Movies like Hansel and Gretel 1987

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Hansel and Gretel (1987)
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Hansel and Gretel (1987)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Hansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upon the cottage of a kindly old woman. But is this kindly old woman everything she seems...?
Style: fairy tale, humorous, feel good, stylized, mysterious, independent film, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: youth, woods, curses spells and rituals, witch, siblings relations, escapades, danger, parents and children, coming of age, magical, cannibalism, childhood, high school, countryside, hiker, hansel and gretel, family relations, child in peril, wizards and magicians, friends, legends and myths, imaginary, forest, witchcraft, father daughter relationship ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, fairy tale and feel good films with plots about imaginary, family relations, youth, escapades, danger, magical and friends mostly in Family, Fantasy and Musical genres. Some movies like Hansel and Gretel: Nanny McPhee (2005), Red Riding Hood (1987), The Christmas Toy (1986), Beauty and the Beast (1987), Arthur's Quest (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Nanny McPhee (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, feel good, touching, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: witch, magic, childhood, nanny, family values, children, single father, mischievous children, parents and children, widower, prank, family relations ...
Time: edwardian era, year 2005, year 2006, victorian era, 19th century ...
Place: england, europe
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Red Riding Hood (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The high spirited daughter of the village lord and her mother have been living in the forest for seven years near her wise grandmother. They wait for her father to come home, meanwhile, her literally heartless uncle rules. He sells his soul for the ...
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, grindhouse, independent film, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: imaginary kingdom, magical, twins, self discovery, friends, family relations, friendship, teaching the ways of the world, legends and myths, woman in danger, siblings relations, parallel world ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Christmas Toy (1986)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 50 min.
Story: The Christmas Toy is a 1986 Emmy Award nominated television film produced by The Jim Henson Company, featuring Jim Henson's Muppets. Rugby the Tiger who remembers how he was the Christmas Toy last year, and thinks he's going to be ...
Style: mysterious, stylized, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, muppets, toy comes to life, puppet, xmas, magical, best friend, paralysis, toys, holiday, puppetry, imaginary ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, touching, semi serious, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: snow white, princess, magic, good versus evil, danger, parents and children, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, medieval, imaginary, evil witch ...
Time: medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Beauty and the Beast (1987)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: To save her father, a girl who always puts others before herself promises to live her life in a lavish castle with a strange beast.
Style: fairy tale, heartfelt, mysterious, semi serious, touching ...
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids, date night
Plot: beauty, beauty and the beast, magical, castle, forest, beast, imaginary, love and romance, opposites attract, danger, unlikely couple, escapades ...
Time: 16th century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Eccentric candy man Willy Wonka prompts a worldwide frenzy when he announces that golden tickets hidden inside five of his delicious candy bars will admit their lucky holders into his top-secret confectionary. But does Wonka have an agenda hidden ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, light, surreal, visual ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: chocolate, children, teacher, overweight child, mischievous children, childhood, tour guide, child protagonist, surrealism, factory, grandfather grandson relationship, inventor ...
Time: year 1971, 20th century, 1900s, 90s, 70s
Place: germany, west germany, paraguay, europe, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Arthur's Quest (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: To escape the clutches of the evil warrior and sorceress Morgana, Merlin transports young King Arthur into modern day America. When Merlin comes back ten years later to retrieve him, he finds a hip 15 year-old Arthur who does not believe Merlin, nor ...
Style: stylized, humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: time travel, arthurian legend, legends and myths, folk hero, supernatural, wizards and magicians, sent to the future, teenage life, dishonesty, love and romance, hidden identity, danger ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Puss in Boots (1988)
Genre: Fantasy, Musical, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A cat belonging to a poor miller's son thinks up a great plan for bringing a title, wealth, and marriage for his owner. He begins to carry it out, using a few birds and rabbits as gifts for the king, his own wit, and a pair of boots that make ...
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, semi serious, stylized, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: magical, mermaid, theater, ogre, partner, love and romance, escapades, unlikely partners, fall in love, imaginary, friends, family relations ...
