Best movies like Once Upon a Time
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Plot Summary:
The "Tikbalang" Puga searches for the magic crystal which will restore peace in his land. His dangerous quest leads him to earth where he meets three young men.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Singsing Ni Lola (2002)
Plot Summary:
a film by Uro Q. dela Cruz. .::.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Super Xuxa Contra o Baixo Astral (1988)
Plot Summary:
Baixo Astral, an evil spirit who lives in the sewers, and whose mission is to bring unhappiness to this world, hears Xuxa on TV asking children to fight for a better world. Threatened by those words, he declares war on her and devises a plan to overcome her, helped by his allies Titica and Morcegão. Among other things, she will have to rescue her little dog from his evil hands.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 961
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Brazil
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: campy
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Super Inday and the Golden Bibe (2010)
Plot Summary:
Super Inday and the Golden Bibe is a remake of the original 1988 movie starring Maricel Soriano & a fantasy-adventure flick official entry to 36th Metro Manila Film Festival–Philippines 2010 of Regal Entertainment co-produced with Regal Multimedia, Inc. on December 25, 2010. This stars Marian Rivera as Super Inday and John Lapus as the Golden Bibe.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags:
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Petrang Kabayo At Ang Pilyang Kuting (1988)
Plot Summary:
At the age of 21, Petra will transform into a horse. This is a fulfillment of the curse Silveria, the goddess of horses, put upon Kulas, Petra's father, after she caught him maltreated a horse. And the curse will only be lifted if Petra will do three heroic deeds. - Written by cinesum.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags:
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Magic in the Mirror (1996)
Plot Summary:
A little girl's imaginary friends come to life when she goes through her great-grandmother's antique mirror, a la Alice, after she sees it glowing.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Enteng Kabisote 4: Okay Ka Fairy Ko...The Beginning of the Legend (2007)
Plot Summary:
Mortal Enteng Kabisote (Vic Sotto) and his magical fairy wife continue to face danger and adventure in this fourth film based on the popular Filipino television series "OK Ka Fairy Ko." The hazards include a time-traveling mirror, an evil dragon lady, a vampirish villain, a gun-armed bad guy and the ever-present aswangs. As always, Enteng must rise to the challenges to protect his beloved family from all the potential mayhem.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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Captain Barbell (1986)
Plot Summary:
A crossover team-up between Captain Barbell and Darna.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Two Sane Nuts (1974)
Plot Summary:
An adventure movie directed by Ernst Hofbauer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: West Germany, Italy, Spain, Colombia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Enteng Kabisote 2: Okay Ka Fairy Ko... The Legend Continues (2005)
Plot Summary:
Taking off where Enteng Kabisote (The Legend of Okay Ka, Fairy Ko) ended, this year's filmic installment of the much-loved TV series of the earthling Enteng Kabisote and his romance with his Faye, despite the frequent intervention of his mother-in-law Ina Magenta, Queen of fairyland Engkantasia, goes on to bigger grounds. Their family is expanding as Faye is again on the family way. The magical world Engkantasya and the man's world welcomes a new addition to the Kabisote family with Ada, Enteng and Faye's new baby girl - a new princess of Engkantasya. While both worlds were happy with this new addition, Darkness is once again brooding both in Engkantasya and in man's world. In the previous film, Satana, the ruler of Kadiliman (Darkness) lost her powers and was vanquish by Magenta. Reborn through the blood of a traitor, Satana regained her powers and vowed to destroy Enkantasya. This time she has succeeded.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: spoof, slapstick comedy, parody
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Dragonworld: The Legend Continues (1999)
Plot Summary:
Yowler, the last dragon on Earth is in terrible danger. His arch enemy, the Dark Knight, has returned. Only young John McGowen can save him.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Antboy 3 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Antboy is challenged by the release of archenemy Loppen from prison, the new super villain, Alicia Dufort, and competition from an all new vigilante; the Hero Without a Name.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 618
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Wizards of the Demon Sword (1991)
Plot Summary:
Ulric's daughter unites with warrior Thane against evil Lord Khoura, who covets the knife of Aktar.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, spoof, parody, campy
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Two-Bits & Pepper (1995)
Plot Summary:
Comedy about idiotic (the two can't even add 1+1) kidnappers, both played for unknown reasons by Joe Piscopo, who capture two young girls and hold them for ransom. However, in "Home Alone" fashion, the two girls make fools of the two men. The film becomes even sillier as two horses who talk to one another decide to rescue the girls from the kidnappers.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 503
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, semi serious
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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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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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The Last Warrior (2017)
Plot Summary:
ivan is an ordinary guy who is transferred from modern Moscow to the fantasy world Belogorye. in this parallel universe where characters of russian fairy tales live, magic is an integral part of the daily life, and arguments are settled with the help of sword ght. Unexpectedly, ivan nds himself in the middle of the battle between the good and evil. He has to nd out why everyone thinks that he should play the main role in the occurring events.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, humorous, captivating, stylized, folk tale, colorful, colourful
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Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Plot Summary:
Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Japan, France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, exciting, cult classic, parody, funny, light, grindhouse
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Dragonheart: A New Beginning (1999)
Plot Summary:
When Geoff, an orphaned stable boy (Chris Masterson), discovers Drake (voice of Robby Benson), the world's last living dragon, he realizes that his dream of becoming a knight in shining armor can now come true. Together, they soon face challenges that turn them into heroes. But caught up in the excitement of their new lives, Geoff and Drake fail to see the hidden dangers that surround them.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, action adventure, feel good, captivating, entertaining, mystical, saga, mythical, fantasy adventure, stylized
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The Neverending Story III (1994)
Plot Summary:
A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: offbeat, feel good, fairy tale, mysterious, fantasy adventure, cult classic, action adventure, stylized, semi serious, metafiction
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The Master of Disguise (2002)
Plot Summary:
A sweet-natured Italian waiter named Pistachio Disguisey at his father Fabbrizio's restaurant, who happens to be a member of a family with supernatural skills of disguise. But moments later the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped Fabbrizio's former arch-enemy, Devlin Bowman, a criminal mastermind in an attempt to steal the world's most precious treasures from around the world. And it's up to Pistachio to track down Bowman and save his family before Bowman kills them!.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, melancholic, feel good, not serious, slapstick comedy, funny, hilarious, slapstick, spoof, scary
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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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The Smurfs 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
The evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants, and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs, Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world¹s greatest sorcerer. It's up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our world, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Will Smurfette, who has always felt different from the other Smurfs, find a new connection with the Naughties Vexy and Hackus or will the Smurfs convince her that their love for her is True Blue?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, France, Canada, Belgium
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, not serious, slapstick, sweet, relaxing, computer animated, funny, unusual plot structure, melancholic
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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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The Smurfs (2011)
Plot Summary:
When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, funny, 3d animation, exciting, sweet, romantic, anime, fantasy adventure, relaxing
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Hook (1991)
Plot Summary:
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see Granny Wendy in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland, could lead to a chance at redemption, in this family-oriented fantasy from director Steven Spielberg.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 269000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sweet, stylized, feel good, inspirational, touching, entertaining, sentimental, humorous, exciting
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Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)
Plot Summary:
They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the boundaries of space and time. A fantasy about a lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the king.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Soviet Union, Norway
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting, cult classic, humorous, stylized, semi serious, crying
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The Golden Compass (2007)
Plot Summary:
After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 195000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, epic, visual, visually stunning, aesthetic, dark fantasy, mystical, spiritual, exciting, atmospheric
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Plot Summary:
This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 164000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: visually appealing, captivating, fairy tale, epic, entertaining, scenic, exciting, serious, christian film, spiritual
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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