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Plot Summary:
Danger Bay is a Canadian television series, produced in Vancouver, with first-run episodes broadcast on CBC Television and the Disney Channel starting October 7, 1985. One hundred and twenty three installments were filmed, ending in 1989, but the series, perceived as wholesome and exciting fare for older children and adolescents, continued to be seen through the 1990s in numerous countries around the world. The plots of the episodes followed the exploits of the Roberts family, led by marine veterinarian Grant "Doc" Roberts, and his two children, Nicole and Jonah. The 30-minute episodes featured the Vancouver Aquarium in nearly every installment. Most episodes focused on environmental issues such as pollution, wildlife endangerment and forest preservation. The series was also broadcast in Gibraltar Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Iceland, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, Finland.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 518
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, semi serious
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Patrik Pacard (1984)
Plot Summary:
Series about a boy who meets scientists involved in the discovery of a chemical which makes it possible to grow everything everywhere. He becomes entangled in the operations of secret services who try to steal the formula.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: West Germany
Duration: 300 min
Plot tags: humorous, fun
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Swords: Life on the Line (2009)
Plot Summary:
For the fisherman of New England, braving the frigid, unpredictable waters of the North Atlantic is a tradition that has been in their families for generations. It is an unforgiving environment, where forty-five-foot vessels contend with fifty-foot waves and gale-force winds. Where one fish can earn you $50,000, and one mistake can cost you your life. Swords takes us out to sea in pursuit of massive blue-fin tuna and the elusive swordfish. Together with the fathers, sons, old salts and greenhorns for whom the ocean is more than just where they make a living: it's a way of life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, rough, captivating
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Bear with Me (2000)
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An orphaned bear cub is adopted by little Emily and her family. They name the cub Masha, raise her and release her back into the wild. Three years go by, and Emily is lost deep in the forest. Cold, frightened and alone in the darkness, she falls and is knocked unconscious. When she awakens, Emily is amazed to see that a brown bear has kept her warm and dry all night by cuddling her. It's Masha – and Emily is overjoyed to be reunited with the bear just when she needs a friend most. Together the two bravely set off on an adventure to find their way home. Bear With Me is a tale the whole family will find as exciting as it is heart-warming . . . and the magnificent forests of the Pacific Northwest lend this story of loyalty, friendship and adventure a magic all its own.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, semi serious, sincere
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Odd Squad (2014)
Plot Summary:
Odd Squad saves the day whenever something unusual happens.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 27 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, slapstick, educational, interactive
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The Impossible Elephant (2001)
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Tormented by a giant bully and dealing with the loss of his mom, young Daniel wishes for a special pet to have by his side. After discovering Lumpy-a real, live elephant-in his backyard, it's as if his wish has come true...until his dad ships Lumpy off to the local zoo. Vowing to free his new found friend, Daniel embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, reminding us that some friendships are unexpected, magic is real and nothing is impossible!.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, sincere, offbeat
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A Sudden Text (2014)
Plot Summary:
Maude, Jennifer, Melanie, Vincent, and Sami navigate adolescence and the ups and downs of high school in a changing digital world amid the emergence of social media. The group gathers their talents and passions around the common project of revitalizing the student newspaper, with a goal toward changing the world. Brimming with optimism and fraught with anxiety, with a lot of laughs along the way the teens learn a lot about themselves as they explore relationships, commitment, and what it's like to be a teenager in the 21st century.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, light, captivating, realistic
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Ocean Girl (1994)
Plot Summary:
Ocean Girl is an Australian science fiction TV series aimed for family audiences and starring Marzena Godecki as the lead character. The show is set in the near future, and focuses on an unusual girl named Neri who lives alone on an island, and the friendships she develops with the inhabitants of an underwater research facility called ORCA. The show is an example of deep ecology science fiction. Ocean Girl inspired an animated series, The New Adventures of Ocean Girl, which ran from 2000 to 2001, and has since been released on DVD. The animated series is in a distinct reboot separate from the original live-action show.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, semi serious
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Luka and the Magical Theater (2021)
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In the early 20th century, Luka, a poor, crippled young boy from the wrong side of the tracks, stumbles upon a theatre at the end of a carnival, where he befriends a bunch of kids who work and live at the theatre, and he feels more at home there than he has anywhere else. However, at the same time, an evil, ruthless upper-class woman on the brink of bankruptcy plots to sell the theatre to gain some extra money, and if that happens, everyone at the theatre will be thrown out into the streets. Luka works together with his new friends to try to save it.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: captivating, thrilling
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The Real Macaw (1998)
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An ancient talking macaw named Mac becomes the saving grace for an elderly man threatened with a nursing home, when it is discovered that the talking bird knows the whereabouts of a buried treasure from its days with a pirate. His grandson decides to go off on the hunt only to discover that a resort now exists where the treasure is buried.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 532
