Best movies like Phillip the Small
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Plot Summary:
Philipp is a small boy, who other guys pick on, because he's not as large as them. But when a musician gives him a magical flute, he can make objects bigger or smaller.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: East Germany
Duration: 70 min
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School Ghost (1987)
Plot Summary:
Carola is a mischievous girl who doesn't care much for school- except for sports and recess, of course. Without her good friend Willi to keep her on the straight and narrow, she would really be in trouble. One day at school, Carola has an idea. She invents what she calls "International Ghosts' Day" and a ghost named "Buh" to go with it. When Buh turns out to be less-than-imaginary the two decide to switch places, with Buh taking on all the schoolwork, and Carola taking the opportunity to play practical jokes on all her friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: East Germany
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: grotesque
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The Slurb (2001)
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min
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Crescent Gang (2023)
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When five kids learn they are leaving the only home they've known the new kid forms a hopeless plan. With their friendship hanging in the balance, a group of kids embarks on a high-stakes scavenger hunt in Las Vegas. The kids endure a quirky adventure until the story comes full circle.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
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Mister Blot's Academy (1984)
Plot Summary:
Thanks to the powers of magic, Adaś Niezgódka is transported to the fairy tale land of Mr. Blot – the protagonist of Jan Brzechwa’s classic book. Mr. Blot is a teacher and a magician in one. His lessons cannot be boring. Especially when bIotology is the subject. Adaś learns about the miracles of the enchanted land, but also gets to know its dark secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Poland, Soviet Union
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, modern fairy tale
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Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase (2017)
Plot Summary:
A playful bird snatches Abby's magic wand during a hot-air balloon ride leaving Elmo, Abby and friends on a colorful adventure.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
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The Amazing Mr. Blunden (2021)
Plot Summary:
Jamie and Lucy have an encounter with what appears to be a pair of ghost children. But these spooky kids, Sara and Georgie, aren’t actually ghosts. They’ve travelled forwards in time to seek help, believing they’re going to be murdered by the wicked Mr and Mrs Wickens. And Lucy and Jamie’s strange visitor seems to be the key to it all. With his help, they must travel back to 1821 to save Sara and Georgie and redeem their remorseful new friend – The Amazing Mr Blunden.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 750
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
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Simon and the Witch (1987)
Plot Summary:
Simon is a very sensible young schoolboy, who has a friend who is a real witch. She is very silly, and a huge showoff.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min
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Someone Like Hodder (2003)
Plot Summary:
Hodder is nine years old. He lives on his own with his father, who works nights as a bill poster. One night a fairy appears to Hodder and asks him to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious
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School of Magical Animals (2021)
Plot Summary:
Ida has a hard time making friends. One day, her weird class teacher announces that everyone in the class will have a magical animal with them. Ida is put to the side of the fox Rabbat. Benni, just like Ida also an outsider, has the turtle Henrietta as a new companion. Together they have amazing adventures ahead of them, but will they be able to fulfill the main requirement of the "Magic Pet Shop": to keep their new friends a secret from adults?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Boohbah (2003)
Plot Summary:
Boohbah was a children's television show. It premiered in 2003 on ITV in the United Kingdom, and on 19 January 2004 in the United States on PBS until 2 July 2006. It was created by Anne Wood with scripts by Alan Dapre and Robin Stevens. Anne Wood also created the children's show Teletubbies, and Boohbah is produced by the UK's Ragdoll Ltd. and the USA's PBS Kids. The similarity between this show and Teletubbies, both of which have a "science fiction" theme, is notable. One of the show's trademarks is a child's voice pronouncing the show's name in sing-song. "Boohbah" means "doll" in Hebrew, but it is not clear if this influenced the name of the show, or even if the creators are aware of this.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: educational, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, weird, learning, nostalgic
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Dragon Girl (2020)
Plot Summary:
Nine year old Sara befriends a newborn dragon, together they will turn Christmas upside down and literary put it on fire.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Gooby (2009)
Plot Summary:
Imagine if you'd had a six-foot tall monster to help you through the rough times when you were 11! Willy is terrified about moving into the family's new house. He's convinced it's filled with evil space aliens out to get him. In response to his wish for someone to save him, Gooby comes to life as a loveable, full-size, scraggly, orange, furry creature who in fact seems more frightened of the world than Willy. The two have hair-raising adventures and learn something about the power of friendship. In the end, Gooby fulfills Willy's initial wish by bringing Willy and his dad together in a touching and exciting climax.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 968
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, light, captivating, entertaining, offbeat, humorous, not serious
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The Kingdom of False Mirrors (1963)
Plot Summary:
Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors is a 1964 Soviet fairy tale film directed by Aleksandr Rou based on a story with the same name by Vitali Gubarev. Both the surreal story by Vladimir Gubarev, together with the 1964 film, written in a Through The Looking Glass style. Alice-type Soviet girl, named Olya meets her counterpart Yalo, while looking into the mirror. Yalo is an absolute antipode to Olya, for example where Olya is precise and neat, Yalo is absent-minded, careless, etc. The explicit plot relates to Olya learning to see herself differently, but this occurs through an experience in the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors which serves as a mechanism for commenting on the ability of a society to manufacture a false reality.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, stylized, light, atmospheric, captivating, entertaining, colorful, humorous, serious, psychedelic
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Santa Claws (2014)
