Movies like Matilda
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Matilda (1996)
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, psychological, mystical, funny, inspirational, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, children, elementary school, supernatural ability, school, parents and children, mischievous children, teachers and students, disorder, childhood, child prodigy, adoption, young heroes, eccentric family, child, book, telekinesis, friendship, little girl, adopted daughter, teacher, youth, prodigy, child abuse, girl ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s, 1990s
Place:
america
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Most similar movies to Matilda
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and entertaining films with plots about family, childhood, family relations, youth, children, dialogue and catastrophe mostly in Family, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Matilda: Nanny McPhee (2005), Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Madeline (1998), A Simple Wish (1997), Freaky Friday (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
88%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, War
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green, who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own ...
Style:
entertaining, fairy tale, sweet, scenic, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
magic, children, nanny, countryside, mischievous children, kids and family, fantasy world, destiny, witch, objects come to life, world war two, farm ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The adventurous, young Madeline is very good at getting into trouble, but she's also fantastic at solving problems as well, and her school-mistress Miss Clavel is not too approving of her. The biggest problem comes up when Lord Covington ...
Style:
touching, melancholic, talky, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
children, kidnapping, orphan, rescue, childhood, amateur detective, hospital, chase, girl, boy, school, coming of age ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 90s, year 1998, 50s ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
83%
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:
76%
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176K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek ...
Style:
teen, funny, cute, light, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, date night, family outing ...
Plot:
body swapping, high school, mother daughter relationship, wedding, body swap, teenager, switching bodies, teenage girl, child as adult, switching places, soul transference, generation gap ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 80s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker who cares for Amanda.
Style:
sweet, feel good, funny, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
twins, mischievous children, children, summer camp, adoption, single father, orphan, single parent, tomboy, parents and children, childhood, wedding ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a ...
Style:
gothic, fairy tale, offbeat, dark comedy, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
children, orphan, death in the family, child in peril, danger, dishonesty, steampunk, child, boy, siblings relations, destiny, nobility ...
Time:
year 2004, victorian era, 1940s
Place:
peru
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, not serious, fairy tale, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
little people, friendship, child's point of view, childhood, mischievous children, kids and family, greed, good versus evil, disorder, danger, rescue, youth ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Style:
fairy tale, inspirational, emotional, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, toddlers ...
Plot:
friendship, pig, animal, rescue, adaptation, unlikely friendships, spider, heartwarming, child, friends, heroes, talking animal ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, not serious, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, date night, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
mischievous children, children, prank, problem child, when the parents are away, happy ending, nothing goes right, childhood, kids and family, neighbor, boy, troublemaker ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, future, 80s
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
100%
84K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, captivating, sweet, teen ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
childhood, fantasy world, pirate, fairy, children, boy, pirate ship, magic, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, peter pan, youth ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, year 2003, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
london, fictional island, europe, big ben london, england ...
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: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, stylized, offbeat, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
childhood, children, fantasy world, chocolate, contests and competitions, imaginary, magic, social differences, child protagonist, imagination, poverty, food ...
Time:
year 2005, 1920s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
bavaria, new delhi, japan, europe, georgia ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: UK, Australia, USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An adaptation of Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's musical based on the Roald Dahl novel.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
singing, genius, female antagonist, library, child prodigy, escape artist, precocious child, circus, dysfunctional family, villain, heroes, child protagonist ...
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
witch, halloween, magic, supernatural, teenage life, childhood, witchcraft, halloween party, children, sisters, vengeance, resurrection ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, 18th century, 17th century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, salem massachusetts, new england
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Everyone always knew that Max had a wild imagination, but no one believed that his wildest creations -- a boy raised by watchful great white sharks and a girl with the force of a volcano -- were real. Now, these two pint-sized action masters will ...
Style:
surreal, feel good, entertaining, absurd, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
fantasy becomes reality, shark, fantasy world, child protagonist, imaginary kingdom, heroes, imaginary friend, imaginary, superhero, coming of age, escapades, young heroes ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games ...
Style:
melancholic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, epic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, monster, friendship, halloween, coming of age, young heroes, child as adult, father son relationship, mischievous children, fish out of water, curses spells and rituals, wish come true ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Similarity:
83%
155K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, Costa Rica
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in Peruvian rainforest, a young bear makes his way to England in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed "Paddington" for the london train station, finds shelter with the family of Henry and Mary ...
Style:
touching, feel good, sweet, colorful, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
kids and family, bear, children, animal, talking animal, adoption, anthropomorphic animal, goofy hero, childhood, animal life, furry, heartwarming ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, united kingdom, england, europe, peru
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. However, one day, he overhears a conversation that leads him to believe that his life might change ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, semi serious, cute, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
children, mischievous children, friendship, school, plan gone awry, friends, parents and children, family life, teacher student relationship, school teacher, boy, little boy ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
159K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The adventures of a heroic and debonair stalwart mouse named Stuart Little with human qualities, who faces some comic misadventures while searching for his lost bird friend and living with a human family as their child.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
mouse, cat, adoption, childhood, kids and family, anthropomorphic mouse, chase, orphanage, talking animal, creativity, redemption, storytelling ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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:
61%
197K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
Style:
feel good, touching, sweet, uplifting, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, toddlers, family friendly ...
Plot:
magic, nanny, female protagonist, imagination, mischievous children, kite, child's point of view, child, brother sister relationship, literary, dance, dog ...
Time:
edwardian era, 20th century, 1910s, 1930s
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, europe, britain ...
Similarity:
55%
97K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, crying, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, date night, family friendly ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, childhood, father daughter relationship, first love, children, single father, single parent, small town, kids and family, grief, teenager ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1972, year 1991, 20th century ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, funny, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, family friendly ...
Plot:
large family, blended family, wedding, parenthood, family relations, parents and children, mischievous children, children, opposites attract, siblings relations, single parent, family life ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, connecticut, san francisco
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Conrad and Sally Walden are home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until ...
Style:
stylized, humorous, feel good, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
goofy hero, getting home, cat, youth, friendship, imaginary kingdom, disorder, talking cat, impersonating a police officer, child, rescue, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2003
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on the popular books, the story tells of Tony who wants a friend to add some adventure to his life. What he gets is Rudolph, a vampire kid with a good appetite. The two end up inseparable, but their fun is cut short when all the hopes of the ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, melancholic, gothic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, child protagonist, transformation, boy, halloween, siblings relations, school, imaginary, friendship, friends, heroes ...
Time:
y2k, year 2000, 80s
Place:
scotland, europe
Similarity:
100%
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:
75%
10K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After her mom's death, Casey pulls away from everyone in her life, including her emotionally distant dad. With help from a magic spell, she tries to bring her mother back from the dead; instead, Casey's words accidentally awaken one of her ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious, teen ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
curses spells and rituals, american football, mischievous children, teaching the ways of the world, teenage girl, child's point of view, intergenerational friendship, friendship, teenager, doll, bookstore, interracial ...
Time:
year 2000
Similarity:
100%
46K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly -- with no life and no dog. ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sweet, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
time travel, indifference, redemption, changing the past or future, childhood, youth, happy ending, imaginary, unfulfillment, cynic, father son estrangement, supernatural ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 60s, 20th century, year 1968 ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to ...
Style:
light, inspirational, humorous, fairy tale, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
objects come to life, magic, miraculous event, friendship, coming of age, accountant, prodigy, mysterious character, fish out of water, curses spells and rituals, save the day, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, usa, seattle
Similarity:
50%
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