Time: 18th century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Cannon Movie Tales: Rumpelstiltskin (1987)
Genre: Fantasy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A musical version of the classic story about a miller's daughter who recieves help from a mischievous dwarf, then ends up over her head. Now, she and a mute servant girl may be the only hope for her baby son, John.
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, captivating, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: mermaid, magical, elf, legends and myths, imaginary kingdom, wish come true, rescue, imaginary, master and servant, danger, love and romance, escapades ...
Time: 20th century, year 1987
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Hocus Pocus (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it us up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.
Style: fairy tale, sweet, scary, mystical, gothic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, date night ...
Plot: witch, halloween, magic, supernatural, teenage life, childhood, witchcraft, spell, children, sisters, halloween party, cat ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century, 18th century, 17th century
Place: massachusetts, usa, new england, salem massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Sleeping Beauty (1987)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Feature-length, live-action musical version of the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault.
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, independent film, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, date night, preschool
Plot: sleeping beauty, sleeping, magical, beauty, cinderella, princess, king, queen, curse, magic, elf, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 16th century
Place: europe, france
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39%
Hansel & Gretel (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Hansel and Gretel is a 2002 film adaptation of the Brothers Grimm children's story. It stars Jacob Smith and Taylor Momsen as the eponymous characters. It includes the Sandman, played by Howie Mandel and Sinbad as a raven.
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, atmospheric, humorous, whimsical
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: witch, adventurer, forest, good versus evil, young heroes, escapades, danger, siblings relations, troll, evil stepmother, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: year 2002
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Czech Republic, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, touching, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: coming of age, childhood, puppet, friendship, youth, escapades, imaginary, mischievous children, heroes, innocence lost, danger, friends ...
Time: year 1996
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: lie, pinocchio, puppet, fish out of water, mischievous children, obsessive quest, teaching the ways of the world, parents and children, friendship, danger, misfit, escapades ...
Time: year 2002
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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The Snow Queen (2005)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 56 min.
Story: When Gerda befriends penniless Kay their growing friendship is cut short as one cold winter night a fragment of glass pierces Kay's eye, turning his heart cold. Enchanted by the Snow Queen he is swept away on her chariot over the glittering ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sincere, captivating, mysterious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: young heroes, evil queen, heroic mission, rescue, good versus evil, rivalry, daring rescue, escapades, friendship, imaginary, danger, youth ...
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37%
The Frog Prince (1986)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Children's musical based on Grimm's fairy tale of The Frog-King. A young girl learns how to be a good friend and princess with the help of a "tall frog."
Style: fairy tale, costume drama, mysterious, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: youth, broadway, mermaid, magical, princess, friends, legends and myths, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, love and romance, friend, girl ...
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36%
Jack and the Beanstalk (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: youth, adventurer, young heroes, danger, escapades, legends and myths, friends, disorder, curses spells and rituals, imaginary kingdom, adventure hero, magic ...
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36%
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Three Brothers (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Czech Republic, Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three brothers leave their home to see the world. During their journey, young men as by miracle enter into famous fairy tales (Little Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Twelve Months) and face traps, unexpected moments and even love in a story full of ...
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, feel good, metafiction ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: princess, witch, stepmother, heroes, good versus evil, young heroes, heroic mission, sibling relationship, imaginary, youth, escapades, family relations ...
Place: central europe
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36%
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The Nutcracker (1993)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep and dreams herself into a fantastic world in which her toys become larger than life. She meets up with the Nutcracker Prince who takes her on a journey to his kingdom and defends her from the ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, stylized, humorous, christmas classics ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: ballet, christmas, danger, rescue, young heroes, family relations, curses spells and rituals, imaginary kingdom, escapades, disorder, holiday, youth ...
Time: 20th century, year 1993
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35%
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Peter Pan (2000)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Broadway musical adaptation of the fabled children's story.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, exciting, semi serious
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: pirate, broadway, adventurer, young heroes, heroes, good versus evil, peter pan, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, imaginary kingdom, youth, escapades ...
