Movies like A Simple Wish

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A Simple Wish (1997)
 5.3
 6K
A Simple Wish (1997)
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 wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.
Style: feel good, fairy tale, funny, semi serious, humorous, mysterious, offbeat, light, romantic, clever ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: magic, good versus evil, fairy godmother, magic wand, witch, imaginary, rivalry, supernatural ability, down on your luck, supernatural, parents and children, mischievous children, villainess, clumsiness, race against time, childhood, dog, youth, vengeance, father daughter relationship, revenge, betrayal, magical, women, witchcraft ...
Time: year 1997
Place: nebraska, new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Keyword: orange, sport, gangsters

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Most similar movies to A Simple Wish

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and touching films with plots about magic, family relations, youth, disorder, imaginary, danger and friendship mostly in Family, Fantasy and Comedy genres. Some movies like A Simple Wish: Matilda (1996), Mary Poppins (1964), Casper (1995), Hocus Pocus (1993), The Indian in the Cupboard (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Matilda (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 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, sweet, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: school, children, mischievous children, supernatural ability, parents and children, elementary school, teachers and students, dysfunctional family, childhood, young heroes, child prodigy, telekinesis ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 7.8
 185K
Mary Poppins (1964)
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, teens, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot: magic, nanny, female protagonist, imagination, mischievous children, kite, child, dancing, child's point of view, dog, childhood, children ...
Time: edwardian era, 20th century, 1910s
Place: london, england, united kingdom, europe, madagascar ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 146K
Casper (1995)
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: fairy tale, light, sweet, humorous, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: friendship, ghost, halloween, haunted house, supernatural, single father, afterlife, father daughter relationship, childhood, mischievous children, life & death, family bonds ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: maine, new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 155K
Hocus Pocus (1993)
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, mystical, gothic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, date night ...
Plot: witch, halloween, magic, supernatural, teenage life, childhood, witchcraft, spell, children, sisters, halloween party, cat ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century, 18th century, 17th century
Place: massachusetts, usa, new england, salem massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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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%
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 ⇓
100%
The Flintstones (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Mining tests its employees to find a new executive. ...
Style: feel good, humorous, offbeat, sentimental, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: dinosaur, childhood, caveman, friendship, best friend, eccentric family, workplace, cave woman, rich snob, family life, kids and family, storytelling ...
Time: stone age, prehistory, 90s, year 1994, prehistoric times
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Upside-Down Magic (2020)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Nory and her best friend Reina enter the Sage Academy for Magical Studies, where Nory’s unconventional powers land her in a class for those with wonky, or “upside-down,” magic. Undaunted, Nory sets out to prove that that upside-down magic can ...
Style: captivating, light, sweet
Audience: kids, teen fantasy
Plot: young heroes, supernatural, teenager, friendship, good versus evil, school, magic, academy, supernatural ability, superpower, best friend, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.3
 74K
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, teen, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, kids, teens, date night ...
Plot: fall in love, magic, fairy, fairy godmother, love and romance, cinderella story, cinderella, imaginary kingdom, ogre, true love, wizards and magicians, prince ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Prince Charming (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.
Style: feel good, fairy tale, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: cinderella story, frog, love and romance, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, royal family, fish out of water, wooing, disorder, wish come true, opposites attract, magic ...
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
When Santa Fell to Earth (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Christmas is just two weeks away, it is pouring with rain, and Ben is struggling to get into the Christmas spirit. Suddenly, Bens life takes a turn for the better when Santa Niklas Goodfellow and his Christmas caravan come crashing down to Earth in ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, good versus evil, family relations, family life, imaginary, disorder, hopes, youth, young heroes, on the run, wish come true, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Bibi Blocksberg (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In order to save some kids who are about to die in a fire, Bibi, the daughter of a prestigious witch, manages to trigger a heavy rain with her powers. The head of all witches gives her an award called "Crystal Ball", reserved for older ...
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, semi serious, tense ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: witch, teenage life, curses spells and rituals, magic, youth, parents and children, children, eternal youth, imaginary, coming of age, small town, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.4
 20K
The Shaggy Dog (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.
Style: light, humorous, semi serious, feel good, teen ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: dog, human becomes animal, transformation, pets, animal, divorce, parents and children, disorder, parent child relationship, genetic engineering, family life, animal rights ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
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: light, feel good, humorous, fairy tale, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: magic, miraculous event, objects come to life, friendship, coming of age, accountant, mysterious character, prodigy, fish out of water, curses spells and rituals, save the day, goofy hero ...
Time: 20th century, year 2007, future
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Powerful magic cast by Alex spells trouble for the Russo's. The kids must go on an adventure to save their family and their existence.
