Movies like The Nutcracker 1995

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The Nutcracker (1995)
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The Nutcracker (1995)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story: It is Christmas Eve, and the Stahlbaum family is happily unwrapping their Christmas gifts. After all the merriment, seven-year-old Marie receives a very special gift--a mysterious Nutcracker--from her beloved Godfather Drosselmeier. When the house falls dark and silent, Marie discovers that this is no ordinary Nutcracker, but Godfather Drosselmeier's nephew, who was transformed into a wooden toy by the curse of the evil Madame Mouserink. To break the curse, the Nutcracker must win the love of Marie and defeat the malicious, seven-headed Mouse King.
Style: fairy tale, christmas classics, crying
Plot: christmas, nutcracker, dance, prince, magic, princess, revenge, king, army, cat, queen, plague, battles, castle, inventor, kingdom, teleportation, meteorite, magical creature, sword, ballroom dancing, courage, duel, curse, mockery ...
Keyword: candy

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Most similar movies to The Nutcracker

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fairy tale, feel good, humorous and semi serious films with plots about prince, princess, magic, good versus evil, escapades, rivalry and danger mostly in Animation, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Nutcracker: The Toy Shop (1996), Sleeping Beauty (1995), Cinderella (1994), Sinbad (1992), Beauty and the Beast (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
Plot: christmas, cinderella story, objects come to life, snow, princess, winter, heartwarming, literary, soldier, good versus evil, heroes, anthropomorphic mouse ...
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100%
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The Toy Shop (1996)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
Story: Locked in a deserted old English toy shop, Katherine and her stuffy cousin Matthew meet some very special friends. Their fantasy world becomes a nightmare when Master Jack, the evil jack-in-the-box casts a spell and shrinks Katherine to the size of ...
Style: crying
Plot: joke, fear, wealth, truck, tea, flashback, dog, good versus evil, chase, book, nervousness, water ...
Time: 1910s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Sleeping Beauty (1995)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea, Canada
Duration: 48 min.
Story: In a faraway kingdom, the king and queen had desired a child of their very own for a long time and when their wish finally came true, they announced a grand celebration at the palace. All of the fairies from the kingdom were invited and immediately ...
Style: fairy tale, mockbuster, semi serious, feel good, exciting
Audience: family outing
Plot: princess, curses spells and rituals, cinderella story, supernatural, rivalry, magic, dog, imaginary, danger, broken sword, evil fairy, secret room ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Cinderella (1994)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story: Cinderella, the beautiful and kind-hearted ragamuffin who lives with her greedy stepmother and two selfish stepsisters, charms a handsome prince when her fairy godmother sends her to the royal ball. She must leave the ball by midnight before all the ...
Style: fairy tale, mockbuster, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, date night, kids
Plot: cinderella, true love, princess, fall in love, wish come true, ugly duckling, plastic surgery, horse, lizard, rat, power relations, family relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Sinbad (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: A brave young man fights with courage against all enemies to earn his wealth.
Style: fairy tale, serious, exciting, feel good, anime
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: sword and sorcery, sorcery, chivalry, sinbad, adventurer, ocean, pirate, daring rescue, deadly creature, treasure hunt, escapades, danger ...
Place: middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow (2007)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Elina goes to a fairy school to learn dancing and fairy magic. The spring of the fairy land is soon threatened by evil Laverna who intends to prevent fairies from performing the annual vital rainbow dance. Elina must stop quarreling with her fellow ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: barbie, magical power, fairy, imaginary, obsessive quest, dancehall girl, family relations, school, siblings relations, magic, male female relationship, dancing ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
26%
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 ⇓
25%
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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 ...
Style: anime, fairy tale, serious, touching, gloomy ...
Plot: imaginary kingdom, true love, girl power, nobility, magical sword, escapades, danger, rescue, rivalry, heroes, love and romance, imaginary ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Alice in Wonderland (1995)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 45 min.
Story: A girl follows a rabbit into a magical world.
Style: mockbuster, semi serious, feel good, clever, offbeat ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: alice in wonderland, fantasy world, underground, tunnel, disorder, parallel world, fish out of water, imaginary kingdom, chaos and mayhem, getting home, misfit, mysterious character ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Beauty and the Beast (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 49 min.
Story: A young, beautiful girl awaits the day she will be killed after having asked for a most humble gift.
Style: fairy tale, mockbuster
Plot: beauty and the beast, beauty, beast, castle, prince, evil fairy, flowers, fairy, kindness, magic spell, evil plot, selflessness ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale (2010)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Barbie stars as Merliah, a surfer who learns a shocking secret: she's a mermaid! She and her dolphin friend set out for an undersea adventure to rescue her mother, the queen of Oceana.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: barbie, mermaid, youth, kingdom, princess, surfing, magical power, teenage life, friends, best friend, contests and competitions, secret ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus 3-D (2005)
Genre: Animation, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Princess Annika (Barbie) escapes the clutches of the evil wizard, explores the wonders of Cloud Kingdom, and teams up with a magnificent winged horse - who turns out to be her sister, Princess Brietta - to defeat the wizard and break the spells that ...
Style: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: barbie, horse, princess, curses spells and rituals, true love, good versus evil, teenager, hopes, danger, escapades, love and romance, parallel world ...
Time: 2000s
Place: netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 73 min.
Story: As a newly crowned princess, Cinderella quickly learns that life at the Palace - and her royal responsibilities - are more challenging than she had imagined. In three heartwarming tales, Cinderella calls on her animal friends and her Fairy Godmother ...
Style: fairy tale, anthology, talky, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: princess, cinderella, cinderella story, fairy godmother, true love, imaginary kingdom, disney princess, magic, anthropomorphism, justice, stepsister stepsister relationship, disorder ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001)
Genre: Animation, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: "Barbie" stars as Clara in this animated retelling of the classic Christmas ballet, complete with Tchaikovsky soundtrack and ballet choreography.
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, feel good, computer animated, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot: barbie, princess, ballet, christmas, nutcracker, prince, magical power, cinderella story, good versus evil, music, adaptation, curses spells and rituals ...
