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Babine (2008)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
As scripted by Quebecois raconteur Fred Pellerin and directed by Luc Picard, this offbeat fantasy comedy details the adventures of Babine (Vincent Guillaume Otis), the son of a witch and a village pariah, as he ventures forth into the world and narrowly evades death.
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, light, offbeat, humorous
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
escapades, heroic mission, danger, imaginary, clergy, imaginary kingdom, rivalry, save the day, witch, love, magic, heroes, village life, society, past, night, bullfighter, village idiot, village, family, adventure
Place:
quebec
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Most similar movies to Babine
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, semi serious, exciting and humorous films with plots about escapades, imaginary, heroes, danger, rivalry, family and good versus evil mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like Babine: Strings (2004), The Magic Door (2007), Magic Silver (2009), Grimm's Snow White (2012), Veritas, Prince of Truth (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, UK, Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Strings is a mythological story about the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a journey to avenge the death of his father. To his surprise he discovers the truth of his own people - and where he least expects it - he finds true love.
Style:
atmospheric, semi serious, captivating, exciting, avant garde ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
puppet, medieval, fall in love, rivalry, heroes, vengeance, good versus evil, heroic mission, imaginary, danger, escapades, emperor ...
Time:
middle ages
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95%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A magic Troll aims to defeat the Black Witch and find the magic door that will lead him home with the help of the Elf Flip, and the Boy Liam.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
youth, friendship, troll, magic, forest, getting home, mischievous children, imaginary, escapades, rivalry, wizards and magicians, danger ...
Place:
england
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91%
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 ...
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fairy tale, entertaining, captivating, exciting, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
young heroes, imaginary kingdom, danger, escapades, fairy, courage, prophecy, save the day, supernatural, pursuit, friendship, journey ...
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86%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 5th Century Britian, a young Merlin struggles for his place in his known land under the tutelage of The Mage, a local wizard whom sees the young man's potential for magic, as well as face off against his evil former friend, Vendiger, whom ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, entertaining, suspense, mockbuster ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dragon, magic, battles, legends and myths, danger, escapades, imaginary, rivalry, supernatural, heroes, medieval, sword and sorcery ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the King is killed by ferocious reptile beasts, his Queen takes control of the kingdom. She tries to kill her beautiful stepdaughter SNOW, but she escapes into the enchanted forest...
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, exciting, mockbuster, romantic ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
snow white, true love, elf, dragon, sword fight, rescue, imaginary, escapades, danger, woman in danger, love and romance, heroes ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA, UK, Puerto Rico, Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Kern has to fight an evil menace that could destroy the earth when Veritas, his favorite comic book hero, comes to life and seeks his help.
Style:
exciting, entertaining, captivating, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
self discovery, escapades, child, danger, rivalry, injustice, battles, legends and myths, superhero, supernatural, friendship, youth ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When the Sultan's first born is taken by an evil sorcerer, Sinbad is tasked with traveling to a desert of magic and creatures to save her.
Style:
exciting, feel good, tense, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
sinbad, medieval, good versus evil, danger, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom, wizards and magicians, adventurer, folk hero, daring rescue, imaginary, master villain ...
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Prince Malachy returns to his father’s kingdom after the Crusades his first impression is that a bad harvest is the reason that the villagers are sick and hungry. But all is not as it seems and a stranger to the village, warns the new king ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
medieval, witch, good versus evil, homecoming, curses spells and rituals, heroic mission, imaginary, rivalry, escapades, danger, imaginary kingdom, sword and sorcery ...
Time:
middle ages
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jimmy, an 11-year old European boy, goes to Africa with his mother, a busy executive charged with establishing a golf resort. However, on arriving they find themselves caught up in a war situation between rival indigenous tribes fighting over the ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
golf, rivalry, escapades, resort, jungle, animal life, desert, friendship, journey, save the day, boy, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, europe
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An evil caliph (Christopher Lee) offers his daughter’s hand in marriage to a prince if he can complete a perilous quest for a magical rose. Helped by a young boy and a magic carpet, Prince Hasan (Oliver Tobias), has to overcome genies, fire ...
Style:
feel good, exciting, captivating, light, psychotronic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
palace, imaginary kingdom, friends, wizards and magicians, supernatural, good versus evil, danger, daring rescue, heroes, escapades, genie, sword and sorcery ...
Time:
year 1979
Place:
arabia
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A fairy tale character who is about to flunk out of fairy tale school, Jack must perform a heroic deed by Monday or fail miserably, just like his father before him. Anxious to make good, Jack sells his C.O.W. (Computer of Wonder) for a handful of ...
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, mysterious, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
adventurer, youth, young heroes, danger, escapades, friends, disorder, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, magic, adventure hero, transformation ...
Similarity:
57%
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:
semi serious, humorous, sincere, captivating, mysterious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
young heroes, evil queen, heroic mission, good versus evil, rescue, friendship, hopes, escapades, imaginary, rivalry, danger, daring rescue ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The film is based on the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin’s poem of the same name, which happens to be one of the most poetic and beautiful Russian fairy tales. In the midst of the wedding party of Prince Ruslan and Ludmila, daughter of a ...
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, exciting, folk tale, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
heroes, good versus evil, rescue, heroic mission, love and romance, rivalry, escapades, legends and myths, danger, imaginary, kidnapping, ancient ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages
Place:
finland, russia
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
Jack Robinson is a wealthy business man with no time for anything but work. However, a family curse is looming over him - no man in the Robinson line ever lives past the age of thirty. With his upcoming birthday appears the remains of literally ...
