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Plot Summary:
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, stylized, cult classic, mysterious, anime, tense, retro, gothic, period piece, creepy
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The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (1997)
Plot Summary:
The first wedding anniversary of Princess Odette and Prince Derek is distracted by field fires set by Knuckles. His master Clavius, wants to conquer the world, and he needs to capture a giant orb to do that. Clavius kidnaps Queen Uberta and Odette with Derek have to save her.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, cult classic, independent film, exciting, feel good, serious, folk tale, 2d animation
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The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure (1998)
Plot Summary:
The royal couple Odette and Derek face yet another evil magician, this time a woman named Zelda. Lusting for the treasure of the Forbidden Arts, which will give her absolute power, Zelda kidnaps Odette as ransom. Derek and several animal friends head off to rescue Odette.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: serious, fairy tale, cult classic, independent film, folk tale, sinister, exciting, feel good, humorous, 2d animation
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
Plot Summary:
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home, the pristine rainforest known as FernGully. Zak and his new friends fight to defend FernGully from lumberjacks -- and the vengeful spirit they accidentally unleash after chopping down a magic tree.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, feel good, humorous, sentimental, colorful, mystical, inspirational, uplifting, independent film
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The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot (1998)
Plot Summary:
During the times of King Arthur, Kayley is a brave girl who dreams of following her late father as a Knight of the Round Table. The evil Ruber wants to invade Camelot and take the throne of King Arthur, and Kayley has to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, arthurian, cute, sentimental, anime, surprise ending, crying, psychotronic
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The Swan Princess (1994)
Plot Summary:
The beautiful princess Odette is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer's spell. Held captive at an enchanted lake, she befriends Jean-Bob the frog, Speed the turtle and Puffin the bird. Despite their struggle to keep the princess safe, these good-natured creatures can do nothing about the sorcerer's spell, which can only be broken by a vow of everlasting love.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sweet, light, romantic, feel good, cute, humorous, sentimental, anime, cult classic
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The Last Unicorn (1982)
Plot Summary:
From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a now middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, anime, exciting, feel good, stylized, light, sweet, colorful, sentimental, epic fantasy
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The Pagemaster (1994)
Plot Summary:
Tyler knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he has to try and get home again. Along the way he meets some interesting characters, like Fantasy, Adventure, and Horror... Written by Colin Tinto.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, melancholic, touching, semi serious, stylized, sentimental, inspirational, epic, cult classic
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The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Plot Summary:
A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, atmospheric, feel good, witty, dark, visual, visually stunning, adult animation, stylized
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Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
Plot Summary:
A heart-warming tale about friendship, honour & courage, which sees a young boy become a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: uplifting, humorous, semi serious, 3d animation, feel good, fairy tale, scenic, teen, exciting, computer animated
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The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Plot Summary:
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 105000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, humorous, entertaining, arthurian, stylized, sentimental, mystical, mythical, retro, spiritual
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The Flight of Dragons (1982)
Plot Summary:
The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommedon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter Dickinson, who is the first man of both the realms of science and magic. It is Peters job to defeat Ommedon.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sweet, anime, light, talky, colorful, humorous, semi serious, stylized, sentimental, epic
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The Hobbit (1977)
Plot Summary:
Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one night. One by one, a whole group of dwarves drop in, and before he knows it, Bilbo has joined their quest to reclaim their kingdom, taken from them by the evil dragon Smaug. The only problem is that Gandalf has told the dwarves that Bilbo is an expert burglar, but he isn't.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, uplifting, psychedelic, adult animation, grindhouse, fantasy adventure, humorous, semi serious, dark fantasy
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Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2008)
Plot Summary:
After five years apart, searching the world of Krynn for proof of the existence of the true gods, a group of adventurers reach their goal in the form of a barbarian woman carrying a miraculous blue crystal staff. Soon they are thrust into war as an army of dragons overtakes their homeland.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, India, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, entertaining, anime, adult animation, semi serious, mystical, cult film
Similar in 77%
Beowulf (2007)
Plot Summary:
6th-century Scandinavian warrior, Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the manlike ogre Grendel, a descendant of Cain.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 173000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: computer animated, epic, fairy tale, adult animation, dark fantasy, motion capture, exciting, suspenseful, action packed, mythical
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The Return of the King (1980)
Plot Summary:
Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, anime, fantasy adventure, epic, humorous, stylized, semi serious, cult film
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Nimona (2023)
Plot Summary:
A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: epic, 3d animation, computer animated, epic fantasy, 2d animation, queer cinema
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Plot Summary:
The world's most highly qualified crew of archaeologists and explorers is led by historian Milo Thatch as they board the incredible 1,000-foot submarine Ulysses and head deep into the mysteries of the sea.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 131000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, stylized, anime, intercultural, epic, romantic, feel good, entertaining
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Plot Summary:
After finding himself in a world known as the Mushroom Kingdom, A Brooklyn plumber Mario must travel through this world with a princess named Peach and a mushroom named Toad to find his brother Luigi and save the world from a ruthless fire-breathing monster called Bowser.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 211000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, anime, surprise ending, psychotronic, computer animated, humorous, interesting, fun
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Brave (2012)
Plot Summary:
Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently brings turmoil to the kingdom. In an attempt to set things right, Mérida seeks out an eccentric old Wise Woman and is granted an ill-fated wish. Also figuring into Mérida’s quest — and serving as comic relief — are the kingdom’s three lords: the enormous Lord MacGuffin, the surly Lord Macintosh, and the disagreeable Lord Dingwall.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 434000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, 3d animation, humorous, touching, entertaining, visual, cute, visually stunning
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
Plot Summary:
Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga'Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie's. The film is based on the first three books in the series.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, fairy tale, scenic, computer animated, atmospheric, heroic, 3d animation, visually appealing, epic
Similar in 80%
Shrek Forever After (2010)
Plot Summary:
A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met—he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 221000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, computer animated, funny, humorous, witty, entertaining, 3d animation, exciting, semi serious, feel good
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
Plot Summary:
As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, computer animated, feel good, captivating, fairy tale, sentimental, epic, saga, crying, anime
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Shrek 2 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and the King find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. The fairy godmother discovers that Shrek has married Fiona instead of her Son Prince Charming and sets about destroying their marriage.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 495000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, parody, feel good, computer animated, entertaining, humorous, hilarious, witty, funny, sweet
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Enchanted (2007)
Plot Summary:
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 215000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Algeria, New Zealand
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, stylized, parody, romantic comedy, funny, cute, sweet, entertaining
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The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Plot Summary:
A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the day. Accompanying the fearless duo are bumbling albatross Wilbur and local field operative Jake the Kangaroo Rat.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: sweet, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, intense, exciting, feel good, semi serious, sentimental, cute
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Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
Plot Summary:
The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, fairy tale, entertaining, colorful, humorous, witty, stylized, semi serious, feel good, psychotronic
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Treasure Planet (2002)
Plot Summary:
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms. But, soon, Jim realizes Silver is a pirate intent on mutiny!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 130000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, entertaining, futuristic, stylized, semi serious, anime, feel good, retro, educational
Similar in 78%
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Plot Summary:
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Spain
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, scenic, epic, serious, exciting, adult animation, cult classic, dark fantasy, mystical, inspirational
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Excalibur (1981)
Plot Summary:
A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, epic, exciting, serious, stylized, scenic, dark fantasy, intense, cult classic, arthurian
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Plot Summary:
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 420000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, epic, scenic, christian film, entertaining, visually stunning, action adventure, fantasy adventure