Movies like Ten 1971
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Ten (1971)
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Original name: Тень
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Musical tale about a struggle between a good Scientist and his evil Shadow.
Style:
allegory, fairy tale, psychological, philosophical, mystical, atmospheric, surreal, folk tale, poignant, melancholic ...
Plot:
egoism, princess, betrayal, greed, moral dilemma, good versus evil, selfishness, identity, symbolism, dual identity, power struggle, parable, transformation, royalty, magic realism, kingdom, suitor, palace intrigue, satire, irony, scientist, scholar, court intrigue, female director
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out allegory, fairy tale, surreal and melancholic films with plots about magic realism, satire, coming of age, identity, magic, transformation and isolation mostly in Fantasy, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Ten: To Kill a Dragon (1988), A Very Old Story (1968), Donkey's Hide (1982), The Devil Knows Why (2003), King of the Reindeer (1970). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: West Germany, Soviet Union
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Dragon is a bloody dictator, who kills every opponent. People live hopelessly, until Lancelot comes to save the beautiful Elsa. Lancelot can only win, if all people become free from fear, that is feeding the Dragon's power. Dragon's ...
Style:
fairy tale, unusual plot structure, allegory
Plot:
dragon, libertine, european, fantasy life, love, social satire, satire, fisherman, philosophy, honor, power, capture ...
Time:
medieval times
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
100%
76
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Philosophic fairy tale about kind modest man whose shadow one day leaves him only to come alive and become his sinister treacherous antagonist.
Style:
allegory, philosophical, fairy tale, surreal, poetic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
good versus evil, kindness, happy ending, redemption, jealousy, identity crisis, magic realism, transformation, palace intrigue, betrayal, love triangle, unrequited love ...
Place:
ussr
Similarity:
95%
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, sweet, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
princess, happy ending, escapades, king, imagination, magic, puppetry, boy, adaptation, hans christian andersen, bittersweet, poverty ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A Russian take on Charles Perrault's fairytale. At the festivities marking the christening of princess Theresa, daughter of king Gaston IX, a wicked fairy made a mysterious prophecy about the girl's life. Seventeen years later, Theresa ...
Style:
folk tale, fairy tale, mythical, melancholic, period drama ...
Plot:
princess, prince, prophecy, magic, heroine, identity, hidden identity, royalty, female protagonist, sacrifice, disguise, medieval ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Once upon a time there lived a Tsar named Yeremey who went on a year-long journey to take inventory of all he owned. One day he is kidnapped by the underwater Tsar Chudo-Yudo. When a ransom is demanded, the Tsar's family is faced with all kinds ...
Style:
fairy tale, folk tale, allegory, mystical, costume drama ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
princess, moral dilemma, village life, sea monster, coming of age, marriage proposal, mythology, prince, nanny, witch, transformation, love ...
Time:
medieval times
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Fairytale. A good king rules this land, but still things are going from bad to worse. The point is that the greedy Minister of State has an interesting pact with the devil - for bringing the kingdom into a state of dire poverty and the king to hell, ...
Style:
sinister, folk tale, allegory, dark fantasy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
pact with the devil, princess, kingdom, true love, magic, good versus evil, corruption, devil, magic realism, royalty, unlikely hero, king ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A story of court intrigues, love, and betrayal. A vain king is turned into a stag and only true love can save him
Style:
fairy tale, period piece, romantic comedy, allegory, satirical ...
Plot:
palace intrigue, royalty, true love, jealousy, betrayal, love triangle, deception, kingdom, transformation, loyalty, shape shifting, european ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fairytale about heroic Vasya and beautiful Alenushka.
Style:
fairy tale, folk tale, touching, atmospheric, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
obstacle, love, young girl, danger, heroes, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, slavic mythology, bravery, forest, rescue mission, magic ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
russia
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jason Robards is a man who decides he'd rather be a tree.
Style:
philosophical, surreal, existential, poetic, art house ...
