Movies like The Magic Toyshop

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The Magic Toyshop (1987)
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The Magic Toyshop (1987)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: After her parents are killed, a young girl is sent to London to live with her uncle and his family. Her uncle, who is a toymaker, secretly has the power to make his toys come to life, but he also maintains dictatorial control over his family and intends to exercise the same control over the new arrival.
Style: surreal, independent film
Plot: puppet, magic realism, orphan, folklore, coming of age, innocence lost, sex, magic, incest, violence, obsession, female nudity, murder, boy, teenage girl, family relations, toys, bare breasts, voyeur, sex with brother, sadism, brother sister relationship, toy comes to life, mute, surrealism ...
Place: london

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, disturbing, scary and weird films with plots about female nudity, surrealism, female full frontal nudity, murder, nudity, sex and death mostly in Drama, Horror and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Magic Toyshop: The Company of Wolves (1984), We Are the Flesh (2016), Byleth (1972), Tale of Tales (2015), Tideland (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Company of Wolves (1984)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into ...
Style: gothic, fairy tale, sexy, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot: werewolf, legends and myths, surrealism, woman in danger, beast, dangerous animal, little red riding hood, grandmother, wolf, dangerous attraction, dream, girl ...
Time: 18th century, year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place: ireland, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
We Are the Flesh (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 79 min.
Story: After wandering a ruined city for years in search of food and shelter, two siblings find their way into one of the last remaining buildings. Inside, they find a man who will make them a dangerous offer to survive the outside world.
Style: avant garde, disturbing, slasher, erotic, psychotronic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: sex, incest, brother sister incest, erotica, female nudity, brother sister sex, explicit sex, sex scene, nudity, female pubic hair, unsimulated sex, voyeurism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico
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92%
 4.9
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Byleth (1972)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A young man becomes obsessed with Byleth, the demon of incest, and it leads to an unhealthy infatuation with his sister.
Style: suspense, naughty, gothic horror
Plot: brother sister sex, incest, murder, brother and sister, erotica, folk horror, voyeurism, female pubic hair, possession, theology, forest, insanity ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
 6.4
 31K
Tale of Tales (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, atmospheric, stylized, disturbing ...
Plot: medieval, witch, beautiful scenery, magic, castle, king, fantasy world, fight scenes, monster, ogre, circus, violence ...
Time: 17th century
Place: italy, southern italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a ...
Style: fairy tale, surreal, suspenseful, disturbing, gothic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: innocence, teenage girl, magic realism, folk horror, coming of age, surrealism, supernatural, menstruation, wedding night, occult, seductive behavior, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time: year 1970, near future, 19th century
Place: central europe, eastern europe, czech republic
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70%
 6.3
 35K
Tideland (2005)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
Style: disturbing, surreal, psychedelic, bleak, dark fantasy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: heroin, isolation, imagination, mental illness, surrealism, child neglect, mentally challenged, imaginary friend, addiction, insanity, drug addiction, girl ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: austin texas, denmark, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Living Doll (1990)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Howard, a shy morgue worker, falls in love with a girl who ends up in the morgue, but he doesn't let that stop him. Howard has a secret - he is in love with Christine. There's only one problem, Christine is DEAD! A grave was no place for ...
Style: controversial, disturbing, independent film
Plot: necrophilia, morgue, suicide, body horror, mental disorder, necrophiliac, corpse, obsession, female nudity, rat, murder, hallucination ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
The Nightcomers (1971)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the the slow corruption of the children in their care.
Style: gothic, sexual, gothic horror, offbeat, grindhouse ...
Plot: teenage girl, female nudity, sex scene, youth, mansion, sexual abuse, obsession, orphan, evil child, sex, sexuality, eye ...
Time: year 1971, victorian era, 19th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Afraid of the Dark (1991)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A little boy, obsessed with blindness and violence, slowly gets trapped in his own delusions.
Style: independent film, cult classic, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: coming of age, blind woman, evil child, youth, voyeur, blindness, voyeurism, wedding, macabre, bad kids, psychological manipulation, surrealism ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: london, england, europe
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58%
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Dream City (1973)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A married couple of artists move to a utopian town known for its absolute freedom, but behind the surface perversion and violence are spreading.
