Movies and TV shows like Grim Tales

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Grim Tales (1989)
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Grim Tales (1989)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: Grim Tales is an animated British television program based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, featuring Rik Mayall as the storyteller dressed in his pyjamas and dressing gown. The twenty-two episodes were broadcast on ITV from 1989 to 1991,The series is rated TV-14 the released on video and audio cassette, with the slightly different title Grimm Tales.
Style: fairy tale, dark comedy, fable
Plot: witch, magic, gold, macabre, comedian, spell, storytelling, stop motion, brothers grimm, storyteller, witches

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Most similar movies to Grim Tales

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, anime, entertaining and fairy tale films and TV series with plots about magic, witch, fantasy world, wizards and magicians, magical, magical girl and friendship mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Grim Tales: King Arthur's Disasters (2005), Thumbelina - A Magical Story (1992), A Tale Dark & Grimm (2021), Red Hood Chacha (1994), Fairy Musketeers (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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King Arthur's Disasters (2005)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: King Arthur's Disasters is a British animated series which first aired on CITV, a now defunct programming block on ITV1. The series was Co-Created by Paul Parkes and Will Ashurst, the series follows and depicts attempts by King Arthur, assisted ...
Style: captivating, feel good, entertaining, satirical, semi serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: arthurian legend, king arthur, king, teamwork, magic, wizards and magicians, legendary hero, save the kingdom, adventure hero, magical, wizard, satire ...
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95%
Thumbelina - A Magical Story (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: No overview found.
Style: anime, fairy tale, 2d animation
Audience: kids
Plot: shrinking, midget, fox, toad, fantasy world, magic, fairy, witch, talking animal
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Actress Shelley Duvall presents charming animated versions of some of the most beloved children's stories in this superb Emmy-nominated collection featuring 26 tales narrated by famous actors and musicians. The stories by Mercer Mayer, Virginia ...
Style: anthology, fairy tale, touching, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: friends, young heroes, friendship, narration, storytelling, bedtime story, storyteller
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
A Tale Dark & Grimm (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: Follow Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story into a winding and wickedly witty tale full of strange — and scary — surprises.
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: magic, forest, child, magical, wizards and magicians, brother sister relationship, battles, satire, children, evil witch, witch, kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Red Hood Chacha (1994)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Cha Cha is a cute little girl who is training to be a good magician. She was raised by her teacher Seravi, who is considered the world's greatest magician. Cha Cha almost always gets strange or disastrous results whenever she uses her magic, so ...
Style: anime, fairy tale
Plot: lycanthropy, magic, magical girl, werewolf
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch (2023)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: When witch Alyssa found a baby on her doorstep, she didn’t expect her life to take a topsy-turvy turn. Despite her bewilderment, she names the child Viola and decides to raise her. Fast-forward 16 years, and her “daughter” Viola isn’t just ...
Style: anime, 2d animation
Plot: witch, slice of life, magic, mother and daughter, fantasy world, mother daughter relationship, adoptive mother
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Once upon a time, there was a witch named Elaina. Inspired by her favorite book, Elaina ventures out to see the world she's read so much about. Like a leaf on the wind, she travels from one country to another, looking to sate her ...
Style: anime, light, captivating, entertaining, cynical
Plot: magic, witch, travel, slice of life, fantasy world, adventurer, road trip, lifestyle, wandering, magic wand, magical girl
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Fairy Musketeers (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Long, long ago, there existed a world of magic and science. But having both powers was making people conceited and lazy. So God split the world in to the world of science, Erde (German for Earth), and the world of magic, Phandavale. One day in ...
Style: anime, feel good, entertaining, captivating, satirical ...
Plot: magical girl, magic, satire, magical power, good versus evil, wizard, wizards and magicians, humour, magician, dream world, teamwork, fantasy world ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Wyrd Sisters (1997)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the Terry Pratchett novel. On Discworld, in a small country called Lancre, three witches find themselves dragged into royal politics.
Style: anime
Audience: kids, discworld
Plot: pagan, sword and sorcery, medieval, baby, king, cat, sorceress, grim reaper, time travel, magic, elephant, ghost ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Misfit of Demon King Academy (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Anos Voldigord was a tyrannical Demon King that eradicated humans, spirits, and even the gods, but became bored of eternal warfare and reincarnated with dreams of a peaceful world. However, what awaited him in reincarnation after 2000 years were ...
Style: anime, captivating, visually appealing, enigmatic
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Trap Door (1984)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story: The Trap Door is a claymation-style animated television series, originally shown in the United Kingdom in 1984. The plot revolves around both the daily lives and the misadventures of a group of monsters living in a castle. Although the emphasis was ...
Style: claymation, spooky, dark comedy
Audience: kids
Plot: stop motion, chef, dinner, monster, three friends, servant, cooking, worm, castle, food, breaking the fourth wall, trapdoor ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Magic Roundabout (1964)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, UK
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story: Cult classic children's animated series about a group of human and animal characters that gather at the roundabout / carousel in the park. Although the original series is French there are multiple dubbed versions from other countries.
Style: surreal
Audience: kids
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Dew Drop Diaries (2023)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
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Style: 3d animation, captivating, exciting, light, entertaining ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Magimoji Rurumo (2014)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Shibaki is a high school boy only interested in girls. However, he has been branded as the most perverted boy at school, and the girls go out of their way to avoid him. When he finds a book in the library about how to summon witches, he tries it as ...
Style: anime, entertaining, satirical, captivating
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44%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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43%
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Country: Japan
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43%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Duration: 23 min.
TV show
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TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Duration: 24 min.
TV show
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41%
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Duration: 24 min.
TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Sherazade: The Untold Stories (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Germany, Australia, India
TV show
Story: The true story of the classic Arabian Nights tales. We follow Sherazade, the real hero of the famous stories, on her quest to find the Tree of Life and save the Prince of the Golden City, who has been turned into a blue-haired monster.
Style: touching, fairy tale, captivating, atmospheric
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Emily Jones, shortly after the death of her grandmother, receives an amulet that teleports her to the parallel world of Elvendale, where she befriends four young elves associated with the Classical elements, who assist in her quest to return home, ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
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39%
Fairy Tale Police Department (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
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Style: fairy tale, entertaining, captivating, light, spoof ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 13 min.
TV show
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
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TV show
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Style: entertaining, semi serious, captivating, anime, fairy tale ...
Audience: teens, family friendly
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Endro! (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Naral Island, a continent with swords and magic in which humans and monsters coexist. The terrible Demon King lives there. In ancient times, the first-generation hero defeated the Demon King. Over the many successive generations since then, the ...
Style: anime, satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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