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The Black Cauldron (1985)
45K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
Style:
fairy tale, tense, cult classic, crying, stylized, retro, gothic, period piece, anime, surprise ending ...
Audience:
kids, teen fantasy, family outing, horror for children
Plot:
magic, sword and sorcery, medieval, princess, sword, mythology, castle, witch, goblin, teenage girl, celtic, dungeon, army, escape, kidnapping, villain, supernatural, dragon, pig, good versus evil, halloween, dog, teenager, forest, obsession ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 90s, 80s
Place:
england, britain
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Most similar movies to The Black Cauldron
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fairy tale, humorous, exciting and stylized films with plots about good versus evil, friendship, heroes, danger, transformation, magic and mentor mostly in Adventure, Fantasy and Animation genres. Some movies like The Black Cauldron: The Last Unicorn (1982), The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Hobbit (1977), Quest for Camelot (1998), The Secret of NIMH (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, england, britain, london
Similarity:
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
prehistory, prehistoric times, 70s, 80s
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Canada, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
During the times of King Arthur, Kayley is a brave girl who dreams of following her late father as a Knight of the Round Table. The evil Ruber wants to invade Camelot and take the throne of King Arthur, and Kayley has to stop him.
Style:
humorous, cute, stylized, arthurian, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.
Style:
fairy tale, touching, atmospheric, visually stunning, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
fairy tale, feel good, surprise ending, independent film, melancholic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers, preschool ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Australia, USA, South Korea, Taiwan, UK, France, Canada, Thailand, Denmark
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
179K
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Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA, Japan
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
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Story:
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Style:
3d animation, humorous, semi serious, feel good, scenic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: Japan, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
100%
475K
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Country: USA, Japan, UK
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly, kids, teen fantasy, teens, toddlers
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
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Place:
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61K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.
Style:
3d animation, epic, humorous, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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228K
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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50%
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Story:
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Style:
cult classic, epic, fairy tale, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, South Korea, Japan, Canada
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the ...
Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
955K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Style:
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Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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