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, feel good, epic ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, imaginary, heroes, mysterious character, legends and myths, midget, magic, chivalry, rivalry, youth, family relations, sorcery ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
To escape the clutches of the evil warrior and sorceress Morgana, Merlin transports young King Arthur into modern day America. When Merlin comes back ten years later to retrieve him, he finds a hip 15 year-old Arthur who does not believe Merlin, nor ...
Style:
stylized, humorous, semi serious, light, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
time travel, arthurian legend, supernatural, folk hero, sent to the future, wizards and magicians, teenage life, danger, hidden identity, love and romance, dishonesty, good versus evil ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands, Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The seventeen year old Stach is faced with five impossible assignments he has to complete in order to become king. Things do not go as easily as the boisterous Stach had expected, especially when he is confronted with matters of life and death.
Style:
semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
king, assignment, against the odds, ambition, escapades, teenager, tower, friendship, rivalry, society, corruption, reporter ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Lilly was a normal girl with a healthy sense of adventure. That is, until she finds a magical book, complete with a funny little dragon, "Hector". With the help of her new friend and the book, Lilly has the ability to time-travel and truly ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
witch, dragon, youth, supernatural, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, teaching the ways of the world, good versus evil, save the day, disorder, heroic mission ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Saiyūki is a 2006 Japanese historical TV drama based on the 16th Century Chinese novel Journey to the West. It is a successor to the popular 1970s TV show Saiyūki, known outside Japan as Monkey. There have been three dramas and one special based ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, captivating, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friends, clergy, buddies, danger, princess, good versus evil, supernatural ability, escapades, battles, deadly creature, teaching the ways of the world, heroes ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
44%
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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:
imaginary, heroes, danger, imaginary kingdom, save the kingdom, escapades, youth, young heroes, prophecy, strong female character, princess, strong female lead ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
"Superbrother" tells the story of Anton, a 10 year old boy desperate for, he says, an older and true brother as Buller, his brother, is autistic. Always distracted looking at the sky, Anton receives an unexpected visit from some stranger ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, touching, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
hopes, superhuman powers, wish come true, young heroes, mischievous children, miraculous event, heroes, family relations, disorder, social misfits, mentally challenged, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Kira (Xuxa) is a botanical that has magical powers, despite not knowing their origin. Until Nanda (Debby), a girl of 10 years, finds himself trapped in his room an elf named Damiz (Leonardo Cordonis) and asks Kira to help free him. Soon they ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, not serious, captivating
Audience:
family outing, preschool
Plot:
elf, fairy, good versus evil, rescue, escapades, danger, imaginary, rivalry, imaginary kingdom, children, magic, troll ...
Similarity:
42%
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:
fairy tale, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, orphan, good versus evil, supernatural, danger, heroes, parallel world, daring rescue, hopes, heroic mission, kidnapping, sword and sorcery ...
Place:
ussr, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Every hundred years, the evil sorceress Morgana returns to claim Fingall's talisman from Merlin, with which she intends to destroy the world. For the last fourteen hundred years she has failed... now she intends to conquer all. Young Ben Clark ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, captivating, colorful, arthurian ...
Audience:
pre-teens
Plot:
legend, time travel, good versus evil, heroes, superhuman powers, save the world, wizards and magicians, danger, imaginary, escapades, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: India, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
In a teardrop-shaped land called Sangarashtra, a 9-year-old girl with special healing powers tries to save her homeland from the tyranny of an evil queen with the help of a blind swordsman.
Style:
exciting, captivating, light, entertaining, tense ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, healing power, girl heroine, good versus evil, black magic, wizards and magicians, save the kingdom, evil empire, escapades, curses spells and rituals, rivalry, danger ...
Similarity:
42%
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:
semi serious, feel good, exciting, captivating, fairy tale
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschool
Plot:
adventurer, live performance, pirate, young heroes, heroes, friendship, mischievous children, good versus evil, escapades, youth, imaginary, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands, Sweden
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on the best-selling novel, A CHRISTMOOSE STORY brings to life the tale of an unlikely friendship between a young boy and a large, talking moose. Young Max has low expectations for his first Christmas after his parents’ divorce, when suddenly ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, save the day, friendship, escapades, coming of age, friends, disorder, boy, gift, santa claus, talking animal, new year ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Romania, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
King Odysseus has been away from Ithaca for twenty years.The first ten he spent fighting the Trojan War the last ten he spent fighting to get home. Among his adventures is the tale Homer felt was too horrible to tell, the missing book of the Odyssey ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, fairy tale ...
Plot:
deadly creature, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, danger, escapades, heroes, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, rivalry, odyssey, goddess, mythology ...
Place:
fictional island
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The Cromwell clan live in the real world, except for their grandmother who lives in Halloweentown, a place where monsters go to escape reality. But now the son of the Cromwells' old enemy Kalabar has a plan to use the grandmother's book to ...
Style:
stylized, semi serious, exciting, humorous, teen ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
witch, halloween, supernatural, teenage witch, heroine, heroes, friends, religions or cults, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, rivalry, real world ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Good Witch Cassie Nightingale (Catherine Bell) is back to her bewitching ways, but this time she’s also juggling a newborn daughter and her job as town Mayor. With such a busy schedule she and her husband, town sheriff Jake Russell (Chris Potter), ...
Style:
feel good, saga, captivating, light, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
witch, good witch, social relations, small town, supernatural, save the day, magic, heist, false accusation, society, escapades, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Romania
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Princess Luisa and knight Gabriel must face a dragon to save their kingdom.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, stylized, semi serious, mythical ...
Plot:
dragon, sword and sorcery, sorcery, kingdom, battles, heroes, danger, escapades, terrorism, medieval, magic, sword fight ...
Similarity:
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