Movies like The Sorcerer's Apprentice 1978

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The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978)
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978)
Original name: Čarodějův učeň
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Krabat, a beggar boy, is lured to become an apprentice to an evil, one-eyed sorcerer. With a number of other boys, he works at the sorcerer's mill while learning black magic. Every Christmas one of the boys has to face the master in a magical duel, where the boy never stands a chance because the master is the only person who is allowed to use a secret spell: The Koraktor.
Style: christmas horror, fairy tale, anime, cult classic, psychotronic, dark fantasy, cult film, cult movie cast
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christmas, black magic, evil sorcerer, apprentice, raven, sorcerer, magic, time travel, time machine, german history, new year's eve, sword and sorcery, wizard, literary, love, loneliness, friendship, forbidden love, death, orphan, deception, mentor, warlock, teenage boy, death of friend ...
Time: middle ages
Place: czech republic, czechoslovakia
Keyword: wizards

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, humorous, fairy tale and feel good films with plots about magic, good versus evil, love, friendship, heroes, escapades and danger mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Family genres. Some movies like The Sorcerer's Apprentice: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), The Flight of Dragons (1982), The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Swan Princess (1994), Beauty and the Beast (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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The Flight of Dragons (1982)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommedon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter ...
Style: sweet, anime, light, talky, colorful ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: time travel, magic, dragon, good versus evil, wizard, imaginary kingdom, fish out of water, sword and sorcery, heroes, friendship, sorcery, master villain ...
Place: usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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 ⇓
56%
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%
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Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all ...
Style: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, touching, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: love and romance, princess, beast, castle, beauty and the beast, power of love, imaginary, opposites attract, transformation, prince, female protagonist, disney princess ...
Time: 18th century, 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When Sophie, a shy young woman, is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.
Style: anime, fairy tale, atmospheric, touching, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, date night, teen drama
Plot: witch, steampunk, magic, supernatural ability, imaginary, fantasy world, self discovery, magical, demon, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, transformation ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Style: anime, touching, feel good, fairy tale, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: witch, self discovery, magic, friendship, coming of age, supernatural ability, young heroes, cat, wizards and magicians, friends, female protagonist, teenage girl ...
Time: year 1989
Place: seattle, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, witty, cute, romantic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly ...
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Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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The Wizard's Christmas (2014)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Long ago in a faraway land, a young wizard's apprentice named Alerik discovers a pathway under the wall that surround his land to a shining city alive with the magic of Christmas.
Style: 3d animation, captivating, contemplative, dark fantasy, light ...
Plot: christmas, wizard, magic, holiday, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, magical, family relations, friends, escapades, friendship, child in peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Pied Piper (1986)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 55 min.
Story: A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of Czechoslovakia's most ambitious animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art ...
Style: fairy tale, expressionism, surreal, experimental, anime ...
Plot: stop motion, magic realism, folklore, nightmare, rat, arthouse horror, children, greed, money, part animation, puppet animation, no dialogue
Time: year 1986, medieval times
Place: czechoslovakia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The King and the Mockingbird (1980)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The kingdom of Takicardie quakes under the rule of the tyrannical King Charles V-et-III-font-VIII-et-VIII-font-XIV, whose favourite pastime is shooting birds. His archenemy is a cheeky mockingbird, whose favourite pastime is thwarting the king’s ...
Style: stylized, surreal, anime, psychedelic, mind bending ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: imaginary kingdom, bird, teenager, sword and sorcery, love letter, peplum, hunting, charm, magic, royalty, impossible love, good versus evil ...
Time: year 1980, medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Secret of the Wings (2012)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Tinkerbell wanders into the forbidden Winter woods and meets Periwinkle. Together they learn the secret of their wings and try to unite the warm fairies and the winter fairies to help Pixie Hollow.
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, computer animated, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, preschool
Plot: fairy, imaginary kingdom, magic, winter, imaginary, magical, friendship, secret, woods, friends, escapades, tinkerbell ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Swan Lake (1981)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story: The hero, Prince Siegfried, is out riding one day with his friends when he spies amidst swans on a lake a particularly eye-catching one with a crown on its head, the familiar Princess ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Little Vampire (2020)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Shrek (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, funny, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: princess, dragon, friendship, magic, stereotypes, talking animal, reluctant partners, love and romance, magical, anthropomorphism, imaginary kingdom, unlikely friendships ...
Time: year 2001, middle ages, medieval times, 16th century, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 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 ⇓
45%
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The film begins with a live-action sequence set in Boston in 1857, the site of a live reading by renowned novelist Dickens. As he begins his 'story of ghosts' a woman in the audience screams because she has seen a mouse and Dickens points ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, christmas special, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, scrooge, ghost, christmas carol, holiday, redemption, self discovery, hopes, family life, mischievous children, orphan, imaginary kingdom ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, future, 1840s
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Momo (2001)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Momo is a shy and affectionate girl who has found new friends and a house in the middle of some ruins of an old amphitheater. But suddenly, a day, the "Grey Men" burst in the city in order to rob people's time. Momo try to stop them ...
Style: captivating, anime
Audience: kids
Plot: good versus evil, save the world, showdown, friendship, friends, magic, protection, battles, fight, orphan, magical power, heroes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure (1998)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: The royal couple Odette and Derek face yet another evil magician, this time a woman named Zelda. Lusting for the treasure of the Forbidden Arts, which will give her absolute power, Zelda kidnaps Odette as ransom. Derek and several animal friends ...
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Time: 90s, middle ages, medieval times
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Tangled (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When the kingdom's most wanted-and most charming-bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn's curious captor, ...
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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
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Duration: 115 min.
Story: A story of encounters and partings interwoven between people; this is a human drama with feelings that touch one's heart gradually, which everyone has experienced at least once.
Style: anime, touching, thought provoking, sentimental, sincere ...
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The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story: After young Clara receives a wooden nutcracker as a Christmas gift, she dreams about a fantastical battle between her Nutcracker Prince and the evil Mouse King. At stake is the Nutcracker's freedom - and Clara's future happiness.
Style: fairy tale, cult classic, christmas classics, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 84 min.
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Style: anime, manga, exciting, semi serious, stylized ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Shrek Forever After (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and ...
Style: fairy tale, computer animated, funny, humorous, witty ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
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Time: 2010s, year 2010, 2000s, medieval times, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Shrek 2 (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and the King find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. The fairy godmother discovers that Shrek has ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, entertaining, humorous ...
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Time: year 2004, 2000s, 16th century, medieval times, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (2000)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Based on the popular book by L. Frank Baum, the beloved author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, comes the incredible story of The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus. Many centuries ago, long before toys had even been invented, a baby abandoned ...
Style: folk tale, funny, captivating, fairy tale, light ...
Audience: kids
Plot: christmas, santa claus, winter, xmas, christmas wish, literary, new year's eve, holiday, talking animal, fairy, christmas movie
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 ⇓
43%
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Twelve Months (1980)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min.
Story: A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. One greedy woman sends her stepdaughter, whom she does not like, to look for the flowers in a cold forest, knowing the task will be impossible for ...
Style: anime, fairy tale
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Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Shrek the Third (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, they set off to bring ...
Style: humorous, fairy tale, parody, computer animated, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: imaginary kingdom, princess, dragon, magic, happy ending, talking animal, donkey, shrek, prince, rescue, body swapping, danger ...
Time: year 2007, medieval times, 2000s, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 ⇓
43%
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