Movies like The Pagemaster
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The Pagemaster (1994)
28K
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 has to try and get home again. Along the way he meets some interesting characters, like Fantasy, Adventure, and Horror... Written by Colin Tinto
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, surprise ending, independent film, melancholic, touching, semi serious, stylized, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama, horror for children
Plot:
parallel universe, magic, book, imagination, dragon, fantasy world, librarian, rain, magic wand, child, pirate, island, courage, transformation, wizard, fairy, eaten alive, childhood, chase, jekyll and hyde, escape, cave, friendship, whale, storm ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1990s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, visually appealing and 2d animation films with plots about family, good versus evil, children, dialogue, childhood, escapades and storytelling mostly in Adventure, Animation and Family genres. Some movies like The Pagemaster: Pete's Dragon (1977), The Phantom Tollbooth (1970), The Flight of Dragons (1982), A Troll in Central Park (1994), The Cat Returns (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A full length animated film for all the family to enjoy. Pooh gets confused when Christopher Robin leaves him a note to say that he has gone back to school after the holidays. So Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and Rabbit go in search of Christopher ...
Style:
light, touching, humorous, light hearted, anthology ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
winnie the pooh, friendship, school, pig, cartoon bear, quest, autumn, piglet, courage, rescue, best friend, partner ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself.
Style:
anime, stylized, cult classic, independent film, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, preschool
Plot:
fantasy world, king, princess, surrealism, dance, child protagonist, child in peril, dream, superhero, mature, good versus evil, mischievous children ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in ...
Style:
entertaining, intense, semi serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
children, dragon, small town, friendship, lighthouse keeper, orphan, presumed dead, family relations, love story, unlikely friendships, escapades, imaginary ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s, 90s
Place:
maine, usa, new england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Phantom Tollbooth, based upon the children's adventure novel by Norton Juster, tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo. Unexpectedly receiving a magic tollbooth and, having nothing better to do, Milo drives through it and enters a ...
Style:
psychedelic, anime, feel good, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
fantasy world, rivalry, justice, storytelling, transformation, surrealism, indecision, anthropomorphic dog, sibling rivalry, happy ending, talking dog, portal ...
Time:
70s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommedon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter ...
Style:
sweet, anime, talky, light, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
time travel, magic, good versus evil, dragon, imaginary kingdom, fish out of water, sword and sorcery, heroes, friendship, sorcery, imaginary, danger ...
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A friendly troll with a magic green thumb grows one flower too many for the queen, whose laws require all trolls to be mean ugly and scare humans whenever possible. As a punishment, he is exiled to a world of concrete, where he should live a life of ...
Style:
humorous, sweet, semi serious, touching, anime ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, preschool
Plot:
troll, imaginary kingdom, friendship, heroic mission, escapades, youth, mischievous children, heroes, good versus evil, fish out of water, misfit, social misfits ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Haru, a schoolgirl bored by her ordinary routine, saves the life of an unusual cat and suddenly her world is transformed beyond anything she ever imagined. The Cat King rewards her good deed with a flurry of presents, including a very shocking ...
Style:
anime, sweet, atmospheric, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, cat, furry, human animal relationship, friendship, talking cat, prince, anthropomorphic animal, family relations, disorder, mischievous children, magic ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen ...
Style:
fairy tale, tense, cult classic, crying, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, teen fantasy, family outing, horror for children
Plot:
magic, sword and sorcery, medieval, princess, sword, mythology, castle, witch, teenage girl, goblin, celtic, dungeon ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 90s, 80s
Place:
britain, england
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent. They agree to go to the Middle Future in order to grant the wishes of children in New York city. They are to meet Dr. ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
dinosaur, friendship, talking animal, disorder, escapades, rescue, young heroes, danger, love, children, anthropomorphism, pterodactyl ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, prehistory, prehistoric times
Place:
new york, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Australia, USA, South Korea, Taiwan, UK, France, Canada, Thailand, Denmark
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home, the pristine rainforest known as FernGully. Zak and his new friends fight to ...
Style:
touching, fairy tale, feel good, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
environment, fairy, good versus evil, magic, imaginary kingdom, environmental, toxic, young lovers, danger, deforestation, magical power, fish out of water ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business... even though they're more afraid of the children than they are of them. When a child accidentally enters their world, ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, entertaining, sweet, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot:
monster, friendship, imagination, imaginary, fantasy world, creature, best friend, parallel world, children, friends, rivalry, little girl ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
persia, paris france, himalaya
Similarity:
100%
955K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Style:
anime, surreal, atmospheric, stylized, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, seattle
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster (Eglantine Price). The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
Style:
entertaining, sweet, light, melancholic, humorous ...
Audience:
toddlers, kids, family outing, horror for children, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu Miley (Fraser) into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilariously horny alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and ...
