Movies and TV shows like While the Fern Flowers
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While the Fern Flowers (2012)
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Original name: Пока цветёт папоротник
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Kirill Andreyev lives in Moscow with his sister and works for a tabloid newspaper "Secret Truth". His life changes one day when a colleague gifts him a magic amulet. The amulet transports Kirill to Altai mountains where folklore and magic are real.
Style:
enigmatic, exciting, tense, ambiguous ending, funny, mystical, atmospheric, contemplative, surreal, reflective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
relocation, amulet, evil force, final battle, paranormal phenomena, brother sister relationship, obsessive quest, life turned upside down, search and rescue, car accident, journalist, showdown, supernatural, magic realism, journey, self discovery, transformation, spiritual awakening, teleportation, identity crisis, culture shock, road trip, trip, macabre, culture clash ...
Time:
2010s, contemporary
Place:
russia, siberia, russian
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Most similar movies to While the Fern Flowers
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, exciting, tense and humorous films and TV series with plots about supernatural, escapades, friendship, magic, good versus evil, supernatural ability and heroes mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Comedy genres. Some movies like While the Fern Flowers: The 10th Kingdom (2000), Dark World 2: Equilibrium (2013), Territory (2020), Mystic Game (2016), The Lost Tomb (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Two centuries after Snow White and Cinderella had their adventures, the Nine Kingdoms ready themselves for the coronation of Prince Wendel, Snow White's grandson, to the throne of the Fourth Kingdom. But an evil once-queen has freed herself ...
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, scenic, feel good, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
girls' night, family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
good versus evil, magic, magical, fairy, journey, fantasy world, imaginary kingdom, friendship, imaginary, supernatural, parallel world, parallel universe ...
Place:
usa, virginia, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story:
Every day, they steal your strength, your emotions, your love. We call them the Shadow. Work like us - to deliver them back to the Dark World. Impending disaster, and humanity can be at the mercy of darkness ... And only we can keep the balance
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, enigmatic, dark fantasy, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, good versus evil, magic, catastrophe, salvation, protector, fight, heroine, student, supernatural power, showdown, superheroine ...
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83%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
19-year-old Egor Chudinov lost his parents: they went on an ethnographic expedition to the Perm region and did not return. Together with his uncle Nikolay, Egor goes in search. Philology students Nadya and Tanya join the heroes on their journey. All ...
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, captivating, mystical, atmospheric ...
Plot:
disappearance, legends and myths, magical creature, supernatural, folklore, folk horror, magic, riddles and clues, magical power, search and rescue, wizards and magicians, secret ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Now that Ivan is about to turn 21, he is now grown up and finally old enough to marry the beautiful Vasilisa. But when Vasilisa is kidnapped and trapped in modern Moscow, Ivan and his friends must travel to the present day to rescue her.
Style:
fairy tale, modern fairy tale, exciting, heroic, captivating ...
Plot:
wedding, magic, wizards and magicians, abduction, evil, villain, rescue mission, modern life, tradition versus modernity, medieval, fish out of water, friendship ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alex is a charming adventurer who substitutes for a contestant shaman who dropped out at the shooting of a high-rated television show, popular among psychics. He repeats a prophecy on the air that he overheard backstage. He foretells that someone in ...
Style:
tense, esoteric, atmospheric, emotional, suspense ...
Plot:
curse, psychic, magician, mysticism, fate, prophecy, supernatural, rivalry, witchcraft, paranormal, magic, occult ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Wu Xie is an antique shop owner who comes from a family of tomb raiders. As he continues the family trade with his team of tomb raiders, he finds lost treasures of the Warring States as well as the answers to the tragedies of his family’s past. ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
relic, tomb, treasure hunt, adventurer, escapades, treasure, ancient mystery, artifact, legends and myths, heroes, hopes, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, ancient china
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
The great sorcerer Merlin has returned to Camelot, a kingdom now vulnerable to ill fates and war since the theft of the Holy Grail, its greatest gift and protection. With the help of Jack, an irascible young beggar-thief imbued with his own unruly ...
Style:
atmospheric, semi serious, humorous, arthurian, costume drama ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
camelot, magic, wizards and magicians, arthurian legend, holy grail, true love, curses spells and rituals, apprentice, heroic mission, sword and sorcery, imaginary kingdom, heroes ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 5th century, 6th century
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands, Italy, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Hercules searches for the Seven Thunderbolts of Zeus, which have been stolen by renegade gods.
