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The Third Wish (2017)
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Original name: Přání k mání
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Kindly, mischievous and humorous story about the troubles of a lovesick teenager called Albert.
Style:
sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious, crying, psychotronic, urban fantasy
Plot:
family relations, rivalry, friendship, father son relationship, teenage boy, ambition, husband wife relationship, christmas, school, wish fulfillment, teenager, magic, cowboy, thief, lawyer, ship, con artists, train, teacher, supernatural, violence, magic trick, illusionist, party, magician ...
Place:
europe, american
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Most similar movies to The Third Wish
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, crying, psychotronic and fairy tale films with plots about chase, husband wife relationship, family relations, friendship, father son relationship, boy and barefoot male mostly in Comedy, Fantasy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Third Wish: The Watchmaker's Apprentice (2019), The Spooks (2016), The Magic Quill (2018), A Wizard Called Rye (2018), Angel 2 (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Urban, an orphan, serves a greedy master watchmaker as an apprentice. When Urban grows up, he falls in love with the watchmaker's daughter Laura and wants to marry her. Before this can happen, the master sends his apprentice out into the world ...
Style:
fairy tale, atmospheric, entertaining, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
teenager, urban legend, loss of father, orphan, father daughter relationship, doctor, 18 year old, employer employee relationship, father son relationship, party, rivalry, drunkenness ...
Time:
1880s, 19th century
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young clerk is delegated to sort out the affairs of a certain property. It is an old castle belonging to the city with a garden, in which nobody is really interested, but the tenants of the property do not pay rent and taxes, do not work and do ...
Style:
psychotronic, light, captivating, humorous, crying ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, fish out of water, small town, missing person, husband wife conflict, teacher, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, employer employee relationship, jealous woman, rivalry, school, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, central europe
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A fairy tale, featuring the landlady Margaret, the devil Boniface, the bribable councilors Fake and Chatterbox and the lazy tailor Greasy. In Hell, the devils have a quill that writes human sins into the Book of Sins and the devils go and pull the ...
Style:
psychotronic, humorous, light, psychological, feel good ...
Plot:
unrequited love, socially awkward, cultural difference, co worker co worker relationship, mistaken identity, father son relationship, romantic rivalry, rivalry, love triangle, husband wife relationship, justice, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
central europe, europe
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tale of a boy whose desire to correct human vices was stronger than the power of hell itself. Apolena, a herbalist, finds an abandoned newborn baby in a rye field. She names him Rye and raises him into a brave young man. Rye is recruited into the ...
Style:
psychotronic, fairy tale, visually appealing, captivating, light ...
Plot:
teenage protagonist, friendship, little boy, baby, supernatural power, rivalry, greed, countryside, boy, voice over narration, money, grandmother grandson relationship ...
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
82%
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741
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A story that takes place during Advent, we'll meet again with your favorite pair angel Petronel and devil Urias. Their eternal wrangling causes the rare apple from the tree of the knowledge to roll on earth. And that God is really angry. ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, humorous, light, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
single mother, rivalry, friendship, mother daughter relationship, saint, strong female character, employer employee relationship, angel, virgin mary, missing child, friend, miraculous event ...
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76%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Dívka na koštěti or The Girl on the Broomstick is a 1972 Czechoslovak fantasy-comedy film directed by Václav Vorlíček. It tells a story of a teenage witch, Saxana (played by Petra Černocká), frozen in time as a punishment for 300 years, who ...
Style:
fairy tale, cult classic, psychotronic, slapstick comedy, metafiction ...
Audience:
kids, teen fantasy
Plot:
witch, sorcerer, owl, broken leg, psychiatric patient, parallel world, troublemaker, coming of age, supernatural, mythology, psychological manipulation, vintage car ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, europe, czech republic
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The charismatic and self-confident man, Karel Král, is the editor-in-chief of men's magazine. Although a chauvinistic type, he is very popular with women. However, he struggles in his personal life. He frequently argues with his ex-wife over ...
Style:
witty, humorous, funny, crying, psychotronic ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, psychiatrist, new job, co worker co worker relationship, fortune teller, father daughter relationship, car accident, revenge, drunkenness, mother daughter relationship, friendship between men, repeated event ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
prague, central europe, europe
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Pranks and horseplay are what royal scribe Janek and princess Amálka amuse themselves with most of the time. Preparations for a grand party are in full swing at the castle, and everything appears to be bathing in sunshine. Until a dark cloud ...
