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Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (2012)
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An original story featuring performances by Cirque du Soleil. A young woman is entranced by an Aerialist. When they fall into the dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil and are separated, they travel through the different tent worlds trying to find each other.
Style:
exciting, serious, surreal, stylized, poignant, visually stunning, weird
Audience:
kids
Plot:
circus, young lovers, synchronized swimming, dancer, fall in love, imaginary, disorder, fish out of water, artists and showbiz, dancing, dance, lovers apart, cirque du soleil, art, acrobatics, youth, shadow, surrealism, drums, acrobat, woman in a bikini, quicksand, cello, mime, juggling ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out stylized, serious, surreal and atmospheric films with plots about imaginary, surrealism, magic, danger, supernatural, good versus evil and youth mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away: Drawing Restraint 9 (2005), Cremaster 3 (2002), Alegria (1999), Wolfblood (2012), Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
asia, japan
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Country: USA
Duration: 182 min.
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
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Style:
epic, breathtaking, captivating, epic fantasy, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
fantasy world, wizard, sword and sorcery, sword fight, magical, dragon, wizards and magicians, creature, imaginary kingdom, mythology, imaginary, ancient ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Being a teenager is hard enough. Being a Wolfblood teenager is ten times more complicated. 14 year old Maddy loves her abilities - heightened senses, being faster, stronger and more graceful - but hates the secrets that come with them.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
supernatural, werewolf, high school, supernatural ability, friendship, youth, teenage life, teenage love, danger, wolf, human becomes animal, classmate ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA, UK, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Spain
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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