m very confused about your taste
To add
- Gotham (for young Bruce Wayne and comically silly villains!)
- Death Note (for a sociopathic genius with a God Complex)
- IT Crowd (for dumb nerds in the IT department, AKA Foaly and Friends)
Thank you for your suggestions, I forgot about Death Note
I hesitated putting Bright 🙈 but it was Jakoby's struggles to fit in that convinced me to.
Also because Fairies and Humans are coexisting in modern settings with racial prejudice, and I haven't find any movie that has the same vibe.












