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Plot Summary:
Updating of the old "Aladdin" Arabian Nights tale, as a teenager in modern-day Miami finds a magic lantern and out pops a genie, who's been asleep for 200 years and in his gratitude grants the boy several wishes.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands, Italy, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
Best tv shows and movies like Aladdin (1986):
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Teen Wolf Too (1987)
Plot Summary:
Although awkward college student Todd Howard is particularly adept at science, he's paying for school with an athletic scholarship that he will lose should he not fare well in an upcoming boxing tournament. Luckily for Todd, he has inherited the same family curse that once turned his cousin into a werewolf. As he transforms into the hairy, fanged, howling monster, he finds both his physical agility and his popularity skyrocketing -- but at what cost?.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, feel good, semi serious, humorous, psychotronic, light, talky, spooky, independent film, sexy
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Getting Lucky (1989)
Plot Summary:
School nerd Bill just wants to save the world and to score a date with cheerleader babe Chrissie Schackler. Both become real possibilities when he finds an alcoholic Leprechaun in a beer bottle he was about to recycle. Wacky hijinks ensue as the leprechaun, Lepkey, messes up a few of the wishes. Can Bill fight off school jock Tony Chanuka and marry Chrissie so they can fulfill their dream of opening a clinic?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, romantic, humorous, semi serious, independent film
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Willy/Milly (1986)
Plot Summary:
Milly is annoyed whenever her mom tells her to behave more appropriate for a girl. She's just not interested in fancy dresses or prom dances. Some day her best friend's little brother offers her a potion which can make her deepest wish come true during a solar eclipse. She goes through with it and ends up with male genitals, additionally. So she has to decide if she wants to life as boy or girl. Her father, who always wanted a son, supports her in checking out life as a boy. Hence Milly changes school and starts out as Willy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 539
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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Hercules in New York (1970)
Plot Summary:
Hercules (Schwarzenegger) is sent to Earth where he finds true love and starts a promising career in the bodybuilder business.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, melancholic, semi serious, cult classic, feel good, light, captivating, surreal, fairy tale
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Aladin (2009)
Plot Summary:
Based in the municipality of Khwaish, abused by his classmates, Aladin Chatterjee, who was orphaned when his parents, Arun and Riya, died in an accident in Siachen Valley, lived with his paternal grandfather until the later's passing. Now alone, grown up, studying in Khwaish University, and still being abused by fellow-college mates, he finds himself smitten by the lovely US Exchange Student, Jasmine. Unable to express his feelings for her, he rubs a lamp that was gifted to him on his birthday, which summons a genie named Genius. He gets 3 wishes, but wastes 2 of them, but on the 3rd one he insists that Genius assist him to win Jasmine's heart without any magical tricks. Hilarious chaos result when everything seems to fail while an immortal and deadly entity, Ringmaster, and his hordes, prepares to confront Genius and Aladin so that he can acquire more magical powers with the help of the lamp on the day of the sighting of a rare comet and the truth behind the death of Aladin's parents.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, dark fantasy
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Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer (2010)
Plot Summary:
Arthur unwittingly discovers the secret to stopping an evil dragon who threatens to destroy all civilization.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 738
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, exciting, light
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Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury (2014)
Plot Summary:
The film ' Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury ' is a sequel to the Danish superhero film Antboy, based on the books by Kenneth Bøgh Andersen. The story is again on the ordinary Danish boy Pelle, who secretly fights crime as a superhero Antboy. In the first film, he made short work of the super villain flea , now tucked away on the local insane clinic.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 768
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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3 Times a Charm (2011)
Plot Summary:
Emma, the studious editor of the school paper, is tempted by the most popular boy in school, Chris Duval, to cheat. She is given a magical necklace that will give her 3 chances.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film
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The Adventures of Food Boy (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ezra discovers he has a unique ability to make food appear in his hands. He quickly uses his new super powers to impress his friends and to become popular around school for the first time in his life.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, captivating, exciting, light, sincere, independent film
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Superbror (2009)
Plot Summary:
"Superbrother" tells the story of Anton, a 10 year old boy desperate for, he says, an older and true brother as Buller, his brother, is autistic. Always distracted looking at the sky, Anton receives an unexpected visit from some stranger who comes from space and Buller becomes a superhero. Unfortunately, these powers do not last forever. Will they be able to learn to use them?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, captivating, semi serious, exciting, uplifting, offbeat
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A Dog's Tale (2000)
Plot Summary:
Anything is possible when the Professor tells Tim about a supernova that grants wishes. Unfortunately, when Tim's wish doesn't go as planned, he finds himself in a dog's body!.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, exciting
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Thunderstruck (2012)
Plot Summary:
Brian is a 16 year-old who can't play basketball, but he still wants to play like his hero, Kevin Durant. At an Oklahoma City Thunder game, Brian gets chosen to shoot a half court shot which he misses and hits the mascot in the process. Later on, he gets a chance to meet Durant and expresses his desire to play just like him. When Kevin gives Brian the ball, the two unknowingly switch talents.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, sincere
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Level Up (2011)
Plot Summary:
Four very different high school teenagers battle trolls, ghouls and a dark leader of them named Maldark in a video game that goes haywire and releases the battle into the real world (IMDb.com).
