Movies like The Effects of Magic
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The Effects of Magic (1998)
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"The effects of magic begin with misdirection, the rest is in the hands of the magician." Roody, son of a great and absentee magician, runs a costume company with his slightly eccentric mother. But his pet rabbit (who narrates the story) decides it's time Roody had a change from business and entertaining the little neighbor girl with slight of hand tricks he stores in the basement. So, the bunny arrages for him to meet a young woman who could also use a alternate from the way her life has been going. However, all plans are put off when Roody's father returns for the mysterious magic cabinet that used to be part of his act. With all these twists in his life, Roody starts to remember how magic can effect everyone.
Style:
touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
magic, twists and turns, heroes, wizards and magicians, prodigy, pets, family relations, parents and children, siblings relations, amateur detective, criminal heroes, heroic mission, halloween, magician, illusion, rabbit, father son relationship, reunion, costume, adventure, family
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, feel good and touching films with plots about family relations, youth, escapades, heroes, friends, magic and danger mostly in Family, Fantasy and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Effects of Magic: A Dog's Tale (2000), The Usual Children (1997), Hildegarde, a Duck Down Under (2001), Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective (2009), A Halloween Puppy (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Anything is possible when the Professor tells Tim about a supernova that grants wishes. Unfortunately, when Tim's wish doesn't go as planned, he finds himself in a dog's body!
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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80%
Genre: Family, Adventure
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A family's adventure to save one of their own - their beloved pet duck.
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family outing, pre-teens
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71%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The Cromwell clan live in the real world, except for their grandmother who lives in Halloweentown, a place where monsters go to escape reality. But now the son of the Cromwells' old enemy Kalabar has a plan to use the grandmother's book to ...
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Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, horror for children
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witch, halloween, magic, supernatural, teenage witch, disney, heroes, friends, religions or cults, curses spells and rituals, rivalry, real world ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"I will try to be normal" 12-year-old Ace Ventura Jr. promises. Thats cool, except whats normal for him is finding missing mutts, kidnapped kitties or gone gators and creating hilarious chaos every step of the way.
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semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, saga
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family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
pets, disorder, obsessive quest, uncover truth, escapades, rescue, family relations, heroes, amateur detective, young heroes, private detective, family life ...
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66%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tormented by a giant bully and dealing with the loss of his mom, young Daniel wishes for a special pet to have by his side. After discovering Lumpy-a real, live elephant-in his backyard, it's as if his wish has come true...until his dad ships ...
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family outing, pre-teens
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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65%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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62%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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61%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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55%
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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49%
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Story:
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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