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The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)
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The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)
Original name: The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Once again, Bastian is transported to the world of Fantasia which he recently managed to save from destruction. However, the land is now being destroyed by an evil sorceress, Xayide, so he must join up with Atreyu and face the Emptiness once more.
Style: fairy tale, stylized, mysterious, surreal, tripping, fantasy adventure, action adventure, touching, offbeat, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: childhood, imaginary kingdom, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, sorcery, youth, destiny, giant, swamp, memory loss, book, boy, memory, imagination, batman, supernatural, halloween, ancient, kids and family, moving, nerd, child protagonist, sorceress, puppet ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 20th century
Keyword: reading, wizards, reboot, gangsters

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Most similar movies to The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fairy tale, feel good, stylized and cult classic films with plots about magic, escapades, good versus evil, imaginary, heroes, fantasy world and imaginary kingdom mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter: Labyrinth (1986), The Dark Crystal (1982), The NeverEnding Story (1984), Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987), The Thief Lord (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Labyrinth (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah - a teenager with an active imagination - summons the Goblins from her favourite book, "Labyrinth", to take the baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, ...
Style: gothic, fairy tale, offbeat, surreal, cult classic ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: puppet, surrealism, good versus evil, danger, rescue, fantasy world, maze, friendship, castle, beast, imaginary kingdom, female protagonist ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
Style: dark fantasy, fairy tale, visual, light, visually appealing ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: puppetry, good versus evil, sword and sorcery, fantasy world, wizard, medieval, race against time, mission, crystal, magic, monster, puppet ...
Time: 90s, year 1982, 1900s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, light, surreal, touching ...
Audience: family friendly, kids, family outing, teens, chick flick ...
Plot: dragon, magic, fantasy world, imagination, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, book, bookstore, child protagonist, school, evil force, boy ...
Time: year 1984, 80s, future, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Soviet Union, Norway
Duration: 99 min.
Story: They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the boundaries of space and time. A fantasy about a lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real ...
Style: fairy tale, captivating, light, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: imaginary kingdom, orphan, good versus evil, danger, heroes, supernatural, parallel world, hopes, rivalry, daring rescue, kidnapping, heroic mission ...
Place: ussr, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Thief Lord (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A tale about two young boys, Prosper and Bo, who flee to Venice after being orphaned and dumped in the care of a cruel auntie. Hiding in the canals and alleyways of the city, the boys are befriended by a gang of young urchins and their enigmatic ...
Style: touching, feel good, semi serious, exciting, detective ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: mischievous children, orphan, imaginary, friendship, young heroes, magic, youth, police, escapades, secret, supernatural, child ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: italy, venice
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100%
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Pete's Dragon (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, New Zealand, India
Duration: 102 min.
Story: For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than ...
Style: fairy tale, compassionate, emotional, sweet, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night
Plot: dragon, orphan, boy, children, magic, childhood, boy girl friendship, friendship, imagination, small town, fire breathing dragon, family life ...
Time: year 2016, future, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Toys (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the operation with an iron fist and builds weapons disguised as toys.
Style: stylized, melancholic, light, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot: toys, good versus evil, inheritance, childhood, family relations, anti war, sibling relationship, rivalry, parents and children, family life, innocence lost, business ...
Time: year 1992, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus ...
Style: mysterious, dark fantasy, breathtaking, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family friendly, family outing, kids ...
Plot: magical, witch, fantasy world, wizards and magicians, wizard, magical creature, curse, harry potter, circus, sorcerer, witchcraft, giant animal ...
Time: 1920s
Place: paris france, london, france, new york, alps ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Tales from the Neverending Story (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 375 min.
TV show
Story: Twelve-year-old Bastian Balthazar Bux had lost the wonderful imagination he had as a child somewhere between growing older, watching TV, going to school and playing with his Gameboy. But when his mother dies suddenly, Bastian's limitless ...
Style: touching, stylized, feel good, semi serious, fairy tale ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, heroic mission, young heroes, empress, save the kingdom, self fulfillment, self discovery, danger, escapades, youth ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Czech Republic, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, touching, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: coming of age, childhood, puppet, friendship, youth, escapades, imaginary, mischievous children, heroes, innocence lost, danger, friends ...
Time: year 1996
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
Style: touching, clever, light, epic, grindhouse ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: native american, friendship, toys, coming of age, toy comes to life, magic, boy, child protagonist, toy soldier, cowboy, childhood, escapades ...
Time: 90s
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Mirror Mirror (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After she spends all her money, an evil enchantress queen schemes to marry a handsome, wealthy prince. There's just one problem - he's in love with a beautiful princess, Snow White. Now, joined by seven rebellious dwarves, Snow White ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, romantic, surreal ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: snow white, female protagonist, evil queen, fall in love, good versus evil, palace, imaginary kingdom, chase, prince, imaginary, female warrior, queen ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s
Place: persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Brothers Lionheart (1977)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Iceland
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 9-year old Karl Lejon, 'Skorpan' is suffering from tuberculosis and knows that he will die soon. But his older brother Jonathan tries to comfort him by promising that they one day will meet in Nangijala, a magic country beyond the stars. ...