Plot:
metamorphosis, escape, isolation, loneliness, character study, transformation, escapism, poet, storm, mental illness, magic realism, family conflict ...
Time:
year 1975, year 1970
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A baroque mix of revolutionary politics, pop culture and semiotics loosely based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. A young prince learns that life is just a dream from which we wake when we die. And that dreams may be as real as life.
Style:
philosophical, surreal, existential, allegory, reflective ...
Plot:
surrealism, metaphysics, identity crisis, literary, fatalism, adaptation, palace intrigue, moral dilemma, spirituality, ritual, dream, shootout ...
Place:
chile
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In an undisclosed location and time, in the land of 1001 nights, the law dictates that the Emperor must take a new wife if his current Empress does not bear a son within seven years of marriage. At the celebration Ball of their sixth wedding ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, romantic drama, tension ...
Plot:
royalty, power struggle, palace, arranged marriage, palace intrigue, love story, relationships, male female relationship, couple relations, emperor, love affair, family problems ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Once an evil inventor created a mirror, "in which everything that was kind and good disappeared, and everything that was bad and obscene was reflected and seemed even worse". The students of the evil professor did a lot of evil with the ...
Style:
allegory, folk tale, bleak, tragicomedy, grim ...
Plot:
family relations, symbolism, redemption, magic realism, transformation, melancholy, curse, family drama, male protagonist, satire, social commentary, paranoia ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Story:
The film's story poses the possibility that all of humanity, without exception, live in two worlds of existence: the real world and a second world known as "Hemu". Humans live their lives in Hemu when they sleep in the real world. ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, philosophical, art house, existential ...
Plot:
dream world, parallel world, alternate reality, nightmare, consciousness, sleeping, identity, memory, metaphysics, haunting, moral dilemma, slow burn ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In the exact moment they're hitting rock bottom, four strangers are visited by a mysterious man who gifts them a week to see how the world would be without them.
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, existential, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
second chance, suicide, alternate reality, satire, life is a bitch, vigilantism, changing lives, lifestyle change, problem, isolation, self discovery, mental health ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The filmed fairy-tale is a comedy based on the classical story about Reason and Happiness. This enchanting couple is ever debating on which of the two is more important for mankind, their encounters are watched by the third fairy-tale figure aunt ...
Style:
fairy tale, allegory, mythical, uplifting, folk tale ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
envy, happy ending, good versus evil, magic, magic realism, immortality, satire, holiday, bet, female villain, snake, manipulative behavior ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Mystery
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Through his frustrations, an obsessed novelist connects with a dimension where a walking girl encounters weird characters in a mysterious urban world, slowly driving to the peaceful nature of the desert. In this trip between light and shadow, hope ...
Style:
experimental, surreal, independent film, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
desert, transformation, solitude, isolation, character study, haunting, minimalism, surrealism, love, life, art, underground
Place:
spain, california, mallorca
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Lady (or Signora) of the title is a mysterious matron who lives in a crumbling mansion. Six catering trainees are brought to the castle upon its conversion into a resort hotel. They are ordered to prepare a special meal for the old lady, whom ...
Style:
atmospheric, gothic, psychological, surreal, tense ...
Plot:
ghost, social satire, haunted house, macabre, dinner party, satire, decadence, symbolism, parable, isolation, ritual, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A botched wedding proposal between two small town youngsters spirals into an epic Montreal night of chaos, confusion and destiny.
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, existential, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
coming of age, bittersweet, coincidence, surrealism, street life, intimate, odyssey, magic realism, night, wedding, town
Place:
montreal
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After a somewhat unfair treatment with their parents, the witch Charnot becomes the tutor of Rapunzel Nabunzel, a girl who cares in the captivity of a 3D tower. Years later, when she is already a young girl, she is discovered by a red prince who ...
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
prince, disney princess, save the princess, tower, princess, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, magic, imaginary kingdom, royal family, save the kingdom, magical, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Through a famous painting "South Street Festival", a Taiwanese college boy unexpectedly travels 100 years back in time, back to the 1920's, when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. He is stuck, he panics, he wants to return to 2014 but ...
