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A Wish for Giants (2018)
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Sophie, a young volunteer, meets her kindred spirit in Roxie, a girl with a life threatening medical condition and a unique wish to meet Bigfoot.
Style:
touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, psychological, tense, sentimental, psychotronic
Plot:
child cancer, bigfoot, desire, paranormal, giant, yeti, doctor, hospital, volunteer, nightmare, brain tumor, paranormal phenomena, cancer, friendship, friends, love, heroes, youth, death, escapades, society, cryptozoology, senator, hoax, sasquatch
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania
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Most similar movies to A Wish for Giants
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, tense and touching films with plots about youth, friendship, society, friends, escapades, family relations and supernatural mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like A Wish for Giants: Mark's Secret to Eternal Life (2013), Monsterz (2014), Letters from the Big Man (2011), The Advent of Mebiar (2017), Face 2 Face (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
18-year-old Mark wakes up in a parallel world where no one knows who he is - not his family, friends or girlfriend - and discovers that he and all the people he loves will soon die a painful death.
Style:
psychotronic, psychological, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
parallel world, murder, supernatural power, supernatural, parallel universe, family relations, friends, parents and children, society, escapades, supernatural ability, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
95%
559
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A somber paranormal thriller that offers an original, exciting variation of the tale of two men with supernatural abilities, locked in a duel to the death. A battle between a man who can control people with a stare, and the only man he cannot ...
Style:
psychotronic, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
superpower, paranormal activity, supernatural, supernatural ability, rivalry, mind control, control, escapades, characters in danger, society, curses spells and rituals, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Sarah Smith, an artist and government hydrologist, sets out on a post-fire stream survey in a remote part of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness of southwestern Oregon. In the course of her journey through this ancient and ecologically diverse land, she ...
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
sasquatch, bigfoot, wilderness, friendship, isolation, animal life, ecology, fire, nature, survival, creature, creature feature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Story:
Fritz (Nick Huber), Snark (Jacob Lyngle), and Bubbles (Griffin Strycharske) are thrown into a mysterious cryptozoological cult event and must stop the rising of an ancient, monstrous being.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
nerd, kaiju, paranormal, monster, paranormal phenomena, violence, heroes, heroic mission, humanity in peril, chaos, dinosaur, creature feature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Over a series of video chats, a teenage outcast reaches out to his childhood friend, but finds that behind the veneer of popularity and a seemingly perfect life, she hides a disturbing secret.
Style:
touching, unusual plot structure, captivating, sincere, tense ...
Plot:
bullying, found footage, childhood friend, coming of age, friendship, love, youth, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, couples, teenage life, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of college students travel to a small Texas town to research the Legend of Blood Lake, an obscure folktale forged by events surrounding the horrible massacre of a Comanche village.
Style:
psychotronic, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, small town, supernatural power, loss, characters in danger, chase, rescue, death, paranormal, friendship, ghost, evil ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
55%
92
Genre: Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Pinky discovers that he has the power to read the energy of others, he starts to see people for who they truly are. Which makes life, and losing his virginity, a lot more interesting.
Style:
captivating, psychological, tense, talky, stylized
Plot:
time travel, past life, energy, celebrity, spirit, love, success, seduction, writers, society, supernatural ability, good versus evil ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
46%
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Olivia and Matthew Grey, 18-year-old twins born into a world of privilege and high expectations. There are almost no boundaries between them - even their dreams are connected.
Style:
psychological, touching, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
anorexia, eating disorder, youth, love, hospital, hospitalization, life is a bitch, adaptation, illness, mental illness, redemption, society ...
Similarity:
45%
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208
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"Nowhere" is a drama about Adrian and Sebastian, a Colombia couple living together in New York City. When Sebastian is faced with immigration complications, Adrian must learn to overcome his fear of rejection from his family back in ...
Style:
melancholic, tense, romantic, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot:
gay love, lgbt, lgbtq, immigration, gay, gay couple, society, hopes, violence, fall in love, gay lead character, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Turkey
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A group of friends were haunted respectively with a supernatural forces due to their faulty deed against a little snake.
Style:
scary, bleak, suspenseful, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural power, revenge, killing, deadly creature, friends, paranormal phenomena, violence, peril, youth, supernatural ability, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
A small town, a flower of Amancay, a topaz of the most beautiful color and a broken family.
Style:
dark, suspenseful, captivating, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
magic, teen angst, small town, teenage boy, wizard, rescue, rivalry, peril, friendship, youth, heroes, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, basque country
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Belgium
Story:
A workaholic businessman provides well for his son San, but the emotional neglect since his mother died a few years ago grimly affects the shy knave. In San's heroic daydreams, a cool father leads him into modern Quichote exploits, yet even ...
Style:
captivating, tense, sentimental, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage love, coming of age, youth, drug trade, society, friendship, don quixote, love and romance, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, unfulfilled love, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
38%
751
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Based on Keigo Higashino's international bestseller The Miracles of the Namiya General Store comes director Han Jie's take on the fantastical novel. TFBoys' Karry Wang stars as Xiao Bo, one of three orphans on the run who take refuge ...
Style:
captivating, touching, emotional, unusual plot structure, psychological ...
Plot:
supernatural, time portal, friendship, memory, time loop, correspondence, society, family relations, time travel, friends, changing the past or future, youth ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
38%
295
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Billy is the self-designated leader of a group of teenagers living in a shelter. Jacob and Rae, Billy's oldest childhood friends, live there as well as part of "the family". Billy has an AIDs-like virus, which he has passed on to his ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
drug addict, gay teenager, abusive parent, homeless, teenager, couples, murder, runaway, hiv, flashback sequence, love, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Not only is Kamakura-based Masakazu Isshiki a mystery novelist, but he is also a good detective himself. His wife Akiko and he are acquainted with all manners of creatures and gods who are of, from or passing through the town. Dealing with and ...
