Movies like After the Rain, on Thursday

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After the Rain, on Thursday (1986)
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After the Rain, on Thursday (1986)
Original name: После дождичка в четверг
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A palace steward conspires with bandits to kidnap an infant czar's son and an orphan adopted by the czar, replacing the prince with the steward's son. Two decades later the true prince and his foster brother are slaves in a quarry, the changeling grew up as a prince, and his mother has been elevated to the highest position in the state for "saving" the prince, but losing her own child. Then the brothers escape, the changeling prince departs to fight an immortal wizard and vanishes, and the brothers have to deal with the wizard. Which includes stealing a bird-woman from a Mid-Eastern khan and figuring where the wizard's death is.
Style: fairy tale, light, humorous, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: magic, good versus evil, prison, teenager, heroes, friendship, parents and children, greed, kidnapping, conspiracy, dancer, evil, brother, singing, soviet, costume, adventure
Place: ussr

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Most similar movies to After the Rain, on Thursday

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, fairy tale, captivating and light films with plots about magic, heroes, friendship, good versus evil, escapades, wizards and magicians and imaginary mostly in Fantasy, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like After the Rain, on Thursday: Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1967), A Witches' Ball (2017), A Tale of Lost Times (1964), The Kingdom of False Mirrors (1963), Oh How It Hurts 66 (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A young boy finds a magic lantern that contains a genie, and when he frees the genie he's granted three wishes. He uses the wishes to help the princess of Baghdad and her father fight off an evil sorcerer who's trying to take over the ...
Style: fairy tale, romantic, funny, light, feel good ...
Plot: arabian nights, magic, rags to riches, palace, wish fulfillment, happy ending, liberation, magic spell, heroes, friendship, mythology, black magic ...
Place: middle east, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Witches' Ball (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Every year the Witching World gathers to celebrate the newly inducted witches into their world. Beatrix (12) is eager to become part of this world, but when her pending magical status is jeopardized she needs the help of her furry best friend Muggs ...
Style: captivating, funny, entertaining, feel good, spooky
Audience: family outing
Plot: witch, witchery, wizards and magicians, magic, magical girl, friendship, teenage girl, teenager, magical, teenage witch
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Tale of Lost Times (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Four evil wizards succeeded to become young by using a time stolen from lazy kids. Now these kids who became seniors must act fast if they want to return to their real age.
Style: fairy tale, captivating, sincere, sentimental, light
Audience: kids
Plot: spell, redemption, obstacle, evil sorcerer, chase, justice, transformation, hopes, family relations, childhood, friendship, youth ...
Place: ussr, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Kingdom of False Mirrors (1963)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors is a 1964 Soviet fairy tale film directed by Aleksandr Rou based on a story with the same name by Vitali Gubarev. Both the surreal story by Vladimir Gubarev, together with the 1964 film, written in a Through The Looking ...
Style: fairy tale, stylized, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: magical, magic, children, imaginary kingdom, imagination, alternate reality, good versus evil, transformation, save the kingdom, getting home, art, surrealism ...
Place: ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Oh How It Hurts 66 (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A fantasy story based on Kornei Chukovsky classics about a brave doctor Aybolit and his adventures on the land and on the sea.
Style: fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, humorous
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: doctor, veterinarian, bandit, friendship, chase, parents and children, hopes, dishonesty, surrealism, soviet
Place: africa, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
A Very Old Story (1968)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen.
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, humorous, sweet, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: happy ending, princess, escapades, king, magic, imagination, boy, magical, soviet, taking off shoes, female stockinged legs, pantyhose
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40%
The Lunnis and the Great Fairy Tale Adventures (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Imagination and the World of Fantasy are in danger. Mar, an eight-year-old little girl, who's an expert in stories and legends thanks to the books read to her every night by her grandfather, decides she has to try and save them. With the help ...
Style: entertaining, fairy tale, feel good, captivating
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: magic, wizard, save the world, good versus evil, magical, young heroes, fantasy world, magical power, wizards and magicians, heroine, friendship, little girl ...
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39%
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Magic Silver (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Princess Bluerose is a small gnome living deep in the Norwegian mountains. A small community of gnomes is responsible for making the transition between daylight and night. This is called the magic hour, and is created by the magic silver which only ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, captivating, exciting, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: young heroes, imaginary kingdom, danger, escapades, fairy, courage, prophecy, save the day, supernatural, pursuit, friendship, journey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Ukraine, Belgium, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 11-year-old Polina, who knows nothing about her past and parents, lives with her spiteful aunt and wicked cousin. They secretly plan to get rid of the girl at the day of her birthday, all to get their hands on her mysterious inheritance. Chased by ...
Style: fairy tale, sincere, captivating, sentimental, light
Plot: fantasy world, rescue, justice, escapades, investigation, storytelling, disorder, heroes, friendship, parents and children, hopes, dishonesty ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The House Elf (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the ordinary and bustling city of Moscow there is an unusual House, overgrown with hundreds of secrets and mysteries. In this house there is a strange apartment, in which not a single tenant has stayed for a long time. And only when an ...