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Santa is allergic to cats, so he has a policy against delivering them as gifts, but little Tommy has been SO good, and all he wants is one small kitty. Santa says OK, but instead of one, the whole litter climbs into the sack. When Santa has a major allergic reaction, the kittens have to take over and deliver the presents on time.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 848
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Magic Silver II (2011)
Plot Summary:
It's the harshest winter in memory, and the gnomes' very existence is in danger. Eager to help, Queen Fjellrose betrays one of their strictest rules and goes out looking for the Blue Horn, a magical instrument that can alter the weather.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, humorous, semi serious, light
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The Lunnis and the Great Fairy Tale Adventures (2019)
Plot Summary:
Imagination and the World of Fantasy are in danger. Mar, an eight-year-old little girl, who's an expert in stories and legends thanks to the books read to her every night by her grandfather, decides she has to try and save them. With the help of her friends, the Lunnis, they will embark on a magical adventure to stop them disappearing.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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The House Elf (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the ordinary and bustling city of Moscow there is an unusual House, overgrown with hundreds of secrets and mysteries. In this house there is a strange apartment, in which not a single tenant has stayed for a long time. And only when an independent mother with a charming 8-year-old daughter Alina comes to this “nice” apartment, new tenants will find out that their living space is not easy, and the real Boggart lives in it. Only here the keeper of the hearth has long been offended by the entire human race and will do all imaginable nastiness, just to be left alone in the ill-fated apartment. But everything changes when the evil witch challenges Homeovy.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, fairy tale, enigmatic, disturbing, atmospheric
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Upside-Down Magic (2020)
Plot Summary:
Nory and her best friend Reina enter the Sage Academy for Magical Studies, where Nory’s unconventional powers land her in a class for those with wonky, or “upside-down,” magic. Undaunted, Nory sets out to prove that that upside-down magic can be just as powerful as right-side-up.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: light, sweet, captivating
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Spooky Buddies (2011)
Plot Summary:
Disney's irresistible talking puppies are back in an all-new movie that takes them far across town to a mysterious mansion where something very spooky is going on.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, semi serious, entertaining
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Under Wraps (2021)
Plot Summary:
Three friends try to save their mummified friend, Harold, from greedy criminals by returning him to his resting place before midnight on Halloween.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Four Kids and It (2020)
Plot Summary:
A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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The Book of Masters (2009)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful and kind girl, daughter of Baba Yaga, finds a magical stone Alatyr while walking in a field. It transforms her heart into a stone and puts her under a queer curse. She is to be the evil Countess of Stones and live in a stone tower. If the greatest gem-cutter in the world brings the stone of Alatyr to life, though, she'll become the ruler of the world. The Stone Countess, now cruel and selfish, is fascinated with the idea. She starts searching for the best gem-cutters and forces them to work with Alatyr, so the magical stone would become a living thing. Neither of the gem-cutters succeeds, so she kills them. While being imprisoned in her tower, they work on a large book about the secrets of gem-cutting. Each of them edits the book, so it's later named "the Book of Masters".
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, sentimental, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light
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The Snow Queen (2005)
Plot Summary:
When Gerda befriends penniless Kay their growing friendship is cut short as one cold winter night a fragment of glass pierces Kay's eye, turning his heart cold. Enchanted by the Snow Queen he is swept away on her chariot over the glittering landscape to her frozen palace in the North. Gerda embarks on a magical and perilous journey to find and rescue Kay, finally arriving in the realm of the Snow Queen. But will this little girl in her red velvet cloak be able to match the power of the winter witch?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, sincere, captivating, mysterious, dark fantasy, fairy tale
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Little Ghost (1997)
Plot Summary:
While on location in a spooky Italian villa with his Hollywood big-shot mom and her dorky boyfriend, twelve-year-old Kevin befriends a Renaissance-era girl ghost who helps him cause unrest on the set.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film
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A Very Old Story (1968)
Plot Summary:
Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 478
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining, light, colorful, mysterious, colourful
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Rufus (2016)
Plot Summary:
Manny has moved to a new school, and it's not easy to fit in. After wishing he had more friends, Manny finds a mysterious collar and puts it on Rufus, the family dog. Suddenly, Rufus turns into a boy! Manny's not sure what to do, so he enrolls Rufus in school. When the other students notice Rufus's silly dog antics -- chasing squirrels, eating without utensils, asking for belly rubs, and catching a soccer ball with his mouth -- he immediately becomes the most popular kid around. Manny is jealous of his new best friend but eventually learns that a dog's loyalty to his owner always comes first.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 767
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, not serious, exciting, whimsical
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Fuchsia the Mini-Witch (2010)
Plot Summary:
Great adventures can hatch from the smallest eggs. Fucsia wants to learn to do magic just like her father, and so is pleased as punch when she is allowed to go to witches' school. There, Fucsia learns to make wind and conjures with the clouds. But her magic often has unexpected results, however, as she is sometimes that little bit too ambitious.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good, mystic
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Bogus (1996)
Plot Summary:
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, fairy tale, uplifting, epic, slang, happy, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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A Simple Wish (1997)
Plot Summary:
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, fairy tale, funny, semi serious, humorous, mysterious, offbeat, light, romantic, clever
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Five Children and It (2004)
Plot Summary:
A Psammead is 'It', an ancient, irritable, ugly sand fairy, which five children find one day in a gravel pit. As a reward for finding him, It grants the children one wish a day, the results of which will last until sunset.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, entertaining, offbeat, semi serious, gothic