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Jellyfish Eyes (2013)
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Original name: めめめのくらげ
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In present-day Japan, little Masashi moves from an evacuation center to a small village. There he will discover that every child has the ability to communicate with a fantastic creature, but they are being used in an evil plan to collect the children’s negative energy. Artist Takashi Murakami ‘s debut film is an amazing epic story that is an X-Ray of children’s hopes and fears with the artist’s unmistakable visual style.
Style:
sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal
Plot:
kaiju, fantasy world, magic, children, friendship, wizards and magicians, friends, magical creature, conspiracy, black magic, supernatural being, child, magical power, creature, revenge plot, kids in trouble, sword fight, asian, evil, magical, craziness
Place:
seattle
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, entertaining, humorous and feel good films with plots about friendship, magic, magical, children, wizards and magicians, satire and magical power mostly in Comedy, Fantasy and Family genres. Some movies like Jellyfish Eyes: The House Elf (2019), The School for Good and Evil (2022), Chantal in Fairyland (2024), The Last Warrior: Root of Evil (2021), Bibi Blocksberg (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the ordinary and bustling city of Moscow there is an unusual House, overgrown with hundreds of secrets and mysteries. In this house there is a strange apartment, in which not a single tenant has stayed for a long time. And only when an ...
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, enigmatic, disturbing, atmospheric
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
house, supernatural being, magic, black magic, single mother, cat, wizards and magicians, showdown, good versus evil, evil sorcerer, evil wizard, hidden treasure ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Best friends Sophie and Agatha who uncover where fairytale legacies go to school: the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. Sophie, with her princess ambitions, knows she’ll be ...
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, anime
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
magic, friends, friendship, teenager, fantasy world, witchery, skill, castle, spell, wizards and magicians, girlfriend, magical creature ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Chantal, an influencer with no followers, and her best friend Zeynep end up in a fairytale world thanks to an antique magic mirror that they think is a social media gimmick. The marriage-mad princes didn't expect such a badass princess. Thanks ...
Style:
fairy tale, lighthearted, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
magic, friendship, satire, female protagonist, female friendship, prince, magical, magical power, magical girl, wizard, wizards and magicians, adventure hero ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Peace and tranquility have set in Belogorie. The evil was defeated and Ivan is now enjoying his well-deserved fame. He is surrounded by his family, friends and small wonders from the modern world that help him lead a comfortable life. Luckily, he ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, colorful, children's story, stylized ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
imaginary, imaginary kingdom, magical creature, wizards and magicians, fantasy world, magic, friends, good versus evil, wizard, danger, strong man, escapades ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo in tow, he sets ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, independent film ...
Plot:
resurrection, satire, dominatrix, writers, creature, teamwork, magical creature, magic, magical object, afterlife, character study, macabre ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In order to save some kids who are about to die in a fire, Bibi, the daughter of a prestigious witch, manages to trigger a heavy rain with her powers. The head of all witches gives her an award called "Crystal Ball", reserved for older ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, captivating, tense, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
witch, teenage life, curses spells and rituals, magic, youth, parents and children, children, eternal youth, imaginary, coming of age, friendship, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Vlad has just moved and joined one of the most famous magical schools in the world, where he meets fairies, witches, trolls and dwarfs. Him and his father are the first vampires in town, but he soon meets other special kids.
Style:
light, fairy tale, funny, entertaining, feel good
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, childhood, supernatural ability, magic, children, supernatural, friendship between teens, good versus evil, fairy, friends, witch, child ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 22 min.
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Aladdin is an age old fantasy tale and about struggles with family and love. Inspired by the book, 'The Arabian Nights', this is an attempt to tell the classical tale of Aladdin.
Style:
feel good, sincere, semi serious, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
aladdin, magical power, love, wizards and magicians, magic, princess, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, magical creature, fall in love, changing lives, friends, love story ...
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Story:
Every witch way like you have never seen it before all your magic comes back in this movie
Style:
entertaining, captivating, feel good, lighthearted, uplifting ...
Audience:
teen fantasy, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
magic, friendship, witchcraft, wizards and magicians, magical, magical girl, supernatural ability, magical power, supernatural power, friends, magician, slice of life ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
'Familien Jul' is a Danish family film, where Hugo's father hates July Neither elves, men or Christmas gifts can get him in the Christmas mood, and he is most happy when the holidays are over. Nissen Pixy is therefore quite ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, friendship, elf, problem, magical creature, child, magic, heartwarming, children, magical, child protagonist, siblings ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Khamis is a terrible football player, while playing football with his friends he shoots the ball away and broke an abandoned museum's window. After entering the museum he finds that statues become alive at 17:00.
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
museum, arab, statue comes to life, escapades, toy comes to life, opportunist, objects come to life, supernatural, humour, football player, curiosity, soccer ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An ultraconservative family father must spend a weekend with his dysfunctional children for the burial of his wife.
Style:
feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
love, society, banker, rivalry, youth, friendship, male female relationship, family relations, parents and children, happy ending, hopes, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Andy, at the urging of his former mentor and Magic Camp owner Roy Preston, returns to the camp of his youth hoping to reignite his career. Instead, he finds inspiration in his ragtag bunch of rookie magicians.
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, atmospheric, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
magic trick, illusionist, children, summer camp, disneyland, magic, mentor, camp counselor, illusion, magical, workplace situations, humour ...
Similarity:
22%
514
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A monster crosses paths with the foursome from the classic Chinese story Journey To The West.
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, entertaining, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
monkey king, everyday life, adventure hero, legendary hero, magic, magical creature, magical, escapades, magical power, monster, mythology, satire ...
