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Scales: Mermaids Are Real (2017)
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Scales: Mermaids Are Real (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Siren has lived her life thinking she's an ordinary girl, in an ordinary town. On her 12th birthday, she learns that she's far from ordinary.
Style: exciting, light, enigmatic, captivating
Audience: kids, teens, girls' night
Plot: mermaid, youth, strong female character, friendship, teenage girl, supernatural ability, teenager, ocean, supernatural, friends, teenage life, transformation, underwater, swimming, strong female lead, coming of age, courage, healing, child, saving a life, evil scientist, underwater scene, tape over mouth
Time: contemporary
Keyword: ocean or sea

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, captivating, humorous and entertaining films with plots about friendship, teenager, friends, teenage girl, youth, supernatural and escapades mostly in Family, Fantasy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Scales: Mermaids Are Real: A Mermaid's Tale (2017), H2O: Just Add Water (2006), The Mermaid (2016), Descendants 3 (2019), Tini: The New Life of Violetta (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Mermaid's Tale (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 12-year-old Ryan moves to the town where her father was born—a bleak, dying fishing town. However, exploring the coast, she discovers a cove that is home to a mysterious girl named Coral who reveals herself to be a mermaid.
Style: captivating, sincere, suspense, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Plot: mermaid, mythical creature, friendship, fisherman, saving a life, healing power, friends, relocation, parents and children, teenager, youth, family relations ...
Time: 2010s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
H2O: Just Add Water (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: When three normal teenage girls stumble upon a ancient cave they undergo a transformation that will change their lives forever. H20 - Just Add Water, sees three very different girls facing everyday teen problems with an added twist - they're ...
Style: exciting, light, captivating, enigmatic, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, teen fantasy, toddlers ...
Plot: mermaid, supernatural, supernatural ability, youth, teenage life, friends, love and romance, friendship between girls, hidden identity, friendship, miraculous event, transformation ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: oceania, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
 6.2
 10K
The Mermaid (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A playboy business tycoon, Liu Xuan, purchases the Green Gulf, a wildlife reserve, for a sea reclamation project, and uses sonar technology to get rid of the sea life in the area. Unknown to him, the Green Gulf is the home of merpeople, and the ...
Style: captivating, light, exciting, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing
Plot: mermaid, merman, environmental issue, wealth, amusement park, supernatural ability, teenage life, friendship, friends, hopes, danger, escapades ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 10K
Descendants 3 (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep.
Style: fairy tale, light, captivating, exciting, colorful ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, teen fantasy, adult
Plot: villainess, imaginary kingdom, princess, crown, teenager, sword fight, magic, good versus evil, friendship, love, lgbt, mythology ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Secret Society of Second Born Royals (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Sam is a teenage royal rebel, second in line to the throne of the kingdom of Illyria. Just as her disinterest in the royal way of life is at an all-time high, she discovers she has super-human abilities and is invited to join a secret society of ...
Style: exciting, funny, breathtaking, humorous, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: heir to the throne, young heroes, friendship, teenage life, supernatural ability, sisters, love and romance, moral dilemma, duty, best friend, female protagonist, secret organization ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Tini: The New Life of Violetta (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Music
Country: Spain, Italy, Argentina
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Greek
Style: psychological, disturbing, sweet, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: teenage girl, love, friendship, society, youth, teenage life, obsession, adaptation, teenager, ambition, friends, love and romance ...
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100%
Mako Mermaids (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Real-life mermaids, Sirena, Nixie and Lyla are part of a mermaid pod, which lives in the waters of Mako Island. As young members of the pod, it is their job to protect the Moon Pool and guard it from trespassers. But on the night of a full moon, the ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, entertaining, humorous, sentimental
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen fantasy, pre-teens
Plot: mermaid, supernatural ability, teenage life, imaginary, friends, island, superhuman powers, supernatural power, merman, friendship, supernatural romance, save the day ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 5.4
 45K
Aquamarine (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, teen, romantic, cute ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, kids, chick flick ...
