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Plot Summary:
A monster crosses paths with the foursome from the classic Chinese story Journey To The West.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Ring Thing (2004)
Plot Summary:
Middle Earth is... right in the heart of Europe! A spoof of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy set in Switzerland.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 886
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, spoof
Similar in 76%
Journey to the West (2010)
Plot Summary:
A Chinese television series adapted from the classical novel of the same title.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Pedro Penduko, Episode II: The Return Of The Comeback (2000)
Plot Summary:
A man (Janno Gibbs) meets the leader (Ramon Zamora) of a distant land threatened by imminent destruction.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: parody, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, tagalog, spoof
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Hanson and the Beast (2017)
Plot Summary:
Yuan Shuai, a debt-ridden animal-breeder, tries to get out of his financial predicament by finding a wealthy girlfriend through matchmaking dates. He unexpectedly meets and fall in love with the fox demon, Bai Xianchu, who has arrived to the mortal realm to repay her gratitude. However, the head of the Demon tribe Yun Zhonghe forbids a love relationship between a demon and a human; and takes Bai Xianchu away. To seek his lover, Yuan Shuai bravely crashes the demonic world.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 649
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, not serious, light, humorous, funny, feel good, captivating, xianxia
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A Chinese Odyssey: Part Three (2016)
Plot Summary:
The third chapter of the cult-classic fantasy saga: A Chinese Odyssey. At the end of 'A Chinese Odyssey 2', Zixia managed to see in advance the outcome of the battle. Now, in order to prevent the unfortunate tragedy, she travels back to the past and make sure that Monkey does not fall in love with her. Monkey is then reincarnated and continues to wait for Bak Jing-jing.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 503
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: China, Cambodia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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20 Once Again (2015)
Plot Summary:
A visit to the photographer’s returns the physical looks of a 70-year-old grandmother back to her 20s. Things get even stranger when his grandson asks her to join his band, and his best friend begins to fall for her.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Country: China, South Korea, Taiwan
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, sincere, dramatic
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The Great Sage Sun Wukong (2019)
Plot Summary:
Because of the drought around the world, Mountain Huaguo with a water source is harassed by powerful monsters around. To investigate the cause of the drought and also obtain a suitable weapon to fight the powerful monsters, Sun Wukong and his good friend Chikaoma Monkey participate in the Treasure Competition in the East Sea, but they get involved in an intrigue. With the Little Dragon Princess' help, Sun Wukong defeats the evil dragon Aoluan that wants to destroy the human world, gets the Ruyijingu Cudgel, and saves the human world.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Monkey King (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra is a 2002 Hong Kong/Taiwanese TV series based on the classic Chinese novel: Journey to the West. It is also a remake of the 90's TVB version. This is the second Monkey King that is portrayed by Dicky Cheung, the other one being "Journey to the West I". It is also the first Monkey King series that is not called "Journey to the West". This was just broadcast on TVB however it is a co-production of Taiwanese-Hong Kong.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, exciting
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Abnormal Attraction (2018)
Plot Summary:
In a world where mythical creatures are real, monsters and humans are forced to coexist; and as prejudice and insecurity pulls everyone apart, three separate storylines manage to come together.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Natural Born Pranksters (2016)
Plot Summary:
The world’s three most notorious, ballsy, and outrageous pranksters come together for the first time to unleash the most epic pranks in an outrageous feature-film event. Jam-packed with cameos from some of YouTube’s biggest stars, watch as Roman Atwood, Dennis Roady, and Vitaly Zdorovetskiy take fearlessness and unbelievable social experiments to the next level.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, independent film, indie film
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Round Trip (2004)
Plot Summary:
Dante, a pony express in serious debt, meets Nina, a hostess stuck in Torino for the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 658
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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MOMMAP (2014)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, avant garde, independent film
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The Monkey King: The Legend Begins (2022)
Plot Summary:
The Monkey King: The Legend Begins is the re-imagined version by Hollywood of the film The Monkey King: Havoc in Heavens Palace, the origin and birthplace of The Monkey King Story.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Monster Hunt (2015)
Plot Summary:
Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, exciting, captivating, scenic, anime, psychotronic
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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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The Legend of the Christmas Witch: The Origins (2021)