Style: disturbing, surreal, dark, experimental, weird
Plot: distopia, surrealism, dystopia, abstract art, husband wife relationship, airplane, small town, male female relationship, camel, utopia, city, dwarf ...
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.7
 14K
The Keep (1983)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Nazis take over an ancient fortress that contains a mysterious entity that wreaks havoc and death upon them.
Style: surreal, gothic, scary, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Plot: world war two, nazi, demon, supernatural, magic, monster, ss, vampire, devil, surrealism, good versus evil, military ...
Time: year 1941
Place: germany, romania, black sea, transylvania, bucharest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Vampire Diary (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Whilst making a documentary, filmmaker Holly meets the highly enigmatic and beautiful Vicki who claims she is a real-life vampire.
Style: suspense, scary, gloomy, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: lesbian, supernatural, pregnancy, lesbian sex, sexual relations, imaginary, goth girl, vampire, found footage, witch, couples, gays and lesbians ...
Place: europe, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Les gloutonnes (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: According to legend, a group of women escaped from Atlantis just before the destruction of the continent. They took refuge on a mysterious island, and founded a kingdom. Men who dared approach the island, were devoured by these sexually voracious ...
Style: sexploitation film
Plot: fistfight, magic, time machine, treason, lust, lesbian sex, island, atlantis, peplum, torture, murder, female masturbation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Prospero's Books (1991)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, Italy, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.
Style: experimental, surreal, psychedelic, psychotronic, non-linear ...
Plot: shakespeare, book, surrealism, magic, nudity, children, magic realism, decadence, acid trip, stage play, magician, dialogue ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 17th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 4.8
 2K
Siberia (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, Germany, Mexico, Greece, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Clint is a dead man who lives alone in a frozen tundra. However, this isolation cannot bring either evasion or peace. One night, he begins a journey where he must confront his dreams, memories, and visions, crossing the darkness into the light.
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, surreal
Plot: dream, social isolation, life is a bitch, travel, confronting the past, showdown, isolation, macabre, nudity, violence, male nudity, mountain ...
Place: siberia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Gothic (1986)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The year is 1816. A sprawling villa in Switzerland is the setting for a stormy night of madness. On this night of the "Haunted Summer," five famous friends gather around an ancient skull to conjure up their darkest fears. Poets Lord ...
Style: gothic, surreal, scary, disturbing, gothic horror ...
Plot: insanity, demon, surrealism, mad scientist, seance, mind game, brutality, obsession, goth, drug, writers, hallucination ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, regency period
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Heartless (2009)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story follows Jamie, a troubled young man with a birthmark on his face, which has left him feeling isolated and fearful, hiding from the world outside. He lives in the East End of London, an area notorious for its violent hooded gangs. According ...
Style: scary, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: demon, nightmare, social decay, evil force, rivalry, vengeance, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, gang, human nature, social misfits, murder ...
Time: 2010s, year 2009, 21st century
Place: britain, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Cement Garden (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a bank account for the children, so that they can be financially ...
Style: disturbing, erotic, sexy, art house, talky ...
Audience: teen drama, adult
Plot: incest, coming of age, brother sister incest, teenage life, parents and children, male nudity, children, family relations, forbidden sex, male masturbation, brother sister sex, youth ...
Time: 90s, near future, year 1993
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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The Sweet House of Horrors (1989)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A murdered couple return from the beyond to care for their two young children, as well as seek revenge against their killer, accept their children's step parents, and try to prevent their house from being sold.
Style: suspense, rough, bleak, scary, surprise ending
Plot: ghost, children, haunted by the past, haunted house, husband wife relationship, supernatural power, murder, violence, brutality, suspicion, surrealism, haunting ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Piety (2022)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Mateo lives with his mother Libertad in a rose-tinted world: a microcosm that has precisely two inhabitants, mother and son. One day Mateo is diagnosed with cancer.
Style: psychological, independent film, captivating, thrilling
Plot: mother son incest, surrealism, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, relationships, relationship problems, abusive mother, family relations, eccentric family, family problems, family life, mother son relationship ...
