Movies and TV shows like The Worst Witch 1998
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The Worst Witch (1998)
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Mildred Hubble is a young witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch" because she's always caught getting into trouble.
Style:
semi serious, spooky, offbeat, humorous, psychotronic
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, toddlers
Plot:
witch, witchcraft, spell, supernatural, friendship, teenager, black magic, youth, teachers and students, friends, teenage life, danger, imaginary, curses spells and rituals, teacher, boarding school, girls' school, schoolgirl, magic spell, magical potion, school, boss, gadget, girls' boarding school, children ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
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Most similar movies to The Worst Witch
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, captivating and feel good films and TV series with plots about supernatural, teenager, magic, youth, friendship, family and witch mostly in Fantasy, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like The Worst Witch: Weirdsister College (2001), WITS Academy (2015), Just Add Magic (2015), Return to Halloweentown (2006), Every Witch Way (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 318 min.
TV show
Story:
As a follow-up to The Worst Witch serial, we follow Mildred Hubble in her first year at Weirdsister College, a university for students of magic. Similar to her adventures at Cackle's, Mildred usually messes up, but saves the day in the end. The ...
Style:
captivating, dark fantasy, suspense
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
witchcraft, magic, warlock, supernatural, witch, wizard, spell, magical girl, wizards and magicians, female protagonist, training, teenager ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Black Hole High is a Canadian science fiction television program which first aired in North America in October 2002 on NBC and Discovery Kids. It is set at the fictional boarding school of the title, where a Science Club investigates mysterious ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, enigmatic, captivating, adult cartoon ...
Audience:
kids, teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
boarding school life, teenage life, high school life, dedicated educator, youth, magic, teenager, high school, time travel, supernatural, mysticism, teachers and students ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
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Story:
Now a Guardian in training at WITS Academy, the Magic Realm's most esteemed school for Witches and Wizards in Training, it seems like Andi’s dream has finally come true. But as the best friend and unofficial Guardian to the Chosen One, ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, semi serious, teen, lighthearted ...
Audience:
teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
academy, friendship, high school life, witch, teenager, teenage witch, magical girl, teenage life, magical, wizards and magicians, guardian, witchcraft ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Join Mildred Hubble in CBBC's adaptation of The Worst Witch books, written by Jill Murphy.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
witch, friendship, teenager, magical power, magic, boarding school, witchcraft, teenage witch, girl, teenage girl, bully, friendship between girls ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story:
Kelly Quinn and her two BFF's, Darbie and Hannah, stumble upon her grandmother's mysterious cookbook in the attic and discover some far from ordinary recipes. When the Shut'em Up Shortcake silences Kelly's pesky little brother ...
Style:
captivating, feel good, exciting, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, magic spell, friends, friendship, magic, supernatural, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, halloween, spell, time travel, girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Story:
The series follows 14-year-old Emma Alonso, as she moves to Miami and her life turns upside-down. Not only does she discover that she is a witch, she also has a crush on the boy next door, Daniel. But Daniel’s ex-girlfriend Maddie, who is an ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, light, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenage love, witch, high school life, supernatural ability, magic, youth, chosen one, love and romance, imaginary, fall in love, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
miami, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 23 min.
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Story:
When three normal teenage girls stumble upon a ancient cave they undergo a transformation that will change their lives forever. H20 - Just Add Water, sees three very different girls facing everyday teen problems with an added twist - they're ...
Style:
exciting, light, enigmatic, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen fantasy, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
mermaid, supernatural, supernatural ability, youth, friends, teenage life, friendship between girls, love and romance, friendship, hidden identity, transformation, island ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
oceania, australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Eastwick is a 2009 television series based on John Updike's novel The Witches of Eastwick. The series was developed by Maggie Friedman, and starred Paul Gross as the infamous Darryl Van Horne, alongside Jaime Ray Newman, Lindsay Price, and ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, semi serious, bad ending, offbeat ...
Plot:
witch, magic, small town, spell, friendship, dark humor, escapades, supernatural, good versus evil, introspection, battle of the sexes, kickass women ...
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 15 min.
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Story:
House of Anubis is a jointly Nickelodeon British, American, and Belgian mystery television series based on the Dutch-Belgian television series Het Huis Anubis aired in the Netherlands and Belgium. The series was created by Hans Bourlon and Gert ...
Style:
light, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen fantasy, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
mysterious disappearance, high school, boarding school life, teenage life, investigation, boarding school, friends, school, disappearance, riddles and clues, young heroes, youth ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Cassie Nightingale, Middleton’s favorite enchantress, and her young-teenage daughter Grace, who shares that same special intuition as her mom, welcome Dr. Sam Radford and his son to town. When the New York transplants move in next to the Grey ...
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, light, colorful ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
witch, small town, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, supernatural, good witch, imaginary, social relations, teenage life, halloween, friendship, single parent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, tibet, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Alex, Justin and Max Russo are not your ordinary kids - they're wizards in training! While their parents run the Waverly Sub Station, the siblings struggle to balance their ordinary lives while learning to master their extraordinary powers.