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, teen, exciting ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: magic, supernatural ability, wizards and magicians, witch, changing the past or future, family vacation, magic wand, wizard, parents and children, youth, curses spells and rituals, family holiday ...
Time: 21st century
Place: caribbean, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
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, family friendly, teens, preschool
Plot: imaginary kingdom, cat, youth, friendship, disorder, talking cat, getting home, fish out of water, rescue, danger, child, goofy hero ...
Time: year 2003
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A little girl discovers dreams can come true if you really believe. Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle - Santa Claus. Her mother told her the 'secret' about Santa a long time ago. But after ...
Style: fairy tale, christmas classics, sentimental, touching, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, santa claus, christmas season, thanksgiving, court, lawyer, department store, children, courtroom, friendship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
*batteries not included (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
Style: feel good, entertaining, touching, light, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot: ufo, apartment building, alien, alien robot, benign alien, space and aliens, eviction, robot, alien invasion, friendship, elderly couple, alien encounter ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.3
 7K
Bogus (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
Style: sentimental, touching, slang, fairy tale, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: imaginary friend, childhood, magic, friendship, youth, bittersweet, imagination, afterlife, slice of life, heartwarming, circus, coming of age ...
Time: year 1996
Place: new jersey, las vegas, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
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, teen ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot: witch, teenage girl, high school, wizards and magicians, magic, eccentric family, witchcraft, supernatural ability, aunt niece relationship, teenager, teenage life, social relations ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Halloweentown High (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Marnie Piper prepares to begin a new school year, she asks the Halloweentown Hot Witches' Council to work toward openness between Halloweentown and the mortal world. She proposes to bring a group of Halloweentown students to her own high school ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, humorous, feel good, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: halloween, witch, magic, supernatural, witchcraft, holiday, friends, hereditary gift of witchcraft, monster, friendship, vengeance, escapades ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.4
 2K
Trading Mom (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The Martin kids learn of a magic spell that will take them to the 'mommy market' so they can get a more user friendly model. After giving a few other moms a try, they want their own back. But that is not so easy.
Style: epic, mysterious, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: family relations, youth, coming of age, single parent, nothing goes right, family life, child as adult, siblings relations, teenage girl, magical, magic, mother ...
Time: year 1994
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 3.4
 776
Elf-Man (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An Elf is left behind by Santa to help rescue the Harper family from a lousy Christmas. The Elf and the family get more than they bargained for, as the kids help the Elf discover his special powers and true identity as a budding superhero.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, save the day, supernatural ability, supernatural, imaginary, escapades, danger, wish come true, miraculous event, magic, xmas, superhero ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to ...
Style: fairy tale, humorous, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: santa claus, christmas, holiday, reindeer, christmas season, xmas, prank, christmas party, christmas eve, children, winter, mistaken identity ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Little Monsters (1989)
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: light, melancholic, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: monster, brother brother relationship, friendship, coming of age, young heroes, halloween, mischievous children, curses spells and rituals, child as adult, fish out of water, wish come true, imaginary ...
Time: year 1989
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Double, Double Toil and Trouble (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The Farmer family is in big debts; they might lose their house soon. The seven year old Farmer twins, Kelly and Lynn, decide not to let this happen. They discover that somebody really mean and shrewd is responsible for all the problems of their ...
Style: spooky, humorous, feel good, offbeat, semi serious
Audience: kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: twins, halloween, witch, magic, youth, mischievous children, supernatural, witchcraft, child, impostor, haunted, wizard ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.5
 21K
Halloweentown (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: On her 13th birthday, Marnie learns she's a witch, discovers a secret portal, and is transported to Halloweentown — a magical place where ghosts and ghouls, witches and werewolves live apart from the human world. But she soon finds herself ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, tense, captivating, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot: halloween, witch, teenage girl, magic, youth, witchcraft, good versus evil, disorder, supernatural ability, save the day, rescue, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.2
 304
Kids World (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: What would you wish for if you were eleven and could have anything in the world? Your parents don't understand you. Your teenage brother is constantly getting you in trouble...for things he did! You're in love with the twelve-year-old girl ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, independent film, suspense
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: youth, child as adult, wish come true, mischievous children, friendship, young heroes, experiment gone awry, teenage life, best friend, rescue, danger, family life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
A Halloween Puppy (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A boy accidentally turns his mom's boyfriend into a dog.
Style: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: human becomes animal, halloween, dog, magic, best friend, youth, curses spells and rituals, family relations, friendship, stupid kid, danger, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 ⇓
26%
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