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Plot Summary:
Max and Sally, the heroes of popular Czech animated series are leaving the TV in order to become a regular boy and girl.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, China
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, metafiction, urban fantasy
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The Oddsockeaters (2016)
Plot Summary:
ODDSOCKEATERS are small invisible creatures, responsible for socks that go missing when we only have one left from a pair. But unlike them, Seed’s gang wants to have a pair. In the end, they began their fight between two sets of values.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, light, humorous, entertaining, surreal, colorful, anime, crying, computer animated, fairy tale
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The Blacksmith from Woodham (2013)
Plot Summary:
Woodham is a small village the war with the Turks swept through some years ago. The powers of good were asked for assistance, but this assistance involved the doing of evil, which has adverse consequences and brings bad luck... that needs to be redressed. The main hero, the Blacksmith's nephew and war orphan Tonik, takes on the task of breaking the curse on Woodham and thereby winning the hand of Betka, the mayor's granddaughter (who is also put under a spell during the action), by ridding the county of the dragon. However, on his journey to confront the dragon and during that encounter he discovers that it is all in fact a test, which ends with the dragon helping him: Tonik, with the dragon's help, breaks the spell on Betka and the entire county.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic
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A Family Circus Christmas (1979)
Plot Summary:
The family is decorating their tree when Daddy notices the star his father made is missing. When Billy asks Mommy why this made Daddy sad, she tells him it's because the star was made by his father, their Granddad, who is in Heaven. Jeffy then has a vivid dream about Santa, and asks him in the dream to bring Granddad home from Heaven for Christmas to make Daddy happy again. When Billy learns that Jeffy thinks this really will happen, he is afraid that Jeffy's Christmas will be ruined, since Santa can't do that. Mommy tries to explain why it's not possible to Jeffy after Dolly tells her what Jeffy thinks, but he gets upset and doesn't want to hear it. That night, he gets a visit from Santa, and Granddad.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: christmas special, crying
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Kurt Turns Evil (2008)
Plot Summary:
One day Kurt discovers that society basically does not respect forklift operators very much. His wife is an ambitious architect. His neighbor is a medical doctor. Not even Kurt's own kids seem to be very happy about their father's occupation. Even if Kurt is popular among his colleagues and likes to drive a forklift, he quits his job, and starts climbing the social ladder. He wants to become a doctor, he wants to get rich, and he wants to be somebody. In the end, he even wants to become Prime Minister. But he does not have much success in any of his projects, and as time goes by, Kurt turns - vicious.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: anime, mad
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After School Midnighters (2012)
Plot Summary:
Houkago Midnighters is about a human anatomical model that comes to life at midnight in a school.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, surreal, stylized, semi serious, computer animated, psychedelic, offbeat
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Harvie and the Magic Museum (2017)
Plot Summary:
Harvie is a smart but a bit too lively boy with one ambition, to finish the last level of his computer game. Once in the Gamers Hall of Fame, his absent-minded father, would finally be proud of him. But finishing the game turns out to be only the start of a real adventure that takes Harvie, his dog Jerry, and his friend Monica deep into the forgotten realms of the city's old puppet museum.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: anime, psychotronic, 3d animation, urban fantasy
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The Guardian Brothers (2015)
Plot Summary:
There's a crisis in the Chinese Spirit World -- humans don't believe in gods anymore! A Door God, facing unemployment, ventures into the human world to prove his worth, leading to unexpected encounters and transformations for humans and spirits alike.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, entertaining, buddy comedy, anime
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A Town Called Panic (2009)
Plot Summary:
Animated plastic toys like Cowboy, Indian and Horse have problems, too. Cowboy and Indian's plan to surprise Horse with a homemade birthday gift backfires when they destroy his house instead. Surreal adventures take over as the trio travel to the center of the earth, trek across frozen tundra and discover a parallel underwater universe where pointy-headed (and dishonest!) creatures live. With panic a permanent feature of life in this papier mâché town, will Horse and his girlfriend ever be alone?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, light, colorful, talky, stylized, fast paced, not serious, claymation, adult animation
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Kooky (2010)
Plot Summary:
Young Ondra has asthma and so his parents throw away his favourite toy: a musty old stuffed bear named Kooky. That night Ondra dreams that Kooky is determined to find his way back home from the dump. In the boy's fantasy, the bear gets lost in a forest occupied by strange animals and remarkable beings that he never heard of while living on the toy shelf in Ondra's room. And of course even in this small imaginary world, true good exists as does real evil, which Kooky must face up to in order to become a real hero.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining, psychotronic
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Pete's Dragon (1977)
Plot Summary:
Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: entertaining, intense, feel good, semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous, romantic, mystical, uplifting
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Little Witch on a Broomstick (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Your mum is a Witch, be careful what You play with.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, tense, captivating, melancholic, anime, exciting, fairy tale, psychotronic, metafiction
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Grandma and Her Ghosts (1998)
Plot Summary:
A 5 year old kid moves to live with his grandma in a small town at Taiwan. Soon after, he discovers that her grandma is not only a vendor, but also she is good at catching spectres. One day, she comes across that her grandson has mistakenly releases some of the most ferocious ghosts from her house.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, surreal, semi serious, anime, black comedy, dark comedy
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Bunyan and Babe (2017)
Plot Summary:
