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Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard (1997)
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In this light-hearted fantasy, a talented young magician stumbles across an unusual ring and ends up in Camelot before King Arthur. It turns out the ring belongs to none other than Merlin.
Style:
light hearted, inspirational, independent film, whimsical, nostalgic
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
coming of age, time travel, camelot, king arthur, travel, children, medieval, family bonds, quest, rescue mission, stage magic, teen adventure, magic realism, magic, youth, wizard, child, anachronism
Time:
medieval times
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Most similar movies to Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, whimsical, light hearted and fairy tale films with plots about coming of age, magic, medieval, friendship, rescue mission, children and quest mostly in Adventure, Fantasy and Family genres. Some movies like Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard: The Excalibur Kid (1999), Teen Knight (1999), The Amazing Wizard of Paws (2015), Sparkle: A Unicorn Tale (2023), Arthur's Quest (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Romania, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Zack doesn't have your ordinary adolescent problems. Transported back in time to medieval England, he lands in the middle of a vicious battle between an evil witch and Merlin, the master sorcerer, for control of Arthur's kingdom. It's ...
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fantasy adventure, action adventure, mystical, epic, light hearted ...
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family friendly, kids
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young boy is taught to use his imagination by his grandfather who casts him in a great adventure back in time. Using a magic coin, he enters the medieval world of Sinbad, who must rescue a beautiful princess from the clutches of an evil knight.
Style:
light hearted, suspense, twist ending, independent film, surprise ending
Audience:
kids
Plot:
sinbad, quest, evil wizard, imagination, sorcery, villain, grandfather, battles, children, minion, rescue mission, medieval ...
Time:
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82%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Romania
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young teenager wins a contest for a "Medeval Adventure" from a soda company. The winners, plus a film crew from the soda company arrive at the castle for the adventure. During the night, a spell cast over 600 years prior brings the ...
Style:
fantasy adventure, light hearted
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
time travel, dragon, medieval, castle, magic spell, travel, fish out of water, sorcery, young heroes, sword fight, rescue mission, coming of age ...
Time:
90s, 14th century
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63%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Stuck in their late Grandfather's country cottage with no TV, Anthea, Robert and Chris are resigned to a boring week until they find a mouldy old carpet and a strange golden egg. But when the egg accidentally falls into the bonfire, it hatches ...
Style:
fairy tale, light hearted, independent film
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
children, magic, phoenix, quest, imagination, mythical creature, friendship, escape, magic realism, coming of age, youth, grandfather ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada, France, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A modern riff of the 1889 novel by Mark Twain.
Style:
independent film
Audience:
kids
Plot:
arthurian legend, time travel, medieval, yankee, king arthur, young lovers, excalibur, music band, wizard, shock, eclipse, time traveler ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times
Place:
england
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Yowler, the last dragon on Earth is in terrible danger. His arch enemy, the Dark Knight, has returned. Only young John McGowen can save him...
Style:
lighthearted, independent film, whimsical
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
sorcery, friendship, good versus evil, sword and sorcery, magic, villain, rescue mission, evil, danger, children, remote village, forest ...
Place:
scottish highlands, scotland, europe
Similarity:
50%
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:
captivating, sincere, entertaining, inspirational, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
magic, dog, talking animal, wizard, animal human communication, talking dog, magical creature, wizards and magicians, human dog relationship, teamwork, animal, magician ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a horse accident, Karen wakes up to find herself in past Britain, close to Camelot, the famous castle of King Arthur.
Style:
semi serious, offbeat, humorous, witty
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
king arthur, time travel, medieval, arthurian legend, royal court, yankee, youth, solar eclipse, save the lady, sent to the future, disorder, wizards and magicians ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
england, connecticut, europe
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Fifteen-year-old Annabelle runs away from an orphanage with two other kids to rescue the animals on her family's farm before they're taken by a greedy neighbor. The orphans discover a magical unicorn has taken up residence, and they try to ...
Style:
fantasy adventure, light, funny, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
teen fantasy, family friendly, teens
Plot:
unicorn, friendship, orphan, children, mythical creature, heartwarming, friends, orphanage, adolescent girl, friend, teenager, teenage girl ...
Similarity:
40%
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:
40%
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:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Girl of our time gets into a dreamlike world. The middle of winter, she shall bring out of the woods bouquet of snowdrops to come New Year, which decided to cancel the evil royal advisor. And only then did she return to her parents.
Style:
fairy tale, sincere, entertaining, sentimental, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
magic, holiday, imaginary kingdom, christmas, selflessness, gift, social relations, new year, loyalty, animal human communication, young girl, promise ...
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38%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An evil lord, eager to rule the Valley of Knights, steals a magic suit of armor and is determined to hunt down the young queen for the missing part, the snow-making glove. But two courageous kids from our world are coming to her rescue.
Style:
fairy tale, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
friendship, christmas, children, parent child relationship, greed, brother sister relationship, evil man, siblings, parallel world, good versus evil, magic, holiday ...
Time:
medieval times
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Josh Kirby Time Warrior Chapter 1 Planet of the Dino-Knights: In the 25th century mankind has found a device capable of destroying the universe. Irwin 1138 separates the Nullifier into 6 pieces which he scatters throughout time. When the evil Dr. ...
