Best movies like Frosty
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Plot Summary:
A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, atmospheric, touching, humorous, semi serious, folk tale, mysterious, grindhouse, campy
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A Night Before Christmas (1961)
Plot Summary:
Funny story about how on Christmas Eve in the Ukrainian village of beguiled the devil and how mighty Vakula managed to overcome evil spirits, and to take his bride to the king's slippers. A screen adaptation of Nikolai Gogol "The Night Before Christmas.".
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, romantic, touching
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Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair (1970)
Plot Summary:
Once upon a time there lived a Tsar named Yeremey who went on a year-long journey to take inventory of all he owned. One day he is kidnapped by the underwater Tsar Chudo-Yudo. When a ransom is demanded, the Tsar's family is faced with all kinds of intrigue and treachery.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, folk tale, feel good
Similar in 83%
Baba Yaga (1973)
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, folk tale, stylized, semi serious, absurd
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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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A Christmoose Carol (2005)
Plot Summary:
A bullied young boy befriends a flying, talking moose that crashed through his ceiling after a test-flight with Santa went terribly awry in this holiday film for the whole family. But later, just as Mr. Moose and Beril strike up a friendship, the young boy's nefarious landlord Mr. Pannecke decides a mounted moose head would make a fine new addition to his trophy wall. But Santa has other plans for Mr. Moose, and when he turns up looking for his lost pal, Beril is faced with the prospect of losing his one and only friend.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The Good Witch (2008)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious woman comes in to town and inhabits the local haunted mansion, making everyone wonder if she's a witch or "The Grey Lady".
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, saga, romantic comedy, cute, teen
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Snowglobe (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does not share her love for the holiday at all. When she is about to breakdown because of her family, she receives a snowglobe in the mail. When she opens up the snowglobe, she is transported into the world inside, where Christmas is the heart and soul for everyone who lives there. She discovers she can return to her world by going down a small path in the small forest at the edge of the village, and can return whenever she winds up the snowglobe. After a long set of visits to the globe, she accidentally gets trapped inside.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, humorous, entertaining, emotional, cute, offbeat
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Babes in Toyland (1961)
Plot Summary:
All roads lead to magical, merry Toyland as Mary Contrary and Tom Piper prepare for their wedding! But villainous Barnaby wants Mary for himself, so he kidnaps Tom, setting off a series of comic chases, searches, and double-crosses! The "March Of The Wooden Soldiers" helps put Barnaby in his place, and ensures a "happily ever after" for Tom and Mary!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sweet, cute, psychotronic, mysterious, offbeat, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes (1968)
Plot Summary:
Fairytale about heroic Vasya and beautiful Alenushka.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 840
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, atmospheric, touching, semi serious, feel good, humorous, folk tale
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The Polar Bear King (1991)
Plot Summary:
After his father is killed, Prince Valemon ascends the throne, only to be turned into a polar bear by a bitter witch who wants to be his queen.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Norway, Sweden, Germany, France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mysterious, exciting, touching, feel good, semi serious, psychotronic
Similar in 75%
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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Once Upon a Christmas (2000)
Plot Summary:
Can Santa's daughter turn naughty to nice and save Christmas?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 934
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, uplifting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, fairy tale
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Prince Charming (2001)
Plot Summary:
After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, fairy tale, touching, semi serious, humorous, offbeat, mysterious, sex comedy, period piece, costume drama
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Jack and the Beanstalk (2009)
Plot Summary:
A fairy tale character who is about to flunk out of fairy tale school, Jack must perform a heroic deed by Monday or fail miserably, just like his father before him. Anxious to make good, Jack sells his C.O.W. (Computer of Wonder) for a handful of magic beans and a mysterious book that records his adventures as he's having them. Accompanied by his sidekick Grayson -- a goose who ate a bean and underwent an amazing transformation -- Jack climbs the magic beanstalk to recover the fabled Harp of Destiny from the evil Giant who lives in the sky. Helping Jack on his perilous quest is the spunky Jillian, a fearless young girl whom Jack meets on his journey -- and who just may have a hidden agenda.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting, mysterious, psychotronic
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Hansel and Gretel (1988)
Plot Summary:
Hansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upon the cottage of a kindly old woman. But is this kindly old woman everything she seems...?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, humorous, feel good, stylized, mysterious, independent film, semi serious
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Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio (2002)
