The NeverEnding Story (1984)

Original title: Die unendliche Geschichte

A boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!

While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.