Best movies like Stardust
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Plot Summary:
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 282000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, light, dark fantasy, captivating, atmospheric, exciting, offbeat, scenic
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Beautiful Creatures (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, captivating, emotional, teen, gothic, spooky, scenic, fairy tale, feel good
Similar in 87%
Practical Magic (1998)
Plot Summary:
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sweet, feel good, sincere, romantic, offbeat, sexy, detective, melancholic, humorous, mysterious
Similar in 90%
Ladyhawke (1985)
Plot Summary:
Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Italy, UK
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, dark fantasy, touching, atmospheric, period piece, sentimental, epic fantasy, fantasy adventure, captivating, epic
Similar in 90%
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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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
Similar in 80%
Inkheart (2008)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, UK, USA, Italy
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, exciting, dark fantasy, serious, entertaining, tense, mystical, captivating, sentimental
Similar in 79%
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Plot Summary:
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, UK
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, dark fantasy, gothic, entertaining, period piece, surreal, visual, exciting, stylized, mystical
Similar in 85%
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Plot Summary:
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, scary, semi serious, visual, visually stunning, mystical, captivating, spooky, psychological
Similar in 77%
Labyrinth (1986)
Plot Summary:
Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah - a teenager with an active imagination - summons the Goblins from her favourite book, "Labyrinth", to take the baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into the world of the fairytale to rescue him from the Goblin King!.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 147000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: gothic, fairy tale, offbeat, surreal, cult classic, visual, stylized, visually stunning, mystical, humorous
Similar in 75%
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once Ella finds herself in the hands of several unscrupulous characters whom she quite literally cannot disobey. Determined to gain control of her life and decisions, Ella sets off on a journey to find her fairy godmother who she hopes will lift the curse. The path, however, isn't easy -- Ella must outwit a slew of unpleasant obstacles including ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, elves and Prince Charmont's evil uncle, who wants to take over the crown and rule the kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, teen, entertaining, romantic, cute, romantic comedy, light, funny
Similar in 79%
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
Plot Summary:
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 213000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, colorful, light, entertaining, visually appealing, exciting, mystical, fantasy adventure, mysterious, mystic
Similar in 87%
The Princess Bride (1987)
Plot Summary:
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 444000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, touching, entertaining, funny, sweet, romantic, hilarious, romantic comedy, parody
Similar in 76%
Mirror Mirror (2012)
Plot Summary:
After she spends all her money, an evil enchantress queen schemes to marry a handsome, wealthy prince. There's just one problem - he's in love with a beautiful princess, Snow White. Now, joined by seven rebellious dwarves, Snow White launches an epic battle of good vs. evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, romantic, surreal, absurd, visual, cute, costume drama, aesthetic
Similar in 75%
Peter Pan (2003)
Plot Summary:
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, exciting, captivating, sweet, light, romantic, scenic, teen, colorful
Similar in 82%
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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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 499000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, exciting, dark fantasy, entertaining, cliffhanger, absurd, psychotronic, saga, semi serious
Similar in 76%
Winter's Tale (2014)
Plot Summary:
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: romantic, stylized, fairy tale, captivating, emotional, surreal, light, thought provoking, sweet, melancholic
Similar in 89%
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
Plot Summary:
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 168000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, visually appealing, exciting, entertaining, dark fantasy, stylized, gothic, romantic, semi serious, teen
Similar in 83%
A Knight's Tale (2001)
Plot Summary:
William Thatcher, a peasant, is sent to apprentice with a Knight named Hector as a young boy. Urged by his father to "change his Stars", he assumes Sir Hector's place in a tournament when Hector dies in the middle of it. He wins. With the other apprentices, he trains and assumes the title of Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 198000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: feel good, period piece, romantic, inspirational, humorous, light, entertaining, costume drama, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 81%
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Plot Summary:
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths -- and about the villain who's to blame.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 837000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, touching, scenic, teen, saga, mystic, visually appealing, fantasy adventure
Similar in 78%
Big Fish (2003)
Plot Summary:
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 454000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: surreal, feel good, sentimental, touching, visually stunning, fairy tale, offbeat, emotional, sad, visual
Similar in 82%
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: Prince Caspian (2008)
Plot Summary:
One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a young prince whose life has been threatened by the evil King Miraz. Now, with the help of a colorful cast of new characters, including Trufflehunter the badger and Nikabrik the dwarf, the Pevensie clan embarks on an incredible quest to ensure that Narnia is returned to its rightful heir.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 222000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, UK
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: christian film, fairy tale, epic, feel good, saga, entertaining, spiritual, fantasy adventure, mystical, gothic
Similar in 76%
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
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Plot Summary:
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 859000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: epic, breathtaking, captivating, exciting, scenic, dark fantasy, epic fantasy, visually stunning, saga, fairy tale
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Seventh Son (2014)
Plot Summary:
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, China
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, exciting, fairy tale, epic, absurd, scenic, stylized, satanic, teen, dark comedy
Similar in 84%
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
Similar in 75%
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Plot Summary:
A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 329000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, South Korea, Denmark, Canada, UK
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, sweet, touching, period piece, inspirational, costume drama, cute, compassionate, colorful
Similar in 88%
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
Plot Summary:
A fantasy adventure that picks up several years after Maleficent, in which audiences learned of the events that hardened the heart of Disney’s most notorious villain and drove her to curse a baby Princess Aurora, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil continues to explore the complex relationship between the horned fairy (Angelina Jolie) and the soon to be Queen (Elle Fanning), as they form new alliances and face new adversaries in their struggle to protect the moors and the magical creatures that reside within.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA, France
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, dark fantasy, atmospheric, mystical, sincere, touching, captivating, light, emotional, stylized
Similar in 87%
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Plot Summary:
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 20000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: epic, atmospheric, scenic, breathtaking, stylized, exciting, fairy tale, heroic, suspenseful, captivating