Best movies like Swan Lake
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Plot Summary:
The hero, Prince Siegfried, is out riding one day with his friends when he spies amidst swans on a lake a particularly eye-catching one with a crown on its head, the familiar Princess.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale, touching, serious, emotional, stylized, gloomy, folk tale, crying, independent film
Best tv shows and movies like Swan Lake (1981):
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Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999)
Plot Summary:
Sakura Kinomoto, a Card Captor, wins a game of chance and is awarded a trip to Hong Kong, along with her best friend Tomoyo and her rival, Syaoran Li. It turns out that the ancient rival of Clow Reed, the creator of the mysterious and powerful Clow Cards, summoned them, and she's out for revenge. A battle ensues, and secrets are revealed about Clow Reed's shady past and Sakura's connection to him.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, shoujo
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Cinderella (1994)
Plot Summary:
Cinderella, the beautiful and kind-hearted ragamuffin who lives with her greedy stepmother and two selfish stepsisters, charms a handsome prince when her fairy godmother sends her to the royal ball. She must leave the ball by midnight before all the magic is gone, but Cinderella has so much fun that she forgets all about the warning, and when she flees the castle she leaves behind one glass slipper. Cinderella, originally released directly to video in 1994, is a 48-minute animated film adapted from the classic fairy tale, "Cinderella" by Charles Perrault. The movie was produced by Jetlag Productions and was distributed to DVD in 2002 by GoodTimes Entertainment as part of their "Collectible Classics" line.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mockbuster, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, crying, tripping
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The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale (2014)
Plot Summary:
Shortly after the Royal Family adopts a young girl named Alise, she is taken away into the forest. Princess Odette, Derek and their woodland friends, must work together to find a way to bring her home to the castle.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, India, South Korea
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: feel good, serious, humorous, fairy tale, computer animated, 3d animation
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Space Firebird (1980)
Plot Summary:
Phoenix 2772 starts with twelve minutes without dialogue, much like a silent film, recalling the birth and education of Godo. In this brave new world, children are born in test tubes and are raised by computers and robots. Godo learns the skills that will make him into a great pilot, assisted by the robotic wonder Olga. Everything that Godo needs is provided for him until he eventually goes for training with his automaton companion. He soon realizes that the world is not what he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, futuristic, suspenseful
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Onigamiden - Legend of the Millennium Dragon (2011)
Plot Summary:
A spectacular journey of an unwilling young hero thrust into a mysterious past full of monsters, dragons, and strange hidden powers. Through a series of out of this world battles and adventures, Jun, a shy middle school boy, is transformed into a hero destined to battle evil and ensure harmony and tranquility in the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, stylized, serious, emotional, epic, crying
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Naruto Shippuden the Movie (2007)
Plot Summary:
Demons that once almost destroyed the world, are revived by someone. To prevent the world from being destroyed, the demon has to be sealed and the only one who can do it is the shrine maiden Shion from the country of demons, who has two powers; one is sealing demons and the other is predicting the deaths of humans. This time Naruto's mission is to guard Shion, but she predicts Naruto's death. The only way to escape it, is to get away from Shion, which would leave her unguarded, then the demon, whose only goal is to kill Shion will do so, thus meaning the end of the world. Naruto decides to challenge this "prediction of death.".
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, manga, crying
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The Scarecrow (2000)
Plot Summary:
Animated musical fantasy about a scarecrow that saves an orphaned girl from the evil clutches of a maniacal count. Brought to life through magic and love, and aided by his two sidekicks -- a cantankerous mouse and a flying broom -- he's willing to sacrifice everything to win her freedom.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, anime, exciting
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The Princess and the Goblin (1991)
Plot Summary:
The story is about the Princess Irene and a young warrior boy named Curty. Irene must use her magic power to fight off goblins and save the kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, Hungary, Japan, USA, Denmark
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, stylized, sentimental, retro, cult classic, independent film, exciting, humorous, semi serious, whimsical
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The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today! (2016)
Plot Summary:
With her parents away for the summer, fun-loving, young Princess Alise must spend her time with Queen Uberta, training to be the perfect, proper royal...But what she really wants is to become a swashbuckling pirate! Princess Alise sets sail with Lord Rogers, Jean-Bob the frog and Speed the turtle on a bold, high seas journey filled with amazing adventure, danger and discovery. After a shipwreck leaves the brave crew stranded on a wild, mysterious island, they meet Lucas, a young boy who has been living in seclusion. Now the faithful friends must work together to escape the island and the ferociously hungry creatures that dwell there.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, India
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining, fairy tale, 3d animation, computer animated
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The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
Plot Summary:
After young Clara receives a wooden nutcracker as a Christmas gift, she dreams about a fantastical battle between her Nutcracker Prince and the evil Mouse King. At stake is the Nutcracker's freedom - and Clara's future happiness.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, cult classic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending, crying, independent film, 2d animation, nostalgic
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The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (1997)
Plot Summary:
The first wedding anniversary of Princess Odette and Prince Derek is distracted by field fires set by Knuckles. His master Clavius, wants to conquer the world, and he needs to capture a giant orb to do that. Clavius kidnaps Queen Uberta and Odette with Derek have to save her.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, cult classic, independent film, exciting, feel good, serious, folk tale, 2d animation
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Little Longnose (2003)
Plot Summary:
When he refused to support power-hungry witch, the good shoemaker's boy, Jacob is transformed into a hunchbacked dwarf with overlong nose. Of their mother no longer recognized, mocked by the people of the city and driven away, Jacob runs one day a goose on the road. Together with the spring animal - in fact the king's daughter Greta enchanted - Jacob is now trying to make the transformation to reverse and put the wicked witch craft.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Russia
