Best movies like The Toy Shop
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Plot Summary:
Locked in a deserted old English toy shop, Katherine and her stuffy cousin Matthew meet some very special friends. Their fantasy world becomes a nightmare when Master Jack, the evil jack-in-the-box casts a spell and shrinks Katherine to the size of a doll.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: crying
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Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
Plot Summary:
A retelling of the popular fairy tale that mixes live action and animation.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic
Similar in 78%
Black Beauty (1987)
Plot Summary:
Produced by Burbank Films Australia.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags:
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Babar: The Movie (1989)
Plot Summary:
Children's book authors Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's most beloved elephant comes to the big screen in this animated family tale. Elephant monarch King Babar tells the tale, that unfolds via flashback, of how a much-younger Barbar and his girlfriend Celeste save her village from the pugnacious rhinoceroses that have come to raid it.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, France, USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: independent film, anime, crying, touching, humorous, semi serious, eighties
Similar in 76%
The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987)
Plot Summary:
The cuddly Care Bears star in this charming feature-length adaption of the classic story of Alice in Wonderland. A young girl named Alice and the Care Bears travel together into the whimsical land of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. In this magical story about friendship and trust, Alice and the Care Bears try to thwart an evil wizard's attempt to become the King of Wonderland.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, anime, crying, eighties, 2d animation
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Fantasia 2000 (1999)
Plot Summary:
Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, stylized, entertaining, sweet, melancholic, surreal, witty, talky, anthology, exciting
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The Magic of Herself the Elf (1983)
Plot Summary:
Herself must stop an evil king from upsetting the balance of nature in this animated adventure.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: crying
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The Nutcracker (1995)
Plot Summary:
It is Christmas Eve, and the Stahlbaum family is happily unwrapping their Christmas gifts. After all the merriment, seven-year-old Marie receives a very special gift--a mysterious Nutcracker--from her beloved Godfather Drosselmeier. When the house falls dark and silent, Marie discovers that this is no ordinary Nutcracker, but Godfather Drosselmeier's nephew, who was transformed into a wooden toy by the curse of the evil Madame Mouserink. To break the curse, the Nutcracker must win the love of Marie and defeat the malicious, seven-headed Mouse King.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, crying
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Ginger's Tale (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story begins with the good, but poor Potter, who once finds Flint, a magical artifact that makes its owner rich, but instead sends a death curse. Potter can be saved only by the dedication of the main character - a girl named Twinkle. Without hesitation, she rushes to the rescue of a friend, helping him to understand that love and honest work are more important than money and power.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, captivating, anime
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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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Sleeping Beauty (1995)
Plot Summary:
In a faraway kingdom, the king and queen had desired a child of their very own for a long time and when their wish finally came true, they announced a grand celebration at the palace. All of the fairies from the kingdom were invited and immediately named as godmothers for their new child, whose name was Felicity, which means "happiness".
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea, Canada
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mockbuster, semi serious, exciting, feel good
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Redwall: The Movie (2000)
Plot Summary:
Redwall is a compelling tale of fantasy, courage and adventure; the fable of a daunting quest to recover a legendary lost weapon and the classic strugle between good and evil. The delightful world of Redwall - a place of peace and beauty, companionship and courage - has captured the dedication of millions of readers worldwide. See the story brought to life!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 279
Genere: Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, semi serious
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Quest for Zhu (2011)
Plot Summary:
The heartwarming tale of four lively young teens (who just happen to be hamsters) on a questto find the Palace of Zhu, where they believe all their dreams will come true.Join the feisty and lovable Pipsqueak,Mr. Squiggles, Chunk, Num Nums, and Stinker as she gets swept away to the other side of the Zhuniverse.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, visually appealing, anime, offbeat
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The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
Plot Summary:
The Phantom Tollbooth, based upon the children's adventure novel by Norton Juster, tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo. Unexpectedly receiving a magic tollbooth and, having nothing better to do, Milo drives through it and enters a kingdom in turmoil following the loss of it's princesses, Rhyme and Reason.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, anime, feel good, humorous, not serious, surprise ending, light, road movie, thought provoking, clever
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The Water Babies (1978)
Plot Summary:
This children's fantasy tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Poland, UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sad, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, vintage, 2d animation
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The Wizard's Christmas (2014)
Plot Summary:
Long ago in a faraway land, a young wizard's apprentice named Alerik discovers a pathway under the wall that surround his land to a shining city alive with the magic of Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, captivating, light, disturbing, contemplative, dark fantasy
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Momo (2001)
Plot Summary:
Momo is a shy and affectionate girl who has found new friends and a house in the middle of some ruins of an old amphitheater. But suddenly, a day, the "Grey Men" burst in the city in order to rob people's time. Momo try to stop them but doesn't know how.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: captivating, anime
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Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)
Plot Summary:
This animated adventure goes back in time to the Care Bears' first-ever Caring Mission, when True Heart Bear and Noble Heart Horse touch down on Earth to boost the spirits of some unhappy kids at summer camp. But the evil Dark Heart has other plans, and convinces one of the campers to help him capture the Care Bears. Will our lovable heroes' Care Stare be enough to vanquish the villain -- and convince his apprentice that good's the way to go?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, crying, scary, fairy tale, sentimental, light, inspirational, unusual plot structure
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How the Toys Saved Christmas (1996)
Plot Summary:
When Santa's helper La Befana falls ill and must take off a Christmas Eve, she recruits Scarafoni to help deliver all the toys. No one but the toys knows is that Scarafoni plans to auction off the toys to the highest bidder, which means the toys won't make it to the children who have been good all year and deserve them. The toys decide to deliver themselves, and the story follows them as they struggle to avoid the heartless Scarafoni and to find their true homes.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, fairy tale
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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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Babes in Toyland (1997)
Plot Summary:
Everyone's favorite nursery rhyme characters come magically and musically to life in this animated adventure based on the classic holiday tale.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 610
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: mysterious, anime, independent film, fairy tale, touching, humorous, semi serious, christmas special
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Plot Summary:
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster (Eglantine Price). The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, light, sweet, melancholic, humorous, stylized, semi serious, clever, colorful
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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
Similar in 78%
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 Jungle Book (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 289000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand, France, Canada, India
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: serious, entertaining, scenic, semi serious, motion capture, visual, visually stunning, fairy tale, action adventure, exciting
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James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Plot Summary:
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: surreal, dark fantasy, feel good, touching, humorous, entertaining, visual, visually stunning, stylized, sweet
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The Care Bears Movie (1985)
Plot Summary:
The Care Bears have their work cut out for them, because Nicolas, a lonely magician's assistant, is about to fall under the evil influence of a bad spirit who lives in an ancient magic book -- it seems Nicolas will do just about anything for friends. Aside from Nicolas, Kim and Jason are in trouble because they are starting not to trust people after suffering many disappointments.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: feel good, sweet, stylized, touching, humorous, semi serious, independent film, scary, fairy tale, romantic
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Encanto (2021)
Plot Summary:
The tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal—every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family's last hope.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 251000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: inspirational, emotional, light, captivating, funny, uplifting, thought provoking, touching, feel good, sentimental
Similar in 77%
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
Plot Summary:
Belle prepares the castle for Christmas against Beast's wishes, trying to bring him happiness for the season.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: christmas special, fairy tale, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic, sexy, breathtaking, unusual plot structure
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Plot Summary:
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 368000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, dark, cult classic, claymation, fairy tale, atmospheric, surreal, scary, visual
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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