Plot Summary:
Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, semi serious, stylized, light, retro, anamorphic, scary, inspirational
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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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The Secret of Moonacre (2008)
Plot Summary:
When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hungary, UK, France, Australia, USA, New Zealand
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, sentimental, captivating, mystical, romantic, scenic, mystic, period piece, happy
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Bibi Blocksberg (2002)
Plot Summary:
In order to save some kids who are about to die in a fire, Bibi, the daughter of a prestigious witch, manages to trigger a heavy rain with her powers. The head of all witches gives her an award called "Crystal Ball", reserved for older girls. German adventure film very much in line of Harry Potter, but in female version.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 982
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, semi serious, tense, spooky, fairy tale
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When Santa Fell to Earth (2011)
Plot Summary:
Christmas is just two weeks away, it is pouring with rain, and Ben is struggling to get into the Christmas spirit. Suddenly, Bens life takes a turn for the better when Santa Niklas Goodfellow and his Christmas caravan come crashing down to Earth in the middle of thunderstorm and land in Foggy Lane. Santa is on the run from the ruthless Gerold Geronimus Goblynch and his army of nutcrackers who have outlawed all of the old magical ways and have transformed the bright and peaceful Christmas world into a dark and hostile place, governed by greed and money. Goblynch has banned work for all Santas and confined the Christmas angels to tiny prison cells, where they can no longer hear the dearest wishes of children. Goblynch also wants to force Santa Niklas Goodfellow, the last real Santa, to work for his commercialized Christmas company and forces him to do hard labour in the ordering department of the Christmas Palace.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, melancholic, sentimental, touching, captivating, educational
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Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Plot Summary:
The film stars Libuse Safrankova as the title character, a young woman who is put upon by her stepmother and stepsisters. The film employs a twist, though, when a handsome prince comes knocking. Cinderella does not simply fall into the prince's arms. In this version, he must actively pursue the young woman who is a skilled sharpshooter prone to wearing hunting outfits. Cinderella also has three wishes at her disposal, gained from three magic nuts.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Family, Adventure, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sweet, romantic, light, costume drama, humorous, semi serious, offbeat, psychotronic, freeze frame
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Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001)
Plot Summary:
Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, feel good, semi serious, epic, mysterious, costume drama, humorous, period drama, corny
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Snow White (1987)
Plot Summary:
A prince, seeking the greatest treasure, stumbles upon seven little men guarding a coffin. They tell him the story of Snow White, a beautiful princess who was forced to run away from home after her jealous stepmother tried to have her killed. When she realizes that the girl is still alive and living with the dwarfs, she sets out to destroy her only rival once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 922
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mysterious, period piece, independent film, exciting, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Cinderella (2015)
Plot Summary:
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 188000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Denmark, Canada, Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, sweet, feel good, cute, teen, colorful, semi serious, costume drama, visual
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Penelope (2006)
Plot Summary:
Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company. This untraditional fairy tale about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, light, sweet, touching, modern fairy tale, romantic comedy, cute, teen
Similar in 77%
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
Plot Summary:
Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he launches a plan to sabotage the toy factory and compel Scott to invoke the little-known Escape Clause and wish he'd never become Santa.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, christmas special, humorous, semi serious, fairy tale, sweet, entertaining, mysterious, exciting, funny
Similar in 87%
Nanny McPhee (2005)
Plot Summary:
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sweet, feel good, touching, light, humorous, semi serious, offbeat, cute, inspirational
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
Plot Summary:
Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green, who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant, Nanny uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: captivating, fairy tale, entertaining, scenic, touching, humorous, surreal, colorful, witty, semi serious
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The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
Plot Summary:
Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, humorous, feel good, light, entertaining, touching, christmas special, semi serious, funny, exciting
Similar in 78%
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Plot Summary:
Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Whos, an almost mutated sort of Munchkin-like people. All the Whos love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos, whom he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriending the Grinch.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 279000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, funny, stylized, humorous, light, sweet, entertaining, absurd, semi serious, parody