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43%
The Reflecting Skin (1990)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. After his father tells him stories of vampires, he becomes convinced that the widow up the road is a vampire, and tries to find ways of ...
Style: surreal, disturbing, scary, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot: coming of age, surrealism, supernatural, molestation, child abuse, family relations, boy, murder, brother brother relationship, vampire, parents and children, hair loss ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, year 1990, 90s, 50s
Place: usa, idaho, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Kwaidan (1964)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 183 min.
Story: Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his ...
Style: anthology, disturbing, suspense, scary, bleak ...
Plot: samurai, ghost, supernatural, macabre, snow, spirit, naval battle, japanese mythology, surrealism, folk horror, betrayal, visceral ...
Time: 19th century, 17th century, 11th century, 13th century, 1900s ...
Place: japan, asia, kyoto japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Schalcken the Painter (1979)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 68 min.
Story: Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?
Style: gothic horror, dark, classic horror, spooky, gothic ...
Plot: ghost, painter, artist, occult, art history, female nudity, bare breasts, servant, missing person, painting, marriage, supernatural power ...
Time: 17th century
Place: netherlands, rotterdam netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Strawberries Need Rain (1971)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Death comes to take a beautiful young girl, and she persuades him to let her live out her fantasies before he finally takes her away.
Style: grindhouse, independent film
Plot: sex, nudity, loss of virginity, teenage girl, death, female nudity, young woman, teenager, virginity, flashback, tribute, metaphor ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 4.9
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Screamtime (1983)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Compilation of three short horror films: "That's The Way To Do It", "Dreamhouse" and "Do You Believe In Fairies?" plus some new linking material.
Style: anthology, slasher, dark fairy tale, independent film, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, puppeteer, paranormal, psychopath, ghost, haunted house, violent content, couple relations, youth, supernatural, danger, teenage life ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Day-Dream (1964)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: While under sedation in a dentist's office, a young art student has sex fantasies about naked women, vampires and a beautiful patient he saw in the office.
Style: controversial, disturbing, experimental, erotic, dark fantasy ...
Plot: pink film, erotica, fetish, undead, dentist, eroticism, student, sadomasochism, nudity, sex scene, perversion, sexual fantasy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
Style: gothic, gothic horror, visually appealing, scary, melancholic ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: vampire, supernatural, immortality, goth, loneliness, vampirism, dark hero, bonding, child vampire, life & death, vampire human love, monster as victim ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, georgian era, 1870s, 20th century ...
Place: new orleans, san francisco, paris france, louisiana, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Poland
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Set in pre- World War II era. A young man is on a strange train to see his dying father in a sanatorium. But the place is going to ruin and recalls a lot of memories from the past. He is beset by soldiers from the past, colonial black mercenaries, ...
Style: surreal, mind bending, psychological, psychedelic, dark ...
Plot: surrealism, alternate reality, metaphysics, female nudity, mental disorder, time travel, magic realism, macabre, trippy, existentialism, parallel universe, politics ...
Time: year 1973, 20th century
Place: eastern europe, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.8
 1K
Celia (1989)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Set in mid 1950s Australia, with the fear of communism in the air and the country's farmlands overrun by a plague of rabbits, the film depicts a long hot summer seen through the eyes and over-active imagination of nine year old Celia. Shaken by ...
Style: period piece, stylized, slasher, independent film, tense ...
Plot: corporal punishment, coming of age, girl, folklore, folk horror, child, rabbit, women, mental disorder, children, adolescence, evil child ...
Time: year 1989, 1950s, 50s, 20th century
Place: australia, oceania, melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 1K
Wild Flowers (2000)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Seven seemingly unconnected fairy tales - glued together only by folklore, mood, color and light - make up this Czech collection of visual poetry. The original piece of literature, written by Karel Jaromír Erben in 1853, contained twelve tales.
Style: serious, dark, fairy tale, atmospheric, gothic horror ...
Plot: folklore, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, surrealism, religions or cults, magic, ghost, romanticism, danger, folk horror, mythology, church ...
Place: central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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