Style:
black comedy, humorous, cult classic, absurd, not serious ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, teens, adult
Plot:
coma, parallel world, surrealism, carnival, drawing, cyclops, monkey, dream, alternate reality, imaginary, goofy hero, stop motion ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 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, surreal, action adventure, fantasy adventure ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
childhood, imaginary kingdom, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, sorcery, halloween, giant, empress, youth, destiny, swamp ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the ...
Style:
sweet, entertaining, humorous, cute, intense ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
furry, mouse, anthropomorphic animal, friendship, australian outback, poacher, good versus evil, talking animal, rescue, honest, lone hero, child ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
australia, new york, oceania, madagascar, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
What can two little mice possibly do to save an orphan girl who's fallen into evil hands? With a little cooperation and faith in oneself, anything is possible! As members of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society, Bernard and Miss ...
Style:
light, touching, cute, crying, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, preschool ...
Plot:
childhood, mouse, friendship, good versus evil, orphan, rescue, kidnapping, chase, little girl, anxiety, talking animal, treasure hunt ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
louisiana, madagascar, new york, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
39K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
Style:
3d animation, computer animated, emotional, crying, animated comedy
Plot:
child, planet, galaxy, child protagonist, children, space, alien, space adventure, interspecies friendship, astronaut, outer space, alien race ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, dark, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, family outing, horror for children ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas, halloween, stop motion, imaginary, music, goth, objects come to life, fantasy world, imaginary kingdom, love, loneliness ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all ...
Style:
anime, psychedelic, adult animation, visually stunning, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
dragon, wizards and magicians, heroes, young heroes, curses spells and rituals, imaginary kingdom, wizard, supernatural ability, master villain, sword and sorcery, imaginary, coming of age ...
Place:
seattle, fictional island, europe, macedonia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Alvin has entered himself and Simon and Theodore in a hot-air balloon race around the world against the Chipettes to deliver diamonds for a group of diamond smugglers. The winners will collect a prize of $100,000. Kids and adults will enjoy this ...
Style:
cult classic, humorous, feel good, not serious, crying ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
chipmunk, child abuse, penguins, shark attack, sister sister relationship, brother sister relationship, siblings, brother brother relationship, child in peril, girl power, love affair, babysitter ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
rome italy, south pole, los angeles, europe, egypt ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan, Australia
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
The evil Jafar escapes from the magic lamp as an all-powerful genie, ready to plot his revenge against Aladdin. From battling elusive villains atop winged horses, to dodging flames inside an exploding lava pit, it's up to Aladdin - with ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, semi serious, exciting, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
princess, aladdin, imaginary kingdom, revenge, desert, genie, magic, wrongful conviction, disney princess, transformation, monkey, sultan ...
Time:
90s, 18th century
Place:
arabia, middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, entertaining, arthurian, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot:
magic, arthurian legend, wizard, transformation, medieval, king arthur, boy, sword and sorcery, sword, kingdom, tournament, owl ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 6th century, 1930s
Place:
europe, england, britain, london
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually ...
Style:
touching, sweet, anime, exciting, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
good versus evil, unicorn, horse, friendship, magic, rescue, heroic mission, wizard, unrequited love, quest, female protagonist, dragon ...
Time:
year 1982, 90s, 80s
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms. But, soon, Jim realizes Silver is a pirate intent ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, stylized, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
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Time:
future, year 2002, distant future, 18th century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This animated adventure retells the story of the lost daughter of Russia's last czar. The evil Rasputin places a curse on the Romanov family, and Anastasia and her grandmother, Empress Maria, get separated. After growing up in an orphanage, ...
Style:
touching, exciting, sweet, fairy tale, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
childhood, princess, good versus evil, royal family, happy ending, memory loss, amnesia, cinderella story, love and romance, fall in love, destiny, magic ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1920s, 1910s, year 1916 ...
Place:
russia, paris france, france, ussr, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA, Taiwan, South Korea
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The Care Bears have their work cut out for them, because Nicolas, a lonely magician's assistant, is about to fall under the evil influence of a bad spirit who lives in an ancient magic book -- it seems Nicolas will do just about anything for ...
Style:
feel good, stylized, sweet, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
friendship, good versus evil, animal life, talking animal, unlikely friendships, kids and family, orphan, wish come true, siblings relations, imaginary, rescue, family relations ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
canada
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Scrooge McDuck, his dimwitted pilot Launch Pad, and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, with Webby, arrive in Egypt where Scrooge finds the lost treasure of Collie Baba, unbeknownst to Scrooge, a magic lamp was included inside the treasure, so while ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
genie, treasure, adventurer, daring rescue, disorder, heroic mission, friendship, wish come true, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, hopes, danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990
Place:
middle east, africa, egypt
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime ...
Style:
neo noir, feel good, detective, surreal, parody ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
private detective, rabbit, false accusation, falsely accused, satire, femme fatale, sexy woman, childhood, chase, looney tunes, singer, frame up ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 80s, year 1947, year 1988 ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, america, seattle
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
Style:
computer animated, fairy tale, feel good, motion capture, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, train, magic, winter, railway, dream, santa claus, christmas eve, snow, xmas, christmas time ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
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Similarity:
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