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 822
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, tense, witty, semi serious
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Antboy (2013)
Plot Summary:
12-year-old Pelle accidentally gets bitten by an ant and develops unimaginable superpowers. With help from his friend, comic book nerd Wilhelm, Pelle creates a secret identity as the superhero Antboy. Slowly things start to happen in the surburban community, and when a scary and crazy supervillain, Flea, enters the scene, Antboy must step up to the challenge. The first Danish superhero-movie. Based on the books by Kenneth Bøgh Andersen.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, captivating, tense, light, not serious
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Teen Sorcery (1999)
Plot Summary:
Dawn (A.J. Cook), the new girl in school, discovers that her classmate Mercedes (Lexa Doig) is actually a witch and must do everything she can to stop her from using her powers for evil. She is soon plunged into a life and death battle against an evil spirit, a sleeping spell and an angry dragon.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Romania
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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Deal of a Lifetime (1999)
Plot Summary:
The agent for the Devil takes the soul of a high school sophomore in exchange for a date with the most popular girl on campus.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light
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Adventures of Aladdin (2019)
Plot Summary:
With the help of a magical lamp, an impoverished young man transforms himself into a prince in order to win the heart of a beautiful princess. A live-action retelling of the 1992 Disney film of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, mockbuster
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I Was a Teenage Faust (2002)
Plot Summary:
15 year old Brendan Willy hates himself for being un-cool when he falls in love with the girl of his dreams. Enter Mr. Five, a no good tempter from hell, which in his last attempt to ensnare a soul before being fried for eternity, transforms Brendan into the coolest kid in Indiana, only to find out that this contract isn't going to be easy at all.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, offbeat
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Shorts (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Peru, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: not serious, feel good, humorous, light, freeze frame, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
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Bored Silly (2000)
Plot Summary:
What starts out as a boring day for Bobby, Johnnie and Chuck quickly escalates into a riotous backyard adventure. A swarming beehive, a lawn mower with a mind of its own, a mysterious junkman and the neighborhood bully are just some of the hilarious encounters these close-knit friends will experience on a day that began with the classic kid question of all time: "What do you guys wanna do?".
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Comedy, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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The Last Day of Summer (2007)
Plot Summary:
Luke Malloy is freaking out. He doesn't want tomorrow to come because tomorrow means starting Middle School...saying goodbye to summer break and hello to homework. And even worse, hello to getting picked on by Meat, the terrible torturer of new kids. Luke's dread of tomorrow is casting a shadow on his enjoyment of his last day of summer, so he makes a wish that the Last Day of Summer would last forever... that his one last perfect day of fun and freedom would never end. But when his wish comes true, he discovers that he's stuck repeating the day over and over again, which, as Luke quickly learns, isn't any better. What do you do when the "ultimate do-over" isn't all it's cracked up to be?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 736
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, entertaining
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The Luck of the Irish (2001)
Plot Summary:
A teenager must battle for a gold charm to keep his family from being controlled by an evil leprechaun.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Arabian Adventure (1979)
Plot Summary:
An evil caliph (Christopher Lee) offers his daughter’s hand in marriage to a prince if he can complete a perilous quest for a magical rose. Helped by a young boy and a magic carpet, Prince Hasan (Oliver Tobias), has to overcome genies, fire breathing monsters and treacherous swamps to reach his prize and claim the hand of the Princess Zuleira (Emma Samms).
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, exciting, captivating, light, psychotronic, action adventure, humorous, semi serious, independent film, vintage
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Kazaam (1996)
Plot Summary:
Shaquille O'Neal as a rapping genie protects a little boy.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, inspirational, intense, fairy tale, parody, light hearted, semi serious, light, romantic
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Kids World (2000)
Plot Summary:
What would you wish for if you were eleven and could have anything in the world? Your parents don't understand you. Your teenage brother is constantly getting you in trouble...for things he did! You're in love with the twelve-year-old girl across the street... who, unfortunately, is dating the local bully. Then, one afternoon, while being chased by the bully, you fall into a sinkhole, which happens to be in an ancient Indian burial ground. You find a glass, which you discover turns out to be a witchdoctor's Wishing Glass. When Ryan Mitchell discovers the Wishing Glass, he wishes that all the teenagers and parents would disappear. Soon it's "Kids World," with no adults and teenagers - nobody over the age of 12 anywhere! You can only imagine what happens next... *IT'S A CANADIAN FILM*.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, suspense
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Sherlock: Undercover Dog (1994)
Plot Summary:
Billy, 10, a dreamer, wants to be taken seriously so he can live with his toy-designer father on Catalina Island. Billy's plans get seriously spoilt when Sherlock, a talking police dog, demands his help to rescue his police detective handler kidnaped by smugglers. But Sherlock likes to keep his talking a closely-guarded secret. So now no one will take Billy seriously until he rescues the kidnaped detective and catches the smugglers.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious, detective
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Little Monsters (1989)
Plot Summary:
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games under his bed where pulling pranks on kids and other monsters is the main attraction.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, melancholic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, epic, mysterious, visual, creepy
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Elf-Man (2012)
Plot Summary:
An Elf is left behind by Santa to help rescue the Harper family from a lousy Christmas. The Elf and the family get more than they bargained for, as the kids help the Elf discover his special powers and true identity as a budding superhero.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 752
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, exciting, semi serious
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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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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