Movies like The Toy Shop
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The Toy Shop (1996)
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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 a doll.
Style:
crying
Plot:
dog, magic, firefighter, truck, clown, water, doll, book, wealth, hunger, orphan, courage, chase, toy soldier, fear, tunnel, insanity, young girl, tea, drawing, toy comes to life, neglected child, loyalty, thunderstorm, tower ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
england
Most similar movies to The Toy Shop
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, feel good, humorous and fairy tale films with plots about good versus evil, magic, heroes, escapades, friendship, imaginary and danger mostly in Animation, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Toy Shop: Babes in Toyland (1997), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), The Nutcracker (1995), Cinderella (1994), Beauty and the Beast (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Everyone's favorite nursery rhyme characters come magically and musically to life in this animated adventure based on the classic holiday tale.
Style:
anime, mysterious, independent film, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, preschool, horror for children
Plot:
christmas, true love, magical, winter, factory, goblin, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom, parallel world, daring rescue, escapades, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster (Eglantine Price). The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, light, melancholic, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot:
witch, world war two, magic, witchcraft, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, football, childhood, supernatural, kids and family, justice, animal ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1971, year 1940
Place:
england, fictional island, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ...
Style:
fairy tale, christmas classics, crying
Plot:
christmas, nutcracker, dance, prince, broken sword, guilt, shallowness, meteorite, deformity, battles, affection, reflection ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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Encanto related movies
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Belle prepares the castle for Christmas against Beast's wishes, trying to bring him happiness for the season...
Style:
christmas special, fairy tale, christmas classics, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, beauty and the beast, holiday, disney princess, beast, beauty, princess, xmas, imaginary kingdom, love, storytelling, snow ...
Time:
90s, 18th century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.
Style:
fairy tale, stylized, entertaining, surreal, witty ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
classical music, music, art, pianist, couple relations, buddies, imaginary, friendship, musician, trippy, winter, dancing ...
Time:
1930s, 90s
Place:
usa, rome italy, new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
This animated adventure goes back in time to the Care Bears' first-ever Caring Mission, when True Heart Bear and Noble Heart Horse touch down on Earth to boost the spirits of some unhappy kids at summer camp. But the evil Dark Heart has other ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, crying, eighties ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
summer camp, friendship, good versus evil, magic, happy ending, orphan, rescue, raccoon, young heroes, escapades, mischievous children, heroes ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Australia, USA, South Korea, Taiwan, UK, France, Canada, Thailand, Denmark
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home, the pristine rainforest known as FernGully. Zak and his new friends fight to ...
Style:
fairy tale, touching, humorous, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
environment, magic, fairy, good versus evil, environmental, love, imaginary kingdom, toxic, danger, fish out of water, righting the wronged, save the day ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The Care Bears have their work cut out for them, because Nicolas, a lonely magician's assistant, is about to fall under the evil influence of a bad spirit who lives in an ancient magic book -- it seems Nicolas will do just about anything for ...
Style:
feel good, stylized, sweet, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot:
friendship, good versus evil, animal life, talking animal, kids and family, unlikely friendships, orphan, wish come true, siblings relations, rescue, imaginary, disorder ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, dark, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, family outing, horror for children ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas, halloween, stop motion, imaginary, goth, music, imagination, good versus evil, objects come to life, imaginary kingdom, fantasy world ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
Style:
surreal, dark fantasy, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
stop motion, magic, surrealism, orphan, childhood, friendship, youth, giant, aunt, young heroes, escapades, buddies ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1948
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, england, empire state building manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Poland, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
This children's fantasy tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who discovers a complex underwater world where young children are held prisoner by an evil shark and an eel.
Style:
sad, semi serious, feel good, humorous, independent film ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
fish, water, ship, boat, literary, polar bear, ocean, orphan, walrus, child in peril, imaginary kingdom, false accusation ...
Time:
19th century, year 1978, 1850s, victorian era
Place:
europe, yorkshire, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Redwall is a compelling tale of fantasy, courage and adventure; the fable of a daunting quest to recover a legendary lost weapon and the classic strugle between good and evil. The delightful world of Redwall - a place of peace and beauty, ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, captivating, humorous
Audience:
kids
Plot:
mouse, heroes, anthropomorphism, medieval, good versus evil, destiny, villain, battles, abbey, ancient, sword and sorcery, rat ...
