Movies like The Emperor's New Clothes 1987
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The Emperor's New Clothes (1987)
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In Europe several several centuries ago, a group of prisoners about to be executed are freed as part of the celebration of the upcoming marriage of the emperor's daughter, Princess Gilda, to a very rich prince from another country. Sid Caesar composed the song "Clothes Make the Man". Ran 93 minutes on German TV.
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, period piece
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
wedding, escapades, dishonesty, state affairs, cons and scams, love, princess, thief, prince, castle, emperor, deception, father daughter relationship, palace, tailor, jewelry, impostor, marriage, disguise, vanity, king, royal family, palaces castles and temples, show tunes, jewel ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
europe, france
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Most similar movies to The Emperor's New Clothes
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, feel good and fairy tale films with plots about escapades, princess, imaginary, family relations, prince, love and romance and show tunes mostly in Family, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Emperor's New Clothes: Beauty and the Beast (1987), Puss in Boots (1988), Sleeping Beauty (1987), The Lost Princess (2005), Shrek the Musical (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
To save her father, a girl who always puts others before herself promises to live her life in a lavish castle with a strange beast.
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, date night
Plot:
forest, castle, beast, love and romance, unlikely couple, dangerous animal, opposites attract, escapades, master and servant, couples, family relations, parents and children ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
europe, france
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100%
Genre: Fantasy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A musical version of the classic story about a miller's daughter who recieves help from a mischievous dwarf, then ends up over her head. Now, she and a mute servant girl may be the only hope for her baby son, John.
Style:
fairy tale, stylized, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
elf, legends and myths, wish come true, imaginary kingdom, rivalry, master and servant, escapades, rescue, love and romance, talking bird, breaking the fourth wall, queen ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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, semi serious, humorous, stylized, feel good
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
theater, ogre, family relations, friends, escapades, partners, love and romance, unlikely partners, legends and myths, siblings relations, family life, fall in love ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Feature-length, live-action musical version of the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault.
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, feel good, humorous, stylized
Audience:
kids, preschoolers, family outing, date night
Plot:
sleeping, queen, king, princess, curse, magic, elf, good versus evil, hopes, youth, escapades, heroes ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The warrior is Esmeralda, a princess who has brains, can fight and is pretty, too. The sexy one is Don Juan, a pretty boy laughing at danger. These two Spanish champions, along with Don Juan's sidekick Miguel, dance and joke their way through a ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, campy
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adventurer, escapades, rivalry, heroic mission, princess, royal family, imaginary kingdom, swashbuckler, sword and sorcery, camp, renaissance, prince ...
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Films like Descendants
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Make room for ogre-sized family fun as the greatest fairy tale never told comes to life in a whole new way in this breathtaking Broadway musical adaptation of the hit movie Shrek!
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, not serious, feel good, witty ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
partners, friends, friendship, heroes, couples, heroic mission, social differences, daring rescue, society, imaginary kingdom, fall in love, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Hansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upon the cottage of a kindly old woman. But is this kindly old woman everything she seems...?
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, stylized, feel good, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, forest, curses spells and rituals, siblings relations, escapades, parents and children, coming of age, witch, cannibalism, countryside, isolation, childhood ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
TV-version of the classic fairy tale, set to a Rodgers and Hammerstein score.
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, stylized, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
cinderella, cinderella story, true love, fall in love, royal family, wish come true, princess, family relations, couples, power relations, intrigue, love and romance ...
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Children's musical based on Grimm's fairy tale of The Frog-King. A young girl learns how to be a good friend and princess with the help of a "tall frog."
Style:
fairy tale, stylized, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, princess, friends, teaching the ways of the world, legends and myths, friendship, love and romance, frog, prince, show tunes, meaningful kiss
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late father, a war hero. Which does not prevent him from falling for pretty Kate Fairchild, a young woman who runs a sailing school. Of course the ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
submarine, boat, sea, ocean liner, disney, escapades, criminal heroes, rescue, goofy hero, nothing goes right, disorder, ship ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Films like Aladdin
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A prince, seeking the greatest treasure, stumbles upon seven little men guarding a coffin. They tell him the story of Snow White, a beautiful princess who was forced to run away from home after her jealous stepmother tried to have her killed. When ...
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, humorous, feel good, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
snow white, house, prince, sleeping, chase, friends, family relations, friendship, physical appearance, wish come true, curses spells and rituals, imaginary kingdom ...
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the famous fairytale "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, sweet, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
happy ending, princess, escapades, king, imagination, magic, boy, female stockinged legs, taking off shoes, pantyhose
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Annie is back! Along with her friends Molly, Hannah, her dog Sandy, and her wealthy father Oliver Warbucks. They take a trip to England where Oliver Warbucks is going to be Knighted by the King. Annie and the gang stumbles onto a wicked scheme led ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, superhero, christmas, dishonesty, best friends, mischievous children, rivalry, intrigue, family relations, disorder, friends, king ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, europe, london, buckingham palace
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Czech Republic, Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three brothers leave their home to see the world. During their journey, young men as by miracle enter into famous fairy tales (Little Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Twelve Months) and face traps, unexpected moments and even love in a story full of ...
Style:
fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, feel good, metafiction ...
Audience:
family outing, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
witch, princess, stepmother, young heroes, heroes, good versus evil, heroic mission, sibling relationship, youth, escapades, family relations, imaginary kingdom ...
