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The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968)
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The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968)
Original name: 太陽の王子ホルスの大冒険
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Horus, a kid living in a unnamed Scandinavian/Eastern Europe culture of the Iron Age, recovers the Sword of the Sun from the rock giant Moog and learns from his dying father that he must returns to his ancestral territory. In the process, he defends a village from the attacks of Grundewald, a warlord/ice demon and befriends the enigmatic Hilda, a lonely and beautiful girl who sings haunting songs (and who hides a terrible secret).
Style: anime, cult classic, exciting, serious, whimsical, 2d animation
Audience: family outing
Plot: viking, giant, demon, sword, sword and sorcery, wolf, troll, possession, heroes, friendship, escapades, rivalry, danger, imaginary, good versus evil, odd couple, obsessive quest, young heroes, curses spells and rituals, village, mythology, boy, evil, girl, secret ...
Place: scandinavia, japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, anime, captivating and semi serious films with plots about danger, escapades, heroes, imaginary, rivalry, good versus evil and heroic mission mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun: Brave Story (2006), Fairy Tail: Phoenix Priestess (2012), Pokémon: Jirachi - Wish Maker (2003), Karas: The Revelation (2007), Blue Exorcist: The Movie (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Brave Story (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jr. High School Student Wataru and his friends like playing in an abandond building and looking for ghosts. However it seems he is not the only one. Another mysterious student Mitsuru shows Wataru that there is a magical door to another world where ...
Style: anime, exciting, manga, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: kids
Plot: bravery, parallel world, heroic mission, supernatural, imaginary, young heroes, escapades, danger, rivalry, legends and myths, good versus evil, friendship ...
Place: japan
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Digimon Adventure tri. Part 1: Reunion (2015)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: It's been six years since that summer adventure when Taichi Yagami and the rest of the DigiDestined crossed over to the Digital World. And nearly three years have passed since the final battle between Hikari Yagami's group and ...
Style: anime, exciting, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: pre-teens
Plot: save the world, children, danger, rivalry, imaginary, young heroes, teenage life, escapades, parallel world, friendship, heroes, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Fairy Tail: Phoenix Priestess (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The film revolves around a mysterious girl named Éclair who appears before Fairy Tail, the world's most notorious wizard's guild. She lost all of her memories, except for the imperative that she must deliver two Phoenix Stones somewhere. ...
Style: anime, manga, sexy, fairy tale, humorous ...
Plot: good versus evil, imaginary, rivalry, danger, last wish, wizards and magicians, fairy, escapades, imaginary kingdom, intrigue, curses spells and rituals, memory loss ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Pokémon: Jirachi - Wish Maker (2003)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Ash, Pikachu and friends (minus Misty) were visiting a festival celebrating the appearance of a comet when they stumble upon a mysterious rock-like crystal...
Style: anime, semi serious, exciting, feel good, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: pokemon, good versus evil, obsessive quest, young heroes, imaginary, save the world, imaginary kingdom, friends, danger, dragon, escapades, rivalry ...
Time: 2000s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy (1997)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min.
Story: Son Goku Jr. is the grand-grandson of the legendary warrior Son Goku, unlike his predecessor he's not a brave fighter. He's constantly picked on by school bullies, his grandmother Pan sees this and she's worried, but even tough Goku ...
Style: anime, slapstick, exciting, semi serious, serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dragon ball, dragon ball z, battles, rivalry, escapades, young heroes, heroes, danger, imaginary, good versus evil, supernatural, superhuman powers ...
Time: future
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83%
Karas: The Revelation (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In the city of Shinjuku, a conflict between a rouge Karas by the name of Eko and the "will of the city" rage in a conflict for dominance. A Karas brought about to fight the rouge has fallen, leaving the city and its inhabitants ...
Style: anime, stylized, suspenseful, exciting, epic ...
Plot: heroes, vengeance, battles, danger, escapades, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, destruction, demon, gangster, custody ...
