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Portrait of a Knight (2018)
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Portrait of a Knight (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Portrait of a Knight is a musical romance about the way in which historic ideals inform contemporary urban life. Rachel is a young archivist living and working in Wellington, New Zealand. Feeling alone and disconnected from life, she projects her romantic fantasies onto the paintings she loves, until one day her song brings Reginald - a Knight of the Realm - to life. His carefree innocence and zest for life begin to open Rachel up to the beauty around her, but the fates have a way of making trouble when miracles occur...
Style: unusual plot structure, captivating, visually appealing
Plot: chivalry, opera, painting, magic, portrait, magic realism, knight, friendship between men, archive, classical music, gallery, male friendship, romance
Place: new zealand

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, humorous, fairy tale and semi serious films with plots about magic, love and romance, love, couples, opera, male female relationship and family relations mostly in Drama, Romance and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Portrait of a Knight: The Dilemma (2005), Aida (1985), The Price of Milk (2000), Inseparables (2016), Waxie Moon in Fallen Jewel (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffman (1981)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 159 min.
Story: Seeking to exorcise the failure of his current love affair, the poet Hoffmann tells the tales of his three past loves - the doll-like Olympia, the high-class courtesan Giulietta, and the ambitious but delicate Antonia - and recalls how each was ...
Plot: opera, drinking, doll, singer, scientist, drunk, magic, poet, live performance, courtesan, french opera, stage performance
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The Dilemma (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Kishanlal marries the beautiful Lachchi, but the day after the wedding, he leaves on business for five years. When Kishanlal reappears only a few days later, Lachchi is delighted, but this new Kishanlal is in fact a spirit who has taken the form of ...
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, captivating, powerful, folk tale
Plot: magic, impossible love, fall in love, hidden identity, couples, supernatural, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, pregnancy, camel, hindu, magic realism ...
Place: india, asia
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86%
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Aida (1985)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 160 min.
Story: La Scala went all out for its 1986 production of this grandest of grand operas, with a strong cast and, most important for a video recording, a larger-than-life staging. The Triumph Scene in Act II is by no means Aida's only attraction, but it ...
Plot: opera, singing, classical music, singer, slave, unrequited love
Place: africa
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The Price of Milk (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 87 min.
Story: New Zealand milk farmer Rob gives his lover Lucinda a ring. Trying to spark up her relationship with Rob, she takes her friend Drosophila's advice and starts to try and make Rob angry. But she tends to go too far. Admiring her ring while ...
Style: stylized, witty, tricky, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: absurd humor, magic, couple relations, countryside, farmer, old woman, love, dog, surrealism, summer, love triangle, true love ...
Time: future, 90s, 60s, year 1969
Place: new zealand, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Inseparables (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Felipe a wealthy businessman who has been quadriplegic, due to an accident, is looking for a therapeutic assistant. There are several highly qualified, but he decides to take the assistant of his gardener, Tito who has decided to resign.
Style: captivating, humorous, sincere, sentimental, surprise ending ...
Plot: friendship between men, employer employee relationship, unlikely friendships, wheelchair bound, paraplegic, rich and poor, nursing, friendship, care, rich man, rich, disability ...
Place: argentina
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59%
Waxie Moon in Fallen Jewel (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Is inner beauty more important than shopping? Can homosexuals read? Does prostitution solve everything? And who is she wearing? Discover the answers to these and other existential questions in Fallen Jewel - a new motion picture brought to you by ...
Style: parody, homoerotic, captivating, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot: lesbian, painter, gay, family relations, housewife, mother daughter relationship, female friendship, love, love and romance, youth, society, couples ...
Time: 80s, 1950s
Place: usa, seattle
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55%
Man of La Mancha (1972)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In the sixteenth century, Miguel de Cervantes, poet, playwright, and part-time actor, has been arrested, together with his manservant, by the Spanish Inquisition. They are accused of presenting an entertainment offensive to the Inquisition. Inside ...
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, touching, costume drama ...
Plot: broadway, don quixote, idealism, chivalry, delusion, sword fight, prison, ancient, magic realism, stage play, sorcery, playwright ...
Time: 17th century, 16th century, year 1972
Place: spain, europe
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46%
Love on a Leash (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A dog who strives to become a man seeks a woman who will love him enough for the transformation to take place.