Place:
central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.
Style:
fairy tale, surreal, absurd, art house, experimental ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, fall in love, cinderella story, surrealism, princess, wedding, love and romance, father daughter relationship, donkey, leaving home, love story, impostor ...
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Cartoons like Anastasia
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Neglected by her husband during the pre-Christmas rush, Mrs. Santa Claus takes the reindeer and sleigh out for a drive, only to end up stranded in the multi-cultural neighbourhood of Manhattan's Lower East Side of the early 1900s.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, love and romance, mischievous children, dishonesty, couple relations, youth, family relations, disorder, couples, righting the wronged, fish out of water ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A fantasy story based on Kornei Chukovsky classics about a brave doctor Aybolit and his adventures on the land and on the sea.
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, captivating, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschoolers
Plot:
doctor, veterinarian, bandit, friendship, hopes, chase, dishonesty, parents and children, surrealism
Place:
africa, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Children's Story about a allways unlucky Highwayman of the southern geman Forestaicion's in the later half of the 19th Century,witty Grammafication by the Author,in,off Course german Lingua.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
small town, castle, tree, escapades, supernatural ability, heroes, family relations, crocodile, grandmother, robbery, kidnapping, clairvoyant ...
Place:
bavaria
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sent to Paris to visit their grandfather, the twins fall in love with France, not to mention two French boys.
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
twins, youth, impossible love, family relations, siblings relations, teenage girl, tourist, childhood, slice of life, child, girl, american abroad ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
With just weeks before their royal wedding, Paige and Edvard find their relationship and the Danish monarchy in jeopardy when an old law is brought to light, stating that an unmarried heir to the throne may marry only a woman of noble blood or else ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sweet, light, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
prince, wedding, cinderella story, rivalry, social differences, love and romance, dishonesty, society, intrigue, royal family, royalty, princess ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Mary Poppins related movies
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos), Maleficent (Mal), the Evil Queen ...
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, feel good, humorous, ridiculous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
teenager, disney, fairy godmother, teenage protagonist, good versus evil, happy ending, high school, villain, imaginary kingdom, island, witch, moral dilemma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A fairy-tale comedy about a hard-headed princess (Tereza Voriskova) and obstinate prince (Jirí Mádl) whose royal machinations draw the ire of Lucifer himself. What happens when the royal heirs refuse to marry? Will there be a wedding or a war?
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, satirical, semi serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
princess, fictitious kingdom, relationship problems, deception, male female relationship, prince, father daughter relationship, kingdom, parents and children, wedding preparations and rituals, con trick, wedding ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Marsha Robinson, host of a TV cooking show, takes her family on a working vacation to a South Seas Island, but their yacht is hijacked by pirates, and then shipwrecked, and the Robinsons must survive Marsha's complaints while they build a ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, light
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
pirate, survival, shipwreck, escapades, family life, fish out of water, disorder, screwball, cooking and food, disney, family relations, island ...
Place:
fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
Hey Cinderella! is a one-hour Jim Henson special which tells a cracked version of the classic fairy tale. Cinderella lives with her wicked stepmother (as everyone who ever read the fairy tale knows), but what part of the story is never told is how ...
Style:
fairy tale
Audience:
kids
Plot:
muppets, prince, frog, magic, fairy godmother, monster, french
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young working girl with a blue-collar background is surprised when her new fiancé announces he is actually a prince of a small sovereign country in Europe. After the couple quickly takes off to spend the holidays at his family’s sprawling, ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sweet, sentimental, colourful ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, royal family, mother son conflict, marriage proposal, prince, wedding, fall in love, friends, couples, royalty, princess, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Movies like Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Pup Star family just got bigger! And the new pups: Cindy, Rosie, Charlie, and Brody will have to learn the true meaning of Christmas. When Pup Star’s mean team, scheme to ruin Christmas, the pups end up in the North Pole to save Santa and the ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sweet, humorous, light
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, dog, happy ending, talking dog, santa claus, escapades, breaking the fourth wall, impostor, good versus evil, christmas spirit, pets, puppy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A live-action retelling of the 1992 Disney film of the same name.
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, feel good, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, chick flick, teens
Plot:
arabian nights, wish fulfillment, aladdin, genie, disney, magic, disney princess, princess, sultan, palace, love, friendship ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
baghdad iraq, arabia, middle east, saudi arabia, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A man has to figure out a way to make extra money when his father-in-law moves in.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, feel good, humorous, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
father daughter relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, father son relationship, father in law son in law relationship, friendship, elderly man, family relations, happy ending, age difference, love, elderly, care ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Larry Guthrie, who loses his first love to the town hot shot, decides to win her back by volunteering with the children at her after-school program. When Larry accidentally tells the kids the Tooth Fairy is make-believe, he soon is transformed into ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, not serious
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
fish out of water, disorder, stupid kid, teenager, youth, curses spells and rituals, imaginary
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
Four children trIn Santa Hunters, Alex and his cousins Zoey (Yde) and Richard (Coronel) create an elaborate setup of traps to catch Santa on tape, but their plan backfires when they realize that seeing Santa will cause him to lose his Christmas ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, track down, youth, escapades, friendship, legends and myths, young heroes, heroes, chases and races, imaginary
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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