Movies like The Water of Life

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The Water of Life (2017)
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The Water of Life (2017)
Original name: Das Wasser des Lebens
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Terminally ill kings has trouble deciding which one his two, fundamentally different, sons should be his heir. It would be best if he would have more time to make his decicion but none of the treatments are working as expected. Finally a hunter tells him about a miracle cure, called the water of life, that can cure any ailment. First the king sends his brave and valiant son to find the cure. When he doesn't return, his brother who is known for his kindness and good heart, sets out to search for his brother and the cure.
Style: fairy tale, sincere, captivating
Plot: ghost, ritual, father son relationship, gift, family relations, knight, magic, relationships, warrior, fantasy world, love and romance, escapades, male female relationship, power struggle, contests and competitions, showdown, search and rescue, magical object, riddles and clues, therapy, forgery, transformation, brother brother relationship, medical examination, drinking ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fairy tale, captivating, humorous and light films with plots about magic, transformation, family relations, magical, love and romance, father son relationship and party mostly in Fantasy, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Water of Life: Vom Fischer und seiner Frau (2013), Cinderella (2011), Rapunzel (2009), Three Wishes for Cinderella (2021), Sleeping Beauty (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Vom Fischer und seiner Frau (2013)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 58 min.
Story: German North Sea beach fisherman Hein always was happy with his wife Islebils, despite their modest life and poor dwelling. When he spares a rod-caught speaking flounder's life, the grateful enchanted prince promises to grant his wish. Hearing ...
Style: fairy tale
Plot: bare chested male, beach, jealousy, scolding, dinner, ritual, transformation, gift, public humiliation, kiss, kissing, bed
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Cinderella (2011)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 59 min.
Story: Although mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella is able to attend the royal ball through the help of a fairy godmother.
Style: fairy tale, sweet, romantic, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: cinderella story, fairy, cinderella, transformation, fall in love, kindness, prince, magic, happy ending, imaginary kingdom, supernatural, chores ...
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37%
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Rapunzel (2009)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 59 min.
Story: A poor farmer and his wife are expecting a child at last. But after eating rampion , which she got from a sorceress, the mother developed an addiction to the rampion, which can only get from the garden of the sorceress of the father. He steals in ...
Style: fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, sincere, disturbing
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: love affair, locked in a room, love and romance, teenager, forbidden love, in love, love, prince, love story, princess, fall in love, love interest ...
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35%
Three Wishes for Cinderella (2021)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Norwegian remake of the 1973 Czech film "Three Wishes for Cinderella" by Václav Vorlícek.
Style: fairy tale, captivating, sincere, disturbing, entertaining
Audience: family outing
Plot: cinderella, imaginary kingdom, cinderella story, christmas, magic, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, snow, female protagonist, evil stepmother, wizard, magician, stepmother ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 59 min.
Story: Raised on a farm, energetic fearless Fynn is eager to be join uncle August in the royal castle as apprentice in the stables. He's quickly humiliated having inadvertently dared prince Eric to sword sparring, but gets discrete lessons from his ...
Style: fairy tale
Plot: adolescence, chore, punishment, therapy, chores, scolding, bully, boy, transformation, embarrassment, father figure, fight ...
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29%
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Allerleirauh (2012)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 58 min.
Story: Maddened by grief over his late queen, king Tobald decides to wed their only daughter Lotte, the only female resembling her. Having failed to put him off by exorbitant demands, she puts on the unique cloak made of all fur types in the realm and ...
Style: fairy tale, costume drama
Plot: love, happy ending, prince, gift, abuse, party, bully, dancing, dinner, embarrassment, chores, father figure ...
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27%
The White Snake (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Endres wants to be more than just a farmer's son. He wants to be able to read and write, wear clothes without holes and sleep in a proper bed. He goes to the court of the King, who is said to be the cleverest man in the land. Endres becomes his ...
Style: fairy tale, colorful, captivating, exciting
Plot: father son relationship, theft, brother brother relationship, punishment, teenager, bird, bare butt, adolescence, bare chested male, jealousy, boy, prison ...
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27%
The Book of Masters (2009)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A beautiful and kind girl, daughter of Baba Yaga, finds a magical stone Alatyr while walking in a field. It transforms her heart into a stone and puts her under a queer curse. She is to be the evil Countess of Stones and live in a stone tower. If ...
Style: fairy tale, touching, humorous, entertaining, sentimental ...
