Movies like Finian's Rainbow
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Finian's Rainbow (1968)
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
An Irishman, Finian, and his daughter Sharon, arrive in Rainbow Valley, a Southern town of tobacco sharecroppers in the state of Missitucky. The town has its own resident dreamer, Woody, who thinks that he might be able to put the town on the map by crossing mint with tobacco so that it'll grow mentholated. Finian's came to town because he's stolen a leprechaun's crock of gold and plans to plant it in the ground. But trouble arrives in the form of Og the leprechaun, who has followed Finian and wants his gold. Meanwhile, the bigoted Senator Billboard Rawkins, in an effort to stop progress in his state in the form of a new dam and hydroelectric system, plans to take the remaining parcel of land needed to stop the project. But the government's geologists reveal the Senator that gold has been detected on the property! Rawkins and his men confront the sharecroppers to seize their land using as an excuse an obscure law making it a felony for blacks and whites to live together.
Style:
retro, political, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, fairy tale, sentimental, light, romantic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
racism, st. patrick's day, broadway, dancing, small town, gold, desire, magical creature, father daughter relationship, holiday, village life, deaf mute, leprechaun, irishman, wish come true, wizards and magicians, miraculous event, love and romance, fall in love, discrimination, society, disorder, pretense, fish out of water, physical appearance ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
ireland, american
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and fairy tale films with plots about family, imaginary, family relations, youth, show tunes, love and romance and disorder mostly in Family, Fantasy and Musical genres. Some movies like Finian's Rainbow: Sleeping Beauty (1987), Hansel and Gretel (1987), Peter Pan (2000), The White Pony (1999), Puss in Boots (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, 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, visually stunning, light, surreal, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
chocolate, children, teacher, overweight child, tour guide, mischievous children, inventor, child protagonist, childhood, surrealism, child, river ...
Time:
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Place:
germany, europe, west germany, paraguay, arizona ...
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100%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, france
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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, stylized, feel good, mysterious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
woods, youth, curses spells and rituals, witch, siblings relations, danger, escapades, parents and children, coming of age, high school, cannibalism, countryside ...
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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 ...
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kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
elf, mermaid, magical, imaginary kingdom, legends and myths, wish come true, master and servant, love and romance, escapades, rescue, rivalry, imaginary ...
Time:
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Broadway musical adaptation of the fabled children's story.
Style:
feel good, humorous, exciting, captivating, 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, escapades, imaginary ...
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The search for a mystical pony in Ireland.
Style:
offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
horse, girl horse relationship, unicorn, leprechaun, magical creature, woman riding a horse, family relations, magic, friends, disorder, village life, heroic mission ...
Place:
ireland, europe
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32%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A Thanksgiving dinner brings a host of family together in a Harlem apartment, where a 24-year-old schoolteacher named Dorothy Gale (Diana Ross) lives with her Aunt Em (Theresa Merritt) and Uncle Henry (Stanley Greene). Extremely introverted, she ...
Style:
stylized, cult classic, dark drama, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
31%
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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, mysterious, heartfelt, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
pre-teens, date night, kids, family outing
Plot:
beauty, beauty and the beast, spell, forest, castle, imaginary, escapades, unlikely couple, danger, dangerous animal, master and servant, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
millionaire, dancing, redheaded woman, new year, car, winter, family relations, school, social differences, siblings relations, martial arts, rich and poor ...
Time:
year 1967, 1910s, 20th century, year 1917, year 1916 ...
Place:
philadelphia, usa, new york, detroit, san francisco ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, sentimental, humorous, feel good, realistic
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
small town, lifestyle, fall in love, couples, society, love and romance, artists and showbiz, racism, clergy, music, librarian, dancing ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
28%
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, stylized ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
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Style:
period piece, sentimental, entertaining, retro, aesthetic ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, family outing, date night
Plot:
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Time:
1910s, year 1962, 20th century
Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, date night, preschool
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
fairy tale, feel good, funny, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, fairy godmother, magic wand, good versus evil, villainess, race against time, witch, imaginary, rivalry, supernatural ability, down on your luck, supernatural ...
Time:
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Place:
nebraska, manhattan new york city, oklahoma city, new york, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
All roads lead to magical, merry Toyland as Mary Contrary and Tom Piper prepare for their wedding! But villainous Barnaby wants Mary for himself, so he kidnaps Tom, setting off a series of comic chases, searches, and double-crosses! The "March ...
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, cute, christmas classics, psychotronic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, toys, holiday, dancing, broadway, toy soldier, magic, dance, greed, gypsy, sheep, forest ...
Time:
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Similarity:
24%
27K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Shaquille O'Neal as a rapping genie protects a little boy.
Style:
feel good, humorous, intense, inspirational, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
genie, mischievous children, wish fulfillment, bully, youth, friendship, justice, culture clash, father son relationship, alter ego, young heroes, partner ...
Time:
80s
Place:
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Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Make room for ogre-sized family fun as the greatest fairy tale never told comes to life in a whole new way in this breathtaking Broadway musical adaptation of the hit movie Shrek!
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, witty, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, shrek, partner, friends, imaginary, daring rescue, heroes, social differences, society, couples, heroic mission, love and romance ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
christmas classics, humorous, feel good, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, xmas, christmas eve, fish out of water, mistaken identity, family life, dishonesty, couple relations, mischievous children, youth, love and romance ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Israel, USA
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:
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Similarity:
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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:
semi serious, feel good, stylized, humorous, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
offbeat, feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, preschool
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie and Gideon, Ginny's very own guardian angel.
Style:
christmas classics, sentimental, emotional, touching, surprise ending ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, angel, coming of age, small town, dysfunctional family, redemption, bittersweet, christmas spirit, xmas, christmas time ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Similarity:
21%
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, feel good, stylized, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, muppets, toy comes to life, puppet, objects come to life, magical, xmas, best friend, paralysis, holiday, puppetry, toys ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
21%
14K
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The classic Charles Dickens' Christmas ghost tale told in musical form.
Style:
christmas horror, christmas classics, hilarious, christmas special, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, scrooge, christmas carol, ghost, charles dickens, dancing, broadway, xmas, redemption, victorian england, destiny ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1840s, 1860s, 1800s ...
Place:
london, tokyo, england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Can there be such a thing as too much Christmas? Find out... when a magical Christmas wish is granted and Elmo gets to see what the world would be like if every day were Christmas! You'll enjoy lots of songs and holiday cheer with Elmo and his ...
Style:
crying, independent film, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
future
Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Anything is possible when the Professor tells Tim about a supernova that grants wishes. Unfortunately, when Tim's wish doesn't go as planned, he finds himself in a dog's body!
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, exciting
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, child as adult, turned into an animal, mischievous children, treasure hunt, escapades, wish come true, heroes, danger, hopes, daring rescue, family life ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A teenager must battle for a gold charm to keep his family from being controlled by an evil leprechaun.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, teen comedy
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
basketball, youth, child as adult, family relations, teenage life, friendship, family life, leprechaun, childhood, teenager, charm, st. patrick's day ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Queen Aggravain has ruled that none may marry until her son, Prince Dauntless marries. However, she has managed to sabotage every princess that come along. When Sir Harry and Lady Larken learn that they are going to be parents, wed or not, he goes ...
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, kids, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
princess, true love, couples, imaginary kingdom, family relations, royal family, parents and children, wooing, love and romance, marriage, king, queen ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
20%
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