Plot: mermaid, teenager, friendship, adolescence, fish out of water, teenage girl, teenage life, fall in love, youth, friends, lifeguard, true love ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s
Place: florida, australia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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The Secret of Arkandias (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Theo, not the most popular boy at his school, dreams of escaping the dreary everyday life, experiencing adventure and accomplishing great heroic deeds. His dream seems to be fulfilled when, one day, he finds a very old and magical book in the ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, feel good, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: young heroes, youth, escapades, supernatural, teenage life, best friend, magic, friendship, magical potion, heroes, friends, children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Last Keepers (2013)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: This romantic fantasy movie is about two people who are the last survivors of an ancient line of goddess worshipers, who sell art at a shop. When their teenage daughter Rhea falls in love with a poetically inclined boy , she begins to develop ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, entertaining, light, serious ...
Audience: teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot: witch, supernatural, imaginary, teenage life, teenage love, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, painting, secret, pagan, wizard, child ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.2
 660
Mermaids (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Mermaid sisters hunt down their father's human killer... and deal with their own personal relationships with the humans.
Style: touching, exciting, captivating, suspense, psychotronic
Plot: mermaid, sibling relationship, magic, sister sister relationship, love triangle, supernatural power, underwater, father daughter relationship, love, revenge, kickass women, murder ...
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100%
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Ignoring threats to his life, Harry returns to Hogwarts to investigate – aided by Ron and Hermione – a mysterious series of attacks.
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, dark fantasy, suspense ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: magic, harry potter, witch, magical, boarding school, fantasy world, creature, wizard, teacher, supernatural, youth, chosen one ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 2002, year 1992, year 1993 ...
Place: london, england, europe
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100%
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Wolfblood (2012)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Being a teenager is hard enough. Being a Wolfblood teenager is ten times more complicated. 14 year old Maddy loves her abilities - heightened senses, being faster, stronger and more graceful - but hates the secrets that come with them.
Style: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: supernatural, werewolf, high school, supernatural ability, teenage love, friendship, teenage life, danger, youth, wolf, young heroes, classmate ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The King's Daughter (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia, USA, China, France, Hong Kong, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: King Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force, a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate daughter's discovery of the creature.
Style: stylized, captivating, costume drama, serious, offbeat ...
Audience: date night
Plot: mermaid, royal court, royal family, obsessive quest, immortality, parents and children, ancient rome, historical event, royalty, 007, adaptation, woman riding a horse ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, europe
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100%
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Luca (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Italy, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, two young boys experience an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another ...
Style: captivating, funny, entertaining, 3d animation, cute ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly
Plot: water, friendship, coming of age, ocean, sea voyage, disguise, seaside town, sea adventure, sea, monster, creature, male female friendship ...
Time: 1950s, 2020s, future, year 1959, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, riviera, mediterranean sea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Upside-Down Magic (2020)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Nory and her best friend Reina enter the Sage Academy for Magical Studies, where Nory’s unconventional powers land her in a class for those with wonky, or “upside-down,” magic. Undaunted, Nory sets out to prove that that upside-down magic can ...
Style: captivating, light, sweet
Audience: kids, teen fantasy
Plot: young heroes, supernatural, teenager, friendship, good versus evil, school, magic, academy, supernatural ability, superpower, best friend, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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16 Wishes (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story about Abby Jensen, a girl who's been eager to reach her 16th birthday and has kept a secret wish list since she was a little girl. When the Big Day actually arrives, utter disaster strikes, leaving Abby to think her birthday is ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, teen, romantic comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids
Plot: teenage girl, teenager, teenage life, wish come true, youth, high school, 16 year old, best friends in love, imaginary, friends in love, friendship, high school life ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, epic, stylized, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot: mythology, monster, youth, fantasy world, heroic mission, young heroes, greek mythology, legends and myths, demi god, superhuman powers, friendship, greek ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, ancient greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Sparkle: A Unicorn Tale (2023)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Fifteen-year-old Annabelle runs away from an orphanage with two other kids to rescue the animals on her family's farm before they're taken by a greedy neighbor. The orphans discover a magical unicorn has taken up residence, and they try to ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, funny, light, exciting
Audience: teen fantasy
Plot: orphanage, girlfriend, friends, orphan, friendship, unicorn, teenager, adolescent girl, teenage protagonist, friend, teenage girl
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Veritas, Prince of Truth (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA, UK, Puerto Rico, Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Kern has to fight an evil menace that could destroy the earth when Veritas, his favorite comic book hero, comes to life and seeks his help.
