Movies like The Case of the Witch Who Wasn't
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The Case of the Witch Who Wasn't (1990)
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Original name: Pas de répit pour Mélanie
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two girl pen pals and a simple summer in the country. They befriend a woman rumored to be a witch, and end up as amateur detectives when her pet pig is stolen.
Style:
pastoral, lighthearted
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
friendship, countryside, children, summer, investigation, village life, small town, coming of age, missing pet, whodunit, folklore, thief, theft, robbery, girl, pig, woman, pen pal, friend, rural setting
Time:
90s, 1990s
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Most similar movies to The Case of the Witch Who Wasn't
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out lighthearted, feel good, humorous and touching films with plots about friendship, children, coming of age, small town, summer, girl and boy mostly in Family, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Case of the Witch Who Wasn't: Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien (1999), A Piggy Tale (1991), A Christmas Mystery (2022), I Didn't Do It! (1999), My Family and the Wolf (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young girl obsessed with watching the heavens bets her telescope with the local bully that their oddly acting new neighbours are not aliens from outer space.
Style:
feel good, family comedy, lighthearted, independent film
Audience:
family friendly, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
telescope, friendship, neighbor, stargazing, imagination, curiosity, children, innocence, trust, bonding, bullying, coming of age ...
Time:
90s
Place:
adelaide south australia
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Story:
Dolly, a lovely, adorable little girl from the mountain region. Due to the death of her parents, she was sent to her parents' friend, Mrs. Chu's care. When Dolly and her mini pig playmate, Guava, first came to Taipei, they brought a great ...
Style:
lighthearted, feel good, slapstick
Plot:
friendship, childhood, children, innocence, heartwarming, loyalty, family drama, resilience, unhappiness, coming of age, everyday life, caretaker ...
Time:
90s
Place:
taipei, taiwan
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When her best friend's father is falsely accused of stealing the town's prized jingle bells, a young amateur sleuth and her friends must find the real thief before Christmas.
Style:
humorous, light, detective, funny, exciting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
small town, christmas, happy ending, friendship, investigation, saving christmas, santa claus, falsely accused, holiday, friends, friend, community ...
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old Martin is a basically good boy. Unfortunately each time he decides to give a hand things end in disaster. This summer, he has been invited to spend a vacation at the Hotel Nautilus by his friend Vincent's parents. This is a ...
Style:
feel good, lighthearted, humorous, slapstick
Plot:
coming of age, children, friendship, child protagonist, summer vacation, summer camp, treehouse, unhappiness, innocence, hotel, escapades, light comedy ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When Hugo, a boy who spends his summer vacation with his cousins, discovers that the wolf Rong intends to take his grandmother Sara, he devises a plan to save her.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
children, friendship, teamwork, family relations, sibling relationship, grandmother grandson relationship, summer vacation, village life, cousin cousin relationship, wolf, satire, child ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A second movie based on Astrid Lindgren's novel "Madicken och Junibackens pims", which is about two sisters and their adventures in 1910s Sweden.
Style:
light hearted, pastoral, costume drama, scenic, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
sister sister relationship, innocence, children, childhood, sisters, unhappiness, misadventure, literary, family bonds, small town, coming of age, village life ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Denheuvel boarding school. Billie Turf, the fattest student in the world, is always in conflict with Master Kwel. This time Turf studies hypnosis, pretends to be baroness and thieves arrive who have paid for the school fees.
Style:
slapstick, lighthearted, colorful, slapstick comedy, whimsical
Plot:
boarding school, school, children, unhappiness, child protagonist, disguise, hypnosis, conflict, chaos, mistaken identity, thief, farce ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The adventures of Elvira, a 12-year-old girl obsessed with the sea who develops the ability to breathe underwater. Elvira and her dolphin friend Elvar meet a friendly whale, among other creatures, while back on land all is not as it should be.
Style:
surreal, bilingual
Plot:
whale, dolphins, marine life, friendship, children, innocence, coming of age, melancholy, magic realism, environmentalism, grandfather, getting home ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However, old Mr Komarek seems reluctant to sell the house as they agreed.
Plot:
summer, renaissance, family relations, melancholy, drinking, beer, father son relationship, friend, friendship, hopes, illness, hospital ...
Place:
eastern europe, balkan, czechoslovakia
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
It's the story about seven very different best friends, and one summer that will bring them together like never before.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, lighthearted, sad ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
children, friendship, nanny, coming of age, childhood, camp, bullying, teenager, teenage life, parents and children, nothing goes right, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
connecticut, new york
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
TV movie directed by Henry Levin.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, sentimental, emotional, lighthearted
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
boy scout, children, orphan, heartwarming, empathy, unlikely friendships, coming of age, foster home, personal growth, teamwork, parenting, community ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nicolas loves baseball. Every day during vacation he and his friends meet at the town’s old baseball field to play their favourite game... Until one infamous day at the start of summer when Nicolas discovers that the gates to the field have been ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, heroic, comedy drama, teen comedy
Audience:
kids
Plot:
baseball, children, friendship, childhood, teamwork, small town, summer, youth, vacation, protest, coming of age, community ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Venezuela, Colombia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young boy and his friends attempt to become invisible to get closer to the girls they desire. They must steal the magic recipe and its ingredients without getting caught to perform the ritual.
Style:
captivating, satirical, thrilling
Plot:
coming of age, infatuation, black magic, escapades, satire, ritual, children, youth, religion, spying, neighbor neighbor relationship, cemetery ...