Audience: kids
Plot: magic, evil wizard, wizards and magicians, friendship, evil witch, evil sorcerer, showdown, good versus evil, sorceress, wizard, magician, black magic ...
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26%
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The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway, Czech Republic, Ireland
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Espen “Ash Lad”, a poor farmer’s son, embarks on a dangerous quest with his brothers to save the princess from a vile troll known as the Mountain King – in order to collect a reward and save his family’s farm from ruin.
Style: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, light
Audience: family outing
Plot: troll, brother brother relationship, love and romance, friendship, family relations, good versus evil, chase, supernatural, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, obsessive quest, supernatural ability, folklore ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Queen of the Lake (1998)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Prince Victor looks in vain for a swan which was wounded by one of his servants. Instead he discovers a beautiful girl with golden hair who has an arrow in her shoulder. She is dumb and can't explain her origin. He falls immediately for her. ...
Style: fairy tale, psychotronic, freeze frame
Plot: punishment, transformation, kidnapping, diving, loyalty, gift, disguise, party, father son relationship, dancing, corporal punishment, theft ...
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24%
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The Snow Queen (2005)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 56 min.
Story: When Gerda befriends penniless Kay their growing friendship is cut short as one cold winter night a fragment of glass pierces Kay's eye, turning his heart cold. Enchanted by the Snow Queen he is swept away on her chariot over the glittering ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sincere, captivating, mysterious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: young heroes, evil queen, heroic mission, rescue, good versus evil, rivalry, daring rescue, escapades, friendship, imaginary, danger, youth ...
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24%
Rumpelstiltskin (2007)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story: German TV adaptation of Grimm‘s fairy tale “Rumpelstiltskin“.
Style: fairy tale, captivating
Plot: royal family, love story, love and romance, couple relations, love interest, king, intrigue, romantic relationship, male female relationship, secret, palace intrigue, kingdom ...
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24%
Fuchsia the Mini-Witch (2010)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Great adventures can hatch from the smallest eggs. Fucsia wants to learn to do magic just like her father, and so is pleased as punch when she is allowed to go to witches' school. There, Fucsia learns to make wind and conjures with the clouds. ...
Style: fairy tale, humorous, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: witch, children, friendship, magic, supernatural power, magician, witchcraft, school, flying, magical, magical girl, wizards and magicians ...
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Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young orphan boy Jim Button, his best friend Luke and a magical steam engine called Emma travel across the world in search of the truth about where Jim came from. Battling pirates and dragons, outsmarting make-believe giants, they must travel ...
Style: fairy tale, scenic, exciting, sweet
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: island, magic, transformation, adult child friendship, obsessive quest, fantasy world, bully, quest, adventurer, save the princess, train, daring rescue
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Tomas and the Falcon King (2000)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Germany, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: "Thomas the Falconer" is a nice family movie about a boy (Brano Holicek), a falcon, a prince, a princess and a nasty man who gets his come-uppance. It's gloriously filmed in the mountains of Slovakia. The DVD mastering is not quite up ...
Style: fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, sincere, psychotronic
Audience: family outing, kids
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Time: middle ages
Place: eastern europe, central europe
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A Tale of Lost Times (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Four evil wizards succeeded to become young by using a time stolen from lazy kids. Now these kids who became seniors must act fast if they want to return to their real age.
Style: fairy tale, captivating, sincere, sentimental, light
Audience: kids
Plot: spell, redemption, obstacle, evil sorcerer, chase, justice, transformation, hopes, family relations, childhood, friendship, youth ...
Place: ussr, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Baba Yaga (1973)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 74 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: fairy tale, folk tale, stylized, semi serious, absurd
Audience: family outing, preschool
Plot: witchcraft, wizards and magicians, witch, ancient, ancient world, slavic mythology, superhero, mythology, heroes, family relations, imaginary, escapades ...
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Crown Prince (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Somewhere in the Forbidden Forest lives a wicked sorcerer Kruciatus (Josef Abrhám). One hundred years ago he tried to destroy a kingdom now ruled by King Alexander (Jaromír Hanzlík), who has two sons - the heir of the throne Prince Jan (Patrik ...
Style: fairy tale, psychotronic, crying
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Das Märchen vom Schlaraffenland (2016)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 59 min.
Story: Handsome, gentle, ever-helpful Paul bears his back-breaking fate as working class lad bravely, being his destitute family's pillar of strength. Initially he believes his parents that a fair traveler's wonderful tales of a magical land of ...
