Movies like Magic Land of Mother Goose
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Magic Land of Mother Goose (1966)
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
See Storybook Characters Come to Life! Hear Beautiful Songs! Laugh at the Rag Doll! Be thrilled, amazed, and just plain dumbstruck by this kooky kiddie klassick from Mr.Gore himself, HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS!
Style:
fairy tale, grindhouse, educational, surreal, children's story, independent film, whimsical, nostalgic
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
children, getting home, folklore, puppetry, adaptation, magic realism, stage magic, bird, performance art, christmas, santa claus, stage play, magic trick, illusion, surrealism, levitation, sleeping beauty, live action, stage performance, puppet show, filmed play, jack in the box, return home
Time:
60s, 1960s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fairy tale, whimsical, surreal and colorful films with plots about children, magic, magic realism, adaptation, live action, christmas and friendship mostly in Fantasy, Family and Comedy genres. Some movies like Magic Land of Mother Goose: Hey Cinderella! (1969), Pinocchio (1976), Fun in Balloon Land (1965), The Wiggles Movie (1997), Santa's Boot Camp (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Duration: 52 min.
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
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Duration: 53 min.
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Alice Through the Looking Glass TV Movie
Style:
lighthearted, colorful, fantasy adventure, surreal, period piece ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When kids become so bratty and self-centered that Santa's elves go on strike, Santa, in desperation, must bring six unscrupulous youths to his boot camp to help save Christmas.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
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70%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
anthology, fairy tale, dark fairy tale, lighthearted, period piece ...
Plot:
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64%
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Story:
An ice-skating television adaptation of the 1939 musical film based on Lyman Frank Baum's 1900 fairy tale novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".
Style:
fairy tale, colorful, whimsical
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
62%
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
kids
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
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60s
Similarity:
61%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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430
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
melancholic, fairy tale, surreal, urban fantasy, whimsical
Plot:
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58%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Poland, Soviet Union
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
poland
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Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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48%
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Story:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
46%
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
fairy tale, folk tale, children's story, period piece, whimsical
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Story:
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Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, sweet, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, creepy, dark fantasy, gothic, experimental ...
Plot:
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
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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197K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, touching, sweet, uplifting, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, toddlers, family friendly ...
Plot:
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Time:
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