Movies Like
The City of Lost Children (1995)
Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure
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Love and Monsters
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Inception
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Abigail
A young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby's father was one of the sick - and he was taken when she was six years old. Going against the authorities to find his father, Abby learns that her city is actually full of magic. And she discovers in herself extraordinary magical abilities.
I Lost My Body
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Willow
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Divergent
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Northfork
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A-X-L
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Igor
A cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
David, a robotic boyâthe first of his kind programmed to loveâis adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.
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