Style:
futuristic, action adventure, humorous, cult classic
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
time travel, dinosaur, space opera, travel, good versus evil, alien technology, female warrior, medieval, buddies, friendly alien, kaiju, youth ...
Time:
medieval times
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Finland, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.
Style:
folk tale, atmospheric, emotional, pastoral, biting
Audience:
family friendly, kids, teen fantasy
Plot:
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ethel and Tommy Barrick are sent to Ireland to spend the summer with their new stepmother. Once there, they discover her to be an evil, power-seeking witch, with real magical powers and a hatred for all things green.
Style:
fairy tale, tense, dark fantasy, sinister, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ireland
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, fantasy adventure, suspenseful, mythical ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot:
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Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Verity and Peter’s trip to the old family mansion takes a turn when the floor of their room suddenly gives way and they fall into an underground chamber where they are met by a civilization of creatures. The leader tells them that Peter's ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, semi serious, epic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As an 11-year-old boy struggles to cope with a disability, he finds a pony who gives birth to a unicorn which he takes care of.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, sentimental, independent film, semi serious
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
unicorn, disability, hopes, youth, mother son relationship, friendship, bonding, children, heartwarming, small town, empathy, healing ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Catweazle is a British television series, created and written by Richard Carpenter which was produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence for London Weekend Television under the LWI banner, and screened in the UK on ITV in 1970. A second season in 1971 ...
Style:
light hearted, sitcom, surreal
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
time travel, medieval, wizard, magic, travel, fish out of water, english countryside, friendship, sorcerer, serial killer, community, small town ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of European explorers returning from China battle a pair of dragons sent by an evil wizard intent on keeping his land a secret.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, heroic, period piece ...
Plot:
dragon, sword and sorcery, battles, medieval, two against one, magical creature, struggle for survival, magic, fire breathing dragon, fight, wizard, treachery ...
Place:
ancient china
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Now that Ivan is about to turn 21, he is now grown up and finally old enough to marry the beautiful Vasilisa. But when Vasilisa is kidnapped and trapped in modern Moscow, Ivan and his friends must travel to the present day to rescue her.
Style:
fairy tale, modern fairy tale, exciting, heroic, captivating ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
30%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young girl goes on a magical journey to find happiness for her mother.
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, colorful, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, preschool
Plot:
child, child protagonist, mother daughter relationship, adventure hero, travel, girl, courage, bravery, coming of age, healing, friendship, self discovery ...
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Medieval Europe: Father Christmas is a fading memory, after Christmas hasn't come for several years. A young orphan girl, Ayden, receives a magic crystal from a dying elf, with a warning that the North has lost its magic, and that she alone ...
Style:
captivating, feel good, entertaining
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, dragon, medieval, sword and sorcery, saving christmas, wizards and magicians, teamwork, magician, rescue mission, orphan, magical power, save the day ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Romantic John the Fool and his friend Foal set out on a series of unpredictable adventures in different magical worlds. The two buddies will have to outsmart an evil tyrant king, catch the firebird, and find John’s true love.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, humorous, folk tale, mystical ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
friendship, magical creature, talking animal, folk hero, magic, folklore, heroes, legend, farm, czar, quest, children ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Hungary, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Southern California kid named Calvin Fuller is magically transported to the medieval kingdom of Camelot through a crack in the ground caused by an earthquake. Once there, he learns he was summoned by the wizard Merlin, who needs Calvin to save ...
Style:
period piece, arthurian, epic, lighthearted, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, date night, family outing ...
Plot:
time travel, medieval, arthurian legend, youth, king arthur, technology, magic, sword and sorcery, hamburger, preteen, 007, yankee ...
Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles, england
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao is a 2002 fantasy martial arts film and sequel to the 1997 film Warriors of Virtue. Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao (set a few years after the original film) sees a new villain, Dogon, seize control of ...
Style:
captivating, heroic, uplifting, lighthearted, suspense ...
Audience:
family friendly, teen fantasy
Plot:
martial arts, fantasy world, magic, evil sorcerer, sword and sorcery, parallel world, parallel universe, good versus evil, magical, warrior, fight, adventure hero ...
Place:
china, beijing china
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A group of greedy people were entering enchanted Forest in search of treasure and unexpectedly they over come hurdles in a mysterious way. did they find the solution and did escape from the hurdles in the forest
Style:
mysterious, suspenseful, sinister
Plot:
treasure hunt, quest, greed, supernatural, conflict, betrayal, escape, survival, haunting, folklore, magic realism, redemption ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In order to try to bring together his bickering family, a single father takes his three rebellious teenagers on a vacation trip to the Bahamas. They inadvertently wind up in the Bermuda Triangle, where they are whisked through a time portal and ...
Style:
suspense
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
time travel, bermuda triangle, teenager, single father, teen angst, family drama, sea adventure, family conflict, vacation gone wrong, fish out of water, travel, escapism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bahamas
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.
Style:
arthurian, semi serious, exciting, stylized, bleak ...
Plot:
king arthur, arthurian legend, knight, sword and sorcery, medieval, horse, sword, forest, magic, castle, magical ring, kingdom ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages
Similarity:
26%
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