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Plot Summary:
Marnie Piper prepares to begin a new school year, she asks the Halloweentown Hot Witches' Council to work toward openness between Halloweentown and the mortal world. She proposes to bring a group of Halloweentown students to her own high school in the mortal world.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, teen, spooky, offbeat
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Frankenstein and Me (1996)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: spooky, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending
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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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Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls (2004)
Plot Summary:
Poor Bibi - due to her bad marks in maths she has to spend the whole summer in the boarding school of Altenberg to scrape through a series of exams - otherwise she'd stay down in school, being forced to repeat the year. No camping, no white-water rafting, no vacation at all. So it doesn't surprise anyone that the young witch is quite disgruntled when arriving at Altenberg Castle. Her roommate is a touchy unpleassant fashion victim and headmaster Quirin Bartels is so muddle-headed that he can't even remember the names of his students properly. But then Bibi makes friends with Elea, a girl wheelchair-bound since a terrible accident where she also lost her beloved parents. Now Bibi is determined to help the sensitive Elea, searching a way to heal her from her palsy legs.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 739
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: semi serious, captivating, entertaining, spooky
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Sabrina, Down Under (1999)
Plot Summary:
Sabrina and her friend Gwen, while on vacation at Australia's Great Barrier Reef, try to save a secret mermaid colony who's habitat is threatened by ocean pollution.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: teen, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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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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Double, Double Toil and Trouble (1993)
Plot Summary:
The Farmer family is in big debts; they might lose their house soon. The seven year old Farmer twins, Kelly and Lynn, decide not to let this happen. They discover that somebody really mean and shrewd is responsible for all the problems of their family: it's their aunt Agatha! Thanks to the moon stone that she found years ago, aunt Agatha is now a witch. She has supernatural abilities but unfortunately uses them to do bad things. She is malicious and loves injuring others, even her own family. The girls must take the magic stone from Agatha.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: spooky, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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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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R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (2015)
Plot Summary:
Teenage friends must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, entertaining, scary, captivating, teen
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Girl Vs. Monster (2012)
Plot Summary:
Skylar finds out that her parents are monster hunters after she accidentally releases some monsters from a secret containment chamber; so she and her techno friends must recapture all the monsters and also save her mom and dad from these monsters who are out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, psychotronic, parody, scenic, teen, spooky, spoof
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Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009)
Plot Summary:
Powerful magic cast by Alex spells trouble for the Russo's. The kids must go on an adventure to save their family and their existence.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, teen, exciting, dramatic, predictable, not serious, surprise ending, stylized
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Return to Halloweentown (2006)
Plot Summary:
As Halloweentown prepares to celebrate its 1,000th anniversary, Marnie Piper and her brother Dylan return to Witch University, where trouble is in session from the Sinister Sisters and from someone who's plotting to use Marnie's powers for evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, exciting, humorous, semi serious, teen, spooky
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Wizards of Waverly Place (2007)
Plot Summary:
Alex, Justin and Max Russo are not your ordinary kids - they're wizards in training! While their parents run the Waverly Sub Station, the siblings struggle to balance their ordinary lives while learning to master their extraordinary powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, stylized, not serious, sitcom, teen, slapstick, parody, urban fantasy, nostalgic
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Good Witch (2015)
Plot Summary:
Cassie Nightingale, Middleton’s favorite enchantress, and her young-teenage daughter Grace, who shares that same special intuition as her mom, welcome Dr. Sam Radford and his son to town. When the New York transplants move in next to the Grey House, they are immediately spellbound by the mother-daughter duo next door, but Sam and Cassie quickly find they may not see eye to eye. With her signature charm, Cassie attempts to bring everyone together, ensuring all of Middleton is in for new changes, big surprises and, of course, a little bit of magic! "Good Witch” is based on Bell’s beloved character Cassie, the raven-haired enchantress who kept audiences spellbound for seven installments of Hallmark Channel's longest-running and highest-rated original movie franchise of all time.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, semi serious, light, colorful, sentimental, humorous, colourful
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Just Add Magic (2015)
Plot Summary:
Kelly Quinn and her two BFF's, Darbie and Hannah, stumble upon her grandmother's mysterious cookbook in the attic and discover some far from ordinary recipes. When the Shut'em Up Shortcake silences Kelly's pesky little brother and the Healing Hazelnut Tart heals Darbie's ankle, the girls discover they have the power of magic. A single-camera live-action pilot based on the popular book.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, feel good, touching, semi serious, humorous, thought provoking, spooky, light hearted
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Avalon High (2010)
Plot Summary:
