Movies like I Kill Giants

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I Kill Giants (2017)
 6.1
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I Kill Giants (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Belgium, Denmark, UK, Sweden, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Sophia, a new high school student, tries to make friends with Barbara, who tells her that “she kills giants,” protecting this way her hometown and its inhabitants, who do not understand her strange behavior.
Style: sad, psychological, atmospheric, rough, surprise ending, heartbreaking, dramatic, stylized, psychedelic, motivational ...
Audience: kids
Plot: teenage girl, escape from reality, imagination, giant, school, death of mother, cancer, illness, psychologist, girl, fantasy world, bully, teenager, supernatural, magician, forest, fight, battles, fear, social misfits, good versus evil, combat, save the world, teenage protagonist, coming of age ...
Time: 2010s

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Most similar movies to I Kill Giants

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, fairy tale, gothic and captivating films with plots about supernatural, teenager, teenage girl, magic, coming of age, youth and death mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Thriller genres. Some movies like I Kill Giants: A Monster Calls (2016), The Craft (1996), The NeverEnding Story (1984), Bridge to Terabithia (2007), Tideland (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Monster Calls (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Spain, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.
Style: touching, dark fantasy, emotional, compassionate, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, teens
Plot: bullying, childhood, monster, loneliness, terminal illness, life & death, imagination, cancer, courage, single mother, boy, nightmare ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 107K
The Craft (1996)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
Style: gothic, teen, dark, satanic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, teen fantasy, teen drama ...
Plot: witch, supernatural, magic, high school, witchcraft, bullying, goth, black magic, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, friendship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, los angeles, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, light, surreal, touching ...
Audience: family friendly, kids, family outing, teens, chick flick ...
Plot: dragon, magic, fantasy world, imagination, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, book, bookstore, child protagonist, school, evil force, boy ...
Time: year 1984, 80s, future, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.
Style: dark fantasy, fairy tale, entertaining, gothic, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot: time travel, magic, fantasy world, time loop, children, monster, imaginary, youth, orphan, beautiful scenery, supernatural power, witch ...
Time: victorian era, year 1943, year 2016, 2010s, 1940s ...
Place: england, wales, europe, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and ...
Style: emotional, tear jerker, sad, touching, heartbreaking ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: friendship, childhood, imagination, children, escape from reality, magical, fantasy world, loneliness, classmate, school, imaginary, friends ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 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 ⇓
100%
Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Days after her friends disappear during a trip to a mysterious cave, a girl is approached by a grown man claiming to be one of her missing pals.
Style: romantic, captivating, suspenseful, surreal, dramatic ...
Plot: mythical creature, family relations, fantasy world, dishonesty, mythology, magic, peril, rebel, brutality, imagination, resistance, magic realism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.5
 14K
Wildling (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young woman held in captivity discovers the realities of truth and lies in the outside world.
Style: suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful, spooky, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens
Plot: werewolf, teenage girl, puberty, forest, captive, mysterious past, legend, freedom, wilderness, tragic event, survival, single parent ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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The School for Good and Evil (2022)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Best friends Sophie and Agatha who uncover where fairytale legacies go to school: the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. Sophie, with her princess ambitions, knows she’ll be ...
Style: fairy tale, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, anime
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: magic, fantasy world, school, friendship, teenager, friends, spell, academy, castle, villain, skill, friend ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill (2008)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, Romania
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A 14-year-old orphan named Krabat flees the horrors of the 30 Years War by becoming an apprentice to an ominous master of a mysterious mill. Krabat is not only taught the craft of milling, but is also instructed in the sinister world of the darker ...
Style: serious, exciting, stylized, captivating, fairy tale
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: teachers and students, friendship, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, supernatural, supernatural ability, danger, rivalry, raven, buddies, apprentice, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2008, 17th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 4.9
 113
Amazing Elisa (2022)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Elisa, a girl of twelve who thinks she's a superhero, lives with her father after her mother's death.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, exciting, serious, tense
Plot: superhero, violence, girl, revenge, teenager, teenage protagonist, teenage girl, adolescence, teenage life, teenage daughter, female nudity, sex scene ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Vampire Academy (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Rose, a rebellious half-vampire/half-human guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa -- a mortal, royal vampire Princess - have been on the run when they are captured and returned to St. Vladamirs Academy, the very place where they believe ...
Style: exciting, sexy, teen, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: vampire, supernatural, teenager, academy, high school, school, danger, good versus evil, supernatural ability, vampire human love, friends, youth ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: montana, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: As her 16th birthday nears, Sabrina must choose between the witch world of her family and the human world of her friends. Based on the Archie comic.
Style: satanic, atmospheric, dark, stylized, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: witch, witchcraft, high school, half breed, teenager, coming of age, black magic, devil worship, dedication, teenage love, female protagonist, satanism ...
Time: 2010s
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.1
 127K
Let Me In (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
Style: suspense, gothic, atmospheric, melancholic, biting ...
Audience: teens, adult, teen drama
Plot: vampire, loneliness, first love, gory, blood, childhood, supernatural, friendship, adolescence, children, boy, coming of age ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, year 2000, 20th century, year 1983 ...
Place: new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.
Style: light, exciting, intense, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: supernatural ability, good versus evil, chosen one, coming of age, time travel, heroic mission, mythology, young heroes, supernatural, transformation, boy, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, year 2007, 17th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.8
