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The Painting (2011)
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The Painting (2011)
Original name: Le Tableau
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Three characters living in an unfinished painting venture out into the real world in search of their creator to convince him to finish his work.
Style: stylized, touching, sentimental, atmospheric, political, social, psychological, inspirational, psychedelic, spiritual ...
Audience: kids
Plot: painter, painting, parallel world, obsessive quest, heroic mission, fall in love, escapades, social differences, society, surrealism, art, lgbt, trippy, art history, stoned, class struggle, heroes, love and romance, imaginary, artists and showbiz, performer's life, king, escape, forbidden love, castle ...
Time: 2010s
Place: france, italy, venice

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out stylized, anime, serious and touching films with plots about imaginary, escapades, heroes, danger, surrealism, youth and magic mostly in Animation, Fantasy and Family genres. Some movies like The Painting: Boy & the World (2013), The King and the Mockingbird (1980), Song of the Sea (2014), Howl's Moving Castle (2004), The 3 Wise Men (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Boy & the World (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Brazil
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Suffering because of his father departure to the big city, a boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic world dominated by bug-engines and strange beings. An unusual animation with various artistic techniques that portrays the issues of the ...
Style: stylized, surreal, atmospheric, touching, claymation ...
Audience: kids
Plot: globalization, youth, obsessive quest, imaginary, self discovery, escapades, very little dialogue, little boy, surrealism, coming of age, travel, boy ...
Time: 2010s
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The King and the Mockingbird (1980)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The kingdom of Takicardie quakes under the rule of the tyrannical King Charles V-et-III-font-VIII-et-VIII-font-XIV, whose favourite pastime is shooting birds. His archenemy is a cheeky mockingbird, whose favourite pastime is thwarting the king’s ...
Style: stylized, surreal, anime, psychedelic, mind bending ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: imaginary kingdom, bird, teenager, sword and sorcery, love letter, peplum, hunting, charm, magic, royalty, impossible love, good versus evil ...
Time: year 1980, medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Song of the Sea (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as ...
Style: touching, emotional, stylized, fairy tale, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot: folklore, young heroes, children, supernatural, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, ocean, getting home, celtic, legends and myths, lighthouse, seal the animal ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 80s, 20th century
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When Sophie, a shy young woman, is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.
Style: anime, fairy tale, atmospheric, touching, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, date night, teen drama
Plot: witch, steampunk, magic, supernatural ability, imaginary, fantasy world, self discovery, magical, demon, curses spells and rituals, wizards and magicians, transformation ...
Time: year 2004, year 2005, 20th century, 1900s, 2000s ...
Place: japan, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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The 3 Wise Men (2003)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A brilliantly animated adaptation of the classic Christian story, 3 WISE MEN features the voices of Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen, and Mexican television star Jaci Velasquez. Created by the same artists who animated FANTASIA 2000, HERCULES, and ...
Style: stylized, atmospheric, epic, captivating, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: heroic mission, obsessive quest, legends and myths, miraculous event, escapades, hopes, treasure hunt, destiny, winter, performer's life, babies and infants, ancient history ...
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
The Legend of Sarila (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.
Style: captivating, exciting, serious, sentimental, mockbuster ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: legends and myths, good versus evil, heroic mission, obsessive quest, save the day, rivalry, escapades, wilderness, danger, secret place, snow, cold ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Blood Tea and Red String (2006)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: A handmade stop-motion fairy tale for adults that tells the tale of the struggle between the aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak over the doll of their heart's desire.
Style: surreal, semi serious, atmospheric, stylized, cult classic ...
Plot: stop motion, imaginary kingdom, obsession, escapades, fall in love, society, rescue, rich and poor, doll, surrealism, puppet, human relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
The Secret of Kells (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Belgium, France
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that ...
Style: fairy tale, stylized, anime, lyrical, scenic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, date night, pre-teens
Plot: good versus evil, magic, legends and myths, medieval, monastery, imaginary, heroic mission, self discovery, fairy, viking, children, art ...