Place:
south america
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Josefin is a six year old girl who lives isolated in the countryside, where her father is a priest. She has no friends until she meets Hugo. He is a carefree boy who rather walk in the forest than goes to school. Together with the gardener they make ...
Plot:
children, friendship, rural setting, gardener, child romance, little boy, school, boy, nature, forest, youth, childhood sweetheart ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: Argentina, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This award-winning film by André Melançon -- set on a ranch on the pampas of Argentina -- tells the story of three children spending a summer with their grandfather. The youngest, Felipe, makes friends with a puppy; his older brother, Daniel, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, feel good
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
horse, youth, countryside, family relations, friendship, sibling relationship, grandparent grandchild relationship, animal life, farm, friends, coming of age, hopes ...
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Family, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Children's comedy about a group of 4 friends who buy a club mascot, a dalmatian named Vulcan, and inadvertently stumble across a spate of dog kidnappings, orchestrated by an uptight mastermind and his 2 hopeless henchmen. When Vulcan becomes ...
Style:
family comedy, lighthearted, feel good, slapstick, independent film
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dalmatian, dog, children, kidnapping, rescue mission, pets, friendship, teamwork, mascot, unhappiness, neighborhood, small town ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A girl inherits a miniature horse that develops an unlikely friendship with her half-sister's Jack Russell Terrier, who takes to riding on the horse's back.
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, sincere, light ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, dog, human animal relationship, pony, children, animal, pets, family relations, unlikely friendships, death of father, internet, trick ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Family, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Pünktchen und Anton is the 1999 German film based on the classic children’s novels by Erich Kastner and assimilated to modern times.
Style:
sad, realistic, serious, touching
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
boy, children, monkey, woman, family relations, friendship, ballerina, blackmail, parent child relationship, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Family, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Worzel Gummidge is a children's comedy series, produced by Southern Television for ITV, based on the books by Barbara Euphan Todd. Starting in 1979, the programme starred Jon Pertwee in the title role and ran for four series in the UK until ...
Style:
lighthearted, uplifting, surreal, folk tale, period piece ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
magic realism, friendship, unhappiness, countryside, children, adaptation, village life, tea, village, rural setting, santa claus, boy ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Neymar tells the story of two friends who buy a Dog named Neymar.
Style:
family comedy, feel good, lighthearted, uplifting, emotional
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dog, friendship, pets, pet owner relationship, heartwarming, unhappiness, children, male friendship, loyalty, slice of life, chaos, small town ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small ...
Style:
sentimental, sweet, touching, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
small town, dog, father daughter relationship, childhood, children, animal, pets, loneliness, single father, adaptation, supermarket, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
For his birthday, eight-year-old Oskar receives a clue about a mysterious treasure hunt left to him by his deceased parents. He immediately hires the best detective he knows: The star of the popular TV series "Detective Bruno". Together, ...
Style:
detective, feel good, humorous, buddy comedy, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
families, heartwarming, child protagonist, friendship, treasure hunt, orphanage, redemption, children, secrets, coming of age, investigation, grief ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An adventure with brave children, a talking skunk, and a villain with too much cement on his head, Maia and Jan, our protagonists, have one mission: to save the summer camp.
Style:
lighthearted
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
talking animal, children, summer camp, forest, summer, bravery, heartwarming, teamwork, friendship, imagination, environmentalism, coming of age ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Small-town Mississippians overreact to the appearance of a mythical swamp monster, partially the work of teen hoaxers.
Style:
family comedy, lighthearted, period piece, independent film
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
swamp, monster, urban legend, legend, small town, friendship, myth, children, folklore, misunderstanding, youth, imagination ...
Time:
90s
Place:
florida, mississippi, southern usa
Similarity:
45%
284
Genre: Family, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young boy is sent to live with relatives when his parents break up. He befriends a dying boy who has an eerie connection with nature.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, poignant, atmospheric, art house ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, family drama, boyhood, bittersweet, empathy, life & death, grief, loss, small town, macabre, outsider ...
Time:
year 1993
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A family comedy about funny adventures of two six-graders during the summer vacations.
Style:
family comedy, humorous, lighthearted, retro, period piece
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
friendship, small town, vacation, attic, champion, schoolboy, summer vacation, children, youth, light comedy, innocence, village ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Filming weddings is a thankless job, so when Alex and Justin get the chance to shoot a destination wedding in Mexico, they take the opportunity to escape their sheltered lives – but with their boss playing fast and loose with the details, ...
Style:
lighthearted, buddy comedy, offbeat
Plot:
wedding, journey, fish out of water, escape, filmmaking, friendship, road trip, beach, vacation, culture clash, coming of age, slice of life ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young, troubled city girl decides to move to her family owned horse ranch in a small, southern town for the summer to care for her dying mother.
Style:
emotional, realistic, humorous, captivating, powerful ...
Plot:
horse ranch, coming of age, family relations, teenager, summer, horse, farmhouse, country, mother daughter relationship, self discovery, friendship, tomboy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, mississippi, chicago
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin stars as Kit, leading a splendid cast in the first ever "American Girl" theatrical movie. ...
Style:
sentimental, melancholic, stylized, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, girls' night, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
friendship, journalism, children, coming of age, youth, school, teacher, family relations, life philosophy, child, family life, follow your dream ...
Time:
1930s, year 1934, year 2008, 20th century
Place:
ohio, cincinnati ohio, usa, chicago, ireland ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dog's Best Friend is a made-for-TV movie, voice-starring James Belushi
Style:
feel good, uplifting, light hearted
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
farm, talking animal, children, grandparents, village life, friendship, culture clash, coming of age, family drama, teamwork, small town, comet ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
43%
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