Movies and TV shows like The Bureau of Magical Things

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The Bureau of Magical Things (2018)
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The Bureau of Magical Things (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: When ordinary teenager Kyra touches a mysterious book, she is transformed into a Tri-ling-–part-human, part-fairy and part-elf. In addition to acquiring amazing magical powers, Kyra discovers a secret world of magic all around her.
Style: feel good, exciting, captivating, light, comic
Audience: teen fantasy
Plot: fairy, elf, friendship, magical power, magical creature, parallel world, research, magic, teenager, temple, wizards and magicians, magician, father daughter relationship, girl, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, supernatural power, supernatural, teenage girl, school, obsessive quest, magical, witch, snake, cobra ...
Place: vietnam, asia, thailand
Keyword: australian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, exciting, feel good and humorous films and TV series with plots about magic, friendship, supernatural, teenager, wizards and magicians, witch and supernatural ability mostly in Fantasy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like The Bureau of Magical Things: Just Add Magic (2015), The Worst Witch (2017), H2O: Just Add Water (2006), The Other Kingdom (2016), Fate: The Winx Saga (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Just Add Magic (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story: Kelly Quinn and her two BFF's, Darbie and Hannah, stumble upon her grandmother's mysterious cookbook in the attic and discover some far from ordinary recipes. When the Shut'em Up Shortcake silences Kelly's pesky little brother ...
Style: exciting, captivating, feel good, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: youth, magic spell, friends, friendship, magic, supernatural, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, disorder, imaginary, halloween, girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
The Worst Witch (2017)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Join Mildred Hubble in CBBC's adaptation of The Worst Witch books, written by Jill Murphy.
Style: entertaining, humorous, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen fantasy
Plot: witch, friendship, witchcraft, magic, bully, teenage witch, teenager, wizards and magicians, magical power, female friendship, girl, teenage girl ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
H2O: Just Add Water (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: When three normal teenage girls stumble upon a ancient cave they undergo a transformation that will change their lives forever. H20 - Just Add Water, sees three very different girls facing everyday teen problems with an added twist - they're ...
Style: exciting, light, captivating, enigmatic, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, teen fantasy, toddlers ...
Plot: mermaid, supernatural, supernatural ability, youth, teenage life, friends, love and romance, friendship between girls, hidden identity, friendship, miraculous event, transformation ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: oceania, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
The Other Kingdom (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Astral is a fairy princess who lives in the secret fairy kingdom of Athenia which is full of mythical creatures. While that sounds amazing, Astral likes to fantasize about living in the human world and attending high school. Once she leaves her home ...
Style: sitcom, entertaining, humorous, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, teen fantasy
Plot: fairy, kingdom, magical power, princess, fish out of water, magic, high school, teenager, heir to the throne, fantasy world, magical, wizard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Fate: The Winx Saga (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, UK
TV show
Story: The coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.
Style: captivating, exciting, light, supernatural thriller, stylized ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: magic, fairy, magical power, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, magical, danger, witch, imaginary, teenage life, supernatural ability ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Tower Prep (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Ian Archer wakes up one morning to find himself at a mysterious academy for teens with special abilities. Unable to find answers to his questions from the school’s faculty and cut off from any kind of outside contact or means of escape, Ian forms ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, heroic, stylized
Audience: teens
Plot: youth, supernatural ability, investigation, suspicion, boarding school, teenage life, high school hunk, teenager, high school, supernatural power, rebelliousness, rebellion ...
Time: future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Charmed (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the fictional college town of Hilltowne, Charmed follows the lives of three sisters, Macy, Mel and Maggie Vera who, after the tragic death of their mother, discover they are three of the most powerful witches of all time.
Style: captivating, enigmatic, suspense, gothic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: witch, magic, hereditary gift of witchcraft, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, demon, witchcraft, friendship, family relations, twists and turns, supernatural ...
Place: usa, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Beyond (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Holden wakes up from a coma after 12 years and discovers new abilities that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy.
Style: bleak, exciting, captivating, tense
Audience: teen drama
Plot: superhuman, telekinesis, investigation, teenager, heroes, disorder, danger, love, mentor, betrayal, twists and turns, friendship ...
Place: kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Dresden Files (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A Chicago-based wizard works as a private investigator.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, detective, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: supernatural, investigation, magic, magical, investigator, paranormal activity, wizards and magicians, private detective, imaginary, danger, victim, supernatural ability ...
