Movies like The Boy Who Turned Yellow

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The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)
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The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
Story: John and his class go on a school trip to the Tower of London. While he is there he loses his pet mouse and vows to return and find her later. Back in school, he is not very attentive and falls asleep during a lesson about electricity so his teacher sends him home. On the 'tube' there is a sudden flash, and John, the train and all of the passengers turn yellow. With the help of Nick (short for 'Electronic') John learns about electricity, invades the Tower of London and saves his pet mouse ... or was it a dream. This is the Powell & Pressburger touch applied to children's films.
Style: independent film, weird
Plot: alien, dog, teacher, escape, student, subway, mouse, male protagonist, soccer, school trip, electricity, tower of london, classroom
Time: 70s
Place: london

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Most similar movies to The Boy Who Turned Yellow

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fairy tale, exciting, entertaining and psychotronic films with plots about magic, dog, friendship, magical, youth, danger and teenager mostly in Adventure, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Boy Who Turned Yellow: Demon in the Bottle (1996), Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020), Rabbit Heart (1987), Super Miss (2018), The BFG (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An orphan who practices hypnosis faces off against a bank robber who wants her book on the art form.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, light, inspirational, touching
Plot: hypnosis, bullying, teenage girl, friendship, strong female character, orphan, strong female lead, child protagonist, magic, mockery, escapades, escape ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Demon in the Bottle (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Four teenagers find a lost treasure buried by a 18th century pirate on a desert island. But they accidentally release the monster who lives inside a bottle, keeping the treasure.
Style: crying
Plot: demon, monster, chase, pirate, treasure, bully, devil, school teacher, genie, hugging, abandoned, teenage boy ...
Time: 90s
Place: louisiana, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus ...
Style: mysterious, dark fantasy, breathtaking, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family friendly, family outing, kids ...
Plot: magical, witch, fantasy world, wizards and magicians, wizard, magical creature, curse, harry potter, circus, sorcerer, witchcraft, giant animal ...
Time: 1920s
Place: paris france, london, france, new york, alps ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, touching, teen ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot: harry potter, magic, wizard, witch, friendship, fantasy world, magical, boarding school, chosen one, youth, children, school ...
Time: year 2001, 80s, year 1991, year 1981, 20th century ...
Place: england, europe, london, yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Anastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.
Style: captivating, unusual plot structure, sweet, humorous, funny ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family outing, teen fantasy
Plot: monarchy, sent to the future, friendship, friendship between girls, portal, escape, magical, female friendship, time portal, russian history, time travel, clothes shopping ...
Time: 20th century, 2020s, 80s, 1910s
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Rabbit Heart (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: East Germany
Duration: 78 min.
Story: The thirteen year old Janni is depressed, because she's still a little behind in her physical development. This leads to bullying remarks from her classmates. One day, a film crew comes to her school to find a candidate for the role of a Prince ...
Style: fairy tale
Audience: kids
Plot: kaiju, behind the scenes, prince, teenager, birthday, dog, horse riding, teenage girl, horse, burglar, first love, director ...
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Super Miss (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Josje, a primary school teacher, is a secret super hero saving animals: Superteacher. When animals of a zoo are in danger she has to choose: rescue them or run.
Style: captivating, feel good, entertaining
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: superhero, rescue, animal lover, school teacher, animal human communication, animal, saving a life, human animal friendship, heroes, female protagonist, heroine, teacher ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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The BFG (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, India, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, light, exciting, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens
Plot: giant, imagination, childhood, magic, dream, fantasy world, friendship, little girl, orphan, wizard, kids and family, queen ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: england, fictional island, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Ignoring threats to his life, Harry returns to Hogwarts to investigate – aided by Ron and Hermione – a mysterious series of attacks.
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, dark fantasy, suspense ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: magic, harry potter, witch, magical, boarding school, fantasy world, creature, wizard, teacher, supernatural, youth, chosen one ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 2002, year 1992, year 1993 ...
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the ...
Style: fairy tale, light, exciting, dark fantasy, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: magic, witch, wizard, fantasy world, sorcerer, good versus evil, magical creature, friendship, magic wand, chase, harry potter, teleportation ...
Time: 1920s, year 2016, 2010s, 20th century
Place: new york, arizona, london, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Paws (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A talking Terrier with impressive computer skills teams up with two youngsters to stop a million dollars from falling into the wrong hands.
Style: independent film, exciting, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, youth, family relations, computer expert, fortune, best friend, heroes, danger, chase, animal life, friends, friendship ...
Place: australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
Style: dark fantasy, fairy tale, visual, light, visually appealing ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: puppetry, good versus evil, sword and sorcery, fantasy world, wizard, medieval, race against time, mission, crystal, magic, monster, puppet ...
Time: 90s, year 1982, 1900s
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, though he's unaware of the dangers that lie ...
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, exciting, breathtaking, dark fantasy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: magic, wizard, magical creature, fantasy world, good versus evil, magic wand, witch, magical, animal cruelty, wizards and magicians, harry potter, wizarding world ...
Time: 2020s, year 1939, year 1932, 1930s
Place: berlin germany, germany, new york, rio de janeiro, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
The Amazing Wizard of Paws (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Young Bobby Spade who has an anxiety disorder, discovers that his therapy dog Ozzy is actually 600 years old and was once owned by a powerful wizard from ancient times. Upon his twelfth birthday, Bobby is propelled into a new life when he learns the ...
Style: sincere, captivating, entertaining
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: dog, magic, talking animal, talking dog, animal human communication, wizards and magicians, human dog relationship, animal, magic spell, boy and dog, magician, magical creature ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Golden Compass (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
