Movies like King Thrushbeard

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King Thrushbeard (1984)
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King Thrushbeard (1984)
Original name: Kráľ Drozdia brada
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: King Thrushbeard
Style: fairy tale, fable
Plot: queen, prince, bird, folklore, prison, knight, king, prisoner, drifter, beggar, jester, class differences, horse riding, pride, husband wife relationship, disguise, suitor, fictitious kingdom, fictional kingdom, bare chested male, princess, fairy, mother son relationship, undressing, laughter ...

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Most similar movies to King Thrushbeard

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fairy tale, psychotronic, captivating and feel good films with plots about prince, princess, king, transformation, magic, disguise and party mostly in Fantasy, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like King Thrushbeard: Sleeping Beauty (1991), How to Wake a Princess (1978), The White Snake (2015), The Frog Prince (1991), Cinderella (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Sleeping Beauty (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A beautiful princess born in a faraway kingdom is destined by a terrible curse to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep that can only be awakened by true love's first kiss.
Style: fairy tale
Plot: baby, prince, king, queen, dream, fairy, revenge, love, evil, daughter, newborn, brothers grimm
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100%
How to Wake a Princess (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The king Dalimil and the queen Eliska waited to see a longed-for offspring - a daughter Ruzenka. But Eliska's envious and bad sister Melánie curses her. When Ruzenka becomes 17 years old she will prick her finger and she will fall asleep for ...
Style: fairy tale, psychotronic
Plot: sleeping beauty, queen, princess, curse, party, in laws, ritual, godmother, prince, king, fictitious kingdom, soviet
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55%
The White Snake (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Endres wants to be more than just a farmer's son. He wants to be able to read and write, wear clothes without holes and sleep in a proper bed. He goes to the court of the King, who is said to be the cleverest man in the land. Endres becomes his ...
Style: fairy tale, colorful, captivating, exciting
Plot: father son relationship, theft, brother brother relationship, punishment, teenager, bird, bare butt, adolescence, bare chested male, jealousy, boy, prison ...
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52%
The Frog Prince (1991)
Genre: Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: German/Czechoslovakian depiction of the famous fairy tale 'The Frog Prince', by the Brothers Grimm. When a young princess, instead of being fully dedicated to her love, persists in running around like a tomboy and roaming the forests with ...
Style: fairy tale, fable
Plot: folklore, ritual, party, picnic, prank, dancing, brothers grimm
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Cinderella (1989)
Genre: Fantasy
Country: West Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 89 min.
Style: fairy tale
Plot: cinderella, stepmother, castle, love, prince, half sister, shoes
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair (1970)
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, feel good
Audience: kids
Plot: mythology, daughter, replacement, metamorphosis, czar, puzzle, gluttony, witch, transformation, love, princess, prince ...
Time: medieval times
Place: soviet union, russia
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51%
Sleeping Beauty (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story: In the kingdom of Letonia, the young prince Égon spends his nights playing the drums. During the day, he only has one thing on his mind: finding Sleeping Beauty in the kingdom of Kentz and breaking the spell over her. But his father, the king, ...
Style: captivating, sincere, disturbing, fairy tale
Plot: sleeping beauty, king, princess, legend, kingdom, castle, fairy, royal family, magic, father son relationship, fictional kingdom, magical ...
Time: year 2000, year 1900
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51%
The Brave Little Tailor (1991)
Genre: Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Style: fairy tale
Plot: nudity, dancing, butterfly, unicorn, vigilante, memory, fear, princess, king, tailor, brothers grimm, mask ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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The Immortal Woman (1993)
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, psychotronic
Plot: holiday, manipulative woman, psychological manipulation, bet, villainess, snake, manipulative behavior, manipulation, manipulative person, female villain, female antagonist, princess ...
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47%
The Prince and the Evening Star (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A wonderful fairytale about looking for love, defeating evil and learning some valuable moral lessons on the way. The story begins with the young Prince Velen , who is left in charge of the castle and his three sisters. During the night he has a ...
Style: fairy tale, psychotronic
Audience: kids
Plot: princess, prince, king, mythology, slavic mythology, wizard, fictitious kingdom, shapeshifting, shapeshifter, three sisters, shape shifting, warlock ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Salt Prince (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A fairy-tale about the power of love. The old king Pravoslav feels it is time to entrust the rule over his kingdom to one of his three daughters - the one that loves him the most. The youngest, Maruška, fails her father's expectations about ...
Style: fairy tale
Audience: kids
Plot: mythology, bare chested male, drinking, ritual, competition, chore, scolding, gift, daughter, fight, party, in laws ...
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43%
The Feather Fairy (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Italy, Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A fairy-tale about an old lady who takes care of snow and Jakub who does not fear death. It reflects the idea of people's longing for happiness, love and understanding, their effort to overcome troubles and win over death. It criticizes greed ...
Style: fairy tale, beautiful
Audience: kids
Plot: surrealism, wolf, snow, renaissance, death, witch, prophecy, stepmother, boy, death sentence, flying, brothers grimm ...
Place: balkan, eastern europe, czechoslovakia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Crazy Kingdom (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Story: By some quirk of fate, the two small-time thieves and the spoiled princess find themselves in the Black Forest full of magic beings who believe that everyone has a chance to mend his ways. However, sometimes even the best intentions need to take a ...
Style: fairy tale, psychotronic, crying
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Mirror Mirror (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After she spends all her money, an evil enchantress queen schemes to marry a handsome, wealthy prince. There's just one problem - he's in love with a beautiful princess, Snow White. Now, joined by seven rebellious dwarves, Snow White ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, romantic, surreal ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: snow white, female protagonist, evil queen, fall in love, good versus evil, palace, imaginary kingdom, chase, prince, imaginary, female warrior, queen ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s
Place: persia
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42%
