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Plot Summary:
Three siblings ingeniously avoid being sent off to a children's home while their solo-mother serves a short sentence in a prison for shoplifting. Rather than have the news leak out and have to be escorted off with the eccentric welfare officer, they invent a 'never present' dad who is looking after them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Family
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: sentimental
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Kan du vissla Johanna? (1994)
Plot Summary:
Young Berra has a friend, Ulf. Ulf has a grandfather which he likes very much, he gives Ulf presents and takes him on fishing trips. Berra doesn't have a grandfather, but he wants one that's nice to him and who can teach him to whistle. Ulf knows where to find a grandfather - at a home for senior citizens. They go searching together and Berra finds a great pretend grandfather, Nils.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: feel good
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Katja's Adventure (1999)
Plot Summary:
Danish Katja looks for a lost falcon while on vacation in Italy.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Family
Country: Denmark, Norway, Germany, Italy, France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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The Rascal (1994)
Plot Summary:
Torben's father and farmer Jacob make a trade. Jacob gets a gearbox and Torben's father gets peace: Torben must be at farmer Jacob on the farm the rest of his summer holidays. It was Jacob never have done ...! Absolutely terrific Danish family comedy in the best action-style. Wild bass played by Robert Hansen, known from Anja and Viktor films and family Gregersen. Moreover contributes among other Preben Kristensen, Viggo Summer and Dick Kaysø and many more.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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The Wooden Camera (2003)
Plot Summary:
A township near Cape Town. Two young teens, Madiba and Sipho, find a gun and a camera. Sipho takes the gun, and Madiba the camera, sealing their fate.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 532
Genere: Family
Country: France, UK, South Africa
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative
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Turkles (2011)
Plot Summary:
TURKLES is the tale of a group of curious kids from fictitious "Camp Loggerhead" who embark on an adventure to solve the mystery of the missing sea turtle eggs. Led by two determined 13-year-olds, the clever campers must overcome dangerous obstacles, gather evidence, earn the trust of their parents, and ultimately catch the clueless poachers.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Becoming Jesse Tate (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jesse Tate is a vivacious thirteen year-old girl trying to cope with life while keeping a family secret. She struggles to be part of the "in crowd" and the weird new feeling that boys really aren't that dumb. It's a lot for anyone to handle. Now, the secret threatens her friendships and family. She must search for the things that are really important to her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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The Hijacking of 'Savoy' (1979)
Plot Summary:
Polish schoolboy Janek, and Russian girl Tanya are traveling by a plane which ended up in the hands of a gang of drug dealers headed by ex Nazi criminal Henrich Scharf.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Poly (2020)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of Shetland pony Poly, in the South of France.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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The Master Detective and Rasmus (1997)
Plot Summary:
An engineer and his 5-year old son Rasmus are kidnapped by a group who wants to get their hands on the engineer's latest invention. Three kids become witnesses to the kidnapping and decide to follow the kidnappers to an island and attempt to make a rescue.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Family, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: detective
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Everyone on Board (2022)
Plot Summary:
Missing the train is very bad. Seeing it leave with your children and those of your friends you had to accompany on vacation is a whole other story ... that of the crazy pursuit from Turin to Sicily of a father and grandfather as different as they are unreliable.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Muffin (1973)
Plot Summary:
A story of an eight year old girl nicknamed "Muffin" who is trying to adapt to life in a big city.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Family
Country: Poland
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags:
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Peter Bell (2002)
Plot Summary:
Peter is a cheerful, but not a very obedient boy who is growing In a very ordinary Dutch family. His pranks amuse some and cause a lot of trouble to others. Peter pranks are so numerous and incredible, that hit the front pages of city newspapers. Popularity of the boy is growing every day, and he develops not only new friends, but also a powerful enemies. And then the most exciting and dangerous Peter and his friends adventures starts.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family
Country: Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 110 min
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Peter Bell II: The Hunt for the Czar Crown (2003)
Plot Summary:
Rascally Pietje and his Black Hand gang tangle with villain Stark as he and two cronies scheme to steal a priceless royal crown.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags:
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Jillian's Travels: Africa (2012)
Plot Summary:
Viewers will take a trip into the heart of Africa, and become immersed in a spectacular world where wild animals seem so close you can touch them.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, colorful, exciting, colourful
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Oskar & Josefine (2005)
Plot Summary:
Oscar and Josefine are celebrating Midsummer with Oscar's grandparents in the country. A demon, Thorsen, gives Josefine the gift of enabling her to travel back in time. Visiting Oscar's family in the 17th century, Josefine saves a sickly young girl from the stake. But now the villagers see Josefine as a witch and want to burn her at the stake instead.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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Lotta Leaves Home (1993)
Plot Summary:
A feisty five-year-old girl Lotta decides to move away from home. And no, she doesn't want to put on the stupid sweater.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 867
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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Someone Like Hodder (2003)
Plot Summary:
Hodder is nine years old. He lives on his own with his father, who works nights as a bill poster. One night a fairy appears to Hodder and asks him to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious
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The Wild Soccer Bunch (2003)
Plot Summary:
The school year is over and for a diverse group of children between six and ten years with no worries, football is king! These kids are convinced they are the local gold team and there is nothing they like more than just improve their game. "If you want to be cool, you should be wild." But this holiday more bad luck will accompany the due. The relentless rain turns their field in a quagmire. They must be with their parents who do not like their passion for the game. And when finally the sun comes, a gang of older boys, bigger and stupid, have just taken the field. Although not given any choice, the boys challenge them to play a game to solve the problem. All you have to do now is win ... First installment of the series German "The Beast Football Club".