Style:
fairy tale, intense, enigmatic, humorous, light ...
Plot:
class differences, wedding planning, missing person, princess, missing child, kingdom, mysterious man, group of friends, king, promise, throne, little girl ...
Similarity:
64%
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962
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Story of a small boy is forced to move out of Prague during World War 2 to a small village of Slavonice where he meets the rest of his family. He needs to make new friends and get used to a new life which is immensely different from what this city ...
Style:
suspenseful, sentimental, touching, sincere, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, boy, family relations, social outcast, child protagonist, end of war, death, husband wife relationship, countryside, wartime life, brother brother relationship, gambler ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1944, year 1943
Place:
prague, central europe
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Overwhelmed by a world he can no longer control, a quarrelsome worker in his fifties tries to preserve the integrity of his neighbourhood...
Style:
ambiguous ending, light, touching, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, group of friends, gay slur, father son relationship, murder, mayor, suicide, loss of father, dark humor, friendship between men, mentor, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
prague, central europe
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tale of a boy from a wealthy family who during his work at the post office steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm.
Plot:
businessman, european, christmas present, winter, teenage boy, teenage protagonist, letter, cinema, thief, medal, storytelling, wealth ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Sir "P" a 90 year old gray parrot, formerly living with Edouard Daladier, the French prime minister responsible for signing the Munich Treaty, comes to Prague to give his "account" of the past events. But can he do it, being just ...
Style:
non-linear, sincere, humorous, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
parrot, chase, journalist, interview, world war two, friendship, czech german relations, bird, talking bird, talking animal, loss of job, voice over narration ...
Time:
year 1938, year 2008, 2000s
Place:
central europe, prague
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The principal of an elementary school calls a special parents meeting after it’s alleged that the seemingly empathetic and kindly-looking teacher Mrs. Drazděchová uses her students to manipulate their parents.
Style:
touching, melancholic, tense, captivating, allegory ...
Plot:
teacher, communism, blackmail, communist, nepotism, class differences, abuse of power, blackmailer, female protagonist, boy, parent child relationship, cruelty ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, year 1984, year 1991
Place:
czechoslovakia, eastern europe, central europe, europe, slovakia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
By some quirk of fate, the two small-time thieves and the spoiled princess find themselves in the Black Forest full of magic beings who believe that everyone has a chance to mend his ways. However, sometimes even the best intentions need to take a ...
Style:
fairy tale, psychotronic, crying
Plot:
royal family, criminal, kingdom, unpunished crime, con men, criminal as protagonist, magical power, princess, husband wife relationship, friend, friendship, king ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
There's nothing wrong with the Marshetta family that a little felony can't cure. Rupert doesn't want to follow in his father's blue-collar footsteps, so he and his quirky friend kidnap his father for ransom, only nobody wants him ...
Style:
retro, independent film, semi serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
kidnapping, older woman younger man relationship, kidnapper, age-gap relationship, motorcycle, mine, family relations, dysfunctional family, missing person, buddies, youth, family problems ...
Time:
80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Christmas comedy-fairy tale in which Prince Leopold and Princess Josephine defy fate by vowing never to marry. When a time-travel adventure to the future goes awry, they must fight for their lives and their kingdom, only to discover, as in all ...
Style:
crying, psychotronic, fairy tale, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
queen, time travel, changing the past or future, fictional kingdom, newborn, lifestyle change, gang, kidnapper, woods, secretly observing, girl, passive aggressive girl ...
Place:
europe, central europe
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Scott Calvin is an ordinary man, who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof on Christmas Eve and is knocked unconscious. When he and his young son finish Santa's trip and deliveries, they go to the North Pole, where Scott learns ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, touching, christmas classics, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, christmas season, childhood, father son relationship, christmas eve, christmas time, child custody, saving christmas, thanksgiving, toys ...
Time:
90s
Place:
illinois, chicago, north america
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The only thing keeping Billy Batson from the girl of his dreams is one little condom -- or rather the lack of one. Lucky Billy finds one at an all-night roadhouse -- but speeding back to his girl, he is killed in a head-on collision with a truck. ...
Style:
sex comedy, independent film, dark comedy, sexy, raunchy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, teenager, sorority, erotica, woman in a wheelchair, campus, invisible man, female nudity, paranormal romance, school, invisibility, ghost ...
