I like books and films that don't have magic in, but there always seems like there is magic.
Example:
An bullied little kid meets an old person who has a task they need competing.
They usually say this task is all magical, but in reality it isn't, but for the whole time it seems like there is magic, but there isn't.
Then at the end the old person normally dies just after the task is completed.
A good film example of this is Feather Boy with Thomas Brodie-Sangster in. He was only 12 years old, maybe older, but he was so cute and I love the story in it!
