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Babin (2008)
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Original name: Babine
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, humorous, offbeat
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
village, escapades, heroic mission, clergy, imaginary kingdom, rivalry, save the day, witch, love, magic, heroes, village life, society, bullfighter, village idiot, danger, imaginary, adventure, family
Place:
quebec
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, captivating, semi serious and humorous films with plots about escapades, imaginary, heroes, danger, rivalry, imaginary kingdom and good versus evil mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like Babin: Magic Silver (2009), The Magic Door (2007), Grimm's Snow White (2012), Witchville (2010), Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
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Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
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Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
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Duration: 180 min.
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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 ...
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family outing, kids, pre-teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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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 ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Duration: 89 min.
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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 ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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70%
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 ...
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Place:
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61%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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