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A father, who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.
Style:
christmas special, sad, christmas classics, tear jerker, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, snowman, redemption, holiday, magic, boy, winter, christmas season, loss of father, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, loss of husband ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, antarctic
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young Biniya lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in the mountainous and snowy region of Himachal Pradesh in India along with her widowed mom and wrestler brother. She entertains various tourists, and while doing so with some tourists from ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, anime ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
generosity, obsession, family relations, parents and children, family life, dishonesty, wrestling, friendship, husband wife relationship, compassion, trust, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, himalaya
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The Little Man lives happily in his little house in the Hollow Mountain. His peaceful life ends once he begins to have dreams about a mysterious house where he is to find what he desires. Even though he does not feel like having any desires, he ...
Style:
fairy tale, psychotronic, stylized, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
puppet, children, puppeteer, party, metamorphosis, reception, blindness, quest, fisherman, nightmare, painting, scientist ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Middleton prepares for its bicentennial, and Grey House is to be the party venue. Good witch Cassie is remodeling it as B&B. her first and only guest, Nick Chasen, claims to be a distant relative. He produces papers to prove he's the ...
Style:
semi serious, saga, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
witch, good witch, small town, heir, party, sheriff, family relations, mayor, supernatural, false identity, con artists, love ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Pong is a high-school geek who belongs to a group of high school outcasts known as the “Invisibles”, and enjoys letting his imagination run wild by drawing cartoons. May-Who is also one of the “Invisibles” and has an extraordinary secret: ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, sincere, hilarious ...
Plot:
teenage girl, cheerleader, secret, friendship, teenage boy, love triangle, socially awkward, school, shyness, prank, supernatural, low self esteem ...
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
This film is adapted from the 2010 South Korean blockbuster and tear-jerking comedy Hello Ghost. A lonely delivery man, A-wei, tries to commit suicide multiple times but fails no matter what he does. Through these failed attempts, he meets four ...
Style:
crying, urban fantasy
Plot:
thunderstorm, man with glasses, awkward situation, beaten up, lottery ticket, inner voice, bare chested male, hospital, existentialism, talking to the dead, death of brother, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
asia
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man in Dublin's life is turned upside-down when he wakes up as a rat.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, witty, black comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
rat, friendship, fish out of water, self discovery, adventurer, disorder, eccentric family, family life, dysfunctional family, society, secret, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Set in 1984, Hans Pettersson (Hasse P.) decides to create the largest sandwich cake ever made in order to put his home town, Köping, on the map.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, humorous, captivating, crying ...
Plot:
party, father son relationship, wedding, rivalry, husband wife relationship, kama sutra, anti conformist, rich woman, young boy, narration, public nudity, conformity ...
Time:
80s, year 2009, year 1985
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Overnight, Raphael finds himself immersed in a world where he has never met Olivia, the woman of his life. How is he going to reconquer his wife, who has become a complete stranger?
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, humorous, touching, feel good ...
Plot:
novelist, time travel, love, husband wife relationship, publisher, nudity, rivalry, high school student, identity, romantic rivalry, parallel universe, bare butt ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2008, 2010s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Flo is not quite a normal teenager: While all his friends only think about sex he can't even pronounce the word "S - E - X". But everything changes completely when one morning Flo wakes up from a strange call. His penis, excited for ...
Style:
sexy, entertaining, teen sex comedy, humorous, sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
sexual awakening, teenage life, looking for sex, puberty, youth, social relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sexuality, teenager, nudity, first time, teenage sexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Inseparable best friends AJ & Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, buddy comedy, crying, teen comedy, f word ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
summer job, girl next door, teen romance, friendship, love triangle, lifeguard, swimming pool, summer, jealous friend, jealousy, teenage protagonist, seductive girl ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
nebraska, iowa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, France, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Thomas and Alfred were born around the same time; a fire in the nursery had nurses scrambling to save the newborns. Because he felt that he deserved Alfred's good fortune at being born into a wealthy family, Thomas conceives the idea that he ...
Style:
touching, sad, epic, inspirational, cult classic ...
Plot:
coming of age, hide and seek, death of sister, neighbor neighbor relationship, child, youth, children, jazz, train, male nudity, parachutist, police officer ...
Time:
year 1991, future, 90s, near future
Place:
france, europe, germany, dover england, spain ...
Similarity:
44%
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