Movies like Hocus Pocus
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Hocus Pocus (1993)
172K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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, saga, offbeat, funny, dark comedy, gothic, psychological ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, teen fantasy, date night, girls' night ...
Plot:
witch, halloween, magic, supernatural, teenage life, childhood, witchcraft, halloween party, children, sisters, vengeance, resurrection, cat, transformation, immortality, potion, holiday, danger, spell, wizards and magicians, happy ending, curses spells and rituals, disorder, time travel, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, 18th century, 17th century, 1700s, 1990s
Place:
massachusetts, usa, new england, salem massachusetts
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Most similar movies to Hocus Pocus
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and entertaining films with plots about magic, witch, supernatural, witchcraft, family, imaginary and wizard mostly in Fantasy, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like Hocus Pocus: The Witches (1990), Halloweentown (1998), Return to Halloweentown (2006), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996), Twitches (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, dark fantasy, scary, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens, kids ...
Plot:
witch, magic, good versus evil, hotel, spell, coven, boy, little boy, mouse, supernatural, halloween, chocolate ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
On her 13th birthday, Marnie learns she's a witch, discovers a secret portal, and is transported to Halloweentown — a magical place where ghosts and ghouls, witches and werewolves live apart from the human world. But she soon finds herself ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
halloween, witch, teenage girl, magic, youth, parallel world, good versus evil, disorder, save the day, supernatural ability, rescue, heroic mission ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The Cromwell clan live in the real world, except for their grandmother who lives in Halloweentown, a place where monsters go to escape reality. But now the son of the Cromwells' old enemy Kalabar has a plan to use the grandmother's book to ...
Style:
stylized, semi serious, exciting, humorous, teen ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
witch, halloween, supernatural, teenage witch, heroine, heroes, friends, religions or cults, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, rivalry, real world ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
As Halloweentown prepares to celebrate its 1,000th anniversary, Marnie Piper and her brother Dylan return to Witch University, where trouble is in session from the Sinister Sisters and from someone who's plotting to use Marnie's powers for ...
Style:
exciting, feel good, semi serious, humorous, teen ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
halloween, witch, magic, heroic mission, curses spells and rituals, teenage witch, danger, youth, mysterious character, imaginary, college, supernatural ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch
Style:
not serious, feel good, humorous, touching, teen ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night, teens
Plot:
witch, teenage girl, high school, wizards and magicians, eccentric family, magic, witchcraft, supernatural ability, aunt niece relationship, teenager, teenage life, supernatural ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Twins separated at birth, Camryn and Alex meet by chance for the first time on their 21st birthday and discover they're witches with the power to save their homeland of Coventry from the evil that threatens it. But when Camryn leaves Alex to ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, teen, light ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, family friendly, kids, chick flick
Plot:
witch, halloween, magic, supernatural ability, twins, curses spells and rituals, impossible love, sisters, sister, sibling relationship, parent child relationship, supernatural ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
humorous, exciting, captivating, tense, semi serious ...
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, friendship, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
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, feel good, humorous, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
halloween, witch, magic, supernatural, holiday, hereditary gift of witchcraft, monster, friends, friendship, danger, imaginary, vengeance ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Farmer family is in big debts; they might lose their house soon. The seven year old Farmer twins, Kelly and Lynn, decide not to let this happen. They discover that somebody really mean and shrewd is responsible for all the problems of their ...
Style:
spooky, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
twins, halloween, magic, witch, supernatural, mischievous children, youth, impossible love, witchcraft, pumpkin, magic spell, kindness ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With ...
Style:
sweet, feel good, sincere, sexy, offbeat ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
witch, curses spells and rituals, magic, supernatural, sisters, supernatural ability, witchcraft, curse, love, halloween, aunt niece relationship, small town ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
seattle, usa, arizona, massachusetts
Similarity:
84%
159K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Furious that her late father only willed her his gloomy-looking mansion rather than his millions, Carrigan Crittenden is ready to burn the place to the ground when she discovers a map to a treasure hidden in the house. But when she enters the ...
Style:
sweet, fairy tale, light, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
friendship, halloween, ghost, haunted house, single father, supernatural, afterlife, father daughter relationship, childhood, teenage girl, mischievous children, daughter ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995, 80s
Place:
maine, new england, usa, new mexico, santa fe new mexico
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
29 years since the Black Flame Candle was last lit, the 17th-century Sanderson sisters are resurrected, and they are looking for revenge. Now it's up to three high school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc ...
Style:
saga, dramatic, captivating, enigmatic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, horror for children
Plot:
magic, witch, halloween, sister, power, spell, witchcraft, village, female protagonist, curse, wizard, magical ...
Time:
2020s, year 1953, 90s, 17th century, year 1993
Place:
salem massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
102K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, scary, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
monster, werewolf, good versus evil, magic, teenager, imaginary, youth, ventriloquist dummy, high school, book, ghost, praying mantis ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, 80s, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa, maryland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Teenage friends must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town.
