Movies like Beauty and the Beast 1987

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Beauty and the Beast (1987)
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Beauty and the Beast (1987)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: To save her father, a girl who always puts others before herself promises to live her life in a lavish castle with a strange beast.
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, heartfelt, touching, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids, date night, pre-teens
Plot: beauty, beauty and the beast, magical, forest, castle, beast, captivity, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, dangerous animal, couples, love affair, escapades, danger, opposites attract, imaginary, siblings relations, haunted by the past, master and servant, unlikely couple, love, magic, prince, singer ...
Time: 16th century
Place: france, europe
Keyword: french, rose

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Most similar movies to Beauty and the Beast

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fairy tale, semi serious, humorous and feel good films with plots about imaginary, escapades, imaginary kingdom, family relations, danger, magical and youth mostly in Family, Fantasy and Musical genres. Some movies like Beauty and the Beast: Hansel and Gretel (1987), Sleeping Beauty (1987), The Emperor's New Clothes (1987), Cinderella (1965), The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hansel and Gretel (1987)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Hansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upon the cottage of a kindly old woman. But is this kindly old woman everything she seems...?
Style: fairy tale, humorous, feel good, stylized, mysterious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: youth, woods, curses spells and rituals, witch, siblings relations, danger, escapades, parents and children, coming of age, hansel and gretel, magical, high school ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Sleeping Beauty (1987)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Feature-length, live-action musical version of the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault.
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, independent film, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, date night, preschool
Plot: sleeping beauty, sleeping, magical, beauty, cinderella, princess, king, queen, curse, magic, elf, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 16th century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Emperor's New Clothes (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In Europe several several centuries ago, a group of prisoners about to be executed are freed as part of the celebration of the upcoming marriage of the emperor's daughter, Princess Gilda, to a very rich prince from another country. Sid Caesar ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, cute, mysterious, semi serious ...
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: magical, wedding, escapades, state affairs, dishonesty, cons and scams, deception, vanity, jewelry, princess, marriage, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 18th century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 146 min.
Story: In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are most anxious to get Prince Edward wed. But Edward wants to marry for love. Meanwhile, young Cinderella finds life drastically altered with her father's death as she's forced to ...
Style: fairy tale, costume drama, period piece, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: cinderella, cinderella story, princess, fairy, magic, love, myth, disney princess, mermaid, fictional country, ancient, diplomacy ...
Time: 18th century, year 1976, 1770s, 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Cinderella (1965)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: TV-version of the classic fairy tale, set to a Rodgers and Hammerstein score.
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: cinderella, cinderella story, true love, fall in love, royal family, princess, wish come true, in love, couples, power relations, family relations, hopes ...
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Czech Republic, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, touching, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: coming of age, childhood, puppet, friendship, youth, escapades, imaginary, mischievous children, heroes, innocence lost, danger, friends ...
Time: year 1996
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, South Korea, Denmark, Canada, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.
Style: fairy tale, romantic, sweet, touching, period piece ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick ...
Plot: beauty and the beast, happy ending, beast, love story, magic, opposites attract, true love, prince, fantasy world, heroine, beautiful scenery, castle ...
Time: 18th century, year 2017, 2010s
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Puss in Boots (1988)
Genre: Fantasy, Musical, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A cat belonging to a poor miller's son thinks up a great plan for bringing a title, wealth, and marriage for his owner. He begins to carry it out, using a few birds and rabbits as gifts for the king, his own wit, and a pair of boots that make ...
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, semi serious, stylized, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: magical, mermaid, theater, ogre, partner, love and romance, escapades, unlikely partners, fall in love, imaginary, friends, family relations ...
Time: 18th century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001)
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.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, touching, semi serious, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: snow white, princess, magic, good versus evil, danger, parents and children, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, medieval, imaginary, evil witch ...
Time: medieval times
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood ...
Style: melancholic, light, talky, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: children, friendship, little girl, magic, greed, family relations, young heroes, imaginary, rescue, disorder, danger, mischievous children ...
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: lie, pinocchio, puppet, fish out of water, mischievous children, obsessive quest, teaching the ways of the world, parents and children, friendship, danger, misfit, escapades ...
Time: year 2002
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Nutcracker: The Untold Story (2010)
Genre: Action, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in 1920's Vienna, this is the tale of a little girl, whose godfather gives her a special doll one Christmas Eve.
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, atmospheric, exciting, entertaining
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens
Plot: christmas, nutcracker, children, youth, toy comes to life, young heroes, godparent, escapades, save the day, heroes, rivalry, danger ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: europe, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Simple Wish (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, funny, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: magic, good versus evil, fairy godmother, magic wand, witch, imaginary, rivalry, supernatural ability, down on your luck, mischievous children, supernatural, parents and children ...
Time: year 1997
Place: nebraska, new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Magic Silver 2 (2011)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It's the harshest winter in memory, and the gnomes' very existence is in danger. Eager to help, Queen Fjellrose betrays one of their strictest rules and goes out looking for the Blue Horn, a magical instrument that can alter the weather.
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, light
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: imaginary, heroes, danger, imaginary kingdom, save the kingdom, escapades, young heroes, youth, prophecy, strong female character, princess, strong female lead ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Hansel & Gretel (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Hansel and Gretel is a 2002 film adaptation of the Brothers Grimm children's story. It stars Jacob Smith and Taylor Momsen as the eponymous characters. It includes the Sandman, played by Howie Mandel and Sinbad as a raven.