Time: middle ages, year 2009, medieval times, 2000s, 9th century
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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The Point (1971)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Years ago, there was a place called The Land of Point, because everything in The Land of Point had one: the barns, the houses, the cars, everything, even the people. Everyone in The Land of Point had a point at the top of its head. Everyone, that ...
Style: psychedelic, surreal, allegory, cult classic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: trippy, dog, the beatles, humanist, psychology, outcast, misfit, narration, friends, rejection, heroes, youth ...
Time: 1900s
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
The True Story of Puss 'n Boots (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A free adaptation of Charles Perrault's famous Puss'n Boots, "The True Story of Puss'n Boots" is a story for young and old for the first time on cinema screens.
Style: feel good, stylized, not serious, humorous, mockbuster ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: escapades, imaginary, fall in love, animal life, wizards and magicians, disorder, imaginary kingdom, surrealism, cartoon cat, nothing goes right, royal family, cat ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
 7.7
 67K
Waking Life (2001)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our ...
Style: philosophical, spiritual, psychedelic, surreal, stylized ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: philosophy, existentialism, dream, trippy, surrealism, alternate reality, consciousness, bohemian life, meaning of life, life philosophy, psychology, imagination ...
Time: year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: texas, tibet
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 7.2
 3K
Nocturna (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In the aging orphanage the days pass very uneventfully, but the nights are something quite different; at least for Tim they are. The light reflected from the stars is the only cure for his fear of the dark. One night this fear leads him to the ...
Style: exciting, surreal, anime, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: young heroes, escapades, rivalry, sleeping, danger, overcoming, orphan, cat, friendship, boy, violence against women, surrealism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 8.6
 840K
Spirited Away (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Style: anime, surreal, atmospheric, stylized, fairy tale ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, surrealism, supernatural, magic, witch, parallel world, fantasy world, imaginary, ghost, creature, dragon, japanese mythology ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Kaena: The Prophecy (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Compelled by a mysterious force, Kaena, a rebellious, high-spirited teenage girl will defy the High Priest and her people's ancestral beliefs to take the perilous journey through the Axis and discover what dark secrets lie beyond the clouds.
Style: stylized, atmospheric, colorful, light, talky ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids
Plot: imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, rescue, village, dystopian future, save the world, supernatural, space travel, androids and robots, supernatural ability, space and aliens, imaginary ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 6.5
 13K
Dragon Hunters (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Luxembourg, Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Dragon Hunters is a fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters: the world has become a vast conglomerate of islands of varying size and shape. This babbling universe is mainly peopled with ruthless rogues, surly peasants and ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, atmospheric, stylized, 3d animation ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: dragon, obsessive quest, heroic mission, save the world, imaginary, knight, good versus evil, legends and myths, young heroes, misfit partners, heroes, giant monster ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
My Beautiful Girl, Mari (2002)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To ...
Style: anime, atmospheric, stylized, touching, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: brother, friendship, parallel world, imaginary kingdom, imaginary, youth, friends, village life, family relations, single parent, change of luck, coming of age ...
Place: asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 5.6
 678
The Great Bear (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Jonathan, 11, usually spends his vacations alone with his grandfather who lives on the edge of a vast forest populated by mythical animals. This year his kid sister Sophie joins him. But it's not cool to be stuck with a little sister, so he ...
Style: stylized, feel good, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: bear, family relations, rescue, siblings relations, woods, young heroes, escapades, survival, heroes, danger, imaginary, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
The Illusionist (2010)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Scotland, late 1950s. A struggling illusionist visits an isolated community and meets a young lady who is convinced that he is a real magician.
Style: emotional, stylized, touching, visual, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: loneliness, art, magic, friendship, coming of age, magician, imagination, transformation, mentor, life philosophy, character study, theater ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 2010s, year 2010, 50s ...