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Blue Exorcist: The Movie (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Rin Okumura is raised by a famous exorcist named Father Fujimoto. After an argument between the two, Rin discovers he is the son of the devil. Rin decides to fight his fate by joining the True Cross Academy to become an exorcist and defeat demons. ...
Style: anime, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: demon, supernatural, good versus evil, parallel world, heroic mission, rivalry, satan, brother brother relationship, exorcism, curses spells and rituals, friendship, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Naruto, Shikamaru, and Sakura are executing their mission of delivering a lost pet to a certain village. However, right in the midst of things, troops led by the mysterious knight, Temujin, attack them. In the violent battle, the three become ...
Style: anime, exciting, stylized, serious, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: naruto, master warrior, rescue, heroes, young heroes, supernatural, escapades, good versus evil, heroic mission, danger, martial arts, ninja ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Bleach: Fade to Black (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A mysterious reiatsu (spiritual particle) explosion occurs in the center of Seireitei in Soul Society, causing it to be destroyed. At the exact same time, a major change overwhelms Kuchiki Rukia, which leaves her losing something important inside. ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, captivating, manga ...
Plot: danger, heroes, investigation, supernatural, heroic mission, imaginary, daring rescue, curses spells and rituals, escapades, chases and races, martial arts, memory loss ...
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The Sacred Blacksmith (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: This show is based on the light novel series by Isao Miura of the same name. Cecily Campbell is the only child of the famous Campbell family. When her father passes away she joins the prestigious Knight Guards to honour her family's legacy. ...
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, suspense, entertaining ...
Plot: escapades, rivalry, save the kingdom, danger, blacksmith, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, good versus evil, love and romance, partner, sword fight, friendship ...
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Thor: Legend of the Magical Hammer (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Iceland, Germany, Ireland
Duration: 79 min.
Story: An over confident teen with a magical weapon and a handful of imperfect gods join forces against an evil queen and her army of giants
Style: exciting, semi serious, feel good, entertaining, anime ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, toddlers
Plot: viking, young heroes, superhuman powers, good versus evil, heroes, danger, rivalry, escapades, youth, disorder, imaginary kingdom, imaginary ...
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74%
Naruto Shippuden the Movie (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Demons that once almost destroyed the world, are revived by someone. To prevent the world from being destroyed, the demon has to be sealed and the only one who can do it is the shrine maiden Shion from the country of demons, who has two powers; one ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: demon, ninja, superhuman powers, naruto, priestess, master warrior, supernatural, save the world, heroes, supernatural ability, heroic mission, young heroes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: India, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The sailor is "persuaded" by a princess to help her rescue her kingdom from something fishy.
Style: semi serious, exciting, captivating, entertaining, anime
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
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Deltora Quest (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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Story: The evil Shadow Lord has taken control of the kingdom of Deltora and has driven the land and its people into misfortune and suffering. Lief, the son of a blacksmith, has just turned sixteen and is entrusted, along with his two companions Barda and ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, stylized
Audience: kids
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DragonBlade : The Legend of Lang (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A town is attacked by a deadly creature, it can only be stopped with the Dragon Blade. The one person who knows where the blade is won't tell Lang, and even if he did, untold peril will fall on anyone who dares to find this legendary weapon.
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Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
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Place: asia, china
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Nocturna (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In the aging orphanage the days pass very uneventfully, but the nights are something quite different; at least for Tim they are. The light reflected from the stars is the only cure for his fear of the dark. One night this fear leads him to the ...
Style: exciting, surreal, anime, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: young heroes, escapades, rivalry, sleeping, danger, overcoming, orphan, cat, friendship, boy, violence against women, surrealism ...
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64%
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time ...
Style: anime, suspense, stylized, talky, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alchemy, imaginary, heroic mission, danger, heroes, master villain, curses spells and rituals, ethnic slur, army, body swapping, nazi occultism, steampunk ...
Place: seattle, munich germany
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63%
Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Shirou Emiya finds himself an unwilling participant in a deadly competition where seven Mages summon heroic spirits as servants to duel each other to the death. They compete for the chance to make a wish from the Holy Grail, which has the power to ...