Christmas Carole (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 66 min.
Story: Carole Mackay is an unashamedly outspoken and wealthy entrepreneur. Her online business selling all things festive has earned her a fortune, as well as the nickname 'Christmas Carole'. But her success hasn't made her a better human ...
Style: thrilling, satirical, semi serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: christmas, lifestyle change, christmas season, changing lives, alternative lifestyle, satire, rich woman, alternate world, alternate timeline, flash forward, rich man, female protagonist ...
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The Magic Book (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story: An evil witch is trying to steal a magic purse possessed by the local ruler. Thanks to Princess Blanka's love, Prince Petr wins out over the witch.
Style: fairy tale, psychotronic
Plot: rejuvenation, scolding, loyalty, drowning, smuggling, false identity, ritual, fire, transformation, competition, fight, human becomes animal ...
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Crown Prince (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Somewhere in the Forbidden Forest lives a wicked sorcerer Kruciatus (Josef Abrhám). One hundred years ago he tried to destroy a kingdom now ruled by King Alexander (Jaromír Hanzlík), who has two sons - the heir of the throne Prince Jan (Patrik ...
Style: fairy tale, psychotronic, crying
Plot: cheerleader, warlock, drinking, transformation, gift, false identity, jealousy, prison, scolding, party, chores, disguise ...
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Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 59 min.
Story: Raised on a farm, energetic fearless Fynn is eager to be join uncle August in the royal castle as apprentice in the stables. He's quickly humiliated having inadvertently dared prince Eric to sword sparring, but gets discrete lessons from his ...
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41%
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The True Knight (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Story: The king is returning from war - and awaiting him at home is a great surprise: he has a son - though one a bit different than the king - a true knight - had expected. He loves music and literature, and is the very opposite of his father.
Style: fairy tale, captivating, humorous, exciting, psychotronic
Plot: rivalry, princess, missing person, disguise, magic, curse, magical power, evil sorcerer, machismo, supernatural power, canceled wedding, coward ...
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41%
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Cinderella (2000)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Cinderella (named Zezolla) and her family live mid 20th century, where fashion is practically everything. As her father is won over by a selfish woman named Claudette, Cinderella must keep her new step-mother from murdering the only family she has ...
Style: fairy tale, modern fairy tale
Plot: cinderella, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, stepsister stepsister relationship, cinderella story, poison, servant, waterfall, cave, bird, fashion, half sister, rock and roll ...
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41%
7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: light, feel good, funny, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: evil queen, queen, gnome, brother brother relationship, absurd humor, city life, humour, urban setting, snow white, sorcerer, monkey, german humor ...
Time: year 2006
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41%
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Rapunzel (2009)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 59 min.
Story: A poor farmer and his wife are expecting a child at last. But after eating rampion , which she got from a sorceress, the mother developed an addiction to the rampion, which can only get from the garden of the sorceress of the father. He steals in ...
Style: fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, sincere, disturbing
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Cinderella (2011)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 59 min.
Story: Although mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella is able to attend the royal ball through the help of a fairy godmother.
Style: fairy tale, sweet, romantic, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
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40%
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The Little Mermaid (1976)
Genre: Family, Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. To be with him, she makes a deal with the evil sorceress: her beautiful voice against a life on land. It seems to work at first, the prince is enchanted with her lovely ...
Style: fairy tale, dark, psychotronic, beautiful
Plot: mermaid, love, female nudity, women, inspiration, princess, mythology, sea, tragedy, grief, little mermaid, merman ...
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40%
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Ten (1971)
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
Plot: irony, satire
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Vom Fischer und seiner Frau (2013)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 58 min.
Story: German North Sea beach fisherman Hein always was happy with his wife Islebils, despite their modest life and poor dwelling. When he spares a rod-caught speaking flounder's life, the grateful enchanted prince promises to grant his wish. Hearing ...
Style: fairy tale
Plot: bare chested male, beach, jealousy, scolding, dinner, ritual, transformation, gift, public humiliation, kiss, kissing, bed
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40%
The Head Mistress (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: A man pretends to be an imbecile so that he may work at an all girl's school.
Style: fairy tale, sensual, grindhouse, erotic, slasher ...
Plot: sexploitation, sexual humiliation, revenge, promiscuous woman, necrophilia, decapitation, bisexual woman, gang rape, lesbian sex, murder, voyeurism, sex ...
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39%
The Juniper Tree (1990)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Iceland
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Margit and her older sister, Katla, flee their homeland in Iceland after their mother is killed for practicing witchcraft. Needing a place to stay, Katla casts a spell over a young farmer named Jóhann which makes him fall in love with her, ensuring ...
Style: black and white, minimal cast, aesthetic, fairy tale, contemplative ...
Plot: witch, witchcraft, folk horror, sibling relationship, feminist, trouble, surrealism, pagan, mythology, folklore, family relations, wizards and magicians ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times
Place: iceland, europe
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39%
The Watermill Princess (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A young man Jindrich goes looking for a princess only to find a girl in the country mill.
Style: fairy tale
Plot: witch, girl, bare chested male, rural setting, rivals, czech village, man in underwear, voyeurism, farm, devil, voyeur, gay subtext ...
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39%
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Prince Bayaya (1971)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 73 min.
Story: The hero of this popular fairy tale is a young prince who, after the death of his parents, goes out into the world. During his travels he meets a magical talking horse and falls in love with the beautiful princess Slavna. On the advice of his horse, ...
Style: fairy tale, psychotronic
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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