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The Secret of Arkandias (2014)
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The Secret of Arkandias (2014)
Original name: Le Grimoire d'Arkandias
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Theo, not the most popular boy at his school, dreams of escaping the dreary everyday life, experiencing adventure and accomplishing great heroic deeds. His dream seems to be fulfilled when, one day, he finds a very old and magical book in the library and fascinates him with a short hand. He forges the plan to forge a ring with his best friend Bonav and the rebellious Laura, who can make him invisible. The charm succeeds, but the three friends conjure up all sorts of dangers of magical, but also secular nature. Only the mysterious red wizard Arkandias can now help you out of trouble.
Style: exciting, semi serious, feel good, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: young heroes, supernatural, youth, best friend, teenage life, escapades, magic, friendship, magical potion, heroes, friends, dog, school, fight, children, monkey, police, kidnapping, bullying, boy, theft, smuggling, girl, bus, swimming pool ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: france

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, captivating, humorous and feel good films with plots about youth, friends, friendship, escapades, young heroes, heroes and danger mostly in Family, Adventure and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Secret of Arkandias: Witches Don't Exist (2014), Scales: Mermaids Are Real (2017), Belle & Sebastian (2013), Famous Five 3 (2014), Famous Five 2 (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Witches Don't Exist (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story: On her 13th birthday Katie, a talented young girl, receives a magical amulet. This amulet was on a quest to find the fifth and last witch to complete the order of the star witches. Because in it's incomplete form, the order is unable to protect ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, captivating, spooky
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: witch, magic, best friend, amulet, supernatural, young heroes, good versus evil, rivalry, youth, escapades, wizards and magicians, fantasy world ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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Scales: Mermaids Are Real (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Siren has lived her life thinking she's an ordinary girl, in an ordinary town. On her 12th birthday, she learns that she's far from ordinary.
Style: enigmatic, light, exciting, captivating
Audience: kids, teens, girls' night
Plot: mermaid, youth, strong female character, friendship, supernatural ability, teenage girl, supernatural, transformation, teenager, teenage life, underwater, ocean ...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, touching, teen ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot: harry potter, magic, wizard, witch, friendship, fantasy world, magical, boarding school, chosen one, youth, children, school ...
Time: year 2001, 80s, year 1991, year 1981, 20th century ...
Place: england, europe, london, yorkshire
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Belle & Sebastian (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that ...
Style: touching, serious, stylized, educational, realistic
Audience: kids, family outing
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Time: year 2013, 20th century, 1940s, year 1943
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Famous Five 3 (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Family
Country: Germany, Thailand
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, dog, friends, brother brother relationship, talking parrot, strong female character, best friend, escapades, danger, heroes, youth, save the day ...
Time: 21st century
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K-9 Adventures: Legend of the Lost Gold (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Kassie and her friends stumble across an old, broken pocket watch they begin an unexpected journey to unlock the secret of the legendary Garrison Gold. They'll have to solve riddles and follow clues to find the lost treasure. With the help ...
Style: exciting, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
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Time: 21st century
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Famous Five 2 (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: For their bicycle tour to Catmoor, the friends Julian, Dick and Anne, their cousin Georgina, called George, and her dog Timmy have long looked forward to. But the camping holiday in the countryside ends with the kidnapping of Dick, confuse the two ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, young heroes, danger, investigation, friends, coming of age, best friend, youth, escapades, kidnapping, heroes, strong female lead ...
Time: 21st century
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The Skippers of the Cameleon (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two young boy twins receive a boat of their own by a stroke of luck. It turns out to be very fast and they use their boat to help out their friends.
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: rescue, twins, friendship, friends, family relations, escapades, youth, competition, brother brother relationship, smuggling, gift, mayor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Hildegarde (2001)
Genre: Family, Adventure
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A family's adventure to save one of their own - their beloved pet duck.
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, fast, feel good
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Plot: teenage love, juvenile delinquency, bankruptcy, best friend, friendship, teenage life, investigation, chase, rivalry, buddies, disorder, mine ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Magic Journey to Africa (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain
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Style: semi serious, captivating, sincere, light, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: friendship, youth, animal life, young heroes, escapades, friends, legends and myths, journey, supernatural, imaginary, girl, young
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, spain, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Storm Bound (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A ripping adventure yarn about teenage boys who join the crew of a ship of the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century. After a dramatic shipwreck and escape from an attack by natives, they must make their way to safety by themselves.
Style: exciting, serious, atmospheric, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: island, ship, fall in love, heroes, survival, isolation, youth, escapades, danger, confined, ocean, fight ...
Time: 17th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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To Be King (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands, Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The seventeen year old Stach is faced with five impossible assignments he has to complete in order to become king. Things do not go as easily as the boisterous Stach had expected, especially when he is confronted with matters of life and death.
Style: semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience: family outing
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Amazing Wiplala (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story: Fluffy, Jimmy Five's pet dog, vanished. He develops an infallible plan to rescue the little dog, but, he will need help from his faithful friends: Monica, Maggy and Smudge. Together, they will face challengers and live incredible adventures to ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Dummie the Mummy (2014)
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Style: humorous, entertaining, captivating, exciting, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Adventure, Family
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Duration: 110 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: exciting, semi serious, feel good, sentimental, humorous ...
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27%
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Style: humorous, entertaining, captivating, light, semi serious ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family
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