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: teens, kids
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Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The film opens with Shaymin as Dialga appears. Then, in the Reverse or Distortion World Giratina senses Dialga's presence, and flies up to the Real World to capture him. Dialga drinks, just as Giratina's portal opens up. Giratina then ...
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Audience: kids
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Time: 2000s
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The Legend of Sarila (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.
Style: captivating, exciting, serious, sentimental, mockbuster ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: legends and myths, good versus evil, heroic mission, obsessive quest, save the day, rivalry, escapades, wilderness, danger, secret place, snow, cold ...
Place: canada
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Sinbad (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: A brave young man fights with courage against all enemies to earn his wealth.
Style: fairy tale, serious, exciting, feel good, anime
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: sword and sorcery, sorcery, chivalry, sinbad, adventurer, ocean, pirate, daring rescue, deadly creature, treasure hunt, escapades, danger ...
Place: middle east
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60%
Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In the legendary past, before Poké Balls were made; an aura-guiding hero Pokémon named Lucario sensed two groups of armies about to clash, and a threat of a massive war in front of Cameron Palace in Kanto that would leave no survivors. He ...
Style: anime, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
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Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Winx Club: The Mystery of the Abyss (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The archenemies of the Winx Club, the Trix witches, team up with the evil nymph Politea and find out that, to defeat the fairies once and for all and become invincible, it takes very little: a Pearl hidden in the Deep of the Infinite Ocean! As small ...
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Freedom Force (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Peru, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: There is a plot under way to change the course of history. Four kids are chosen to be the Freedom Force—a gang of unlikely heroes who travel through time to change the outcome of sacred stories.
Style: semi serious, exciting, humorous, mockbuster, anime ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: best friend, escapades, friendship, youth, obsessive quest, heroic mission, imaginary, time travel, save the day, danger, disorder, heroes ...
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story: In this direct-to-video sequel to Pokémon: The First Movie, Ash, Misty, and Brock continue exploring the Johto region, then have to rescue Pikachu after Jessie and James of Team Rocket kidnap him. The search leads them to the hidden plateau where ...
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Time: 2000s
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57%
Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The grandfather welcomes us into his blue grotto, there was still beautiful memories of childhood to tell Kirikou: the times when he helped the men and women of his village and elsewhere ... He tells us how Kirikou, thanks to his bravery and ...
Style: feel good, exciting, captivating, light, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: good versus evil, danger, young heroes, escapades, rivalry, wise man, heroes, supernatural, village life, wizards and magicians, social relations, imaginary ...
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Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 75 min.
Story: In the time before time, six unlikely Matoran find themselves transformed into mighty Toa. The new Toa Metru must prove themselves as true heroes, find the missing Toa Lhikan, and uncover a plot that threatens the heart of Metru Nui.
Style: exciting, serious
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
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Time: 2000s
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InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2003)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Inuyasha and his brother, Sesshomaru, each inherited a sword from their father after his death. However, their father had a third sword, named Sounga, that he sealed away. Seven hundreds years after his death, Sounga awakens and threatens ...
Style: anime, semi serious, humorous, exciting, stylized
Audience: pre-teens, kids
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Place: japan, asia
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One Piece Film: Strong World (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: 20 years after his escape from Impel Down, the legendary pirate Shiki, the Golden Lion, reappears causing massive upheaval to the Marines. During his long seclusion, he was able to come up with a scheme to bring the World Government to his knees. On ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, tense, captivating ...
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Tactics (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Tactics is a Japanese manga series written as a collaboration between Sakura Kinoshita and Kazuko Higashiyama. It was serialized in Comic Blade Masamune. Kinoshita supplied the character "Kantarou," and Higashiyama supplied the character ...
Style: anime, suspenseful, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Plot: demon, supernatural, good versus evil, heroes, rivalry, danger, ghost, battles, escapades, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, dangerous animal ...
Place: japan
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