Style:
psychotronic, contemplative, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot:
afterlife, buddha, japanese man, spirit, folklore, supernatural, supernatural power, animal, police, police officer, killing, hunting ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Beyaz Melek’ filmi; bir aşkın öyküsüdür.Bu aşk öyküsü, iki insanın birbirine duyduğu aşk değil, bir grup insanın hayata ve birbirlerine duyduğu aşkın ve sevginin hikayesidir.Filmde, doğudan batıya, mekteplisinden köylüsüne, ...
Style:
touching, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, hospital, aging, terminal illness, retirement home, friendship, death, old age, wedding, bittersweet, couples, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A woman finds her new house is haunted by the ghost of a young pianist.
Style:
touching, tense, contemplative, sexy, psychological ...
Plot:
supernatural romance, ghost, love affair, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, young lovers, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, couples, supernatural power, supernatural ability, lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Brothers Mike and Jody join family friend Reggie to battle the Tall Man and his evil minions from another dimension, for the final time.
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
tall man, desert, another dimension, disorder, youth, society, danger, friend, friendship, friends, alien invasion, dementia ...
Time:
year 1979, year 2016
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The beautiful Aurora is cursed into everlasting sleep by an evil witch for a crime she didn't commit. The brave Commander of the Guard, William, embarks on a quest inspired by both love and loyalty to free the doomed princess. He travels into ...
Style:
fairy tale, tense, captivating, contemplative, psychotronic ...
Plot:
magic, princess, wizard, castle, fight, knight, quest, creature, heroes, escapades, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Peru
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A forensic cleaner, responsible for the removal of human corpses, has never been able to relate with people or life. Suddenly, he will become accountable for an 8-year-old orphan who has been left behind in the middle of a mysterious epidemic crisis ...
Style:
stylized, serious, touching, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
friends, friendship, survival, danger, escapades, dead mother, boy, illness, epidemic, orphan, plague, gain trust ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
peru
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family member must find courage and vision to carry on, ultimately eager to do the mother proud.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, parents and children, family in crisis, youth, car accident, grief, accidental death, society, love, dealing with death, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Amalindis, the first-born of the two royal twins, is dutiful and agrees to marry Prince Tanka. Zottelhaube, on the other hand, the second-born, does not feel connected to her nobility, but to the great outdoors and a wolf - and lives in the forest. ...
Style:
fairy tale, suspense, tense, stylized, captivating
Plot:
wolf, witch, princess, mission, youth, loss, peril, rivalry, revenge, escapades, family relations, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Boys On Film presents the tenth volume in the world's most successful short film series. All boundaries will be broken as Boys On Film X promises to take it further than ever before, showcasing eight of the most sexy, unique and brilliant new ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, tense, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay lead character, love and romance, escapades, young lovers, society, gay couple, friendship, gays and lesbians, gay love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Unhinged gangster Capone (Paul Bibb) walks into a bar with accomplice Tung (Peter Peralta,) with the plan of stealing the contents of the safe. The situation gets complicated when they have to wait four hours to get the code to the safe. For Capone ...
Style:
touching, suspense, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
heist, criminal heroes, friends, escapades, planning, hostage, heist gone wrong, burglar, human nature, friendship, rescue attempt, robbery ...
Time:
year 2011
Place:
london
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In a world filled with hatred, their only hope was magic. Believe and anything can happen.
Style:
touching, atmospheric, sentimental, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
youth, rabbi, racism, friendship, culture clash, bittersweet, anti semitism, life is a bitch, injustice, haunted by the past, society, gang ...
Place:
new york, czech republic
Similarity:
33%
85
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
High school student Jen Guilarman lives in misery with her abusive mother and her mom's lesbian lover. Looking for some escape, she aims to join an all-girl gang which first requires her to undergo a sexual rite. Jen only has one man in mind, ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, sexy, touching, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
lesbian, false accusation, teacher, student, revenge, lawyer, initiation, school teacher, teenager, jail, gays and lesbians, lesbianism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When David Wilson's young wife falls victim to cancer, he is left a single working dad with the sole responsibility of caring for his sixth grade son with autism. Patrick, who prefers to be called 'Po,' is a gifted but challenged ...
Style:
sincere, sentimental, captivating, touching
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
autism, wife, middle school, cancer, parent child relationship, boy, mental disorder, family relations, parents and children, life philosophy, disorder, friendship ...
Similarity:
33%
561
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
RICHARD, 15 with learning difficulties, longs to put down roots but his restless and destructive brother, POLLY, needs to keep moving. When the land they live on is bought by a new landowner, and the electricity supply to their caravan is cut, their ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, contemplative, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, first love, learning disability, teenager, farm, caravan, friendship, love, fall in love, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
33%
173
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Set during the height of World War II, Horizon centers on Lauren, a secretary at the FBI who begins a secretive investigation into files that have been stamped with the codename "horizon." The mysterious project provides links to the ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, mysterious ...
Plot:
world war two, paranormal phenomena, alien, paranormal, agent, investigation, war, life is a bitch, wartime, government conspiracy, secret project, fbi ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s
Similarity:
32%
207
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A gay disabled teenage boy changes into the body of a beautiful woman, so that he can be loved.
Style:
touching, heartbreaking, social, serious, sad ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, couple relations, life is a bitch, love and romance, love, weight loss, tragedy, husband wife relationship, cross dressing, retreat ...
Similarity:
32%
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