Time:
medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story begins with the good, but poor Potter, who once finds Flint, a magical artifact that makes its owner rich, but instead sends a death curse. Potter can be saved only by the dedication of the main character - a girl named Twinkle. Without ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, sincere, anime
Plot:
friendship, curse, magical object, cursed, good versus evil, magician, rich and poor, curses spells and rituals, magic, saving a life, magical power, magical ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, light, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, date night ...
Plot:
magic, strong female lead, happy ending, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, girl, magical power, magical, small town, supernatural, friendship, dancing ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 1950s, 60s
Place:
colombia, latin america, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Long ago in a faraway land, a young wizard's apprentice named Alerik discovers a pathway under the wall that surround his land to a shining city alive with the magic of Christmas.
Style:
3d animation, captivating, contemplative, dark fantasy, light ...
Plot:
christmas, wizard, magic, holiday, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, magical, family relations, friends, escapades, friendship, child in peril ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The cuddly Care Bears star in this charming feature-length adaption of the classic story of Alice in Wonderland. A young girl named Alice and the Care Bears travel together into the whimsical land of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. In this ...
Style:
mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, anime, crying ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
alice in wonderland, love affair, trippy, fantasy world, raccoon, elephant, evil, talking animal, wizard, tea, sneeze, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Toy Story similar movies
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, France, USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Children's book authors Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's most beloved elephant comes to the big screen in this animated family tale. Elephant monarch King Babar tells the tale, that unfolds via flashback, of how a much-younger Barbar and his ...
Style:
independent film, anime, crying, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
self confidence, rescue mission, symbol, elephant, rhinoceros, village, juggling, fright, advisor, good versus evil, disguise, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Russia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When he refused to support power-hungry witch, the good shoemaker's boy, Jacob is transformed into a hunchbacked dwarf with overlong nose. Of their mother no longer recognized, mocked by the people of the city and driven away, Jacob runs one ...
Style:
fairy tale, touching, thought provoking, semi serious, anime ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
princess, good versus evil, magic, surrealism, servant, king, transformation, mockery, conspiracy, evil, espionage, kidnapping ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Produced by Burbank Films Australia.
Plot:
traumatic memory, trauma, rain, father son relationship, birthday, chase, chicken, father daughter relationship, servant, tea, doctor, girl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When Santa's helper La Befana falls ill and must take off a Christmas Eve, she recruits Scarafoni to help deliver all the toys. No one but the toys knows is that Scarafoni plans to auction off the toys to the highest bidder, which means the ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, humorous, feel good, fairy tale
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, good versus evil, daring rescue, imaginary, orphan, escapades, rivalry, danger, mischievous children, heroes, youth, revolution ...
Time:
20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand, France, Canada, India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
Style:
serious, entertaining, scenic, semi serious, motion capture ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
jungle, animal, boy, orphan, human animal relationship, courage, tiger, monkey, talking animal, wild animal, friendship, greed ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2015
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
Story:
A retelling of the popular fairy tale that mixes live action and animation.
Style:
fairy tale, psychotronic
Plot:
giant, jack and the beanstalk, merchant, dancing, princess, mouse, dance, cat, tap dance, magic, goose, cow ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story:
Herself must stop an evil king from upsetting the balance of nature in this animated adventure.
Style:
crying
Audience:
kids
Plot:
enchantment, car trunk, flowers, secret passageway, evil king, prison, prisoner, laboratory, staircase, magic wand, swamp, climbing ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
The heartwarming tale of four lively young teens (who just happen to be hamsters) on a questto find the Palace of Zhu, where they believe all their dreams will come true.Join the feisty and lovable Pipsqueak,Mr. Squiggles, Chunk, Num Nums, and ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, exciting, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
friendship, palace, pets, friends, danger, escapades, hamster, good versus evil, magic, talking animal, dog, travel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Phantom Tollbooth, based upon the children's adventure novel by Norton Juster, tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo. Unexpectedly receiving a magic tollbooth and, having nothing better to do, Milo drives through it and enters a ...
Style:
psychedelic, anime, feel good, humorous, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
fantasy world, storytelling, surrealism, justice, transformation, child, working class, mathematics, literary, toy car, rivalry, rescue ...
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, entertaining, arthurian, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
magic, wizard, arthurian legend, medieval, king arthur, boy, transformation, knight, kingdom, tournament, talking animal, friendship ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 6th century
Place:
england, europe, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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