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, atmospheric, humorous, whimsical
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: witch, adventurer, forest, good versus evil, young heroes, escapades, danger, siblings relations, troll, evil stepmother, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: year 2002
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100%
Beauty and the Beast (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Beauty and the Beast is the adaptation of a story by Madame de Villeneuve. Published anonymously in 1740 as La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins, it paints a portrait of Belle, a joyful and touching young girl who falls in love with the Beast, ...
Style: fairy tale, colorful, light, exciting, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: magic, beauty and the beast, true love, man beast, beast, castle, transformation, imaginary kingdom, curse, beautiful scenery, curses spells and rituals, beauty ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Cannon Movie Tales: Rumpelstiltskin (1987)
Genre: Fantasy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A musical version of the classic story about a miller's daughter who recieves help from a mischievous dwarf, then ends up over her head. Now, she and a mute servant girl may be the only hope for her baby son, John.
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, captivating, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: mermaid, magical, elf, legends and myths, imaginary kingdom, wish come true, rescue, imaginary, master and servant, danger, love and romance, escapades ...
Time: 20th century, year 1987
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all ...
Style: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, touching, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: love and romance, princess, beast, castle, beauty and the beast, power of love, imaginary, opposites attract, transformation, prince, female protagonist, disney princess ...
Time: 18th century, 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Ella Enchanted (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, teen, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, kids, teens, date night ...
Plot: fall in love, magic, fairy, fairy godmother, love and romance, cinderella story, cinderella, imaginary kingdom, ogre, true love, wizards and magicians, prince ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Red Riding Hood (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The high spirited daughter of the village lord and her mother have been living in the forest for seven years near her wise grandmother. They wait for her father to come home, meanwhile, her literally heartless uncle rules. He sells his soul for the ...
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, grindhouse, independent film, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: imaginary kingdom, magical, twins, self discovery, friends, family relations, friendship, teaching the ways of the world, legends and myths, woman in danger, siblings relations, parallel world ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Beauty and the Beast (1962)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A low-budget re-telling of the classic fairy tale.
Style: fairy tale, psychotronic, gothic, serious, stylized ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: beauty and the beast, werewolf, beauty, monster, curse, princess, prince, alchemy, duke, rivalry, unlikely couple, escapades ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Frog Prince (1986)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Children's musical based on Grimm's fairy tale of The Frog-King. A young girl learns how to be a good friend and princess with the help of a "tall frog."
Style: fairy tale, costume drama, mysterious, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: youth, broadway, mermaid, magical, princess, friends, legends and myths, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, love and romance, friend, girl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Cinderella (1997)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Updated version of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical of the classic fairy-tale, with an all-star, multi-racial cast.
Style: fairy tale, stylized, teen, spooky, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, family outing, kids ...
Plot: cinderella story, cinderella, women, interracial love, princess, childhood, interracial romance, disney princess, magic, interracial, trippy, myth ...
Time: 90s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Polar Bear King (1991)
Genre: Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Norway, Sweden, Germany, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After his father is killed, Prince Valemon ascends the throne, only to be turned into a polar bear by a bitter witch who wants to be his queen.
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, semi serious, exciting, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: curse, polar bear, witchcraft, king, supernatural, beauty, scandinavian culture, beauty and the beast, magical, bear, state affairs, hopes ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
Style: fairy tale, anthology, mysterious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: legends and myths, mermaid, beauty and the beast, ancient, little mermaid, magical, snow white, beauty, legend, aladdin, magic, love and romance ...
Time: 1900s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Babes in Toyland (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she's too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking for her mother. During the Christmas Eve blizzard, Lisa travels to Toyland in Wizard of Oz-like fashion and arrives just in time for a wedding. Young ...
Style: fairy tale, sweet, christmas special, cute, mysterious ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, child, christmas spirit, magical, christmas season, youth, rescue, danger, heroes, kidnapping, escapades ...
Time: 20th century
Place: ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Peter Pan (2000)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Broadway musical adaptation of the fabled children's story.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, exciting, semi serious
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: pirate, broadway, adventurer, young heroes, heroes, good versus evil, peter pan, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, imaginary kingdom, youth, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Cinderella (2010)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, sentimental, semi serious
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: cinderella story, true love, fall in love, hopes, wish come true, couples, life turned upside down, imaginary kingdom, family relations, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, cinderella ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Jack and the Beanstalk (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A fairy tale character who is about to flunk out of fairy tale school, Jack must perform a heroic deed by Monday or fail miserably, just like his father before him. Anxious to make good, Jack sells his C.O.W. (Computer of Wonder) for a handful of ...
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: youth, adventurer, young heroes, danger, escapades, legends and myths, friends, disorder, curses spells and rituals, imaginary kingdom, adventure hero, magic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Snow Queen (2005)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 56 min.
Story: When Gerda befriends penniless Kay their growing friendship is cut short as one cold winter night a fragment of glass pierces Kay's eye, turning his heart cold. Enchanted by the Snow Queen he is swept away on her chariot over the glittering ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sincere, captivating, mysterious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: young heroes, evil queen, heroic mission, rescue, good versus evil, rivalry, daring rescue, escapades, friendship, imaginary, danger, youth ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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