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Rubber Tarzan (1981)
Plot Summary:
Ivan is a very lonely 8 year boy who is bullied almost every day in school. Even his father taunts him because Ivan litteraly is a weakling (That should explain the title Rubber Tarzan). As a result of this Ivan spends a lot of his time on daydreaming until he meets a kind of kindred spirit - the friendly and lonely crane driver Ole.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Krummerne (1991)
Plot Summary:
The tween, Mads, finds it hard to fit in. Having feelings for a girl in class and a clumsy farther who is a teacher at his school doesn't help. By an uforseen chance of events, Mads becomes somewhat of a hero, but will he win the girl?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy
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Karla & Jonas (2010)
Plot Summary:
Karla met Jonas during a summer vacation at the lake. After being unable to stop thinking about him and their kiss she phones him, making up a school assignment about children living in an orphanage, which is precisely where Jonas lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, light, sincere, captivating, touching, serious, realistic
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Bobby and the Ghost Hunters (2013)
Plot Summary:
Sanne (Hanna Obbeek) loves stories about ghosts and other mysterious things. Her father Lucas, is a famous ghost hunter. During a holiday Lucas is asked to chase ghosts of the former cruise ship 'Rotterdam'. Sanne is very happy to hear she and her little brother Thomas can come along. On the ship she meets ghost Bobby (Nils Verkooijen), a boy of her age, who has been wandering the ship since the sixties. Sanne decides to help Bobby.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, sentimental, humorous, semi serious
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My Sister's Kids (2001)
Plot Summary:
Erik Lund is a professor in child psychology. When his sister and her husband go on vacation, he is left in charge of their five children. He really feels up to it, since he is now going to be able to try out his skills in child psychology. However, reality is something else than theory and children do not always do as they are supposed to, according to his book on child psychology. The children soon fool him into doing as they please when it comes to food and pleasures. However, soon they start to realise that if they can make him serve them hot dogs and hamburgers and let them watch TV as much as they like, they can also make him help them restore their old house, so that they won't have to move, as their parents want to. And, as their uncle is nice enough to help them, they also decide to try and get him a wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: funny, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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More About the Children of Noisy Village (1987)
Plot Summary:
Bullerbyn är en liten, liten by i Småland. Där ligger tre gårdar. I Mellangården bor Lisa med sina bröder Lasse och Bosse, i Norrgården bor systrarna Britta och Anna och i Sörgården bor Olle. Ja, och så Kerstin också, Olles lillasyster. Fler barn finns det inte i Bullerbyn, med det räcker? Det är höst och vinter och det bara vimlar av äventyr varje dag!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, serious, realistic
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The Children of Noisy Village (1986)
Plot Summary:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Children of Noisy Village (Swedish: Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn) is a 1986 film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on books by Astrid Lindgren. The movie starred Anna Sahlin and premiered in December 6, 1986 and its sequel, Mer om oss barn i Bullerbyn, premiered the following year. The two movies were then reworked into a 7 episode TV-series that was broadcast in 1989. It is also the name of a 1960 television series based on Lindgren's books. Description above from the Wikipedia article The Children of Noisy Village (film), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The Fakir (2004)
Plot Summary:
When two children move into an old house with their mother they find magical mystery involving a lively spirit and a precious diamond.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 578
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Treasures (2017)
Plot Summary:
Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvelous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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My Sister's Kids Home Alone (2012)
Plot Summary:
My sisters kids are home alone.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic, not serious
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Little Big Girl (2002)
Plot Summary:
While out and about tending to his herd, young shepherd Larus meets a mysterious little girl named Tinke. Quickly realizing that the girl is alone, Larus brings Tinke some food and slowly builds a friendship with her. Tinke, whose parents died within the past year, has managed to survive by her own devices in the wild and has hence become quite feral. Larus convinces Tinke to come to his home so that his parents can take care of her.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, captivating, realistic, serious, offbeat
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Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
Plot Summary:
When a widower with 10 children marries a widow with 8, can the 20 of them ever come together as one big happy family?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: light, sentimental, touching, feel good, funny, witty, romantic comedy, retro, black and white, cult classic