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The Daydreamer (1966)
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The Daydreamer (1966)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A fictional account of a teen-aged Hans Christian Anderson. In this film, young Hans runs away from home and each time he falls asleep he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina and The Ugly Duckling.
Style: fairy tale, mystical, anthology, mythical, psychotronic, independent film, fable
Plot: mermaid, stop motion, puppet, writers, mythology, myth, creature, animal, hans christian andersen, little mermaid, quest, princess, con artists, island, king, spider, shipwreck, volcano, slave, unrequited love, sleeping, rat, dream, emperor, fantasy world ...
Time: year 1966, 19th century, 1800s

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Most similar movies to The Daydreamer

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fairy tale, feel good, semi serious and humorous films with plots about danger, magic, princess, escapades, imaginary, good versus evil and friendship mostly in Animation, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Daydreamer: The Little Mermaid (1989), The Little Mermaid (1975), Frozen II (2019), The Swan Princess (1994), The Little Mermaid (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Little Mermaid (1989)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the ...
Style: fairy tale, light, feel good, sweet, cute ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: mermaid, princess, disney princess, good versus evil, transformation, father daughter relationship, love, underwater, witch, happy ending, prince, first love ...
Time: 1800s, year 1989, 20th century, 1830s, 19th century
Place: madagascar, denmark, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Little Mermaid (1975)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 68 min.
Story: The story of a beautiful mermaid who gave up a kingdom for her beloved prince.
Style: anime, sweet, fairy tale, 2d animation
Plot: mermaid, little mermaid, female nudity, girl power, true love, underwater, death, witch, princess, prince, injustice, underwater city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina (1994)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The tiny girl meets a fairy prince who saves her from the creatures of the woods.
Style: fairy tale, sweet, sentimental, mysterious, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: fairy, princess, love, childhood, kidnapping, tiny, hans christian andersen, wedding, witch, toad, mature, magical ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea (2000)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Taiwan, Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Set several years after the first film, Ariel and Prince Eric are happily married with a daughter, Melody. In order to protect Melody from the Sea Witch, Morgana, they have not told her about her mermaid heritage. Melody is curious and ventures into ...
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: mermaid, underwater, imaginary kingdom, princess, coming of age, good versus evil, ocean, wish come true, disney princess, family relations, sea, imaginary ...
Time: 1850s, 1830s, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Frozen II (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf are going far in the forest to know the truth about an ancient mystery of their kingdom.
Style: fairy tale, 3d animation, feel good, touching, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot: disney princess, princess, magic, female protagonist, autumn, magical, kingdom, castle, ice, good versus evil, giant, sister ...
Time: year 2019, 1840s, 19th century
Place: scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. In the movie they write a family history for a duke which includes reenactments of three of their stories including ...
Style: fairy tale, anthology, epic, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, preschool
Plot: writers, stop motion, child, christmas, mythology, napoleonic era, kaiju, magic realism, art, sword and sorcery, sorcery, poet ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: berlin germany, europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada, Philippines
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Follow Ariel's adventures before she gave up her fins for true love. When Ariel wasn't singing with her sisters, she spent time with her mother, Queen Athena. Ariel is devastated when Athena is kidnapped by pirates, and after King Triton ...
Style: sweet, colorful, captivating, humorous, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: mermaid, princess, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, young heroes, disney princess, love, follow your dream, escapades, friends, wish come true, love and romance ...
Time: 2020s, 1830s, 19th century, 1820s
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue (1998)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Pips wants to see more of the outside world. Batty arrives in a panic, announcing that two human poachers are right behind him. Poachers show up with their dogs and promptly capture the three baby animals. Pips and the Beetle Boys volunteer to ...
Style: mythical, mystical, feel good, semi serious, independent film ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: imaginary kingdom, animal, creature, rain forest, love, environment, environmental, myth, rescue, fairy, friends, animal life ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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The Swan Princess (1994)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The beautiful princess Odette is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer's spell. Held captive at an enchanted lake, she befriends Jean-Bob the frog, Speed the turtle and Puffin the bird. Despite their struggle to keep the princess safe, ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, romantic, light, feel good ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, family outing, preschool
Plot: princess, spell, rescue, transformation, happy ending, blonde, fantasy world, destiny, human becomes animal, swan, villain, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Little Mermaid (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: This charming, lively tale based on Hans Christian Anderson's beloved children's story comes to splendid life in an enchanting animated film. The beautiful anda dventurous mermaid, Princess Lena, lives with her family in a watery castle ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, semi serious, uplifting, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: mermaid, underwater, disorder, love and romance, fall in love, escapades, danger, fish out of water, imaginary kingdom, imaginary, princess, family relations ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Rudolph must find Happy, the baby new year, before the midnight of New Year's Eve.
Style: christmas special, christmas classics, claymation, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot: holiday, christmas, stop motion, time travel, new year's eve, new year, winter, christmas season, xmas, time, runaway, reindeer ...
Time: 20th century, prehistory, 18th century, 70s, 11th century ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Jack and the Beanstalk (1967)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
Story: A retelling of the popular fairy tale that mixes live action and animation.
Style: fairy tale, psychotronic
Plot: giant, jack and the beanstalk, merchant, dancing, princess, mouse, dance, cat, tap dance, magic, goose, cow ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one ...
