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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
 6.7
 187K
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.
Style: dark fantasy, fairy tale, entertaining, gothic, exciting, atmospheric, stylized, serious, mystical, touching ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot: time travel, magic, fantasy world, time loop, children, monster, imaginary, youth, orphan, beautiful scenery, supernatural power, witch, boarding school, immortality, children's home, boarding school life, mentor, childhood, transformation, island, wizard, riddles and clues, butterfly effect, grandfather, good versus evil ...
Time: victorian era, year 1943, year 2016, 2010s, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: england, wales, europe, florida
Keyword: wizards, pipe, challenge, eye candy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, fairy tale, entertaining and cult classic films with plots about fantasy world, magical, magic, supernatural, youth, teenager and young heroes mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Hugo (2011), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), The Golden Compass (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Thailand, UK, India, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In the sequel to Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland", Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, entertaining, surreal, visual ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick
Plot: fantasy world, time travel, time loop, alice in wonderland, magic, talking dog, queen, imagination, good versus evil, talking animal, castle, alternate reality ...
Time: victorian era, year 2016, 19th century, 1870s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, scary, semi serious, visual ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: magical creature, fantasy world, magical, fairy, children, imaginary, magic, siblings relations, family relations, estate, parent child relationship, supernatural ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the ...
Style: fairy tale, light, exciting, dark fantasy, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: magic, witch, wizard, fantasy world, sorcerer, good versus evil, magical creature, friendship, magic wand, chase, harry potter, teleportation ...
Time: 1920s, year 2016, 2010s, 20th century
Place: new york, arizona, london, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the ...
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, epic, scenic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: fantasy world, witch, good versus evil, legends and myths, magic, magical, medieval, imaginary kingdom, parallel world, winter, sword fight, heroes ...
Time: 1940s, year 2005, future, year 1940, 20th century
Place: antarctic, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Italy, Canada, Japan, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting ...
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, surreal, gothic, visually appealing ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot: fantasy world, magic, escape from reality, magical, imaginary kingdom, transformation, teenage girl, dream, cat, imaginary, alice in wonderland, good versus evil ...
Time: 19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 1870s ...
Place: cornwall, england, london, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a ...
Style: offbeat, fairy tale, atmospheric, gothic, dark comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: children, orphan, death in the family, steampunk, danger, siblings relations, child in peril, book, happy ending, young heroes, child, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2004, victorian era, 1940s
Place: peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, touching, teen ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot: harry potter, magic, wizard, witch, friendship, fantasy world, magical, boarding school, chosen one, youth, children, school ...
Time: year 2001, 80s, year 1991, year 1981, 20th century ...
Place: england, europe, london, yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students – ...
Style: exciting, saga, scenic, tense, teen ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, chick flick ...
Plot: witch, magic, magical, harry potter, teenager, school, creature, boarding school, chosen one, wizards and magicians, supernatural ability, young heroes ...
Time: year 2007, year 1995, year 1996, 20th century, year 1994 ...
Place: london, england, europe, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must master his new found skills in order to prevent a war between the Gods that could devastate ...
Style: exciting, epic, entertaining, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, teen fantasy ...
Plot: mythology, greek mythology, supernatural, legends and myths, good versus evil, demi god, monster, teenage life, centaur, greek god, young heroes, half breed ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: empire state building manhattan new york city, las vegas, tennessee, ancient greece, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 7.5
 336K
Hugo (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and ...
Style: touching, visually appealing, visual, fairy tale, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens
Plot: steampunk, orphan, filmmaking, magical, boy, street kid, friendship, robot, childhood, train crash, child, secret ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, post world war one, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place: paris france, france, iran, madagascar, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, atmospheric, sad, epic ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: magic, magical, witch, supernatural, sorcerer, imaginary, chosen one, dragon, wizards and magicians, friendship, harry potter, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, year 1997, 20th century, year 1998 ...
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 8.2
 700K
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real ...
Style: fairy tale, surreal, dark fantasy, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience: kids, date night, teen fantasy, adult, teen drama
Plot: monster, mythology, fantasy world, macabre, creature, imagination, magical, legends and myths, good versus evil, maze, young heroes, imaginary ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black – and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help.
Style: gothic, fairy tale, dark fantasy, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: harry potter, magic, witch, magical, fantasy world, wizard, witchcraft, time travel, werewolf, teenager, friendship, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, year 1993 ...
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Golden Compass (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
Style: fairy tale, epic, visual, visually stunning, aesthetic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: fantasy world, steampunk, magical, journey, witch, alternate reality, orphan, parallel world, polar bear, imaginary, adventurer, heroes ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s
Place: england, london, oxford university
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Ignoring threats to his life, Harry returns to Hogwarts to investigate – aided by Ron and Hermione – a mysterious series of attacks.
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, dark fantasy, suspense ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: magic, harry potter, witch, magical, boarding school, fantasy world, creature, wizard, teacher, supernatural, youth, chosen one ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 2002, year 1992, year 1993 ...