Place: london, vienna, europe, usa, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Little Mermaid (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: This charming, lively tale based on Hans Christian Anderson's beloved children's story comes to splendid life in an enchanting animated film. The beautiful anda dventurous mermaid, Princess Lena, lives with her family in a watery castle ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, semi serious, uplifting, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: mermaid, underwater, disorder, love and romance, fall in love, escapades, danger, fish out of water, imaginary kingdom, imaginary, princess, family relations ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Barbie Mariposa (2008)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Elina, heroine of the Fairytopia films tells her friend Bibble the story of Flutterfield, a faraway kingdom populated by fairies with butterfly wings. Henna, the evil butterfly fairy has poisoned the queen of Flutterfield in an attempt to take over ...
Style: feel good, light, entertaining, captivating, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: barbie, imaginary kingdom, magical power, fairy, danger, wizards and magicians, save the kingdom, curses spells and rituals, parallel world, supernatural ability, good versus evil, adventurer ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Swan Princess Christmas (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, India, South Korea
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Princess Odette, Prince Derek and their trusted woodland friends reunite in this all-new adventure for their first Christmas celebration together! As the kingdom prepares for a festive holiday, the villainous Rothbart plots to destroy Christmas. ...
Style: feel good, light, humorous, fairy tale, serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: princess, christmas, holiday, curses spells and rituals, rivalry, escapades, love, hopes, society, youth, teaching the ways of the world, happy ending ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Disenchanted (2022)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Denmark, Canada, Ireland
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Disillusioned with life in the city, feeling out of place in suburbia, and frustrated that her happily ever after hasn’t been so easy to find, Giselle turns to the magic of Andalasia for help. Accidentally transforming the entire town into a ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, funny, feel good, light ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: love, spell, kingdom, princess, prince, marriage, magic, disney princess, desire, queen, friend, cat ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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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 ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, family friendly, teens ...
Plot: princess, cat, kingdom, creature, transformation, dragon, ogre, donkey, talking animal, prince, true love, satire ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 16th century, medieval times, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Princess and the Pea (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 75 min.
Story: "A truly noble heart is sensitive," says the wise old raven, Sebastian, who pokes, prods and analyzes peas seeking the solution that would save the kingdom of Corazion from the revenge of Laird, the king's brother. As Sebastian seeks ...
Style: fairy tale, romantic, folk tale, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: kids
Plot: princess, romantic relationship, love and romance, save the kingdom, love story, relationships, good versus evil, queen, royal court, prince, kingdom, looking for love ...
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Swan Princess: A Royal Myztery (2018)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Your favorite characters are back in an all-new royal adventure! It seems that a mysterious “Z” is appearing as a mark on the palace residents. Who is behind the mark and what does it mean? Princess Odette, Derek, Scully and all the Swan ...
Style: fairy tale, light, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: kingdom, revenge, mysterious stranger, vengeance, magic, love, danger, royal family, good versus evil, love and romance, prince, rescue ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Light Princess (1978)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 56 min.
Story: Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.
Plot: aunt, swimming, queen, prince, witch, lake, curse, king, princess, cloud, part animation
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Happy the Littlest Bunny (1994)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story: The smallest of three rabbit brothers is always being picked on due to his size. But with the help of his chipmunk friend, he decides to adopt a new personality, which eventually makes him Cornwall County's worst nightmare.
Plot: anthropomorphic animal, mouse, dog, brother brother relationship, cartoon dog, farmer, chipmunk, rabbit, family relations, cartoon rabbit, carrot, corn
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Camelot (1998)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story: Venture back through the mists of time to the glorious lost age of the fabled King Arthur, the sorcerer Merlin and the valiant Knights of the Round Table, as you enter into the magical and timeless realm of Camelot!
Plot: camelot, arthurian legend, king, knight, kingdom, royalty, excalibur, good versus evil, magical sword, sword fight, rescue, magic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Heidi (1995)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 47 min.
Story: After charming her reclusive grandfather and falling in love with the beautiful mountain he calls home, Heidi is uprooted and sent to Frankfurt where she befriends Klara, a young girl confined to a wheelchair.
Style: fairy tale, realistic, serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: physical disability, best friend, family relations, family problems, friends, optimism, nanny, hopes, danger, orphan, young heroes, human spirit ...
Place: switzerland, germany, alps, swiss alps, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle (1994)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 46 min.
Story: Leo is the lion king of the jungle, but unfortunately he doesn't know well what a king's job is. He believes it is his right to do as he pleases, even if it means disrupting the peace of others or being plain rude to them, as a king, Leo ...
Style: mockbuster, independent film, humorous, clever, semi serious
Audience: kids
Plot: jungle, animal life, social relations, social differences, rebelliousness, heroes, escapades, danger, leadership, king, surrealism, lion ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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 ⇓
21%
Cinderella 3: A Twist in Time (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 73 min.
Story: When Lady Tremaine steals the Fairy Godmother's wand and changes history, it's up to Cinderella to restore the timeline and reclaim her prince.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, light, touching ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, preschool
Plot: fairy godmother, prince, cinderella story, cinderella, true love, love, princess, disney princess, magic, love and romance, curses spells and rituals, imaginary ...
Time: 17th century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Enchanted (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Algeria, New Zealand
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on ...
Style: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, stylized, romantic comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: princess, magic, witch, magical, good versus evil, true love, fantasy world, fall in love, prince, imaginary kingdom, love and romance, dragon ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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