Style: exciting, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing
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Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Magic Silver (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Princess Bluerose is a small gnome living deep in the Norwegian mountains. A small community of gnomes is responsible for making the transition between daylight and night. This is called the magic hour, and is created by the magic silver which only ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, captivating, exciting, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: young heroes, imaginary kingdom, danger, escapades, fairy, courage, prophecy, save the day, supernatural, pursuit, friendship, journey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, touching, teen ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot: harry potter, magic, wizard, witch, friendship, fantasy world, magical, boarding school, chosen one, youth, children, school ...
Time: year 2001, 80s, year 1991, year 1981, 20th century ...
Place: england, europe, london, yorkshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Return to Nim's Island (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Fourteen year old Nim, more determined than ever to protect her island and all the wildlife that call it home, faces off against resort developers and animal poachers. Soon she realizes she can’t depend on her animal cohorts alone and must make ...
Style: humorous, exciting, sincere, captivating, touching ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, kids, teen fantasy, family outing
Plot: animal rescue, island, danger, teenage life, environmentalism, family relations, save the day, escapades, friendship, poacher, treasure hunt, treasure hunter ...
Place: fictional island, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Nim's Island (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
Style: exciting, scenic, captivating, sad, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: island, little girl, young heroes, exotic island, imaginary friend, writers, family relations, single father, danger, scientist, jungle, poacher ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: fictional island, san francisco, patagonia, pacific ocean, indonesia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Magic Journey to Africa (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jana’s magical journey to Africa contains a deep message about friendship, love, passion, nature and imagination. It is a spiritual journey for adults and a magical one for kids, full of mysteries, adventures and discoveries
Style: semi serious, captivating, sincere, light, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: friendship, youth, animal life, young heroes, escapades, friends, legends and myths, journey, supernatural, imaginary, girl, young
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, spain, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Students from Zombietown are transferred to a high school in a suburban town preoccupied with uniformity, traditions and pep rallies.
Style: romantic, humorous, entertaining, teen, funny ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids
Plot: zombie, high school, teenage life, teenager, cheerleader, couples, friendship, friends, love and romance, love, sexy teenager, fall in love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Witches Don't Exist (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story: On her 13th birthday Katie, a talented young girl, receives a magical amulet. This amulet was on a quest to find the fifth and last witch to complete the order of the star witches. Because in it's incomplete form, the order is unable to protect ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, captivating, spooky
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: witch, magic, best friend, amulet, supernatural, young heroes, good versus evil, rivalry, youth, escapades, wizards and magicians, fantasy world ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Invisible Sue (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 12-year-old Sue is a lone wolf. Due to a potion invented by her mother, she is suddenly able to become invisible. But when mum is kidnapped, Sue will need the help of her new friends Tobi and App to rescue her mother and hunt down the criminals.
Style: captivating, entertaining
Plot: invisible man, invisibility, invisible, superheroine, female scientist, supernatural ability, superhero team, superpower, supernatural power, teenage protagonist, teenage girl, conspiracy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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A Little Game (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10 year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in the form of an irascible chess-master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, ...
Style: entertaining, captivating
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: chess, girl, high school friend, children, friendship, schoolgirl, lifestyle, child protagonist, teenage girl, child, teenage life, friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.6
 7K
Avalon High (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Disney Channel's production of Julie Sherman Wolfe's screenplay adaptation of the popular novel Avalon High by Meg Cabot. Elaine "Ellie" Harrison has just moved from Minnesota to Annapolis, Maryland while her parents take a year ...
Style: exciting, feel good, entertaining, teen, arthurian ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: high school, female protagonist, youth, king arthur, friends, teenage life, friendship, reincarnation, teenage love, teenager, young heroes, wizards and magicians ...
Time: medieval times
Place: maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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