Style:
feel good, humorous, stylized, sitcom, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, teen fantasy, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
teenage girl, supernatural ability, teenage life, witch, high school, wizards and magicians, teenager, youth, supernatural, brother brother relationship, children, teenage witch ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
Simon is a very sensible young schoolboy, who has a friend who is a real witch. She is very silly, and a huge showoff.
Style:
light hearted, period piece, slapstick, whimsical
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
magic, witch, friendship, children, silly humor, magic realism, unhappiness, adaptation, small town, unlikely friendships, good witch, high school friend ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Eerie, Indiana is an American television series that originally aired on NBC from 1991 to 1992. The series was created by José Rivera and Karl Schaefer, with Joe Dante serving as creative consultant.
A total of nineteen episodes were produced. The ...
Style:
spooky, scary, anthology, detective, sitcom ...
Audience:
kids, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, suburbs, youth, paranormal, teenager, magic, town, halloween, teenage boy, small town, investigation, urban legend ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
indiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Real-life mermaids, Sirena, Nixie and Lyla are part of a mermaid pod, which lives in the waters of Mako Island. As young members of the pod, it is their job to protect the Moon Pool and guard it from trespassers. But on the night of a full moon, the ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, entertaining, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, teen fantasy, pre-teens ...
Plot:
mermaid, supernatural ability, teenage life, supernatural power, imaginary, friends, island, superhuman powers, merman, friendship, supernatural romance, save the day ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
50%
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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%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Victorious is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider that originally aired on Nickelodeon from March 27, 2010 until February 2, 2013. The series revolves around aspiring singer Tori Vega, a teenager who attends a performing arts high school ...
Style:
feel good, sitcom, semi serious, funny, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenager, friendship, lifestyle, teenage girl, hollywood, high school life, teenage life, teachers and students, singer, friends, high school student ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Keeping secrets can be difficult, especially when you’re a twelve-year-old half-vampire moving from Transylvania to a new life in Germany. Going to school, making new friends and fitting in — it’s all tough when you can’t just be yourself. ...
Style:
semi serious, light, entertaining, gothic, exciting ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
vampire, friendship, supernatural, friends, youth, first love, female vampire, child vampire, superhuman powers, sister sister relationship, teenage girl, imaginary ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A young girl and her blended family move to the small cottage town of Evermoor. All is well until sinister things start to happen, magic tapestries, an enchanted typewriter. Only a few of the strange things found in the town of Evermoor.
Style:
enigmatic, serious, suspenseful, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens
Plot:
young heroes, danger, teenage life, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, supernatural, village, magic, witch, family in danger, heroes, imaginary ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Reunited witch twins Camryn and Alex adjust to their new life as supernatural beings while at the same time trying to maintain a normal existence in this sequel to the magical Disney Channel original movie Twitches. But they soon find themselves ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, teen, spooky ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
witch, supernatural, halloween, magic, family relations, curses spells and rituals, heroes, youth, escapades, danger, imaginary, superhuman powers ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
Style:
epic, exciting, arthurian, humorous, fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
king arthur, supernatural, arthurian legend, witch, dragon, supernatural ability, legends and myths, camelot, magic, knight, wizards and magicians, friendship ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 6th century
Place:
england, wales, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Shoebox Zoo is a children's fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies. It is mostly live-action, but with CGI used for the animal figurines. It was first broadcast in 2004 by CBBC. ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, captivating, touching
Audience:
kids
Plot:
reluctant hero, friendship, toy comes to life, girl, fish out of water, father daughter relationship, journey, chosen one, good versus evil, bravery, heroine, supernatural power ...
Time:
10th century
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 366 min.
TV show
Story:
The Baby-Sitters Club is a 1990 American television series based on Ann M. Martin's children's book series of the same name. The series originally aired on the The Disney Channel, but was also broadcast on HBO and Nickelodeon; all thirteen ...
Style:
teen, lighthearted, educational
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
babysitting, friendship, teamwork, family values, responsibility, innocent, coming of age, girlfriend, safe, small town, slice of life, high school life ...
Place:
connecticut
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The true story of Ruby Bridges, an African-American girl who, in 1960 at age 6, helped to integrate the all-white schools of New Orleans. Although she was the only black girl to come to the school she was sent to, (and since all the white mothers ...
Style:
uplifting, political, inspirational, contemplative, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
racism, african american, civil rights, racial discrimination, black, art, blaxploitation, black history, education, school, interracial relations, injustice ...
Time:
60s
Place:
america, louisiana, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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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:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Toby Johnson is a regular easy-going student struggling with homework and girls. Elizabeth Hawke is the teacher's pet and nobody at school likes her. One day they get hit by a ray - a unique magnetic pulse that changes every thing. Suddenly ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, offbeat, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
teenage love, high school life, supernatural, supernatural ability, prodigy, life turned upside down, teenage life, youth, uncontrollable, school, teenager, evil genius ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Young Dracula is a British teenage horror drama television series airing on CBBC, loosely based on Young Dracula AND Young Monsters, a children's book by Michael Lawrence. Directed by Joss Agnew, the first series was broadcast in 2006, and the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, dark fantasy, gothic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
dracula, vampire, supernatural, school, family relations, social misfits, imaginary, youth, friendship, supernatural power, chosen one, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
wales, england, europe
Similarity:
24%
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:
24%
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