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: As Harry begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as 'Property of the Half-Blood Prince', and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, entertaining, saga ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: harry potter, witch, magic, magical, school, good versus evil, witchcraft, chosen one, wizards and magicians, young heroes, boarding school, boarding school life ...
Time: year 2009, year 1997, year 1996, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
Style: visually appealing, captivating, fairy tale, epic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: fantasy world, imaginary kingdom, dragon, obsessive quest, parallel universe, alternate world, witch, female warrior, christian, wizard, good versus evil, medieval ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.
Style: fairy tale, colorful, light, entertaining, visually appealing ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, date night, chick flick ...
Plot: witch, magic, imaginary kingdom, wizard of oz, good versus evil, circus, wizards and magicians, magic trick, prophecy, medieval, transformation, betrayal ...
Time: year 2013, 1900s
Place: kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Jumanji (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, offbeat, light, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot: jungle, fantasy world, childhood, board game, magic, time travel, adventurer, getting home, children, parallel world, supernatural, danger ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 90s, 19th century, 1860s ...
Place: new hampshire, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Harry starts his fourth year at Hogwarts, competes in the treacherous Triwizard Tournament and faces the evil Lord Voldemort. Ron and Hermione help Harry manage the pressure – but Voldemort lurks, awaiting his chance to destroy Harry and all that ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, atmospheric, saga ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: magic, magical, witch, harry potter, boarding school, friendship, dragon, teenager, wizard, good versus evil, school, chosen one ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, year 1995, year 1994, 20th century ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Pan (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save ...
Style: fairy tale, visually appealing, stylized, serious, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, chick flick, adult
Plot: pirate, magic, fantasy world, childhood, mischievous children, young heroes, good versus evil, heroes, child in peril, child hero, orphan, treasure hunt ...
Time: 1940s, future, year 2015, 1930s
Place: vietnam, fictional island, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, epic, stylized, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot: mythology, monster, youth, fantasy world, heroic mission, young heroes, greek mythology, legends and myths, demi god, superhuman powers, friendship, greek ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, ancient greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 6.1
 82K
Inkheart (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, UK, USA, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
Style: fairy tale, touching, exciting, dark fantasy, serious ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: adventurer, fictional reality, young heroes, imaginary, supernatural, writers, family relations, book, magic, parents and children, father daughter relationship, kidnapping ...
Time: year 2008, middle ages
Place: alps, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, stylized, offbeat, colorful ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: childhood, chocolate, children, fantasy world, contests and competitions, imaginary, magic, social differences, child protagonist, factory, imagination, poverty ...
Time: year 2005, 1920s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: bavaria, denver colorado, colorado, japan, new delhi ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.8
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Peter Pan (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, exciting, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: childhood, pirate, fantasy world, fairy, children, boy, magic, teenager, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, friendship, youth ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, year 2003, 19th century, 20th century
Place: fictional island, london, europe, big ben london, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, though he's unaware of the dangers that lie ...
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, exciting, breathtaking, dark fantasy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: magic, wizard, magical creature, fantasy world, good versus evil, magic wand, witch, magical, animal cruelty, wizards and magicians, harry potter, wizarding world ...
Time: 2020s, year 1939, year 1932, 1930s
Place: berlin germany, germany, new york, rio de janeiro, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
From Time to Time (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, touching, period piece ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: time travel, estate, supernatural, ghost, world war two, ghost story, brother sister relationship, youth, seeing dead people, grandmother grandson relationship, missing person, superhuman powers ...
Time: 1940s, 19th century, 20th century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.7
 261K
Coraline (2009)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, ...
Style: gothic, surreal, dark fantasy, dark, scary ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens, family outing ...
Plot: stop motion, children, monster, parallel world, alternate reality, weirdo, doll, secret place, heroine, fantasy world, loneliness, imagination ...
Time: year 2009, future, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place: oregon, michigan, usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 6.0
 8K
Ruby Red (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Gwendolyn Shepherd is a normal 16-year-old, but her family holds a secret: A time-travel gene is expressed in the clan inherited, but not every member of the family is blessed with. Everyone is certain that Gwen's cousin Charlotte has the gene. ...
Style: exciting, captivating, stylized, sentimental, action adventure ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: time travel, supernatural, supernatural ability, youth, love and romance, teenage love, teen romance, prophecy, strong female character, imaginary, young heroes, supernatural romance ...
Time: 19th century, 21st century
Place: london, england, europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.1
 33K
I Kill Giants (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Belgium, Denmark, UK, Sweden, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Sophia, a new high school student, tries to make friends with Barbara, who tells her that “she kills giants,” protecting this way her hometown and its inhabitants, who do not understand her strange behavior.
Style: sad, psychological, atmospheric, rough, heartbreaking ...
Audience: kids
Plot: teenage girl, escape from reality, imagination, giant, school, death of mother, cancer, illness, psychologist, girl, fantasy world, bully ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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