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From Time to Time (2009)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.
Style:
serious, period piece, exciting, touching, captivating, period drama, fable
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
time travel, estate, supernatural, ghost story, world war two, haunted house, brother sister relationship, youth, grandmother grandson relationship, ghost, missing person, superhuman powers, time, family relations, husband wife relationship, loss of father, belief in ghosts, travel, time loop, slavery, puzzle, past, paranormal, myth, slave trade ...
Time:
1940s, 19th century, 20th century, 40s
Place:
england, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, serious, captivating and sentimental films with plots about family relations, family, youth, boy, father son relationship, supernatural and girl mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Family genres. Some movies like From Time to Time: An Angel for May (2002), The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972), The Secret Garden (1993), Just Henry (2011), A Boy Called Christmas (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Tom accidentally travels back in time through a fireplace in a ruined farmhouse he meets May, an orphan who needs help. Now that he knows his friends' fate and his own, he will try to reorder the events and change their history.
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
world war two, time travel, youth, time machine, imaginary, hopes, orphan, changing the past or future, children in wartime, aftermath, world war, bombing ...
Time:
1940s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Mysterious old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in their squalid, tiny Camden Town flat and makes her an offer she cannot refuse. The family become the housekeepers to a derelict country mansion in the charge of the ...
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kids, teen fantasy, horror for children
Plot:
christmas, seeing dead people, husband wife relationship, magical potion, time paradox, coming of age, folk horror, housekeeper, job offer, victorian england, danger, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 1972, 19th century, 1810s, 20th century, year 1918 ...
Place:
britain, london, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, ...
Style:
costume drama, touching, feel good, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
childhood, countryside, orphan, girl, garden, friendship, beautiful scenery, mansion, little girl, sick child, children, old mansion ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 90s, year 1993 ...
Place:
india, england, liverpool, eastern europe, africa ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.
Style:
dark fantasy, fairy tale, gothic, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
time travel, fantasy world, time loop, magic, children, monster, imaginary, youth, superhuman powers, beautiful scenery, supernatural power, orphan ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1943, year 2016, 2010s, 1940s ...
Place:
england, wales, florida, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Prompted by horrific nightmares, Henry delves into the mystery of his past and begins to uncover the truth about his father's death, triggering a series of revelations that will change his family forever.
Style:
sentimental, psychological, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
family relations, murder, teenage life, coming of age, parents and children, teenage love, family life, youth, bittersweet, death, father son relationship, world war two
Time:
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Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA, Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, happy, sincere, inspirational
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
holiday, christmas, destiny, boy, child, santa claus, christmas eve, search for father, xmas, direction and purpose, adventure hero, magical creature ...
Place:
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, touching, independent film
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Brian lets his girlfriend, decides to change city and way of life. Attracted by the incredible offer, purchase a large house outside keeping a big secret. One day you have the impression of seeing a woman in the garden and can also talk to her ...
Style:
sentimental, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
impossible love, time travel, ghost, friendship, fall in love, couples, supernatural, unfulfillment, countryside, cottage, relocation, house fire ...
Time:
year 1960, 60s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
maine, new england, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Family, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country mansion. The lord is a strange old man-- frail and deformed, immensely kind but so melancholy. She ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, light, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
orphan, garden, little girl, child's point of view, family relations, uncle, friendship, mansion, family problems, mischievous children, family life, cholera ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
england, europe, yorkshire
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A ski-shop owner reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and his daughter in to an estate as live-in help for an elderly widow. While struggling to balance his career and family life, he has recurring dreams about an angel.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, touching, semi serious
Audience:
girls' night, family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, family life, old woman, dream, workaholic, angel, mansion, living together, recurring dream, xmas, christmas eve ...
Place:
utah, salt lake city utah
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge treats her employees and customers poorly. She has no time for Christmas or the holiday spirit. On Christmas Eve, she is visited by ...
Style:
captivating, touching, thought provoking, sad
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, time travel, christmas carol, miser, scrooge, change of heart, ghost, boy, regret, xmas, elderly woman, city ...
Time:
90s
Place:
rhode island
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Gwendolyn Shepherd is a normal 16-year-old, but her family holds a secret: A time-travel gene is expressed in the clan inherited, but not every member of the family is blessed with. Everyone is certain that Gwen's cousin Charlotte has the gene. ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, stylized, sentimental, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, chick flick
Plot:
time travel, supernatural, love and romance, youth, supernatural ability, teenage love, teen romance, prophecy, supernatural romance, strong female character, imaginary, young heroes ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, germany
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young girl, who struggles with her pilot father's death in a plane crash years before, visits her grandmother in Newfoundland. While there, she encounters the ghosts of two pilots, who are condemned to Earth to constantly re-live their own ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
ghost, time travel, youth, airplane crash, frenchman, pilot, grandmother, airplane, grief, teenage girl, death of father, supernatural ...