Travis and his sister, Whitney, visit their grandparents for the summer and fall through a magical portal which transports him to the world of American hero Paul Bunyan and his big, blue, talking ox, Babe.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, humorous, captivating, entertaining, 3d animation, anime
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Captain Underpants: Mega Blissmas (2020)
Plot Summary:
Christmas gets weird - really weird - after George and Harold go back in time to change up a few of their beloved holiday's traditions.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating
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I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (2003)
Plot Summary:
Linus and Lucy's younger brother Rerun wants a dog for Christmas, and Snoopy's brother Spike may be the answer.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious, christmas special, light, melancholic
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Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000)
Plot Summary:
Kibosh, supreme ruler of all ghosts, decrees that casper must scare at least one person before Christmas Day so Casper visits Kriss, Massachusetts where he meets the Jollimore family and sets out to complete his mission. As usual, kindhearted Casper has a ghastky time trying to scare anyone; so The Ghostly Trio, fed up with his goody-boo-shoes behavior, secretly hires Casper's look-alike cousin Spooky to do the job-with hilarious results.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, christmas horror, sweet, funny, semi serious
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Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (1994)
Plot Summary:
Scooby-Doo and Shaggy travel to Arabia to become the Caliph's Royal Food Tasters. But they bite off more than they can chew and are forced to run for their lives! It's a wild magic carpet ride as Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and their genie (Yogi Bear) and a jolly sailor named Sinbad (Magilla Gorilla) take you on an adventure of mistaken identities, exotic locations and fun-filled action and surprises!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, stylized, not serious
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Jimmy Timmy Power Hour (2004)
Plot Summary:
Mayhem reigns supreme in the animated kingdom as whiz kid Jimmy Neutron and Timmy from "The Fairly Oddparents" swap places in each other's worlds.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, exciting, computer animated
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My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Plot Summary:
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 368000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, atmospheric, sweet, touching, fairy tale, offbeat, manga, uplifting, emotional
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Teacher's Pet (2004)
Plot Summary:
Spot (Lane) is a dog who can talk and read. Posing as a human, he sneaks into school with his master Leonard (Flemming). Educational adventures ensue.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, entertaining, witty, offbeat, not serious, scary, parody, sexy, clever
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The Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001)
Plot Summary:
With their marriage on the rocks, Fred and Wilma take a holiday together to rekindle the fire in their relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, light, feel good, humorous, captivating
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Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
Plot Summary:
A prequel to the first animated/live-action Casper feature, Casper: A Spirited Beginning introduces the friendliest ghost you'll ever know and explains how Casper met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor. After being stranded, Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach Casper how to be a proper ghost.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sad, slapstick, spooky, independent film, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Journey with Tarsilinha (2021)
Plot Summary:
Tarsilinha sets off on a journey to save her mother’s memory. The only way to do this is to find her mom's stolen keepsakes and overcome her own fears.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, 2d animation
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Recess: All Growed Down (2003)
Plot Summary:
For the first time on DVD and video, see your favorite RECESS kids as kindergartners! Discover how the gang met with a look back at all your favorite characters when they first came to the Third Street School! The fun begins when the big kids get "captured" by a gang of wild new kindergartners led by Chief Stinky, the self-proclaimed kindergarten king. It takes T.J. and the rest of the RECESS kids to convince the kindergartners that good friends can come in all sizes . . . big and small! Join in the joy and laughter of RECESS: ALL GROWED DOWN -- full of hilarious twists and turns, lessons about meeting new friends, and the very fun business of growing up!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 941
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Chicken Little (2005)
Plot Summary:
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, 3d animation, feel good, semi serious, entertaining, anime, light hearted, computer animated, fairy tale
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Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
Plot Summary:
Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur's grandfather returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, stylized, 3d animation, mystical, entertaining, mystic, mythical, fantasy adventure
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Toy Story 2 (1999)
Plot Summary:
Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 610000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, 3d animation, humorous, funny, fairy tale, emotional, entertaining, saga, uplifting, sad
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Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999)
Plot Summary:
Mickey, Minnie, and their famous friends Goofy, Donald, Daisy and Pluto gather together to reminisce about the love, magic and surprises in three wonder-filled stories of Christmas past.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: anthology, light, light hearted, christmas special, feel good, humorous, semi serious, crying, 2d animation, nostalgic
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Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
Plot Summary:
In this fully animated, all-new take on the Smurfs, a mysterious map sets Smurfette and her friends Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty on an exciting race through the Forbidden Forest leading to the discovery of the biggest secret in Smurf history.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Hong Kong, China, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, 3d animation, funny, entertaining, light, humorous, captivating, epic, crying, computer animated
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Abominable (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, sincere, exciting, feel good, light, humorous, computer animated, fairy tale, 3d animation, inspirational