Style: fairy tale, epic, visual, visually stunning, aesthetic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: fantasy world, steampunk, magical, journey, witch, alternate reality, orphan, parallel world, polar bear, imaginary, adventurer, heroes ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s
Place: england, london, oxford university
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Into the West (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest outlaws ever to ride Into The West.
Style: surreal, crying, semi serious, touching, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: horse, stallion, magic realism, children, childhood, chase, hunting, redemption, magic, storytelling, drinking, children in wartime ...
Time: year 1992
Place: ireland, europe, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Peanut butter is the secret ingredient for magic potions made by two friendly ghosts. Eleven-year-old Michael loses all of his hair when he gets a fright and uses the potion to get his hair back, but too much peanut butter causes things to get a bit ...
Style: surreal, cult classic, creepy, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: ghost, bullying, magic, youth, supernatural, surrealism, children, kidnapping, teacher, supernatural horror, hate, magic realism ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Babel (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Babel tells the story of the Babels, a strange breed of four-foot-tall creatures who once coexisted happily with human beings on planet Earth. However, when the humans built a huge tower to taunt God, he became angry and drove the Babels ...
Style: independent film
Audience: kids
Plot: myth, philosophy, tower, advertising executive, violence, flash forward, teacher, chase, dog, map, sewer, creature ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Paddington (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA, China
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in Peruvian rainforest, a young bear makes his way to England in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed "Paddington" for the london train station, finds shelter with the family of Henry and Mary ...
Style: touching, feel good, sweet, colorful, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot: kids and family, bear, children, animal, adoption, talking animal, anthropomorphic animal, goofy hero, childhood, animal life, heartwarming, friendship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, london, europe, peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Escape to Witch Mountain (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The tale of two orphan twins with special powers who go looking for their origins. The two are hindered by an avaricious tycoon who only wants to exploit their abilities.
Style: psychotronic
Audience: kids
Plot: fraternal twins, alien, twins, witch, friendly alien, alien invasion, super powers, orphan, superpower, sibling relationship, young boy, brother sister relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the ...
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, exciting, epic, scenic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: fantasy world, witch, good versus evil, legends and myths, magic, magical, medieval, imaginary kingdom, parallel world, winter, sword fight, heroes ...
Time: 1940s, year 2005, future, year 1940, 20th century
Place: antarctic, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must master his new found skills in order to prevent a war between the Gods that could devastate ...
Style: exciting, epic, entertaining, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, teen fantasy ...
Plot: mythology, greek mythology, supernatural, legends and myths, good versus evil, demi god, monster, teenage life, centaur, greek god, young heroes, half breed ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: empire state building manhattan new york city, las vegas, tennessee, ancient greece, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black – and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help.
Style: gothic, fairy tale, dark fantasy, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: harry potter, magic, witch, magical, fantasy world, wizard, witchcraft, time travel, werewolf, teenager, friendship, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, year 1993 ...
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students – ...
Style: exciting, saga, scenic, tense, teen ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, chick flick ...
Plot: witch, magic, magical, harry potter, teenager, school, creature, boarding school, chosen one, wizards and magicians, supernatural ability, young heroes ...
Time: year 2007, year 1995, year 1996, 20th century, year 1994 ...
Place: london, england, europe, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Santa Buddies (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Puppy Paws (the fun-loving son of Santa Paws) gets bored, he finds Budderball on Santa's naughty list and figures he's just the dog to show him how to be an ordinary pup. When the magical Christmas Icicle starts to melt however, and ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, sweet, light, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot: dog, christmas, santa claus, holiday, owner dog relationship, pets, save the day, hopes, happy ending, christmas present, xmas, stupid kid ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Inkheart (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, UK, USA, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
Style: fairy tale, touching, exciting, dark fantasy, serious ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: adventurer, fictional reality, young heroes, imaginary, supernatural, writers, family relations, book, magic, parents and children, father daughter relationship, kidnapping ...
Time: year 2008, middle ages
Place: alps, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Harry starts his fourth year at Hogwarts, competes in the treacherous Triwizard Tournament and faces the evil Lord Voldemort. Ron and Hermione help Harry manage the pressure – but Voldemort lurks, awaiting his chance to destroy Harry and all that ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, atmospheric, saga ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: magic, magical, witch, harry potter, boarding school, friendship, dragon, teenager, wizard, good versus evil, school, chosen one ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, year 1995, year 1994, 20th century ...
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Dumbo (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Circus owner Max Medici enlists former star Holt Farrier and his children Milly and Joe to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the ...
Style: fairy tale, emotional, touching, sweet, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, adult
Plot: circus, elephant, boy, flying, train, children, family relations, experiment, wild animal, interwar period, magic realism, magical ...
Time: 1910s, edwardian era, year 2019, 20th century, year 1919
Place: florida, missouri, coney island brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.
Style: fairy tale, light, costume drama, mystical, christmas classics ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teen fantasy, adult
Plot: christmas, princess, fairy, female protagonist, nutcracker, christmas eve, imaginary kingdom, female villain, hopes, life turned upside down, good versus evil, magical object ...
Time: victorian era
Place: ussr, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 17-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, entertaining, scenic ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: steampunk, hotel, adventurer, youth, chase, life turned upside down, escapades, young heroes, missing person, teenage life, family in danger, secret place ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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