Style: captivating, romantic, light
Plot: dog, marriage proposal, interspecies romance, magic, talking animal, dating, marriage, talking dog, relationships, spell, love and romance, couple relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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The Man Without Gravity (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A gravity-defying boy raised in seclusion matures into an extraordinary man -- and an international celebrity -- who longs for human connection.
Style: absurd, disturbing, light, humorous
Audience: teens
Plot: magic realism, hopes, lifestyle change, grownups, imaginary, magic, adaptation, parents and children, irresponsible, disorder, couples, old friend ...
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45%
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Camelot (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story: King Arthur establishes the ideals and laws of Camelot but is tragically forced to enforce these laws against his own wife.
Style: emotional, colorful, lyrical, intense, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: medieval, king arthur, arthurian legend, sword and sorcery, betrayal, sword fight, heroes, broadway, jousting, intrigue, rivalry, mentor ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 1967
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
An Ordinary Miracle (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A wizard invents characters who all come to life and start to arrive at his house: a King, his servants, a princes, a bear trapped in a man's body - the usual lot. The Plot mainly rotates around the bear, who the wizard had turned into a man. ...
Style: stylized, humorous, entertaining, touching, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: love, spell, bear, fantasy life, wizard, royal court, husband wife relationship, satire, magic, irony, princess, hunter ...
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Knight Before Christmas (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A medieval English knight is magically transported to present day where he ends up falling for a high school science teacher.
Style: light, feel good, entertaining, rom com, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: christmas, christmas eve, time travel, knight, christmas party, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, holiday, new year, christmas romance, fish out of water, medieval, redheaded woman ...
Time: future, year 2019, 14th century
Place: ontario canada
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43%
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The Shoe Fairy (2005)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dodo is indulged in collecting and wearing beautiful high heels until she encounters an accident and loses her legs.
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, atmospheric, touching, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: obsession, couples, disability, family relations, wedding, dentist, painting, against the odds, supernatural, magic, revenge, love and romance ...
Place: taiwan
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: On her first holiday without her father, Zoey attempts to create a magical Christmas for her family just like the ones Mitch used to do.
Style: funny, sincere, feel good, entertaining, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, lgbt, female protagonist, supernatural ability, magic, music, supernatural power, snow, girl power, healing, redheaded woman ...
Place: san francisco
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Rise of the Gladiators (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A Templar Knight is forced to fight as a gladiator where challengers from different worlds duel in a quest for a magical sword. Then the Templar learns he is scheduled to fight his master who has become a man of greed and ambition. Now the Templar ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, exciting, tense
Plot: gladiator, knight, chivalry, knights templar, fight to the death, magical sword, sword fight, desert, battles, caveman, fight for supremacy, warrior ...
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Suddenly Seventeen (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When Liang Xia's obsession for a perfect wedding puts a strain in the relationship with her fiancé, he ultimately calls it quits and breaks up with her. In a heartbroken state, Liang Xia carelessly ingests a magical item, which transports the ...
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, independent film
Plot: magic, husband wife relationship, time travel, love affair, troubled marriage, marital problem, time warp, relationship problems, family relations, marriage, time traveler, male female relationship ...
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Carmen (2005)
Genre: Musical, Drama, Romance
Country: South Africa
Duration: 122 min.
Story: U-CARMEN is a feature film based on Georges Bizet's 19th-century opera that was filmed on location in a modern South African township setting. The energy, compassion, and heat of township life in all its elements create a constantly visually ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, suspense
Plot: opera, murder, tragic love, dangerous attraction, vengeance, crimes of passion, love affair, love triangle, couples, destructive relationship, dishonesty, obsession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Rapunzel Nabunzel (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After a somewhat unfair treatment with their parents, the witch Charnot becomes the tutor of Rapunzel Nabunzel, a girl who cares in the captivity of a 3D tower. Years later, when she is already a young girl, she is discovered by a red prince who ...
Style: feel good, captivating, entertaining, humorous, parody
Audience: kids
Plot: disney princess, save the princess, prince, magician, royal family, wizards and magicians, male female relationship, couples, magic, princess, imaginary kingdom, save the kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Magicians (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 147 min.