Style:
exciting, fantasy adventure, serious, stylized, tense ...
Plot:
sword and sorcery, legends and myths, hercules, good versus evil, obsessive quest, heroic mission, battles, rebelliousness, rescue, escapades, danger, sorcery ...
Time:
year 1985
Place:
ancient greece, greece
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Prince Malachy returns to his father’s kingdom after the Crusades his first impression is that a bad harvest is the reason that the villagers are sick and hungry. But all is not as it seems and a stranger to the village, warns the new king ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
medieval, witch, good versus evil, homecoming, curses spells and rituals, heroic mission, imaginary, rivalry, escapades, danger, imaginary kingdom, sword and sorcery ...
Time:
middle ages
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A modern reimagining of the stories that lead to 'The Wizard of Oz'.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, psychotronic, fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
witch, magic, vengeance, unlikely couple, rescue, escapades, magic wand, supernatural, castle, sword and sorcery, fantasy world, supernatural power ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
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Story:
A businessman discovers he has a hidden gene that enables him to breathe water, threatening the existence of the secret Aquarian race, in this charming, comedic fantasy drama from the Czech Republic.
Style:
captivating, satirical, entertaining, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, unconventional family, secret organization, supernatural ability, sea adventure, slice of life, fantasy world, underwater city, supernatural power, hidden identity, secret society, character study ...
Place:
czech republic, central europe, prague
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
The Hero Yoshihiko returns with his three companions to find a mystic key that seals away monsters.
Style:
parody, mystical, entertaining, captivating, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
quest, friends, wizards and magicians, battles, mysticism, fight, good versus evil, magical creature, magical object, monster, heroes, samurai ...
Similarity:
37%
32K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A cash-strapped young couple inherit a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.
Style:
sitcom, surreal, funny, captivating, light ...
Plot:
supernatural, couples, dead, haunted house, supernatural power, eternity, ghost, trapped, husband wife relationship, inheritance, mansion, able to see the dead ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
36%
86K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A preacher sets out on a mission to make the almighty himself confess his sin of abandoning the world. With his best friend Cassidy, an alcoholic Irish vampire, his love Tulip, a red blooded gun towing Texan, and the power of genesis, an unholy ...
Style:
disturbing, funny, mystical, suspense, biblical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
preacher, supernatural, vampire, god, dark humor, supernatural power, twists and turns, angel, supernatural being, sin, supernatural ability, heaven and hell ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
texas, louisiana
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Seriously Weird is a TV show that played on YTV in Canada. In the UK it was shown on ITV, and in Australia it was shown on the ABC weekly show Rollercoaster.
Style:
captivating, light hearted, teen, sitcom, situational comedy ...
Audience:
teen fantasy, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural, magic, changing lives, fish out of water, unhappiness, magic realism, coming of age, culture clash, mythology, high school life, friendship, small town ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
Litoral is a four-part 2008 Chilean film written and directed by Raúl Ruiz.
Style:
atmospheric, dark, mysterious, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot:
ghost ship, supernatural, haunting, macabre, folk horror, island, isolation, island life, moral ambiguity, slow burn, sister, storytelling ...
Place:
chile, south america
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 195 min.
TV show
Story:
A black cloud travels across country, kills animals and plants and dries up the rivers. When the cloud reaches Fantaghiro's kingdom she meets Prince Parsel who follows the cloud to get his stolen castle back. After her castle vanishes, too, ...
Style:
fairy tale, suspenseful, dark fantasy, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
sorcery, magic, love, heroine, female protagonist, kingdom, curse, journey, love story, evil force, castle, rescue mission ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A divorced man that works in a circus, along with some companions of the circus, decides to revive Marilyn Monroe through a seance. Wishing it with all his heart, he is the only one who can see Marilyn.
Style:
feel good, light, entertaining, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
seance, self discovery, obsessive quest, escapades, unfulfillment, unfulfilled love, transformation, father daughter relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, society, medium, ghost ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min.
TV show
Story:
Fed up with the Magical Realm's obsession with large-scale fantasy warfare, Jack the Wizard decides to migrate to the sanest place he can think of: Melbourne's Western suburbs. After accidentally causing Flinders Street Station to turn ...
