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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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Hayflower and Quiltshoe (2002)
Plot Summary:
The quirky adventures of Hayflower and her little sister Quiltshoe.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 662
Genere: Family
Country: Finland
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Rudy, the Racing Pig (1995)
Plot Summary:
Flat-dwelling urban family win a pig in a raffle, and decide to keep it. They lose their flat (no pets allowed) but eventually Rudi the pig makes good.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min
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Ricky Rapper and the Miser from Seville (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ricky Rapper gets a letter from a distant relative who's looking for an heir.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Family
Country: Finland
Duration: 73 min
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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
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On Our Own (1998)
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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Elvis the Pig (2022)
Plot Summary:
A young girl learns she may have to sell her beloved pet pig, Elvis, to a local farmer to save the family farm. Unbeknownst to her, the pig is in real danger, the farmer is planning a pig roast and not a forever home. After getting wind of the plan, the whole family bands together to save Elvis, uniting to reclaim their farm and prove that love is worth more than money.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags:
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No Worries (1993)
Plot Summary:
A family is forced off their farm due to drought, and move to Sydney.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Bambi's Childhood (1985)
Plot Summary:
First of the two movies bases on the novel "Bambi, a Life in the Woods" written by Felix Salten.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 79 min
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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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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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Cochochi (2007)
Plot Summary:
Two young indigenous brothers from the La Sierra Tarahumara region of northwest Mexico return home from Benito Juarez elementary boarding school, only to find their fates pulling them in opposite directions in director Laura Amelia Guzmán's dramatic meditation on the value of culture and the cost of progress.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 843
Genere: Family
Country: Mexico, UK, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, contemplative, sincere, atmospheric, realistic, captivating, serious
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Far til fire's vilde ferie (2015)
Plot Summary:
A wild holiday of the father of four and his family.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min
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The Little Ark (1972)
Plot Summary:
This heart-rending family-oriented drama chronicles the adventure of two Dutch children who temporarily lose their father and mother during the great flood of 1953. Fortunately, they and their animals are taken in by a salty old boatman who helps them reunite with their father.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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With You The World Is Fun (1983)
Plot Summary:
Three middle-aged go for a vacation into the mountains with their children. How will they cope with their youngsters every-day needs without their wives?.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Rudy: The Return of the Racing Pig (2007)
Plot Summary:
Up to now, Nickel (9) and his single dad Thomas have been managing very well together. Then Nickel goes on a school excursion and brings the little piglet Rudy back with him in his rucksack. Once he´s home, he makes a terrifying discovery: dad has a girlfriend! Worse yet, she´s moved in with him and brought her daughter Felicitas (12) along! Nickel makes a deal with Thomas: if those two stay, then so can Rudy. When life becomes unbearable for Nickel, he flees with Rudy to ‘Porkland’, followed by Feli and pursued by two dumb crooks. It’s the beginning of an adventure that ends in the swamps of the Oder Valley, where Rudi saves the lives of the two children and finds a new home.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Charlie & Louise (1994)
Plot Summary:
Charlie & Louise – Das doppelte Lottchen is a German children's film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier in 1994, starring Corinna Harfouch. It is a film adaptation of the novel Das doppelte Lottchen by Erich Kästner.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 685
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 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 Tiger Rising (2022)
Plot Summary:
When 12-year-old Rob Horton discovers a caged tiger in the woods near his home, his imagination runs wild and life begins to change in the most unexpected ways. With the help of a wise and mysterious maid, Willie May and the stubborn new girl in school, he must navigate through childhood memories, heartache, and wondrous adventures.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sincere
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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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Little Crumb (1999)
Plot Summary:
The film is based on the popular Dutch childrens book by Chris van Abkoude. In a Dutch port in 1921 lives a 10-year-old orphan boy known to everyone simply as Little Crumb (Ruud Feltkamp). His poverty-stricken mother Lize van Dien (Thekla Reuten) filled with shame was forced to turn him over to Mrs. Koster (Sacha Bulthuis) soon after he was born. Foster mother Mrs. Koster, who has cared for him since he was a baby, is very poor too, unable to support him by herself and proves to be a cruel taskmaster who insists Crumb bring her money before shell feed him. Somehow he must earn his keep out on the streets and can only go home after he has earned enough money. Crumb becomes an urchin stealing from the streets barrows and the shops to stay alive, sleeping in churches or huddled in doorways. Sometimes he has to run off from the police and he has earned the enmity of the most grownups around him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags:
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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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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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Train Master (2008)
Plot Summary:
62 year old Jeremiah Wilson is truly the Train Master of Willamette Western Railroad. He lives, breaths, and eats railroad. When Brett Banner, 32 year old heir to New York Eastern talks his dad into purchasing Willamette Western, there is immediately a clash between himself and Jeremiah. Jeremiah is fired by Brett two years from retirement and turns into a angry, depressed grandfather. When Brett's nine year old son Justin realizes Jeremiah's grandson Thomas can drive a locomotive, he kidnaps and holds Thomas' favorite dinosaur ransom. Justin, Thomas and 3 other children board an old engine in for repairs and accidentally turns it into runaway engine causing a chain reaction of events.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
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Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
Plot Summary:
Can there be such a thing as too much Christmas? Find out... when a magical Christmas wish is granted and Elmo gets to see what the world would be like if every day were Christmas! You'll enjoy lots of songs and holiday cheer with Elmo and his new friend Lightning, the reindeer, and discover for yourself why Christmas is best kept to one day a year!.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: independent film, crying, feel good, humorous, semi serious