Place:
canada, france, newfoundland
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30%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease ...
Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
victorian era, 1910s, 1900s, year 2012, edwardian era ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, seattle
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27%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in the Cotswolds during and immediately after the First World War.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
village, coming of age, world war one, skinny dipping, childhood, youth, society, friendship, village life, teenager, military police, anti war ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bonnie and cousin Sylvia, two very young children, are left at home in Willoughby Hall while their parents travel overseas. Only the servants and the prowling wolves are their companions. News arrives that Lord and Lady Willoughby are missing and an ...
Style:
spooky, independent film, gothic horror, dark fantasy, serious
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
alternate history, orphan, youth, boarding school, coming of age, wolf, country house, governess, orphanage, heroes, good versus evil, master and servant ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
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Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young governess, Ann, is sent to a country house to take care of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Soon after her arrival, Miles is expelled from boarding school. Although charmed by her young charge, she secretly fears there are ominous reasons ...
Style:
suspenseful, costume drama, atmospheric, serious, gothic ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, children, mentally unstable, repression, estate, female nudity, sexual repression, haunted house, youth, sibling relationship, haunting ...
Time:
victorian era, 1920s, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
27%
348K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and ...
Style:
touching, visually appealing, period piece, visually stunning, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
steampunk, orphan, friendship, filmmaking, boy, childhood, street kid, longing, robot, harry potter, magical, destiny ...
Time:
year 2011, post world war one, 20th century, year 1931, 1930s ...
Place:
paris france, france, madagascar, iran, europe
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27%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, touching, christmas classics, sentimental, christmas horror ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, miser, scrooge, holiday, charles dickens, happy ending, christmas carol, redemption, ghost, xmas, business, christmas eve ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, 1800s, 1840s ...
Place:
england, europe, london, new york
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Family, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she's not at all happy. Especially as there's a ghost and a mysterious re-appearing bloodstain on the hearth. She campaigns to go back ...
Style:
spooky, semi serious, captivating, baroque
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
curse, ghost, spell, magical, meme, literary, paranormal, prank, haunted house, friendship, redemption, family relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A tale about two young boys, Prosper and Bo, who flee to Venice after being orphaned and dumped in the care of a cruel auntie. Hiding in the canals and alleyways of the city, the boys are befriended by a gang of young urchins and their enigmatic ...
Style:
touching, feel good, semi serious, exciting, detective ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, venice
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, serious, exciting, period piece, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
adventurer, steampunk, hotel, chase, youth, life turned upside down, teenage life, missing person, family in danger, young heroes, escapades, secret place ...
Time:
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Place:
london
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA, China
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
fairy tale, mysterious, sentimental, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers
Plot:
orphan, imagination, estate, mansion, true love, old mansion, garden, dead mother, curse, flowers, mourning, gardening ...
Time:
2020s, 1940s, 19th century, post world war two, year 1947 ...
Place:
england, yorkshire, india
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Waterbury family are completely happy until mysterious men take their father away and they have to move up to Yorkshire without him. The three open-hearted children soon make many friends including their Old Gentleman whom they regularly wave to ...
Style:
emotional, touching, semi serious, feel good, family saga ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
train, teenage girl, countryside, child's point of view, railway, children, friendship, christmas, missing father, human spirit, life is a bitch, family life ...
Time:
edwardian era, 20th century, 19th century, 1900s, victorian era ...
Place:
yorkshire, england, britain, northern england, europe ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
Style:
fairy tale, touching, costume drama, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens, kids ...
Plot:
fictional reality, young heroes, adventurer, medieval, writers, imaginary, supernatural, book, parents and children, magic, kidnapping, heroes ...
Time:
year 2008, middle ages
Place:
alps, italy
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Young writer, Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to, "Come back to me." Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, period piece, sweet, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
1900s, 80s, year 1980, victorian era, edwardian era ...
Place:
usa, chicago, america, michigan, north america
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
costume drama, sexy, touching, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
19th century, victorian era, turn of the century, 1890s, 1900s ...
Place:
africa, england, london, united kingdom, europe ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
"Superbrother" tells the story of Anton, a 10 year old boy desperate for, he says, an older and true brother as Buller, his brother, is autistic. Always distracted looking at the sky, Anton receives an unexpected visit from some stranger ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, touching, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
hopes, superhuman powers, wish come true, young heroes, mischievous children, miraculous event, heroes, family relations, disorder, social misfits, mentally challenged, youth ...
Time:
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Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
26%
914
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
A retelling of the classic Swiss Family Robinson story.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, captivating, serious, period drama
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
pirate, danger, island, daring rescue, family relations, family in danger, estrangement, confined, isolation, family life, father son relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of despair until finally they are ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, apocalyptic, intellectual, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
fantasy world, alice in wonderland, peter pan, puzzle, pretense, imagination, siblings, brother sister relationship, obsessive quest, sister, magic, brother ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
26%
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