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Scaredy Cats (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: On Willa Ward’s twelfth birthday, she inherits a beautiful charm necklace that belonged to her mother, who was a witch. She soon learns 2 bad witches, Wilma and Wanda are after her locket so they can have ultimate power, and she alongside her ...
Style: captivating, feel good, entertaining, satirical, spooky
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: turned into an animal, spell, amulet, witch, talking cat, animal, magical, animal that acts human, talking animal, teenager, teenage girl, body transformation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Witches' Ball (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Every year the Witching World gathers to celebrate the newly inducted witches into their world. Beatrix (12) is eager to become part of this world, but when her pending magical status is jeopardized she needs the help of her furry best friend Muggs ...
Style: captivating, funny, entertaining, feel good, spooky
Audience: family outing
Plot: witch, witchery, wizards and magicians, magic, magical girl, friendship, teenage girl, teenager, magical, teenage witch
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Spellbinder (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, Poland
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Spellbinder is a fantasy teen drama/science fiction television series, produced by Film Australia & Telewizja Polska in association with the Australian Children's Television Foundation. The series is a 1995 serial of 26 episodes, ...
Style: exciting, tense, semi serious, captivating, humorous
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen fantasy
Plot: parallel world, danger, teenager, technology, young heroes, friendship, getting home, imaginary, youth, escapades, disorder, time travel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Wizards of Waverly Place (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Alex, Justin and Max Russo are not your ordinary kids - they're wizards in training! While their parents run the Waverly Sub Station, the siblings struggle to balance their ordinary lives while learning to master their extraordinary powers.
Style: feel good, humorous, stylized, not serious, sitcom ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, teen fantasy
Plot: high school, teenage life, teenage girl, supernatural ability, teenager, witch, wizards and magicians, youth, supernatural, children, brother brother relationship, family relations ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Ghostwriter (2019)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: When a ghost haunts a neighborhood bookstore and starts releasing fictional characters into the real world, four kids must team up to solve an exciting mystery surrounding the ghost’s unfinished business.
Style: mysterious, captivating, entertaining, fairy tale, spooky
Audience: family outing
Plot: bookstore, boy, ghost, book, friends, magic, grandparent and grandchild, talking animal, high school life, paranormal phenomena, fantasy world, invisibility
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Secrets of Sulphur Springs (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: 12-year-old Griffin Campbell and his family move to the small town of Sulphur Springs and take ownership of an abandoned hotel rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a girl who disappeared decades ago. Griffin befriends Harper, a bright-eyed, ...
Style: mystical, captivating, atmospheric, tense, spooky
Audience: kids, teen fantasy
Plot: secret passageway, sent to the past, investigation, secret past, secret, time travel, family secret, dark past, little boy, tragic past, crime solving, escapades ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, 20th century, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Diary of a Night Watchman (2014)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Being able to see ghosts and other supernatural spirits is a heavy responsibility. Prince Lee Rin (Jung Il Woo), like his father before him, discovers that he has the ability to see ghosts and other supernatural beings. Armed with his newfound ...
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: joseon dynasty, wizards and magicians, seeing dead people, good versus evil, magic, able to see the dead, supernatural, magical power, wizard, paranormal, supernatural ability, showdown ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Magicians (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Brakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— ...
Style: exciting, captivating, disturbing, fairy tale, suspenseful ...
Audience: teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: magic, fantasy world, supernatural ability, magician, supernatural power, magic spell, school, supernatural, wizards and magicians, witch, studying, college ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name. The show premiered on September 27, 1996 on ABC to over 17 million viewers in its "T.G.I.F." line-up. The show stars Melissa Joan ...
Style: feel good, not serious, sitcom, humorous, supernatural thriller ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: witch, high school, supernatural, magic, female protagonist, witchcraft, teenage girl, cat, hereditary gift of witchcraft, supernatural ability, wizards and magicians, teenage life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Every Witch Way (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows 14-year-old Emma Alonso, as she moves to Miami and her life turns upside-down. Not only does she discover that she is a witch, she also has a crush on the boy next door, Daniel. But Daniel’s ex-girlfriend Maddie, who is an ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy
Plot: high school, teenage love, witch, supernatural ability, high school life, magic, youth, chosen one, love and romance, imaginary, fall in love, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: miami, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Charmed (1998)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each ...