Place: england, scotland, france, edinburgh scotland, scottish highlands ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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The little prince (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada, Italy, USA, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her ...
Style: fairy tale, stylized, computer animated, colorful, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, preschool
Plot: imaginary, stop motion, imaginary kingdom, life philosophy, philosophy, little boy, friends, little girl, children, child, coming of age, surrealism ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium, Spain, Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Once upon a time there were two children nursed by same woman. Azur, a blonde, blue-eyed son of a noblewoman and Asmar, the dark skinned and dark-eyed child of the nurse. As kids, they fought and loved each other as brothers do. As grown ups, they ...
Style: stylized, feel good, semi serious, humorous, anime ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: genie, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, wish come true, obsessive quest, imaginary, fairy, legends and myths, siblings relations, friends, orphan, heroes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga'Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight ...
Style: captivating, fairy tale, exciting, scenic, computer animated ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, preschool
Plot: owl, bird, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, heroic mission, imaginary, save the kingdom, talking animal, danger, rescue, escapades, heroes ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Zarafa (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, Zarafa is a sumptuously animated and stirring adventure, and a throwback to a bygone era of hand-drawn animation and epic storytelling set among sweeping CinemaScope vistas of parched ...
Style: touching, emotional, captivating, exciting, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: giraffe, obsessive quest, friendship, escapades, orphan, heroes, confined, captivity, desert, young heroes, youth, travel ...
Time: 19th century
Place: africa, sudan, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
A Town Called Panic (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Animated plastic toys like Cowboy, Indian and Horse have problems, too. Cowboy and Indian's plan to surprise Horse with a homemade birthday gift backfires when they destroy his house instead. Surreal adventures take over as the trio travel to ...
Style: surreal, humorous, light, colorful, stylized ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: stop motion, friendship, human animal relationship, buddies, animal, surrealism, village, farm, friends, village life, disorder, imaginary ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Ernest & Celestine (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career; Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together.
Style: touching, sincere, feel good, uplifting, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot: prejudice, friendship, mouse, bear, anthropomorphic animal, goodhearted, unlikely friendships, odd couple, supportive friend, racial prejudice, friends, animal ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: somalia, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Tales from Earthsea (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all ...
Style: anime, adult animation, exciting, touching, manga ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dragon, wizards and magicians, good versus evil, heroes, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, wizard, supernatural ability, master villain, sword and sorcery, imaginary ...
Place: fictional island, seattle, europe, macedonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes (2004)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, UK, France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Dark fairytale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale.
Style: surreal, disturbing, stylized, mind bending, atmospheric ...
Plot: kidnapping, murder, fall in love, rescue, danger, love and romance, imaginary, mad scientist, piano, surrealism, life changing, moving ...
Time: 19th century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually ...
Style: touching, anime, exciting, feel good, stylized ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: good versus evil, unicorn, horse, magic, friendship, rescue, dragon, heroic mission, wizard, mythology, animal, bird attack ...
Time: year 1982, 90s, 80s
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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The BFG (1989)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities. She is soon put at ease, as she learns that BFG's job is to collect, catalog and deliver pleasant ...
Style: anime, cult classic, exciting, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: giant, dream, cannibalism, nightmare, giant monster, violence against women, childhood, literary, orphan, child protagonist, soldier, classical music ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster ...
Style: anime, touching, captivating, sentimental, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: dealing with death, parallel world, imaginary, grief, radio, teenage life, escape attempt, rescue, life & death, spirit, supernatural, myth ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story: After young Clara receives a wooden nutcracker as a Christmas gift, she dreams about a fantastical battle between her Nutcracker Prince and the evil Mouse King. At stake is the Nutcracker's freedom - and Clara's future happiness.
Style: fairy tale, cult classic, christmas classics, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: christmas, cinderella story, objects come to life, snow, princess, winter, heartwarming, literary, soldier, good versus evil, heroes, anthropomorphic mouse ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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