Style: fairy tale, humorous, entertaining, arthurian, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, family friendly, preschool
Plot: magic, wizard, arthurian legend, medieval, king arthur, boy, transformation, knight, kingdom, tournament, talking animal, friendship ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 6th century
Place: england, europe, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 7.4
 660K
Frozen (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, touching, romantic, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: princess, sisters, disney princess, snow, magic, magical, happy ending, power of love, female protagonist, wizards and magicians, love and romance, snowman ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 1800s, 1840s, 19th century
Place: europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 7.1
 216K
Enchanted (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Algeria, New Zealand
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on ...
Style: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, stylized, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: princess, magic, witch, magical, good versus evil, true love, fantasy world, fall in love, prince, imaginary kingdom, love and romance, dragon ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 5.7
 22K
Wish (2023)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force – a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe - the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico - to save ...
Style: computer animated, creepy, fairy tale, crying, 3d animation ...
Plot: evil king, desire, friendship, black magic, female protagonist, birthday, magic, magical, kingdom, princess, disney princess, betrayal by friend ...
Place: mediterranean sea, spain, iberian peninsula
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery, War
Country: USA, Mexico, France, Australia
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A darker version of the classic children's fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into a real living boy.
Style: dark fantasy, fairy tale, 3d animation, touching, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: stop motion, magic, pinocchio, monkey, grief, church, whale, puppet, father son relationship, boy, doll, children ...
Time: 2020s, 1940s, 1930s, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually ...
Style: touching, anime, exciting, feel good, stylized ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: good versus evil, unicorn, horse, magic, friendship, rescue, dragon, heroic mission, wizard, mythology, animal, bird attack ...
Time: year 1982, 90s, 80s
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, stylized, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, preschool
Plot: fantasy world, fairy, young heroes, friendship, good versus evil, destiny, heroes, disappearance, friends, youth, heroic mission, escapades ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 60s
Place: africa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 47 min.
Story: Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his glowing nose, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into ...
Style: christmas classics, sweet, touching, claymation, christmas special ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: stop motion, christmas, holiday, reindeer, imaginary kingdom, winter, toys, xmas, christmas season, island, snow, misfit ...
Time: 60s
Place: fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father ...
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, breathtaking, touching, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot: stop motion, magic, imagination, creativity, samurai, childhood, storytelling, friendship, monkey, destiny, mentor, talking animal ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Australia, USA, South Korea, Taiwan, UK, France, Canada, Thailand, Denmark
Duration: 76 min.
Story: When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home, the pristine rainforest known as FernGully. Zak and his new friends fight to ...
Style: fairy tale, touching, humorous, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: environment, magic, fairy, good versus evil, environmental, love, imaginary kingdom, toxic, danger, fish out of water, righting the wronged, save the day ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 8.0
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Aladdin (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Princess Jasmine grows tired of being forced to remain in the palace, so she sneaks out into the marketplace, in disguise, where she meets street-urchin Aladdin. The couple falls in love, although Jasmine may only marry a prince. After being ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, feel good, humorous, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot: princess, desert, genie, love, arabian nights, disney princess, friendship, magic, poverty, unlikely couple, rags to riches, aladdin ...
Time: middle ages, year 1992, 90s, 20th century, medieval times ...
Place: middle east, saudi arabia, sahara, arabia, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
Style: surreal, dark fantasy, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: stop motion, magic, surrealism, orphan, childhood, friendship, youth, giant, aunt, young heroes, escapades, buddies ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1948
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, england, empire state building manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: This is the extraordinary tale of two brothers named Moses and Ramses, one born of royal blood, and one an orphan with a secret past. Growing up the best of friends, they share a strong bond of free-spirited youth and good-natured rivalry. But the ...
Style: biblical, uplifting, captivating, christian film, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, toddlers, pre-teens ...
Plot: slavery, religion, ancient egypt, christian, ancient history, desert, freedom, bible, self discovery, pharaoh, prince, egyptian mythology ...
Time: 90s, biblical epic, year 1998
Place: egypt, africa, north africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as ...
Style: gothic, dark fantasy, dark, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, toddlers, family outing, horror for children ...
Plot: holiday, christmas, halloween, stop motion, imaginary, goth, music, imagination, good versus evil, objects come to life, imaginary kingdom, fantasy world ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When Dr Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, he calls an international roster of monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor. Everyone is there including Dracula, The Werewolf, The Creature, Dr Jekyll & ...
Style: gothic, claymation, suspense, thinking, horror comedy ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, horror for children
Plot: stop motion, vampire, frankenstein, halloween, supernatural, mummy, zombie, dracula, mad scientist, frankenstein's monster, macabre, holiday ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place: caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.3
 253K
Hercules (1997)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, exciting, touching, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: mythology, hercules, good versus evil, legends and myths, heroic mission, cyclops, transformation, friendship, love, ancient, rescue, zeus ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: greece, ancient greece, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.6
 374K
Moana (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, touching, entertaining, colorful ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: ocean, magic, girl, disney princess, island, happy ending, mythology, destiny, good versus evil, friendship, giant crab, little girl ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: polynesia, pacific ocean, fictional island, oceania, new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Return of the King (1980)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.
Style: psychedelic, anime, fantasy adventure, epic, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: sword and sorcery, elf, hobbit, lord of the rings, sorcery, wizard, middle earth, ancient, fantasy world, peplum, battles, good versus evil ...
Time: prehistory, prehistoric times
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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