Style: feel good, enigmatic, exciting, humorous, supernatural thriller ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: supernatural, witch, magic, supernatural ability, female protagonist, witchcraft, curses spells and rituals, hereditary gift of witchcraft, good versus evil, family relations, double life, demon ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Curse of the Hawk (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 13 min.
TV show
Story: The curse of the Hawk tells the story of six students who are on their way home from a school trip when their bus breaks down somewhere in the no man's land with a puncture and the bus driver disappears without a trace. Soon, the friends ...
Style: enigmatic, light, captivating, entertaining
Plot: high school, magic, time warp, forest, trap, isolated place, mysterious disappearance, student, magical, secret revealed, puzzle, classmate classmate relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Mirror, Mirror (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, New Zealand
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Mirror, Mirror is a television programme co-produced by Australia and New Zealand. Presented as a single complete story given in a serial with 20 episodes, there are cliffhangers between some of the episodes. Posie Graeme-Evans created the series, ...
Plot: time travel, children, alternate history, time portal, royalty, schoolgirl, teenage girl, school, dog, intrigue, mirror, toxic waste ...
Time: 1910s
Place: russia, new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Journey of Flower (2015)
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story: She is the last god of the world and a Lone Star (an unlucky star). On the day of her birth, flowers wilted and the sky turned dark as her mother passed away during childbirth. Therefore, she was named Hua Qian Gu, meaning a thousand flower bones. ...
Style: intense, exciting, scenic, stylized, xianxia ...
Plot: eternal love, curse, female warrior, unrequited love, martial arts, medieval, prophecy, martial artist, love triangle, friendship, fictional kingdom, imaginary ...
Place: ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Elephant Princess (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Elephant Princess is an Australian children's television series that first screened on Network Ten in 2008. The series is produced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions. A second and final season began screening in 2011. Family Channel Canada ...
Style: serious, captivating, bleak, sincere, entertaining
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: superhuman powers, adventurer, teenage life, young heroes, supernatural ability, destiny, wizards and magicians, ancient mystery, family relations, princess, double life, good versus evil ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A year after the boys crossed dimensions, discovered magic and battled the restoring demon, they are back home in Bremin and are struggling with everyday teenage life. Felix has high hopes for the four heroes. He wants them to push the limits of ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, teen horror ...
Audience: teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: book of magic, supernatural power, magic, friendship, magical, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, magical power, teamwork, wizard, fight, demon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Grachi (2011)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Grachi is a Nickelodeon Latin America fantasy television series written by Mariela Romero, Catharina Ledeboer and Mariana Palos that focuses on the life and love experiences of Graciela "Grachi" Alonso, a teenage witch. It premiered in ...
Style: feel good, not serious, romantic, sweet, light
Plot: magical power, high school life, love triangle, family secret, romantic rivalry, wizards and magicians, social relations, rivalry, female protagonist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, jealousy, couples ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Stranger Things (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
Style: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, sincere, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot: supernatural, monster, telekinesis, small town, parallel universe, experiment, parallel world, friendship, supernatural power, super powers, missing person, government conspiracy ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, future, 2010s, 90s ...
Place: indiana, chicago, usa, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Just Add Magic: Mystery City (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story: In a spinoff of the successful series Just Add Magic, we follow the magic cookbook to Bay City as it moves to three new protectors: step-siblings Zoe and Leo, and their downstairs neighbor Ish. Each of the three brings a unique skill to the table, ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, touching, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: magic, child protagonist, cookbook, heroic mission, wizards and magicians, magic spell, wish fulfillment, friends, friendship, brother sister relationship, happy ending, imagination ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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The Magicians (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Little Ben, a great admirer of an illusionist, dreams of making magic, and convinces her father to have his own show. The downside is that the parent is quite clumsy and accidentally makes Ben"s partner dissapear. And the police does not much ...
Style: exciting, captivating, feel good, humorous, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: missing child, parents and children, showbiz, investigation, youth, escapades, wizards and magicians, young heroes, uncover truth, friendship, society, family life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Nowhere Boys (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: Four teenage boys get lost in the forest and discover, when they return home, that they are in an alternate world identical to theirs except for one startling difference - they were never born.
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, children's program ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: young heroes, parallel world, friendship, youth, good versus evil, chosen one, supernatural ability, teenage boy, supernatural, danger, curses spells and rituals, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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