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, thought provoking, semi serious, anime, spooky, exciting
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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2001)
Plot Summary:
As a newly crowned princess, Cinderella quickly learns that life at the Palace - and her royal responsibilities - are more challenging than she had imagined. In three heartwarming tales, Cinderella calls on her animal friends and her Fairy Godmother to help as she brings her own grace and charm to her regal role and discovers that being true to yourself is the best way to make your dreams come true.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, entertaining, anthology, talky, feel good, humorous, semi serious, crying, sweet, melancholic
Similar in 89%
The Little Mermaid (1975)
Plot Summary:
The story of a beautiful mermaid who gave up a kingdom for her beloved prince.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: anime, sweet, fairy tale, 2d animation
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Cinderella 3: A Twist in Time (2007)
Plot Summary:
When Lady Tremaine steals the Fairy Godmother's wand and changes history, it's up to Cinderella to restore the timeline and reclaim her prince.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, light, touching, cult classic, atmospheric, semi serious, 2d animation
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Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
Plot Summary:
A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: anime, stylized, dark fantasy, cult classic, independent film, sentimental, psychedelic, claymation, exciting, feel good
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
Plot Summary:
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home, the pristine rainforest known as FernGully. Zak and his new friends fight to defend FernGully from lumberjacks -- and the vengeful spirit they accidentally unleash after chopping down a magic tree.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, feel good, humorous, sentimental, colorful, mystical, inspirational, uplifting, independent film
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The Last Unicorn (1982)
Plot Summary:
From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a now middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, anime, exciting, feel good, stylized, light, sweet, colorful, sentimental, epic fantasy
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The Princess and the Pea (2002)
Plot Summary:
"A truly noble heart is sensitive," says the wise old raven, Sebastian, who pokes, prods and analyzes peas seeking the solution that would save the kingdom of Corazion from the revenge of Laird, the king's brother. As Sebastian seeks to solve the mystery, his friend, Prince Rollo, is searching for a truly sensitive heart in the pedigrees of pampered princesses, until a chance encounter with a kind-hearted peasant girl causes Rollo to ponder where true beauty lies. Can Sebastian discover the answer in time to rescue the kingdom from the cruel schemes of Laird? Join in the quest to reveal the heart of true nobility.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, captivating, entertaining, folk tale, anime, independent film
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Anastasia (1997)
Plot Summary:
This animated adventure retells the story of the lost daughter of Russia's last czar. The evil Rasputin places a curse on the Romanov family, and Anastasia and her grandmother, Empress Maria, get separated. After growing up in an orphanage, Anastasia encounters two Russian men seeking a reward offered by Empress Maria for the return of her granddaughter. The trio travels to Paris, where they find that the empress has grown skeptical of imposters.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 133000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, exciting, sweet, fairy tale, captivating, romantic, retro, surprise ending, sentimental, sincere
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The Book of Life (2014)
Plot Summary:
The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, exciting, romantic, suspenseful, stylized, atmospheric, colorful, computer animated, entertaining, 3d animation
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The Flight of Dragons (1982)
Plot Summary:
The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommedon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter Dickinson, who is the first man of both the realms of science and magic. It is Peters job to defeat Ommedon.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sweet, anime, light, talky, colorful, humorous, semi serious, stylized, sentimental, epic
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The Return of Jafar (1994)
Plot Summary:
The evil Jafar escapes from the magic lamp as an all-powerful genie, ready to plot his revenge against Aladdin. From battling elusive villains atop winged horses, to dodging flames inside an exploding lava pit, it's up to Aladdin - with Princess Jasmine and the outrageously funny Genie by his side - to save the kingdom once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan, Australia
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, unusual plot structure, sweet, suspense, melancholic, dramatic
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Strange Magic (2015)
Plot Summary:
A love potion works its devious charms on fairies, elves and the swamp-dwelling Bog King as they all try to possess the potion for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Singapore, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, exciting, not serious, fairy tale, stylized, computer animated, 3d animation, romantic, scenic
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Happily N'Ever After (2006)
Plot Summary:
An alliance of evil-doers, led by Frieda, looks to take over Fairy Tale Land. But when Ella realizes her stepmother is out to ruin her storybook existence, she takes a dramatic turn and blossoms into the leader of the resistance effort.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, UK, Australia, Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, not serious, entertaining, funny, humorous, feel good, parody, stylized, cute, computer animated
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Shrek 2 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and the King find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. The fairy godmother discovers that Shrek has married Fiona instead of her Son Prince Charming and sets about destroying their marriage.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 495000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, parody, feel good, computer animated, entertaining, humorous, hilarious, witty, funny, sweet
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Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Plot Summary:
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 474000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, touching, sweet, colorful, humorous, sentimental, cute, mystical
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The Little Mermaid (1989)
Plot Summary:
This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 286000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, feel good, sweet, romantic, cute, mystical, retro, crying, sincere
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Aladdin (1992)
Plot Summary:
Princess Jasmine grows tired of being forced to remain in the palace, so she sneaks out into the marketplace, in disguise, where she meets street-urchin Aladdin. The couple falls in love, although Jasmine may only marry a prince. After being thrown in jail, Aladdin becomes embroiled in a plot to find a mysterious lamp, with which the evil Jafar hopes to rule the land.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 455000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sweet, feel good, humorous, funny, romantic, controversial, entertaining, cute, touching