Style:
light, psychotronic, exciting, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
spell, wizard, supernatural, magical, supernatural ability, wizards and magicians, magic, twists and turns, curses spells and rituals, sorcerer, danger, good versus evil ...
Place:
australia, melbourne
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Australia, New Zealand
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow a teenage girl and a trio of fallen gods on a perilous journey as they attempt to bring an end to a demonic reign of chaos and restore balance to their world. Inspired by the 16th Century Chinese fable “Journey to the West.”
Style:
tense, stylized, semi serious, exciting
Plot:
monkey king, good versus evil, medieval, fistfight, hand to hand combat, heroes, demon, danger, escapades, heroic mission, dishonesty, liberation ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Croatia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A TV reporter goes to Vis to film the story about a driving instructor and his student.
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, scenic, melancholic, contemplative ...
Plot:
island, character study, slice of life, intimate, journalism, bittersweet, personal growth, relationships, slow burn, road trip, small town, identity ...
Place:
croatia, montenegro, former yugoslavia, serbia, slovenia ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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Story:
The League of S.T.E.A.M. (Supernatural and Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparition Management) is an organization comprised of Inventors, Scientists, Adventurers, Craftsmen, Monster and Creature Hunters, and Paranormal Researchers.
Style:
captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot:
steampunk, werewolf, vampire, time travel, scientist, supernatural power, adventurer, hunter, inventor, monster, troll, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Shinigami-kun, alias grim reaper #413, is a rookie who pronounces the death of those scheduled to die and brings souls to the nether world. He would appear with the signature phrase “Congratulations! I’m here to call on you” although it is ...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, satirical, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, grim reaper, death, afterlife, mortality, life & death, workplace, satire, angel of death, near death experience, supernatural power, supernatural ability ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
The series is about how an American spy infiltrated the largest gas producing company in Russia.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
culture clash, foreigner, secret agent, heroes, adaptation, society, transformation, escapades, relationships, cultural difference, mission, espionage ...
Place:
russia, siberia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Grandpa Slava is the oldest of the Midland vampire family. They live quietly. They live by the law. They live the unremarkable life of an ordinary Russian family and they never kill humans - ever. Although, of course, everyone knows they drink ...
Style:
funny, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
vampire, child vampire, immortality, humour, family secret, supernatural, murder investigation, supernatural ability, secret, blood, everyday life, paranormal ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Marley has a rare gift that comes with mixed blessings - she can talk to the dead, who sadly now include both her husband Adam, her lover Michael and her vicar… Awkward.
Style:
humorous, unusual plot structure, contemplative, feel good, light ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, psychic power, communication, gift, supernatural ability, supernatural power, husband wife relationship, curses spells and rituals, family relations, paranormal investigation, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Artemis, a tenacious podcast host, has grown tired of the fluff pieces she’s been assigned by APN, the American Podcasting Network. When she finds herself in the small mining town of Connor Creek with Paul (her producer and twin brother), the ...
Style:
captivating, light, tense, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, investigation, small town, paranormal investigation, secret society, secret, escapades, supernatural ability, small town life, private investigation, uncover truth ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
When over-the-top Amy enters Allison’s organized but imperfect life and claims to be her guardian angel, they form an unlikely friendship and Allison can’t be sure if Amy is actually an angel or just nuts.
Style:
sitcom, light, captivating, funny, situational comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
guardian angel, supernatural, mentor, family relations, life philosophy, brother sister relationship, father daughter relationship, doctor, dishonesty, fall in love, looking for love, friendship ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
The story is set in an ancient time, when the whole country was covered in thick forests. A mysterious plague breaks out, resulting in countless deaths. A pure young man named Yoshihiko becomes chosen as a hero, and he sets out on a journey in order ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, spoof, sexy, parody ...
Plot:
village, quest, heroes, wizards and magicians, magic, reluctant hero, magical object, protector, daring rescue, showdown, magical, magic spell ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story:
The heroes of the series are employees of a very modest St. Petersburg newspaper "Russian Horror Stories", who write about various anomalies and miracles.
Style:
captivating, humorous, creepy, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
paranormal, investigation, investigative journalism, satire, ecology, paranormal phenomena, investigative reporter, teamwork, secret revealed, paranormal investigation, journalist, uncover truth ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
33%
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