Plot Summary:
18th century. Paola, a young, reckless street urchin inadvertently gets in the way of the plans of terrifying Baron De Michelis, a small and mean hunchback always escorted by his trusted (and abused) minion Marmotta, with an unquenchable thirst for power and an unmeasurable hate for witches. The intervention of the sweet and powerful Dolores, a good witch who has devoted her life to children, saves Paola from being burned at the stake. Through a magical apprenticeship, breakneck pursuits, incredible transformations and a whole lot of trouble, Paola will discover that fate has something really special in store for her… And so the legend begins.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Every Witch Way: Spellbound (2014)
Plot Summary:
Every witch way like you have never seen it before all your magic comes back in this movie.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Christmas, Inc. (2008)
Plot Summary:
With Christmas approaching, Santa Claus has to contend with the fact that the North Pole is melting and find a way to rid the holiday of its capitalist nature.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Xuxa and the Elves (2001)
Plot Summary:
Kira (Xuxa) is a botanical that has magical powers, despite not knowing their origin. Until Nanda (Debby), a girl of 10 years, finds himself trapped in his room an elf named Damiz (Leonardo Cordonis) and asks Kira to help free him. Soon they discover that Damiz is the prince of the elves and that was hijacked by Gorgon (Guilherme Karam), a greedy executive who want to buy the house of Nanda family. To help combat Gorgon, Kira then decides to enter the world of elves.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, captivating
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Jellyfish Eyes (2013)
Plot Summary:
In present-day Japan, little Masashi moves from an evacuation center to a small village. There he will discover that every child has the ability to communicate with a fantastic creature, but they are being used in an evil plan to collect the children’s negative energy. Artist Takashi Murakami ‘s debut film is an amazing epic story that is an X-Ray of children’s hopes and fears with the artist’s unmistakable visual style.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 550
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal
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The Magic Door (2007)
Plot Summary:
A magic Troll aims to defeat the Black Witch and find the magic door that will lead him home with the help of the Elf Flip, and the Boy Liam.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, feel good, exciting, stylized
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Hello Mr. Billionaire (2018)
Plot Summary:
A pathetic minor league Soccer Goalkeeper was given a task - to spend 1 Billion in thirty days, if successful he will get 30 Billion. However, he's not allowed to tell anyone about the task and he must not own any valuables by end of it.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, entertaining, semi serious
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Granny Nanny (2020)
Plot Summary:
A group of pensioners want to escape the boredom of their everyday life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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The Usual Idiots: The Movie (2011)
Plot Summary:
A movie based on the italian sitcom "I Soliti Idioti".
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical
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A Witches' Ball (2017)
Plot Summary:
Every year the Witching World gathers to celebrate the newly inducted witches into their world. Beatrix (12) is eager to become part of this world, but when her pending magical status is jeopardized she needs the help of her furry best friend Muggs (voiced by Joey Fatone) to solve some magical riddles before the big event. Will Beatrix sink or soar on the night of the Witches' Ball?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, spooky
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Me and Marilyn (2009)
Plot Summary:
A divorced man that works in a circus, along with some companions of the circus, decides to revive Marilyn Monroe through a seance. Wishing it with all his heart, he is the only one who can see Marilyn.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Garcia & Garcia (2021)
Plot Summary:
Two men with the same name endure the funny consequences of getting mixed up during a business trip.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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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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Life-Size 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Grace Manning is in the middle of her quarter-life crisis, realizing she is in over her head as CEO. To make matters worse, her wild-child ways are causing the company’s stock to plummet. With the help of her young next-door neighbor, Grace’s old Eve doll magically awakens to help get Grace back on track and give her the confidence to be the woman and leader Eve knows Grace can be.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Last Warrior: Root of Evil (2021)
Plot Summary:
Peace and tranquility have set in Belogorie. The evil was defeated and Ivan is now enjoying his well-deserved fame. He is surrounded by his family, friends and small wonders from the modern world that help him lead a comfortable life. Luckily, he has his Magic Sword to cut a gap between the worlds to get some supplies quite regularly. But when an ancient evil rises and the existence of the magic world is put to danger, Ivan has to team up with his old friends and his new rivals. They will set out on a long journey beyond the known world to find a way to defeat the enemies and to return peace to Belogorie.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, humorous, captivating, colorful, children's story, stylized, colourful