Style:
satirical, psychological, captivating, semi serious, thrilling ...
Plot:
time travel, time jump, satire, time warp, time loop, time traveler, time machine, lifestyle, asian, travel, japanese occupation, identity ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This is a story, actually a fairytale for adults, that expresses how life could be beautiful, if only mankind would get out of its own way and enjoy it for a change.
Style:
fairy tale, life affirming, social, light, captivating ...
Plot:
life, human existence, social relations, fate of humanity, social problems, social issues, life philosophy, humour, lifestyle, society, humanity, optimism ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Portugal, France
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Redheaded twins Armando and Beatriz always dreamed of being firefighters but during a rainy, uneventful winter they find themselves spending less time putting out infernos than they do helping neighbors who’ve locked themselves out of their ...
Style:
fairy tale, surreal, art house, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
lesbian incest, twins, siblings, magic realism, firefighter, jealousy, rain, symbolism, bittersweet, family conflict, longing, intimate ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
27%
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 ...
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, humorous, light, folk tale ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
magic, conspiracy, good versus evil, evil sorcerer, wizard, parents and children, greed, teenager, friendship, prison, heroes, betrayal ...
Place:
ussr
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Chantal, an influencer with no followers, and her best friend Zeynep end up in a fairytale world thanks to an antique magic mirror that they think is a social media gimmick. The marriage-mad princes didn't expect such a badass princess. Thanks ...
Style:
fairy tale, lighthearted, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
magic, friendship, satire, female protagonist, female friendship, prince, magical, magical power, magical girl, wizard, wizards and magicians, adventure hero ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Netherlands, Philippines
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Aboard a cruise ship out at sea, a young sailor discovers a door mysteriously leading to an apartment in Montevideo. Meanwhile, a group of Asian farmers find an abandoned shed in the valley, attributing it supernatural powers.
Style:
entertaining, romantic, mystical, captivating, lyrical ...
Plot:
cruise ship, supernatural, portal, magic realism, loneliness, relationships, mysticism, village life, village, identity, intimate, city life ...
Place:
the philippines, uruguay
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The funny adventures of a characters of Russian folk fairy tales in the contemporary world.
Style:
fairy tale, folk tale, captivating, semi serious, light hearted ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
good versus evil, disappearance, obsessive quest, journey, friendship, search and rescue, villain, missing sister, happy ending, folk hero, imaginary, imaginary character ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This castle has its own ghost - a mysterious White lady. She emerges from the painting on the wall when someone speaks out magic formula. White lady is good ghost, she can make someone's wishes true. Even if it is a new duct. But a miracle is ...
Style:
fairy tale, folk tale, period piece, allegory, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
ghost, magic, supernatural, castle, hopes, wish fulfillment, political satire, small town, community, optimism, communism, enchantment ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a surreal puzzler, this story of a fantasy lived by a disparate group of four men captures the visual imagination with its images and leaves a large question mark in the meantime. The men first get together when called up for military maneuvers ...
Style:
allegory, surreal, mysterious, thought provoking, existential ...
Plot:
uncertainty, symbolism, male bonding, working class, skinny dipping, surrealism, small town, military training, male nudity, female nudity, peace, journey ...
Time:
80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A barber working in Istanbul longs to be ‘both here and far, far away’. One day, he takes the day off and disappears abruptly without warning anyone. He then settles in a far-flung village. Some mysterious events start happening in the village ...
Style:
poetic, suspense, surreal, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
disappearance, magic realism, symbolism, character study, loneliness, outsider, mysticism, moral ambiguity, isolation, claustrophobia, loss of innocence, violence ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Death comes to take a beautiful young girl, and she persuades him to let her live out her fantasies before he finally takes her away.
Style:
surreal, allegory, poetic, existential, art house ...
Plot:
sex, death, teenage girl, loss of virginity, young woman, mortality, life & death, acceptance, fate, grief, nudity, female nudity ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
26%
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