Style:
light, humorous, captivating, scary, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, horror for children
Plot:
halloween, bullying, amusement park, friendship, supernatural, danger, magic, small town, evil clown, carnival, entertainment, psychopath ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Uncle Fester has been missing for 25 years. An evil doctor finds out and introduces a fake Fester in an attempt to get the Addams Family's money. The youngest daughter has some doubts about the new uncle Fester, but the fake uncle adapts very ...
Style:
gothic, black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, horror for children, teen drama ...
Plot:
goth, halloween, dark humor, childhood, eccentric family, supernatural ability, fantasy world, husband wife relationship, family relations, uncle, supernatural, witch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic ...
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:
year 1997
Place:
nebraska, manhattan new york city, oklahoma city, new york, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
Style:
sexy, dark comedy, gothic, horror comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
witch, small town, magic, witchcraft, black magic, devil, supernatural, dark humor, supernatural ability, twists and turns, fantasy world, deal with the devil ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new england, rhode island, england
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Mildred is one of the young girls at a prestigious witch academy. She can't seem to do anything right and is picked on by classmates and teachers. The headmistress of the school, Miss Cackle, has an evil twin sister (Agatha) who plans to ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, spooky
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
halloween, boarding school, supernatural, good versus evil, teachers and students, rivalry, save the day, ambition, misfit, wizards and magicians, underdog, social misfits ...
Similarity:
100%
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78K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".
Style:
romantic, feel good, witty, humorous, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
witch, magic, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, spell, couple relations, supernatural romance, disorder, witchcraft, hidden identity, misfit ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.
Style:
fairy tale, colorful, light, entertaining, modern fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, teens ...
Plot:
witch, magic, imaginary kingdom, magic trick, wizard of oz, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, circus, fantasy world, prophecy, transformation, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2013, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
kansas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Great adventures can hatch from the smallest eggs. Fucsia wants to learn to do magic just like her father, and so is pleased as punch when she is allowed to go to witches' school. There, Fucsia learns to make wind and conjures with the clouds. ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
witch, children, friendship, supernatural power, magic, school, flying, wizards and magicians, magical girl, friends, magical power, teenager ...
Similarity:
100%
193K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, sweet, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, children, elementary school, supernatural ability, school, parents and children, mischievous children, teachers and students, disorder, childhood, child prodigy, adoption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
america
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Ignoring threats to his life, Harry returns to Hogwarts to investigate – aided by Ron and Hermione – a mysterious series of attacks.
Style:
fairy tale, saga, entertaining, sexy, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen fantasy, kids, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, harry potter, witch, magical, boarding school, fantasy world, teacher, friendship, creature, youth, boarding school life, chosen one ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 2002, year 1992, year 1993 ...
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner, Sara get a call one night from mansion owner, Edward Gracey wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion a butler takes them to dine with Gracey. Gracey takes one look at ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, gothic, stylized, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, family friendly, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, magic, family relations, secret passageway, danger, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, escapades, reincarnation, children, halloween ...
Time:
year 2003, victorian era, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, north america
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.
Style:
dark, suspense, exciting, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids, horror for children
Plot:
witch, spell, female villain, friendship, evil wizard, escape, library, cat, book, girl, boy, evil witch ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA
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, feel good, sweet, touching, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
witch, magic, childhood, nanny, mentor, family values, children, mischievous children, single father, widower, prank, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2006, edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century ...
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
62%
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, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
harry potter, magic, friendship, witch, fantasy world, wizard, witchcraft, magical, best friend, chosen one, boarding school, children ...
Time:
year 1981, year 1991, year 2001, year 1992, 80s ...
Place:
england, london, yorkshire, europe
Similarity:
100%
293K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, humorous, black comedy, gothic horror ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, family friendly
Plot:
vampire, witch, eccentric family, immortality, dark humor, witchcraft, curse, vengeance, lost love, old mansion, supernatural, werewolf ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2000, 20th century, 70s, 19th century ...
Place:
new england, usa, liverpool, england, maine ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, New Zealand, UK, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos), Maleficent (Mal), the Evil Queen ...
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, feel good, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
teenager, good versus evil, fairy godmother, teenage protagonist, happy ending, high school, villain, imaginary kingdom, witchcraft, imaginary, moral dilemma, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name. The show premiered on September 27, 1996 on ABC to over 17 million viewers in its "T.G.I.F." line-up.
The show stars Melissa Joan ...
Style:
not serious, feel good, sitcom, humorous, supernatural thriller ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen fantasy, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
witch, high school, magic, witchcraft, female protagonist, hereditary gift of witchcraft, teenage girl, youth, teenage life, supernatural, supernatural ability, wizards and magicians ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
80%
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