Disney Channel's production of Julie Sherman Wolfe's screenplay adaptation of the popular novel Avalon High by Meg Cabot. Elaine "Ellie" Harrison has just moved from Minnesota to Annapolis, Maryland while her parents take a year long sabbatical to continue their medieval studies in nearby DC. Her new high school, Avalon High, seems like a typical high school with the stereotypical students: Lance the jock, Jennifer the cheerleader, Marco, the bad boy/desperado, and Will, the senior class president, quarterback, and all around good guy. But not everyone at Avalon High is who they appear to be, not even Ellie herself. Eventually, it becomes apparent that Avalon High is a situation where the ancient Arthurian legend is repeating itself. Will, Jennifer, Lance, Marco, and Mr. Morton all correspond to King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Knight Lancelot, Mordred, and Merlin, respectively.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, entertaining, arthurian, teen, serious
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Kids of the Round Table (1995)
Plot Summary:
Set in modern times, Alex finds King Arthur's sword Excalibur and must prove himself worthy of it.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, arthurian, independent film, offbeat, feel good, semi serious, light, romantic, sexy
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The Little Vampire (2000)
Plot Summary:
Based on the popular books, the story tells of Tony who wants a friend to add some adventure to his life. What he gets is Rudolph, a vampire kid with a good appetite. The two end up inseparable, but their fun is cut short when all the hopes of the vampire race could be gone forever in single night. With Tony's access to the daytime world, he helps them to find what they've always wanted.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, humorous, melancholic, gothic, offbeat, semi serious, independent film, scary, fairy tale
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A Halloween Puppy (2012)
Plot Summary:
A boy accidentally turns his mom's boyfriend into a dog.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, touching, offbeat, semi serious
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Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lisa Dolittle sends her daughter to 'Durango', a Dude Ranch, to find herself. While there, she uses her talent to talk to the animals in order to save Durango from being taken over by a neighboring Ranch.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, romantic, offbeat
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Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book (2009)
Plot Summary:
Lilly was a normal girl with a healthy sense of adventure. That is, until she finds a magical book, complete with a funny little dragon, "Hector". With the help of her new friend and the book, Lilly has the ability to time-travel and truly satisfy her adventure- lust!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Italy, Austria
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting, computer animated
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Every Witch Way (2014)
Plot Summary:
The series follows 14-year-old Emma Alonso, as she moves to Miami and her life turns upside-down. Not only does she discover that she is a witch, she also has a crush on the boy next door, Daniel. But Daniel’s ex-girlfriend Maddie, who is an 'evil witch' and leader of the school clique the 'Panthers', is still willing to fight for the boy she loves.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, telenovela
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Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Cromwell clan live in the real world, except for their grandmother who lives in Halloweentown, a place where monsters go to escape reality. But now the son of the Cromwells' old enemy Kalabar has a plan to use the grandmother's book to turn Halloweentown into a grey dreary version of the real world, while transform the denizens of the real world into monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, semi serious, humorous, suspense, teen, spooky, offbeat
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
Plot Summary:
A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: not serious, feel good, humorous, touching, cult classic, teen, psychotronic, teen comedy, tv series pilot
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Halloweentown (1998)
Plot Summary:
On her 13th birthday, Marnie learns she's a witch, discovers a secret portal, and is transported to Halloweentown — a magical place where ghosts and ghouls, witches and werewolves live apart from the human world. But she soon finds herself battling wicked warlocks, evil curses, and endless surprises.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, tense, captivating, melancholic, psychotronic, scary, teen, spooky, terrifying
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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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Twitches (2005)
Plot Summary:
Twins separated at birth, Camryn and Alex meet by chance for the first time on their 21st birthday and discover they're witches with the power to save their homeland of Coventry from the evil that threatens it. But when Camryn leaves Alex to face the darkness alone, will Coventry be doomed? Or will the sisters multiply their magic by standing together?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, teen, colorful, spooky, offbeat, semi serious, colourful
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996)
Plot Summary:
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name. The show premiered on September 27, 1996 on ABC to over 17 million viewers in its "T.G.I.F." line-up. The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, an American teenage half-witch who, on her sixteenth birthday, discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts, European witches Hilda and Zelda, and their magical talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts through most of the series. The series' first four seasons aired on ABC from September 27, 1996 to May 5, 2000; the final three seasons ran on The WB from September 22, 2000 to April 24, 2003.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: feel good, not serious, sitcom, humorous, supernatural thriller, entertaining, funny, light, sweet, touching
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Hocus Pocus (1993)
Plot Summary:
After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it us up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 154000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sweet, scary, mystical, funny, gothic, dark comedy, spooky, offbeat, psychological
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Nightbooks (2021)
Plot Summary:
Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, dark, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, dark fantasy, splatter, minimal cast, horror comedy
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Descendants (2015)
Plot Summary:
A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos), Maleficent (Mal), the Evil Queen (Evvie) and Jafar (Jay).
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, teen, funny, crying, epic fantasy