Genere: Family, Adventure
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Dino Dan (2010)
Plot Summary:
Join paleontologist-in-training Dan Henderson as he takes kids on a Jurassic journey to the land where lizards were as long as three school buses and terrifying T-Rex’s ruled.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, sincere, computer animated
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White Tuft, the Little Beaver (2008)
Plot Summary:
White Tuft is a small beaver who lives in the north of Canada; It is a dangerous place so in his adventure he would have to recognice his friends and his enemies.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, semi serious, sincere, realistic
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Castle Rock (2000)
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Left alone in the wilderness after her grandfather suffers a heart attack, a teenage girl is befriended by a mysterious drifter. Soon, she finds herself on the adventure of her life when her new acquaintance turns out to be a fugitive from justice desperately trying to outrun his past.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 166
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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Dinosapien (2007)
Plot Summary:
Dinosapien is a British/Canadian children's television program produced jointly by BBC Worldwide and Cambium Catalyst International with SEVEN24 Films. Overall 15 episodes were made, each 21 and half minutes long. The series is filmed in Bragg Creek, Alberta. The program made its debut on March 24, 2007 on Discovery Kids and CBBC. The series ended on June 30, 2007. Each program contains around six minutes of CGI. Brittney Wilson stars as Lauren Slayton, Suzanna Hamilton as Dr. Slayton and James Coombes as the villain, Dr. Aikens. Because of the Native Americans role in the series, the show could possibly be loosely based on Turok. Sci-fi veteran David Winning directed the pilot and first three episodes and Brendan Sheppard, known for his work on Doctor Who DVDs, directed five episodes. Marc Lougee, veteran of several award-winning animated series directed CG animation and Visual Effects/2nd unit for the series prior to filming The Pit and the Pendulum, a stop motion animated adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale. The Pit and the Pendulum was executive produced by animation icon Mr. Ray Harryhausen, joined by DINOSAPIEN producer Pete Denomme and Fred Fuchs.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating
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The Troop (2009)
Plot Summary:
The Troop is an American-Canadian live-action, single camera comedy-adventure television series about a trio of teenagers who fight and capture monsters and other supernatural phenomena that invade the fictional town of Lakewood. Created and executive produced by Max Burnett, Greg Coolidge and Chris Morgan, the series premiered on Nickelodeon on September 18, 2009. The second season premiered on June 25, 2011 and Nickelodeon cancelled the series midway through its second season. The remaining episodes of season 2 were aired on Nicktoons with the series finale airing on May 8, 2013.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, semi serious, children's program, teen comedy, nostalgic
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Life with Boys (2011)
Plot Summary:
Life with Boys is a Canadian teen sitcom that started broadcasting in Canada on YTV in September 2011. It follows Tess Foster as she copes with living in a home with just boys: her father, Jack, and three brothers, Gabe, Spencer and Sam. With the help of her best friend, Allie, she pulls through. Life with Boys is created by Michael Poryes, who also co-created Hannah Montana and That's So Raven. It was announced that Life with Boys was renewed a second season. Shooting started on September 4, 2012, in Toronto. On February 6, 2013, the series premiered on American network TeenNick.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 982
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating
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Lenny The Wonder Dog (2005)
Plot Summary:
After being implanted with a microchip that gives him special powers, a dog engages a young boy in conversation and adventure. Befriended by a local police officer, the dog, the boy and his friend go on a quest to save the world by undoing the insidious plot of an evil scientist to turn all kids into mindless robots.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 386
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, sentimental, semi serious
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Fraggle Rock (1983)
Plot Summary:
The Fraggles are a fun-loving community of creatures who live in a subterranean fantasy land where they love to play, sing and dance their cares away, sharing their world with the tiny Doozers and the giant Gorgs. The series teaches empathy and tolerance and encourages children to understand people different from themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, humorous, semi serious, nostalgic
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My Secret Identity (1988)
Plot Summary:
My Secret Identity was a Canadian television series starring Jerry O'Connell and Derek McGrath. Originally broadcast from October 9, 1988 – May 25, 1991 on CTV in Canada, the series also aired in syndication in the United States. The series won the 1989 International Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Programming for Children and Young People.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious
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The Metro Chase (2004)
Plot Summary:
This family comedy is about, Zack, an 8-year old American boy who is separated from his 18-year old sister, as they arrive in Paris for a family vacation. Seth, and friends track Zack down.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Comedy, Family, Adventure
Country: France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, independent film, family comedy
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The Return of Tommy Tricker (1994)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to the world of stamps with Tommy Tricker and friends as they learn the magic of travelling through time and space for the mere price of the postage. Though of course, nothing is as easy as it seems as they soon learn when they try to rescue Charles Merriweather, a stamp traveller frozen in time since his last attempt at stamp- travelling, 65 years ago. But Charles turns out to be a girl, his sister Molly! And she is rapidly turning into an old woman. To find a cure, Tommy takes off in a race against the time that leads him and Molly to the exotic and magical South Pacific islands.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: semi serious, independent film