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22%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A curse is placed on grinchy Chuy, who wakes up to find he's lived a full year, but is doomed to remember only Christmas Day. Every year. From now on.
Style:
feel good, light, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, birthday, family relations, wizards and magicians, fairy, family dinner, kids and family, family life, children, sorceress ...
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21%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A couple of hippies are searching for Joe, a long time friend from the 70s who seem to be stuck in time and never aged a day since then. Through technicolor ninjas, bizarre metalheads, shamans and ancient rituals, the two embark on a journey with no ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, satirical, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
hippie, ritual, shaman, ninja, found footage, psychedelia, trippy, immortality, time loop, absurd humor, satire, time ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Yuta, a young master at the Tsukiji Fish Market, accidentally drops his meal of mixed seafood into the Sumida River. Some time afterwards a gigantic mutated squid monster arises from the depths and begins to wreak havoc upon an awe-stricken Tokyo. ...
Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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21%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Two simple-minded friends discover a giant fly in the trunk of a car and decide to domesticate it to earn money with it.
Style:
satirical, feel good, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, mistaken identity, money, giant insect, criminal, silly humor, animal human communication, satire, escapades, friends, absurd humor, human animal relationship ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
fairy tale, humorous, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
snow white, evil queen, queen, gnome, forest, humour, urban setting, brother brother relationship, absurd humor, city life, quest, magic ...
Time:
year 2006
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
An adaptation of the sixth book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy series, performed by Divadlo v Dlouhé. On Discworld, which is flat and travels through space on the back of a giant turtle, unimaginable things began to happen when three ...
Style:
light, captivating, fairy tale, entertaining, parody ...
Audience:
family friendly, discworld
Plot:
witch, magic, magic spell, magical, imaginary kingdom, fantasy world, crown prince, wizards and magicians, kingdom, heir, evil wizard, black magic ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The Nostalgia Critic and his fellow reviewers from the website That Guy with the Glasses dress up as famous fantasy characters and go searching for a magic gauntlet hidden in suburban Illinois.
Style:
unusual plot structure, tense, light, humorous, captivating
Plot:
magic, quest, fight, wizard, wizards and magicians, friendship, youth, chosen one, supernatural power, supernatural, mission, supernatural ability ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
It's the night before Hogswatch, usually a time of joy on Discworld, but there are suspicious going-on and the criminal underworld is abuzz. The beloved Hogfather - the jolly bearer of glee and pork-related gifts for children everywhere - has ...
Style:
dark fantasy, humorous, christmas horror, semi serious, enigmatic ...
Audience:
family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, kids, discworld
Plot:
christmas, death, fantasy world, children, magic, boar, grim reaper, disappearance, psychopath, holiday, heroic mission, xmas ...
Time:
future, 19th century
Place:
california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
With Christmas approaching, Santa Claus has to contend with the fact that the North Pole is melting and find a way to rid the holiday of its capitalist nature.
Style:
feel good, humorous, family comedy, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, global warming, saving christmas, north pole, christmas spirit, holiday, magic, wizard, family values, elf, climate change ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A 24-year-old music enthusiast Noah looks after his baby overnight for the first time.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, funny, captivating, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
friendship, baby, parenting, kids and family, couples, parents and children, friends, child, friend, children, youth, babysitting ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The film opens with a ‘Manthravadi’ (Thilakan) an evil magician (Pithamagan Mahadevan) to obey to his commands and make spiriting away a friendly ghost money through crime. Meanwhile a group of kids and their benefactors are held hostage in a ...
Style:
light hearted, light, uplifting, slapstick, whimsical
Plot:
circus, ghost, magic, families, spirit, poverty, friendship, good versus evil, heartwarming, magic realism, family drama, pursuit ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office, Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project at home. Uncle Ayano has ...
Style:
surreal, touching, semi serious, independent film, black comedy ...
Plot:
countryside, escape from reality, housewife, eccentric family, family life, youth, teenage love, delusion, parents and children, surrealism, family history, magic realism ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Place:
japan, east asia, asia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Great adventures can hatch from the smallest eggs. Fucsia wants to learn to do magic just like her father, and so is pleased as punch when she is allowed to go to witches' school. There, Fucsia learns to make wind and conjures with the clouds. ...
Style:
fairy tale, humorous, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
witch, children, friendship, supernatural power, magic, school, flying, wizards and magicians, magical girl, friends, magical power, teenager ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After freeing Baghdad from its terrible ruler, Aladin delays his marriage to the princess until a new dictator arrives to take over the city.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, light hearted, colorful, heroic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
contests and competitions, unlikely friendships, magical object, desert, one night stand, love and romance, genie, magic, palace, escapism, dictator, corruption ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A re-imagining of the classic Japanese comedy "Yaji and Kita's Travel Journey", this is the story of two samurai in Edo period Japan who are in love. One is married, the other is a drug addict. They decide to go on a trip to Ise ...
Style:
surreal, not serious, humorous, captivating, mind bending ...
Plot:
love affair, escapades, love and romance, samurai, danger, life is a bitch, heroes, addiction, heroic mission, drug abuse, disorder, martial arts ...
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Australia
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Story:
1 For All follows a group of dysfunctional friends as they play D&D together, cutting between the players at the table and the characters in the fantasy world.
Style:
entertaining, funny, captivating, tense, sitcom ...
Plot:
sword and sorcery, adventurer, multiple perspectives, fantasy world, role playing, magical power, supernatural power, escapades, superpower, strength, relationships, magic ...
Similarity:
18%
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