Movies like The Great Land of Small
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The Great Land of Small (1986)
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Original name: C'est pas parce qu'on est petit qu'on peut pas être grand
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two children enter a fantasy kingdom and are confronted by evil forces.
Style:
exciting, feel good, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
magical creature, coming of age, exploitation, youth, rescue, escapades, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, children, king, gold, queen, goblin, dwarf, surrealism, rainbow, sword and sorcery, butterfly, danger, imaginary, adventure, family, little person
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, feel good and fairy tale films with plots about youth, escapades, imaginary, danger, heroes, young heroes and imaginary kingdom mostly in Fantasy, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Great Land of Small: The Polar Bear King (1991), Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987), Spooky Buddies (2011), Mee-Shee: The Water Giant (2005), The Scream Team (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Fantasy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A musical version of the classic story about a miller's daughter who recieves help from a mischievous dwarf, then ends up over her head. Now, she and a mute servant girl may be the only hope for her baby son, John.
Style:
fairy tale, stylized, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
elf, legends and myths, wish come true, imaginary kingdom, rivalry, master and servant, escapades, rescue, love and romance, talking bird, breaking the fourth wall, queen ...
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100%
Genre: Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Norway, Sweden, Germany, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After his father is killed, Prince Valemon ascends the throne, only to be turned into a polar bear by a bitter witch who wants to be his queen.
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, semi serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
curse, polar bear, bear, scandinavian culture, king, witchcraft, supernatural, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, fall in love, love affair, royal family ...
Time:
middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Soviet Union, Norway
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the boundaries of space and time. A fantasy about a lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real ...
Style:
light, captivating, entertaining, exciting, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, heroes, supernatural, parallel world, hopes, rivalry, daring rescue, orphan, kidnapping, heroic mission, magic ...
Place:
eastern europe, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Disney's irresistible talking puppies are back in an all-new movie that takes them far across town to a mysterious mansion where something very spooky is going on.
Style:
not serious, semi serious, humorous, entertaining
Audience:
kids, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, youth, buddies, legend, escapades, disorder, supernatural, disney, magic, warlock, animals, stupid kid ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A New York City oil company troubleshooter is brought to a remote B.C. lake to look for some lost machinery. Cancelling a trip to Disney World with his son, he decides to bring the boy along. They both end up experiencing more excitement than Mickey ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, captivating, sincere
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
environmentalism, young heroes, rescue, wilderness, family life, escapades, treasure hunt, heroes, legends and myths, river, father son relationship, oil company ...
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Eccentric Frank Carlyle ran a horror shop in small-town Steeple Falls, which takes pride in and profit from its Halloween traditions. Frank's widower grandson Richard grudgingly returns there from Boston with his own kids, bright Ian and bratty ...
Style:
semi serious, scary, humorous, exciting
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, horror for children
Plot:
ghost, halloween, youth, supernatural, afterlife, disney, father son relationship, single parent, rescue, young heroes, curses spells and rituals, disgraced ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. The needed blasting at the first site rocks Santa Claus' North Pole village. He realizes that any blasting at the second site will destroy his home. He enlists the aid of a woman and her ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, oil, youth, santa claus, north pole, brother brother relationship, arctic, father son relationship, saving christmas, holiday, friends, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When Billy turns 11 on November 11 he realises he is no ordinary boy.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, captivating, suspenseful
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, good versus evil, legends and myths, wizards and magicians, heroes, young heroes, birthday, friends, escapades, rivalry, small town, small town life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It's the harshest winter in memory, and the gnomes' very existence is in danger. Eager to help, Queen Fjellrose betrays one of their strictest rules and goes out looking for the Blue Horn, a magical instrument that can alter the weather.
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, light
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
heroes, imaginary kingdom, save the kingdom, escapades, youth, young heroes, prophecy, dwarf, magic, strong female lead, princess, strong female character ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
When Gerda befriends penniless Kay their growing friendship is cut short as one cold winter night a fragment of glass pierces Kay's eye, turning his heart cold. Enchanted by the Snow Queen he is swept away on her chariot over the glittering ...
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, sincere, captivating
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
young heroes, heroic mission, good versus evil, rescue, friendship, youth, rivalry, escapades, daring rescue, hopes, curses spells and rituals, witch ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Little Ghost lives in the castle over looking a small town and awakens for precisely one hour after the clock strikes midnight. Follow him on this adventure to see his first sunrise ever!
Style:
humorous, feel good, entertaining, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
ghost, youth, supernatural, coming of age, small town life, escapades, small town, life after death, young heroes, kids in trouble, heroes, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep and dreams herself into a fantastic world in which her toys become larger than life. She meets up with the Nutcracker Prince who takes her on a journey to his kingdom and defends her from the ...
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, feel good, humorous, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, ballet, rescue, young heroes, family relations, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, escapades, disorder, youth, theater, holiday ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When the joker Tommy Tricker plays some practical jokes on some of his friends, his best friend Ralph, a stamp collector, discovers the secret of "stamp travel" to make him travel around the world on a stamp to bring back the mysterious ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, touching, semi serious
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
friends, exploitation, love affair, family relations, travel, disorder, heroes, orphan, rescue, escapades, pirate, good versus evil ...
Place:
australia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Princess Bluerose is a small gnome living deep in the Norwegian mountains. A small community of gnomes is responsible for making the transition between daylight and night. This is called the magic hour, and is created by the magic silver which only ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, captivating, exciting, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
young heroes, imaginary kingdom, escapades, fairy, courage, prophecy, save the day, supernatural, friendship, journey, chase, christmas ...