Style: fairy tale
Plot: chore, adolescence, bare chested male, chores, wager, dinner, fire, disguise, jealousy, male bonding, party, swimming pool ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Kingdom of False Mirrors (1963)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors is a 1964 Soviet fairy tale film directed by Aleksandr Rou based on a story with the same name by Vitali Gubarev. Both the surreal story by Vladimir Gubarev, together with the 1964 film, written in a Through The Looking ...
Style: fairy tale, stylized, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: magical, magic, children, imaginary kingdom, imagination, alternate reality, good versus evil, transformation, save the kingdom, getting home, art, surrealism ...
Place: ussr, russia
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22%
A Very Old Story (1968)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen.
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, humorous, sweet, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids
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21%
The Flying Sneaker (1991)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Little Rehor isn't allowed to play with the other boys. His only friend is the girl next door, Luci. Rehor's father is doctor on a boat and he has sent Rehor a package with butterfly larvae. When they hatch he discover a fairy who can do ...
Style: anime, fairy tale, humorous, touching, semi serious
Audience: family outing
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Place: czech republic
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21%
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story: A fictionalized account of the young life of Hans Christian Andersen, a young man with a penchant for storytelling but struggles to find his place in the world and gain the affection of the woman he adores. Interspersed throughout are brief ...
Style: fairy tale, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: writers, unrequited love, writer's life, prodigy, fall in love, love affair, rich and poor, magical power, princess, publisher, relationships, fantasy becomes reality ...
Time: regency period, 19th century
Place: copenhagen, denmark
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20%
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Meet The Santas (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Because she is marrying the man who assumed the mantle of Santa Claus last December 26, Beth's postponed wedding has to be rescheduled for Xmas eve. Overwhelmed by selling the house she and her son share and the prospect of the duties of Mrs. ...
Style: fairy tale, sentimental, light, feel good, sincere
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, santa claus, holiday, family relations, parents and children, kids and family, couple relations, love and romance, christmas eve, fight, magic, self discovery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Puss in Boots (1988)
Genre: Fantasy, Musical, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A cat belonging to a poor miller's son thinks up a great plan for bringing a title, wealth, and marriage for his owner. He begins to carry it out, using a few birds and rabbits as gifts for the king, his own wit, and a pair of boots that make ...
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, semi serious, stylized, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: magical, mermaid, theater, ogre, partner, love and romance, escapades, unlikely partners, fall in love, imaginary, friends, family relations ...
Time: 18th century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When the King and Queen are poisoned, brothers Per and Pål get arrested, suspected of being behind it. Younger brother Espen "Ash Lad" and Princess Kristin set out on a quest to find the mythical Soria Moria castle, which is said to be ...
Style: fairy tale, exciting, funny, romantic, light
Audience: family outing
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20%
The Devil's Bride (2011)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Young Stepan saves his beloved princess Stepanka to marry Lucifer due to the promise her parents, the King and the Queen, did to the Evil as reword for the help he provided to the Queen to get pregnant.
Style: fairy tale, psychotronic, unusual plot structure, disturbing, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: pact with the devil, hell, lucifer, devil, king, queen, princess, good versus evil, save the princess, save the kingdom, love story, love affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Mural (2011)
Genre: Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Mural tells the story of Zhu Xiaolian, a poor scholar who travels to the capital to take an examination. During this trip, Zhu becomes distracted by a mural and enters into the fantasy land depicted therein. There he meets the fairies who inhabit ...
Style: romantic, captivating, disturbing, historical romance
Plot: wuxia, fantasy world, love affair, romantic relationship, male female relationship, relationships, love and romance, love story, magic, love interest, lifestyle change, dream world ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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The House Elf (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the ordinary and bustling city of Moscow there is an unusual House, overgrown with hundreds of secrets and mysteries. In this house there is a strange apartment, in which not a single tenant has stayed for a long time. And only when an ...
Style: fairy tale, captivating, enigmatic, disturbing, atmospheric
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: house, supernatural being, magic, black magic, single mother, wizards and magicians, cat, hidden treasure, evil sorcerer, evil wizard, good versus evil, magical power ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Last Warrior: Root of Evil (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Peace and tranquility have set in Belogorie. The evil was defeated and Ivan is now enjoying his well-deserved fame. He is surrounded by his family, friends and small wonders from the modern world that help him lead a comfortable life. Luckily, he ...
Style: fairy tale, captivating, humorous, colorful, children's story ...
Plot: imaginary, imaginary kingdom, magical creature, wizards and magicians, fantasy world, showdown, good versus evil, wizard, love, fictional country, magic, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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