Story: In a small Russian town, there is a Research Institute for magic. One of the witches, Alyona Sanina, is going to marry a guy named Ivan Puhov (not a magician). A jealous Apollon Sataneev tells her boss Kira Shemahandskaya that Sanina is going to ...
Style: fairy tale, captivating, sentimental, entertaining, suspense
Audience: family outing
Plot: new year, magic, love, spell, singing, intrigue, witch, conspiracy, institute, wizard, male female relationship, christmas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Madama Butterfly (1986)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Opera at La Scala Milan
Plot: opera, suicide, betrayal, italian opera, bigamy, live performance, tragedy, sailor, geisha
Place: japan
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36%
The Science of Sleep (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
Style: surreal, psychedelic, psychological, philosophical, meditative ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: dream, surrealism, magic, daydreamer, artist, escape from reality, existentialism, insanity, magic realism, imagination, love story, friendship ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, mexico, france, europe, latin america ...
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35%
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Final Draft (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Marty, an anti-social realist, and Harry, a passionate ideologist, are two young writers who have come to Hollywood to make it as successful screenwriters.
Style: satirical, thrilling, captivating, psychological, semi serious
Plot: partnership, writers, friendship between men, satire, fantasizing, ambitious, reality vs fantasy, escapades, screenwriter, ambitious man, ambition, girlfriend boyfriend relationship ...
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35%
History of Cinema in Popielawy (1998)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story is narrated by ten-year old Staszek, who writes in his diary about his school-friend Jozef. Jozef comes from a family of blacksmiths, all of whom bear the name Jozef. Since he is the sixth consecutive son to be called Jozef, he is ...
Style: family saga
Plot: father son relationship, coming of age, magic realism, magic, film history, male female relationship, cinema, boy, friendship, suicide, female nudity, blacksmith ...
Time: 19th century
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Suddenly Twenty (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 124 min.
Story: After taking a magical picture, an elderly woman is transformed into a 20-year-old and decides to live the life she'd always dreamed of.
Style: satirical, entertaining, captivating, disturbing
Plot: rejuvenation, second chance, satire, female protagonist, lifestyle change, changing lives, fountain of youth, young girl, adult as child, lifestyle, new life, life ...
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34%
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The Magician (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A Princess in the Joseon Dynasty travels to the Qing Dynasty to marry. On the way to there, she meets a young magician and falls in love with him.
Style: sincere, serious, captivating, romantic
Plot: magician, class differences, magic, forbidden love, secret identity, secret love, poverty, princess, convoy, witchcraft, wizard, magic trick ...
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
A Mermaid in Paris (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A man rescues a mermaid in Paris and slowly falls in love with her.
Style: sweet, unusual plot structure, captivating, light, disturbing ...
Plot: mermaid, interspecies romance, impossible love, father son relationship, love, theatre group, musician, fish out of water, power of love, mysterious girl, broken heart, cat ...
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Madam White Snake (1962)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure down viewers' backs. The Lovely Linda Lin Dai (Les Belles, The Kingdom And The Beauty) and margaret Tu Chuan (The Dream of The Red Chamber) play the ...
Plot: snake woman, pregnancy, martial arts, pharmacist, festival, legend, monk, snake, opera, wine, doctor
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Magic Flute (2006)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 135 min.
Story: During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the supposedly evil Sarastro. But all is not as it seems.
Style: atmospheric, stylized, semi serious, surreal, fairy tale ...
Audience: date night
Plot: opera, world war one, soldier, military, heroic mission, escapades, mozart, classical music, love and romance, danger, theater, music ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.4
 76
The Knight (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A tale of medieval quest for a golden harp called "the Knight".
Plot: painting, sword and sorcery, forest, journey, quest, dune, knight, harp
Time: medieval times, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.1
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The Portrait (2017)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A musical tale about two impoverished sisters' anguish over whether or not to sell the final masterpiece of their recluse father days before the second world war, in Manila.
Style: touching, serious, captivating, sincere, surprise ending ...
Plot: bourgeoisie, love interest, sister sister relationship, social issues, romantic obsession, young man, love, intrigue, friendship, betrayal, greed, politics ...
Time: 1940s
Place: manila philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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