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30%
Genre: Fantasy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A modern adaptation of the classic children's story 'Alice through the Looking Glass', which continued on from the popular 'Alice in Wonderland' story. This time Alice is played by the mother, who falls asleep while reading ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, offbeat
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
alternate dimension, fantasy world, wonderland, beauty, youth, rivalry, escapades, hopes, young heroes, mischievous children, friends, family relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
What would you wish for if you were eleven and could have anything in the world? Your parents don't understand you. Your teenage brother is constantly getting you in trouble...for things he did! You're in love with the twelve-year-old girl ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
youth, wish come true, mischievous children, young heroes, child as adult, friendship, experiment gone awry, teenage life, best friends, rescue, family life, disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The search for a mystical pony in Ireland.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, offbeat
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
horse, girl horse relationship, magical creature, family relations, unicorn, magic, escapades, heroes, adventurer, rivalry, good versus evil, mischievous children ...
Place:
ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Broadway musical adaptation of the fabled children's story.
Style:
captivating, exciting, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
pirate, young heroes, adventurer, good versus evil, heroes, adolescence vs adulthood, imaginary kingdom, friends, youth, rivalry, escapades, broadway ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Family, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This holiday-themed children's film offers a unique take on the legend of Santa Claus and his tiny reindeer. In this movie, a young boy finds a deer in the forest he is sure is Santa's beloved Prancer. Determined to return the creature to ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, youth, santa claus, mischievous children, reindeer, young heroes, fish out of water, child as adult, mistaken identity, orphan, disorder, parents and children ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While on location in a spooky Italian villa with his Hollywood big-shot mom and her dorky boyfriend, twelve-year-old Kevin befriends a Renaissance-era girl ghost who helps him cause unrest on the set.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
ghost, youth, childhood love, children, friendship, parents and children, misfit, young heroes, supernatural, mischievous children, hopes, friends ...
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Late-1960s suburban Canadian children work on building a rocket vessel, with the intention of delivering one or two neighborhood children to the moon, whilst dealing with social issues of the coming-of-age, orphan-hood and family veins.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, sentimental, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, rocket, moon, family relations, siblings relations, family life, adoption, eccentric family, escapades, obsessive quest, imagination, boy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set in the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, the legend of Swanson Lake is kept by one man, Bill (Ernest Borgnine). And he's not about to surrender it! When Bill's grandsons come for a summer visit, they stumble into a big-time adventure ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, flying, turtle, family relations, friends, heroes, young heroes, rescue, parents and children, boy, children, little boy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Following in the footsteps of the phenomenally successful The Sound of Music LIVE! - which drew over 18 million viewers - comes this musical masterpiece that tells the beloved story of Peter Pan, the mischievous little boy who ran away to Neverland. ...
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, feel good, exciting, captivating
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschoolers
Plot:
pirate, adventurer, young heroes, heroes, friendship, good versus evil, mischievous children, youth, escapades, rivalry, adolescence vs adulthood, disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Action, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in 1920's Vienna, this is the tale of a little girl, whose godfather gives her a special doll one Christmas Eve.
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, atmospheric, exciting, entertaining
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, children, nutcracker, youth, young heroes, godparent, rivalry, escapades, save the day, good versus evil, heroes, imaginary kingdom ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
europe, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Hansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upon the cottage of a kindly old woman. But is this kindly old woman everything she seems...?
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, stylized, feel good, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, forest, curses spells and rituals, siblings relations, escapades, parents and children, coming of age, witch, cannibalism, countryside, isolation, childhood ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
VAMPIRE DOG is a feature length family film about finding courage and discovering that you belong. Ace, a 12-year-old boy is new in middle school. His grandfather from Transylvania passes away at the ripe age of 99, and sends him his dog, Fang, to ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, unusual plot structure, feel good, light
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
vampire, youth, pets, dog, boy and dog, pet dog, college, stupid kid, school, children, moving, drums ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Tommy has just joined the cast of the top-rated kids' show, "Captain Mike's Mystery Monsters," and is anxious to find out just how the special effects crew gets the monsters to work. Imagine his surprise when he discovers ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
puppet, monster, little creatures, youth, save the day, evil alien, heroes, rivalry, escapades, superhuman powers, space and aliens, disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Feature-length, live-action musical version of the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault.
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, feel good, humorous, stylized
Audience:
kids, preschoolers, family outing, date night
Plot:
sleeping, queen, king, princess, curse, magic, elf, good versus evil, hopes, youth, escapades, heroes ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz follows a young woman named Dorothy Gale who dreams of becoming a singer but is unable to pursue her dreams. After being swept up by a tornado with her pet prawn Toto, Dorothy embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard of ...
Style:
not serious, feel good, humorous, exciting, campy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
muppets, friendship, young heroes, escapades, rescue, puppet, puppetry, wizard of oz, fantasy world, halloween, imaginary kingdom, fish out of water ...
Place:
kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The kingdom of Donnegold is being subverted from within, and young prince Davin must defend against the traitors with the help of a legendary, metal-eating dragon called Galgameth.
Style:
fairy tale, daikaiju, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
giant monster, true love, kaiju, monster, medieval, family relations, friends, hopes, betrayal, buddies, rivalry, escapades ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
europe, romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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