Movies like Matilda
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Matilda (1996)
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 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:
feel good, fairy tale, humorous, touching, sweet, psychological, funny, light, clever, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
school, children, mischievous children, supernatural ability, parents and children, adoption, teachers and students, dysfunctional family, young heroes, telekinesis, child protagonist, elementary school, eccentric family, childhood, little girl, youth, prodigy, child prodigy, child abuse, teacher, magic, disorder, child, friendship, siblings relations ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 90s, 1990s
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Most similar movies to Matilda
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, entertaining and light films with plots about childhood, children, destiny, mentor, adaptation, fantasy world and family relations mostly in Family, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Matilda: Nanny McPhee (2005), Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Charlotte's Web (2006), Madeline (1998), A Simple Wish (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, France
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, sweet, touching, feel good, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, preschoolers ...
Plot:
witch, magic, childhood, nanny, children, family values, mischievous children, parents and children, single father, prank, mentor, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
edwardian era, 19th century, victorian era
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, War
Country: UK, France, 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:
captivating, touching, humorous, fairy tale, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
world war two, nanny, countryside, magic, children, witch, mischievous children, kids and family, wartime life, farm, fantasy world, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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, humorous, touching, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, preschoolers, pre-teens ...
Plot:
animals, pig, friendship, spider, rescue, unlikely friendships, adaptation, child, friends, heroes, talking animals, love ...
Time:
1930s, 21st century
Place:
usa, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, USA
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:
humorous, touching, melancholic, talky, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, preschoolers
Plot:
school, children, orphan, kidnapping, rescue, chase, girl, coming of age, childhood, mischievous children, amateur detective, friendship ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 50s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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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, humorous, funny, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, good versus evil, fairy godmother, magic wand, rivalry, supernatural ability, down on your luck, supernatural, mischievous children, parents and children, brother sister relationship, villainess ...
Place:
nebraska, new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
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:
atmospheric, gothic, fairy tale, dark, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
orphan, children, death in the family, steampunk, child in peril, happy ending, young heroes, child, siblings relations, dishonesty, destiny, loss of mother ...
Time:
1940s, victorian era
Place:
peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot:
twins, mischievous children, orphan, children, summer camp, adoption, parents and children, single parent, camp, single father, wedding, switching places ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, london, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
fantasy world, jungle, childhood, magic, monkey, time travel, board game, animals, disappearance, getting home, children, parallel world ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, year 1969, year 1995, 1860s ...
Place:
new hampshire, usa, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
funny, humorous, light, romantic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
high school, body swapping, mother daughter relationship, teenager, wedding, child as adult, switching bodies, switching places, generation gap, soul transference, mother daughter conflict, switching roles ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, light, talky, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
children, friendship, horse, little girl, magic, greed, family relations, young heroes, rescue, disorder, siblings relations, mischievous children ...
Time:
80s
Place:
florida, usa, sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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:
humorous, light, entertaining, not serious, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
little people, mischievous children, friendship, child's point of view, childhood, greed, good versus evil, disorder, youth, rescue, nude, magical creature ...
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
large family, family relations, blended family, mischievous children, siblings relations, parents and children, children, opposites attract, family life, eccentric family, wedding, parenthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, san francisco, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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:
feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
monster, brother brother relationship, friendship, coming of age, young heroes, halloween, mischievous children, supernatural ability, best friends, wish come true, fish out of water, child as adult ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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, humorous, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
superhero, imaginary kingdom, fantasy becomes reality, shark, fantasy world, school, heroes, imaginary friend, child protagonist, coming of age, young heroes, escapades ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
138K
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, light, fairy tale, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
ghost, friendship, halloween, supernatural, haunted house, single father, father daughter relationship, afterlife, childhood, mischievous children, family bonds, friends ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
maine, new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Movies similar to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
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:
feel good, stylized, fairy tale, colourful, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
magic, childhood, children, fantasy world, chocolate, contests and competitions, social differences, candy, factory, imagination, transformation, parents and children ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bavaria, india, switzerland, atlanta georgia, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
145K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
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, feel good, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
witch, halloween, magic, supernatural, cat, teenage life, disney, children, halloween party, childhood, sisters, spell ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century, 18th century, 17th century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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:
sweet, humorous, light, feel good, motivational ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, miraculous event, objects come to life, friendship, coming of age, accountant, prodigy, mysterious character, faith, curses spells and rituals, fish out of water, wizards and magicians ...
Time:
future
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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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, stylized, scary ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, horror for children
Plot:
witch, magic, hotel, good versus evil, children, supernatural, chocolate, halloween, childhood, mouse, young heroes, transformation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, europe, norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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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:
feel good, touching, humorous, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
time travel, indifference, disney, youth, childhood, unfulfillment, bullying, supernatural, happy ending, redemption, cynic, father son estrangement ...
Time:
future, 60s, 2000s, 20th century, year 2000 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Jumanji similar movies
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Elliot Hopper is a widower with three children, he is currently working on a deal. It seems like his wife illness was very costly and this deal could put them out of the red. However he gets into a cab that is driven by a maniac, and Elliot crashes ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, semi serious, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, adult
Plot:
afterlife, ghost, single father, death, supernatural, justice, happy ending, laboratory, scientist, parents and children, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship ...
Place:
london
⇓ 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, humorous, funny, not serious, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
goth, halloween, dark humor, supernatural, eccentric family, supernatural ability, childhood, fantasy world, family relations, parents and children, husband wife relationship, witch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
177K
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, uplifting, sweet, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, preschoolers ...
Plot:
magic, nanny, female protagonist, imagination, mischievous children, kite, child, disney, dancing, child's point of view, bird, dog ...
Time:
edwardian era, 1930s, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, europe, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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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, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, harry potter, fantasy world, friendship, witch, chosen one, magical, ghost, school, youth, wizards, boarding school ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, year 1981, year 1991 ...
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Ben Healy (John Ritter) and his social climbing wife Flo adopt Junior a fun-loving seven year old. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares. But is ...
Style:
funny, feel good, light, humorous, satirical ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
mischievous children, adoption, chase, spoiled brat, troublemaker, kidnapping, children, child hero, child, friends, best friends, childhood ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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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:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, atmospheric, art film ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
mischievous children, children, friendship, school, family relations, plan gone awry, friends, parents and children, family life, school teacher, teacher student relationship, gangsters ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, preschoolers
Plot:
cat, talking cat, imaginary kingdom, goofy hero, youth, family relations, friendship, disorder, getting home, fish out of water, rescue, child ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life. On a normal Friday morning, both complain about each other and wish they could have the easy life ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, fairy tale, clever ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
body swapping, child as adult, disney, childhood, women, youth, coming of age, mother, dysfunctional family, school, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, turkey, los angeles
⇓ 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, humorous, feel good, touching, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
witch, high school, wizards and magicians, magic, eccentric family, teenage girl, supernatural ability, talking cat, aunt niece relationship, teenager, teenage life, social relations ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
light, humorous, entertaining, feel good, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, family outing, preschoolers ...
Plot:
cat, mouse, adoption, childhood, kids and family, orphanage, chase, anthropomorphic mouse, redemption, creativity, talking animals, kidnapping ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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