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Once in a Blue Moon (1995)
Plot Summary:
Late-1960s suburban Canadian children work on building a rocket vessel, with the intention of delivering one or two neighborhood children to the moon, whilst dealing with social issues of the coming-of-age, orphan-hood and family veins.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, sentimental, touching, feel good, stylized, semi serious
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Flipper (1995)
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Flipper, is an American revival television series of the original 1964 Flipper television series. The first two seasons aired in first-run syndication; seasons 3 and 4 aired on the PAX network. The 1995 version brought back Bud Ricks as a scientist doing marine research in Florida. The dolphin Flipper was one with whom Dr. Ricks was working. This TV show is available for online viewing on hulu in the United States and at Rogers On Demand in Canada. Although the show was set in Bal Harbour, Florida, it was largely filmed in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. However three episodes during the first season, including the pilot, were filmed in Pigeon Key, Florida and at the Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, Florida.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, captivating, entertaining, light, serious
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The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar (2006)
Plot Summary:
Danish brilliant pre-teen student Nis uses his summer holiday to learn Latin so he can properly study the Knights Templar inheritance on Bjornholm island from sources. His friends Mathias, a dumb jock, and Kathrine, who only comes to spend time wear her dad, who really wanted a boy, prefer childish fun, but get dragged in his quest for a treasure. Mats's strength, Kathrine's connections and even Nis's bratty kid sister's blunt remarks contribute to find out about two brotherhoods, heirs of 12th century factions in the Templar order and deal with danger.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, tense, captivating, touching
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The Saddle Club (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Saddle Club is a children's television series based on the books written by Bonnie Bryant and is an Australia/Canada co-production. Like the book series, the scripted live action series follows the lives of three teenage girls in training to compete in equestrian competitions at the fictional Pine Hollow Stables, while dealing with problems in their personal lives. This series debuted in 2001 and ended in 2003. However, due to popular demand, the series was renewed for a third season with new actors since the original ones were considered too old. The series revolves around the experiences of three girls, who form a club named "The Saddle Club" after recognizing their shared love for horse riding. Their natural rival is another young rider at the barn named Veronica DiAngelo. Throughout the series, The Saddle Club navigates their rivalry with Veronica, training for competitions, horse shows, and the quotidian dramas that arise between friends and staff in the fictional Pine Hollow Stables. In each show, The Saddle Club prevails over its adversities, usually sending a message emphasizing the importance of friendship and teamwork. The show is rated TV-G.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, captivating, sincere, educational
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Flipper (1964)
Plot Summary:
Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve in southern Florida, and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed an "aquatic Lassie", and a considerable amount of juvenile merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first-run.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, captivating, light, semi serious, sitcom, serious
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Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar (1967)
Plot Summary:
A heartwarming Disney classic in which a cougar, who was rescued as a cub and raised by a group of loggers in the Pacific Northwest, reverts back to his natural instincts, leading to hilarious (and dangerous) consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 925
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, semi serious, romantic, clever, unusual plot structure, humorous, sweet, entertaining, educational
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Napoleon (1995)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of Golden Retriever pup Napoleon and his friend, the parrot Birdo Lucci.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Australia, Japan, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film
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Anything to Survive (1990)
Plot Summary:
A father and his children are caught by a storm whilst sailing in Alaska. When they get shipwrecked, things go from bad to worse.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious
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How to Be Indie (2009)
Plot Summary:
How to Be Indie was a Canadian television show on YTV. The main character is a 13-year-old Indian Canadian teenager named Indira "Indie" Mehta. The program is a single-camera series intended for a youth audience. The series was created by Vera Santamaria, John May, and Suzanne Bolch. The series ran for two seasons and aired its final episode on October 24, 2011 on YTV in Canada and May 26, 2012 on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Spellbinder (1995)
Plot Summary:
Spellbinder is a fantasy teen drama/science fiction television series, produced by Film Australia & Telewizja Polska in association with the Australian Children's Television Foundation. The series is a 1995 serial of 26 episodes, co-produced between Australia and Poland. It was also novelized by the creators, Mark Shirrefs and John Thomson. The shots were taken both in Australia which represented the "modern" world and in Poland where most pictures that featured the parallel world were shot. Spellbinder was followed by, Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord, in which Heather Mitchell reprises her role as Ashka.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, Poland
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, semi serious, captivating, humorous, nostalgic