Magical Girl
Sep 07, 2014 | IMDB 7.4
127 min Watch NowDrama, Thriller
The father of a terminally ill girl is determined to grant his daughter's last wish, a ridiculously expensive collectors' costume from a Japanese TV series. The request will drive him into a journey within his city's dark underbelly.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The American Friend
No Thank You
Maroa
Session 9
Safe Place
The Madness of King George
Driving Lessons
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Even Dwarfs Started Small
The Living and the Dead
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
Pennies from Heaven
Brian's Song
Foxfire
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Angst
Phoebe in Wonderland
Cyprus Avenue
Two Weeks
The Emperor's Club
SIMILAR MOVIES
The American Friend
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1977
Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.No Thank You
IMDB 4.9 | Jan , 2014
Heli Valkonen is desperately in love with her husband. But Matti is just not in the mood. He is only interested in playing computer games, dressed in worn out fleece pants. For him, a shoulder massage is the highest form of intimacy. When subtle hints, nice words and fetching clothes won't help, Heli resorts in direct, and increasingly direct action - in vain.Maroa
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 2005
Eleven-year-old petty criminal Maroa lives with her violent grandmother Brigida in Caracas. After her boyfriend Carlos is involved in a shooting, Maroa is arrested and sent to a school where Joaquin conducts the youth orchestra, and he asks the naturally talented Maroa to join. Days now revolve around the classes that Joaquin, the shy and unconventional teacher, gives her. He is immediately interested in this talented young girl, who lacks all notion of discipline. Joaquin, the only person to offer hope in the midst of her rejection, finds that through Maroa, his world has also changed forever.Session 9
IMDB 6.1 | Aug , 2001
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.Safe Place
IMDB 6 | Aug , 2023
A traumatic event – a sudden suicide attempt – opens a gap in the everyday life of a family of three. Their lives change fundamentally, as if they've been pulled into a war invisible to everyone else. The plot is limited to the most acute, a short period of time and a situation that boils down to the most important thing – to save a loved one. The film was based on the personal experience of the director, who also plays the leading role.The Madness of King George
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1994
Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger attempt to prevent the king's political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales, from usurping the throne.Driving Lessons
IMDB 6.1 | Sep , 2006
A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.The Long Kiss Goodnight
IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 1996
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Mitch, she uncovers a secret government plot to stage a terrorist attack in Niagara Falls. When her daughter is kidnapped, Samantha must return to her old ways to stop the attack, rescue her child, and take down the people who tried to erase her.Even Dwarfs Started Small
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 1970
A group of tormented patients stage a coup at an oppressive, dismal asylum after they're not allowed out on an excursion.The Living and the Dead
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2006
Lord Donald and Lady Nancy reside in the magnificent but run-down Longleigh House with James, their mentally disabled adult son. Nancy has fallen seriously ill and Donald is preparing to sell the house to raise enough money to pay for an operation. He arranges for the family nurse, Mary, to take care of Nancy while he leaves to tend to the sale. However, James wants to prove to his father that he can look after his mother on his own and decides to lock Mary out of the house. It isn't long before James starts mixing his mother's pills and forgetting to take his own medication, and as the stress of looking after his mother increases, so too does the severity of his own condition.Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 2019
A teacher, in search of inspiration, travels to the most remote school in the world, where he ends up realizing how important his job is and appreciating the value of yak dung.Pennies from Heaven
IMDB 6 | Dec , 1981
During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher.Brian's Song
IMDB 7.3 | Nov , 1971
Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.Foxfire
IMDB 6 | Aug , 1996
The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.How to Blow Up a Pipeline
IMDB 6.4 | Apr , 2023
A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.Angst
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 1983
A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.Phoebe in Wonderland
IMDB 7.2 | Feb , 2008
The fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but anguished mother looks to Phoebe herself for inspiration.Cyprus Avenue
IMDB 9 | Sep , 2019
David Ireland's award-winning dark comedy about sectarian hatred in Northern Ireland. Eric Miller, a Belfast loyalist, mistakes his five-week-old granddaughter for Gerry Adams.Two Weeks
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2006
In this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodbye. Instead, they find themselves trapped — together — for two weeks.The Emperor's Club
IMDB 7.1 | Nov , 2002
William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.