Style: fairy tale, captivating, enigmatic, disturbing, atmospheric
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: house, supernatural being, magic, black magic, single mother, wizards and magicians, cat, hidden treasure, evil sorcerer, evil wizard, good versus evil, magical power ...
Time: 21st century
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Jack and the Beanstalk (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A fairy tale character who is about to flunk out of fairy tale school, Jack must perform a heroic deed by Monday or fail miserably, just like his father before him. Anxious to make good, Jack sells his C.O.W. (Computer of Wonder) for a handful of ...
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: youth, adventurer, young heroes, danger, escapades, legends and myths, friends, disorder, curses spells and rituals, imaginary kingdom, adventure hero, magic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Upon The Magic Roads (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Romantic John the Fool and his friend Foal set out on a series of unpredictable adventures in different magical worlds. The two buddies will have to outsmart an evil tyrant king, catch the firebird, and find John’s true love.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, folk tale
Audience: family outing
Plot: talking animal, friendship, folk hero, heroes, legend, magical creature, czar, farm, horse, journey, friend, love ...
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Level Up (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story: Four very different high school teenagers battle trolls, ghouls and a dark leader of them named Maldark in a video game that goes haywire and releases the battle into the real world (IMDb.com).
Style: exciting, humorous, entertaining, captivating, tense ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly
Plot: good versus evil, save the world, rivalry, youth, danger, parallel world, video game, supernatural, friendship, battles, escapades, nerd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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
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Place: ussr, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
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The Last Warrior: Root of Evil (2021)
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Story: Peace and tranquility have set in Belogorie. The evil was defeated and Ivan is now enjoying his well-deserved fame. He is surrounded by his family, friends and small wonders from the modern world that help him lead a comfortable life. Luckily, he ...
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
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Duration: 101 min.
Story: A beautiful and kind girl, daughter of Baba Yaga, finds a magical stone Alatyr while walking in a field. It transforms her heart into a stone and puts her under a queer curse. She is to be the evil Countess of Stones and live in a stone tower. If ...
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Baba Yaga (1973)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 74 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: fairy tale, folk tale, stylized, semi serious, absurd
Audience: family outing, preschool
Plot: witchcraft, wizards and magicians, witch, ancient, ancient world, slavic mythology, superhero, mythology, heroes, family relations, imaginary, escapades ...
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min.
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Style: fairy tale, touching, atmospheric, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing
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⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Magic Silver 2 (2011)
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Country: Norway
Duration: 85 min.
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Style: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, light
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Country: UK, Ireland
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Story: A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.
Style: entertaining, feel good, light, humorous
Audience: kids, family outing
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30%
Suburban Knights (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The Nostalgia Critic and his fellow reviewers from the website That Guy with the Glasses dress up as famous fantasy characters and go searching for a magic gauntlet hidden in suburban Illinois.
Style: captivating, light, tense, unusual plot structure, humorous
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Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Effects of Magic (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
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30%
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The Magicians (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: exciting, captivating, feel good, humorous, light ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 77 min.
Story: 12-year-old Pelle accidentally gets bitten by an ant and develops unimaginable superpowers. With help from his friend, comic book nerd Wilhelm, Pelle creates a secret identity as the superhero Antboy. Slowly things start to happen in the surburban ...
Style: humorous, exciting, captivating, light, tense ...
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Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Xuxa and the Elves (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Kira (Xuxa) is a botanical that has magical powers, despite not knowing their origin. Until Nanda (Debby), a girl of 10 years, finds himself trapped in his room an elf named Damiz (Leonardo Cordonis) and asks Kira to help free him. Soon they ...
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good, captivating
Audience: family outing, preschool
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Norway, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
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Style: humorous, not serious, captivating, entertaining, light
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The Egyptian Queen Cleopatra bets against the Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, that her people are still great, even if the times of the Pharaohs has long passed. She vows (against all logic) to build a new palace for Caesar within three months. Since ...
Style: funny, humorous, absurd, feel good, hilarious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
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Time: year 2002, 2000s, 1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place: egypt, africa, middle east, ancient greece, north africa
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28%
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