 148K
Carrie (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White, a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, rough, slasher, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: bullying, high school, telekinesis, prom, blood, stephen king, mother daughter relationship, humiliation, supernatural ability, teacher, supernatural, social misfits ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.7
 24K
Mirrormask (2005)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home
Style: stylized, surreal, offbeat, visually stunning, mindfuck ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens, date night, teen fantasy, kids ...
Plot: fantasy world, circus, magic, imaginary kingdom, trippy, coming of age, alternate reality, alternate dimension, parallel universe, good versus evil, imaginary, save the kingdom ...
Time: year 2005
Place: brighton, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.6
 32K
Powder (1995)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Harassed by classmates who won't accept his shocking appearance, a shy young man known as "Powder" struggles to fit in. But the cruel taunts stop when Powder displays a mysterious power that allows him to do incredible things. This ...
Style: spiritual, sad, inspirational, emotional, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: paranormal phenomena, loneliness, albino, supernatural, miraculous event, bullying, christ allegory, struck by lightning, extrasensory perception, bully, electricity, humanity ...
Time: future
Place: tibet
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, scary, semi serious, visual ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: magical creature, fantasy world, magical, fairy, children, imaginary, magic, siblings relations, family relations, estate, parent child relationship, supernatural ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.8
 52K
Ginger Snaps (2000)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins), in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds ...
Style: gothic, scary, dark comedy, dark, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, werewolf, halloween, teenager, transformation, obsession, gory, goth, high school, sisters, full moon, goth girl ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: ontario canada, united kingdom, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.0
 11K
Tamara (2005)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Tamara, an unattractive girl who is picked on by her peers, returns after her death as a sexy seductress to enact revenge.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, bleak, teen horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: afterlife, witchcraft, obsession, high school, gory, curses spells and rituals, seduction, supernatural ability, youth, frame up, vampire, serial killer ...
Time: year 2005
Place: illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.0
 55K
Warrior Nun (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
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Story: A 19-year-old orphan named Ava wakes up in a morgue with a new lease on life and a divine artifact embedded in her back. She discovers she is now part of an ancient order that has been tasked with fighting demons on Earth, and powerful forces ...
Style: scenic, unusual plot structure, captivating, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience: teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: nun, female protagonist, religion, supernatural, female warrior, angel, superhero, religion and supernatural, battles, demon, fantasy world, vatican ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
A Little Princess (1995)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's ...
Style: touching, feel good, fairy tale, heartbreaking, serious ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: boarding school, orphan, childhood, imagination, princess, little girl, fantasy life, servant, children, girls' boarding school, magic, coming of age ...
Time: 20th century, edwardian era, 90s, future, victorian era ...
Place: new york, india, england, africa, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Craft: Legacy (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 20 years later sequel to The Craft (1996).
Style: mystical, suspense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: witch, teenage witch, witchcraft, magical power, teenager, high school student, supernatural, high school, religion, evil, wizard, female protagonist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Harbinger (2022)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A family moves their troubled daughter to a small town, where people suspect she is responsible for a series of mysterious deaths. Fearing something evil followed them, the tormented parents must do whatever it takes to save their daughter.
Style: bleak, scary, serious, disturbing, rough ...
Plot: daughter, supernatural horror, fear, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, curse, small town, fight, good versus evil, girl, death, supernatural power ...
Place: minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.2
 52K
The Covenant (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.
Style: gothic, atmospheric, teen, fairy tale, exciting ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: supernatural, teenager, good versus evil, magic, warlock, wizards and magicians, youth, supernatural ability, friendship between men, chase, young heroes, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 17th century, 21st century
Place: massachusetts, nova scotia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.2
 16K
Fallen (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There, she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to whom she feels drawn to both. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is Daniel that Luce cannot keep ...
Style: exciting, touching, captivating, gothic, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: fallen angel, teenager, reform school, fall in love, love, love and romance, lucifer, couples, reincarnation, teenage life, guardian angel, gargoyle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Beautiful Creatures (2013)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.
Style: romantic, light, captivating, emotional, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, family friendly, date night, chick flick ...
Plot: supernatural, love, magic, witch, youth, supernatural romance, supernatural ability, love and romance, teenage love, forbidden love, small town, teenage life ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: south carolina, southern usa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.3
 217K
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off people like them in order to remain immortal.
Style: disturbing, dark fantasy, suspense, twist ending, enigmatic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: psychic power, supernatural, stephen king, psychic, ghost, murder, doctor, native american, fear, haunted house, terror, magician ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 80s, year 1980, 20th century ...
Place: new jersey, iowa, colorado, ohio, florida ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.5
 388K
The Illusionist (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story: With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crowned prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged ...
Style: surprise ending, atmospheric, period piece, enigmatic, twist ending ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens
Plot: magic, twists and turns, forbidden love, wizards and magicians, investigation, murder, love triangle, magic trick, death, duchess, nobility, rivals ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, year 2006, 2000s, edwardian era ...
Place: austria, vienna, america, london, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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