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34%
Halloweentown High (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Marnie Piper prepares to begin a new school year, she asks the Halloweentown Hot Witches' Council to work toward openness between Halloweentown and the mortal world. She proposes to bring a group of Halloweentown students to her own high school ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, humorous, feel good, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: halloween, witch, magic, supernatural, witchcraft, holiday, friends, hereditary gift of witchcraft, monster, friendship, vengeance, escapades ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Geppetto (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Story: When a man wishes for a son, he learns what it means to be a father.
Style: stylized, feel good, humorous, semi serious, fairy tale ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: youth, puppet, pinocchio, family relations, young heroes, friendship, mischievous children, parents and children, surrogate father, escapades, miraculous event, child in peril ...
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34%
Red Riding Hood (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Teenage Claire (Morgan Thompson) would rather hang out with her friends at the mall than to stay home with her brother Matt while Grandma babysits. Who wouldn't? Unfortunately, Grandma isn't about to let Claire out of the house. Worse, she ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: little red riding hood, missing person, fish out of water, love and romance, good versus evil, danger, adventurer, woman in danger, family relations, rescue, young heroes, escapades ...
Time: 2000s
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34%
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Babes in Toyland (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she's too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking for her mother. During the Christmas Eve blizzard, Lisa travels to Toyland in Wizard of Oz-like fashion and arrives just in time for a wedding. Young ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, christmas special, cute, mysterious ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, child, christmas spirit, magical, christmas season, youth, rescue, danger, heroes, kidnapping, escapades ...
Time: 20th century
Place: ohio
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34%
Bibi Blocksberg (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In order to save some kids who are about to die in a fire, Bibi, the daughter of a prestigious witch, manages to trigger a heavy rain with her powers. The head of all witches gives her an award called "Crystal Ball", reserved for older ...
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, semi serious, tense ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: witch, teenage life, curses spells and rituals, magic, youth, parents and children, children, eternal youth, imaginary, coming of age, small town, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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33%
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Set in the mythical world of Rhymeland, Gorden Goose returns home to discover that his mom has mysteriously vanished. Now the characters of Rhymeland are in danger of disappearing unless Mother Goose returns.
Style: mysterious, semi serious, feel good, humorous, stylized ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: magical, kidnapping, friends, heroes, danger, imaginary, escapades, parents and children, imaginary kingdom, disco, legends and myths, r&b ...
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32%
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Trading Mom (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The Martin kids learn of a magic spell that will take them to the 'mommy market' so they can get a more user friendly model. After giving a few other moms a try, they want their own back. But that is not so easy.
Style: epic, mysterious, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: family relations, youth, coming of age, single parent, nothing goes right, family life, child as adult, siblings relations, teenage girl, magical, magic, mother ...
Time: year 1994
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32%
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Cinderella (1965)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: TV-version of the classic fairy tale, set to a Rodgers and Hammerstein score.
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: cinderella, cinderella story, true love, fall in love, royal family, princess, wish come true, in love, couples, power relations, family relations, hopes ...
Place: france, europe
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32%
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Tom Thumb (2001)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Poucet is a kid from a family of numerous children. The parents, too poor to feed them, decide to abandon them in the forest. Their, the brothers try to find their way out making fantastic encounters. This film is based on the French fairy tale ...
Style: fairy tale, serious, stylized, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: youth, forest, poverty, young heroes, heroes, escapades, life is a bitch, danger, favoritism among siblings, siblings relations, little boy, medieval ...
Time: 16th century
Place: europe
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32%
Peter Pan Live! (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Following in the footsteps of the phenomenally successful The Sound of Music LIVE! - which drew over 18 million viewers - comes this musical masterpiece that tells the beloved story of Peter Pan, the mischievous little boy who ran away to Neverland. ...
Style: exciting, feel good, semi serious, captivating, fairy tale
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: peter pan, pirate, adventurer, mischievous children, young heroes, friendship, good versus evil, heroes, rivalry, imaginary, escapades, disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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