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Plot Summary:
A young girl named Kiki (Fuka Koshiba) must leave her home for a year to begin training in witchcraft. She leaves on her broom, but first says goodbye to her friends and family. Kiki then begins her new life with her trusted cat Jiji.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 998
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan, China
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, sweet, light, feel good, humorous, colorful, anime, colourful
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Rascals on the Road (2005)
Plot Summary:
Four kids - Eugen, Wrigley, Bäschteli and Eduard - leave for an adventure around Switzerland, searching for the fabulous treasure of Titicaca Lake, discovered by Fritzli Bühler.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, aesthetic, touching, realistic, semi serious, fast
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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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Lilly the Witch: The Journey to Mandolan (2011)
Plot Summary:
Lilli is traveling to India, to solve a mystery.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Germany, Spain, Austria
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, computer animated
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The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
Plot Summary:
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz follows a young woman named Dorothy Gale who dreams of becoming a singer but is unable to pursue her dreams. After being swept up by a tornado with her pet prawn Toto, Dorothy embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard of Oz, the person who both Dorothy and the citizens of Oz believe can help make her dream come true.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, fantasy adventure, exciting, crying, campy, cult film
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After the Rain, on Thursday (1986)
Plot Summary:
A palace steward conspires with bandits to kidnap an infant czar's son and an orphan adopted by the czar, replacing the prince with the steward's son. Two decades later the true prince and his foster brother are slaves in a quarry, the changeling grew up as a prince, and his mother has been elevated to the highest position in the state for "saving" the prince, but losing her own child. Then the brothers escape, the changeling prince departs to fight an immortal wizard and vanishes, and the brothers have to deal with the wizard. Which includes stealing a bird-woman from a Mid-Eastern khan and figuring where the wizard's death is.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, humorous, captivating
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Wild Witch (2018)
Plot Summary:
12-year-old Clara is just like any other girl, until one day a mysterious black cat scratches her. Clara soon discovers that she can communicate with the cat and that she belongs to a family of Wild Witches with a strong connection to nature and animals. It turns out that Clara is a very special Wild Witch and that her blood can set free the ancient and evil witch, Bravita Bloodyoung.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark, Norway, Hungary, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, enigmatic, sweet, entertaining, funny, feel good, humorous, teen comedy
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Upon The Magic Roads (2021)
Plot Summary:
Romantic John the Fool and his friend Foal set out on a series of unpredictable adventures in different magical worlds. The two buddies will have to outsmart an evil tyrant king, catch the firebird, and find John’s true love.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, folk tale
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Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story of how Mystery Inc. was formed.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, detective, exciting, suspenseful, slapstick
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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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Maid to Order (1987)
Plot Summary:
Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy godmother Stella. In an effort to save Jessie, Stella casts a spell which causes Charles to no longer have a daughter. Jessie, now penniless and without a friend, must take a maid's job to earn a living, and hopefully to learn her lesson.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Fantasy, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sweet, entertaining, melancholic, light, romantic, sentimental, humorous, feel good, semi serious, independent film
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Sweet Little Lies (2011)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: captivating, thought provoking, humorous, road movie, light, feel good, uplifting, touching, realistic, semi serious
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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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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 Lost Prince (2020)
Plot Summary:
Djibi lives alone with Sofia, his 8-year-old daughter. Every night, he invents a story to put him to sleep. When Sofia falls asleep, these extraordinary stories come to life somewhere in an imaginary world inhabited by knights, pirates and other dragons. In this world that belongs only to them, Sofia is always the princess to save, and the brave Prince is none other than Djibi himself. But 3 years later, the entry of Sofia to the college will mark the end of her childhood. To the despair of her father, she no longer needs her stories at night. On the one hand, Djibi will have to accept that his daughter will grow up and move away from him. On the other hand, in the World of Stories, the Prince will have to face the most epic of all his adventures. Find your destiny in a world where it no longer has a place.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sentimental, inspirational, thought provoking, touching, feel good, humorous
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Magic Silver (2009)
Plot Summary:
Princess Bluerose is a small gnome living deep in the Norwegian mountains. A small community of gnomes is responsible for making the transition between daylight and night. This is called the magic hour, and is created by the magic silver which only these gnomes possess. When the silver is stolen, the world is transformed into eternal night. Princess Bluerose sets out on a remarkable journey to retrieve the silver and save the world from eternal darkness. Magic Silver is based on the popular Norwegian television series Jul i Blåfjell (1999) and Jul på Månetoppen (2002). They are considered classic Christmas calender series, and already firmly entrenched in an entire generation's old Christmas memories.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, exciting, light, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
Plot Summary:
Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and a rag tag group of teens on an adventure to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, colorful, light, enigmatic, entertaining, talky, fairy tale, cult classic, breathtaking, 2d animation
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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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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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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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The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes (2020)
Plot Summary:
Vlad has just moved and joined one of the most famous magical schools in the world, where he meets fairies, witches, trolls and dwarfs. Him and his father are the first vampires in town, but he soon meets other special kids.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, fairy tale, funny, entertaining
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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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Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Plot Summary:
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, spiritual, epic, mysterious, light hearted, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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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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Stuart Little 2 (2002)
Plot Summary:
Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human brother, George, and their mischievous cat, Snowbell, set out to rescue a friend.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, sentimental, stylized, sweet, feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, fairy tale
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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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Charlotte's Web (2006)
Plot Summary:
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, inspirational, touching, light, sweet, emotional, melancholic, humorous, semi serious, sentimental
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The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two centuries after Snow White and Cinderella had their adventures, the Nine Kingdoms ready themselves for the coronation of Prince Wendel, Snow White's grandson, to the throne of the Fourth Kingdom. But an evil once-queen has freed herself from prison, and turns the prince into a golden retriever. Wendel, by means of a magic mirror, escapes into a hitherto-unknown Tenth Kingdom (modern day New York City) and meets Virginia and her father Tony. Pursued by trolls, cops, and a wolf in man's form, the three blunder back into the Nine Kingdoms and begin their adventures to restore Wendel to his human form and throne, and find the magic mirror that will take Tony and Virginia back home, all the while unknowing that Virginia already has a connection to the Nine Kingdoms that may prove deadly before we reach Happily Ever After.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 417 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, scenic, feel good, humorous, colorful, cult classic, epic, dark fantasy, visually appealing
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The Witches (1990)
Plot Summary:
A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the witches' plot before he can stop them?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, humorous, dark fantasy, scary, stylized, atmospheric, funny, retro, feel good, epic
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Plot Summary:
Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black – and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 676000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: gothic, fairy tale, dark fantasy, entertaining, atmospheric, exciting, saga, stylized, serious, visually appealing
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Paddington (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in Peruvian rainforest, a young bear makes his way to England in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed "Paddington" for the london train station, finds shelter with the family of Henry and Mary Brown. Although Paddington's amazement at urban living soon endears him to the Browns, someone else has her eye on him: Taxidermist Millicent Clyde has designs on the rare bear and his hide.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA, China
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, sweet, colorful, stylized, not serious, semi serious, funny, humorous, slapstick