Style: touching, serious, exciting, epic, stylized ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: knight, boy, pagan, religious, magic, social justice, nature, coming of age, nordic, european, sorcery, working class ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, medieval times, middle ages
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the ...
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, epic, scenic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: fantasy world, witch, good versus evil, legends and myths, magic, magical, medieval, imaginary kingdom, parallel world, winter, sword fight, heroes ...
Time: 1940s, year 2005, future, year 1940, 20th century
Place: antarctic, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Neverending Story III (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia.
Style: feel good, offbeat, fairy tale, action adventure, fantasy adventure ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: magic, bullying, book, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, dragon, sorcery, youth, sword and sorcery, childhood, kids and family, heroes ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Earthsea (2004)
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Adventure
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: A reckless youth is destined to become the greatest sorcerer that the mystical land of Earthsea has ever known...
Style: captivating, stylized, serious, epic, historical drama ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: prophecy, wizards and magicians, dragon, magic, medieval, island, imaginary kingdom, wizard, good versus evil, heroic mission, master apprentice relationship, supernatural ability ...
Place: fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Alice (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 184 min.
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Story: Everything you know about Alice's adventures in Wonderland is about to be turned upside down in this modern-day miniseries event. Stars Kathy Bates, Caterina Scorsone, Matt Frewer, Harry Dean Stanton and Tim Curry.
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, bleak, offbeat ...
Plot: fantasy world, fish out of water, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, imaginary, curses spells and rituals, insanity, alice in wonderland, surrealism, transformation, chase, prejudice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Return to Oz (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.
Style: fairy tale, surreal, cult classic, creepy, disturbing ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: witch, magic, princess, robot, stop motion, scarecrow, steampunk, halloween, fantasy world, psychiatry, danger, culture clash ...
Time: 1890s, 19th century, 80s, 1900s
Place: kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA, Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts -- Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander -- crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
Style: stylized, touching, dark fantasy, light, talky ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: childhood, creature, mischievous children, imaginary kingdom, fantasy world, imagination, loneliness, island, children, coming of age, youth, anger ...
Time: year 2009, 90s, 21st century
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29%
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
Style: visually appealing, captivating, fairy tale, epic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: fantasy world, imaginary kingdom, dragon, obsessive quest, parallel universe, alternate world, witch, female warrior, christian, wizard, good versus evil, medieval ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, epic, stylized, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot: mythology, monster, youth, fantasy world, heroic mission, young heroes, greek mythology, legends and myths, demi god, superhuman powers, friendship, greek ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, ancient greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Pagemaster (1994)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Tyler knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, melancholic, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: magic, mischievous children, childhood, book, children, dragon, imagination, wizard, child, parallel universe, fantasy world, magic wand ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Hook (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see Granny Wendy in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, stylized, feel good, inspirational ...
Audience: family friendly, pre-teens, kids, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot: childhood, pirate, kidnapping, magic, children, fairy, good versus evil, father son relationship, rescue, peter pan, fantasy world, destiny ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: fictional island, madagascar, california, new york, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black – and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help.
Style: gothic, fairy tale, dark fantasy, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: harry potter, magic, witch, magical, fantasy world, wizard, witchcraft, time travel, werewolf, teenager, friendship, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, year 1993 ...
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Kids of the Round Table (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Set in modern times, Alex finds King Arthur's sword Excalibur and must prove himself worthy of it.
Style: stylized, humorous, arthurian, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: magic, good versus evil, child protagonist, heroic mission, wizards and magicians, battles, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals, escapades, mischievous children, youth, child hero ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Secret of Moonacre (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hungary, UK, France, Australia, USA, New Zealand
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, sentimental, captivating, scenic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot: imaginary kingdom, young heroes, orphan, imaginary, teenage life, family relations, youth, curses spells and rituals, magic spell, estate, rivalry, heroes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Peter Pan (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand
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, exciting, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: childhood, pirate, fantasy world, fairy, children, boy, magic, teenager, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, friendship, youth ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, year 2003, 19th century, 20th century
Place: fictional island, london, europe, big ben london, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Legend of Galgameth (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The kingdom of Donnegold is being subverted from within, and young prince Davin must defend against the traitors with the help of a legendary, metal-eating dragon called Galgameth.
Style: daikaiju, fairy tale, independent film, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: kaiju, giant monster, medieval, true love, creature, batman, monster, wizard, family relations, friends, hopes, buddies ...
Time: middle ages
Place: romania, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, touching, semi serious, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: snow white, princess, magic, good versus evil, danger, parents and children, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, medieval, imaginary, evil witch ...
Time: medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
Style: epic, breathtaking, heroic, entertaining, dark fantasy ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, adult
Plot: dragon, fantasy world, magical, sword fight, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, creature, elf, warrior, wizard ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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