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Plot Summary:
By a fortunate coincidence, Juan is inspired and encouraged by a girl with the same name. Therefore, he decides to form a lion dance troupe with his friends, Cat and Dog, to break the constraints of reality and fight for themselves for once.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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Shirobako Movie (2020)
Plot Summary:
The "Musashi-Sakai x Shirobako Harumatsuri" (Musashi-Sakai x Shirobako Spring Festival) event in Tokyo for the Shirobako anime revealed on Saturday that the franchise will get an anime film project. P.A. Works is starting production on the film, but the film does not have a set release date yet. The staff at the event confirmed that the film will be an all-new work.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: anime, manga
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Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young orphan bear named Bongee befriends Princess Katrina. When the witch Bandrilla casts a spell on the people of the Kingdom preventing them from doing what they love most, dancing, Bongee Bear set out to break the spell.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Animation
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime
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Zoom (2015)
Plot Summary:
A multi-dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each lives in a separate reality but authors a story about one of the others.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, Brazil
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, surreal, psychological, emotional, meta
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Have a Nice Day (2017)
Plot Summary:
Three parties pursue the million dollars that driver Xiao Zhang stole to help out his girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: adult animation, tense, humorous, captivating, semi serious, noir, stylized, anime, hood, neo noir
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Tamayura: Graduation Photo Part 4 - Ashita (2016)
Plot Summary:
The last movie of a four-part finale of Tamayura.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime
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The Art of Happiness (2013)
Plot Summary:
Sergio driving a taxi in a white Naples overflowing sadness and garbage. Pouring rain leads her clients through the city trying to process the death of his brother, who started ten years earlier for Tibet and never returned. A pop singer, a recycler of fragments of life, a radio announcer, an old uncle, alternate seats on its bearing, each in its own way, a trace of his brother loved. Stubborn not to go over and get lost in an endless race, Sergio is overwhelmed by memories and the music produced in pairs with Alfredo, which in Buddhism and in its foundations had found the strength to cope with the disease. Those notes that he believed buried and laid to always return overbearing and demanding a soundboard that resonate and express his being sound. Putting his hand on the piano, Sergio Alfredo feel again, giving the past with the present and realizing itself in the feeling.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, contemplative, realistic, stylized, anime, adult animation, gloomy
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Welcome to Siegheilkirchen (2021)
Plot Summary:
1960's Siegheilkirchen, a small town in the Austrian hinterland is steeped in reactionary and ultra-Catholic attitudes. The son of a hard-working innkeeper and his wife, called Snotty Boy by all and sundry, is at odds with the narrow-minded confines of his home town. But his unstoppable talent for drawing gives him an outlet for his discontent.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, anime, computer animated
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Pompo the Cinephile (2021)
Plot Summary:
Operating out of the movie capital "Nyallywood," Pompo has been shooting one B-grade entertainment flick after another that anyone would enjoy. One day, Pompo's "movie buff" assistant Gene spots a new script written by Pompo and is moved by its exquisite story. In a fit of passion, he proclaims, "I want to see this as a finished work in theaters as soon as possible!" However, Pompo tells him, "So you shoot this film." Thus, Gene takes on his first directing gig. Meanwhile, Natalie, an ordinary girl who just arrived in town with movie actress dreams, has been discovered by Pompo.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: anime, black comedy, dark comedy
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Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home (2013)
Plot Summary:
While sorting through a mess of books in the staff room, Ohana happens upon one of Denroku's log books from long ago. Within it, it recounts a story of Ohana's mom when she was the same age as her.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, sentimental, sincere, touching, melancholic
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Laughter and Grief by the White Sea (1987)
Plot Summary:
Laughter and Grief by the White Sea is a 1987 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by Leonid Nosyrev made at the Soyuzmultfilm studio. The film is a celebration of the culture of the Russian Pomors who live around the White Sea.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: anthology
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Aaron's Magic Village (1995)
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When God distributed wiseness and foolishness through a newly created world, one of the cherubs accidentally dropped all the foolishness on a tiny village called Chelm. So everyone in the village is very dumb. Recently orphaned boy Aaron and his friendly goat Zlateh live there with Aaron's uncle Shlemiel. When an evil sorcerer and his monster attack the village, Aaron and Zlateh have to defend it themselves.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Animation, Family, Comedy, Musical
Country: France, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: anime, fable
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New Gods: Yang Jian (2022)
Plot Summary:
Thirteen years after Yang Jian (known to some as Erlang Shen) imprisoned his sister beneath a mountain, the once powerful god now scrapes by as a penniless bounty hunter. When a mysterious woman hires him for a new job, Yang Jian soon finds himself chasing down a familiar figure. He must stop Chenxiang, his long-lost nephew, who is in search of the magical lotus lantern that will free his mother, even if it will bring catastrophe. As Yang Jian confronts the actions of his past, he must face a host of dangerous vigilantes seeking the same treasure with the power to alter the balance of their worlds.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: anime
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Tengers (2007)
Plot Summary:
Whilst working on "the great South African novel," an unemployed writer gets caught up in the harsh realities of life in the city of Johannesburg.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: adult animation, claymation, black comedy, dark comedy
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Animation Runner Kuromi 2 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Following Studio Petit's popularity for Time Journey's, the crew is now faced with 3 anime at the same time. Rushing to fill the quotas, the owner of Studio Petit hires Takashimadaira, a veteran producer to help Kuromi. However, all Takashimadaira cares about is making deadlines, severely hurting the quality of the images. Shihonmatsu, who has been helping Kuromi, gets angry at the new producer and leaves, leaving Kuromi with a difficult choice: to choose between the quality or the deadline.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime
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Rocks in My Pockets (2014)
Plot Summary:
A fantastical tale based on true events, about five women of Signe Baumane's family, including herself, and their battles with depression and madness.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 893
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Latvia, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: surreal, stylized, adult animation, humorous, psychological, atmospheric, semi serious, anime, visually stunning, touching
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Non Non Biyori: The Movie - Vacation (2018)
Plot Summary:
The movie for Non Non Biyori series. Summer vacation is drawing to an end. When Suguru wins a free trip to Okinawa, all of the five students of Asahigaoka branch school are excited to end their vacation with a bang. Along with Hikage, Konomi, and their teacher and the candy store owner, everyone goes to Okinawa for a fun three-day trip. There, Natsumi makes friends with Aoi, the girl who helps out at the hotel they stay in.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: anime, light, touching, feel good, humorous, sweet, captivating, visually appealing, seinen, crying
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My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
Plot Summary:
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, compassionate, adult animation, sincere, romantic, independent film, captivating, funny, offbeat
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Flavors of Youth (2018)
Plot Summary:
Three different stories of youth set in different cities of China. 1 Shanghai Love. 2 Sunny Breakfast. 3 Small Fashion Show. Directed by Zhenxing Yi, the plot revolves around a young man working in Beijing. He used to live with his grandma in his less developed hometown Hunan. While he is drown in his childhood reminiscence, he receives an unexpected call – Grandma is in critical condition.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Romance
Country: China, Japan
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: anime, anthology, light, manga, psychological, atmospheric, uplifting, sweet, captivating, scenic
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Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the suburbs of Tokyo some time ago, there lived a clumsy boy about 10 years old. There appeared in front of him named Sewashi, Nobita's descendant of four generations later from the 22nd century, and Doraemon, a 22nd century cat-type caretaker robot who helps people with its secret gadgets. Sewashi claims that his family is suffering from the debts Nobita made even to his generation, so in order to change this disastrous future, he brought along Doraemon as Nobita's caretaker to bring happiness to his future, although Doraemon is not happy about this. And so Sewashi installed an accomplishment program into Doraemon forcing him to take care of Nobita. Unless he makes Nobita happy, Doraemon can no longer go back to the 22nd century. This is how the life of Doraemon and Nobita begins. Will Doraemon succeed this mission and return to the 22nd century?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, semi serious, 3d animation, cult classic, computer animated, offbeat, crying, independent film
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Animal Crossing: The Movie (2006)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of a young self-reliant girl called Ai, who one day, moves into the Animal Village. While working at Tom Nook's shop "Nook's Cranny" she begins living her life away from her family. To begin with, she doesn't know left from right, but under the guidance of Mayor Tortimer, the angry but correct Mr. Resetti, and the wandering musician K.K. Slider among others, she is eventually accepted as a member of the village. One night as she walked along the beach, she finds a message in the bottle. It sets her off on a quest of planting pine trees around the village to fulfill a miracle on the eve of the Winter Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, 2d animation
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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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Heavy Traffic (1973)
Plot Summary:
An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: adult animation, surreal, psychedelic, parody, mind bending, dark, social, psychotronic, black comedy, cult classic
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
Plot Summary:
Greg Heffley is a scrawny but ambitious kid with an active imagination and big plans to be rich and famous – he just has to survive middle school first.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, light, entertaining, computer animated, smart, clever
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Sailor Moon Eternal (2021)
Plot Summary:
The two-part film project will take the place of a fourth season for Sailor Moon Crystal. The films will cover the "Dead Moon" arc of Takeuchi's original manga.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, dark
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Crayon Shin-chan: Fast Asleep! Dreaming World Big Assault! (2016)
Plot Summary:
One night, the Nohara family were enjoying a pleasant dream, when suddenly a big fish appeared in their dreams and ate them. The next morning, Hiroshi read in the newspaper that everybody in another town had the same nightmare as him, but it seemed to have ended. But Hiroshi also heard the same dream from Misae, Shinnosuke, Himawari and even Shiro. They were surprised and thought if the same thing is happening in Kasukabe too. In kindergarten, on telling others about his nightmare, Shinnosuke was surprised to know that everybody too had the same dream. Then a mysterious girl named Saki was transferred to Futaba Kindergarten and joined Shinnosuke's class. Everyone in the class, including the rather inactive Bo-chan, were all excited and happy on seeing her. But Saki had a cold attitude and didn't get along well.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Axel: The Biggest Little Hero (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young boy becomes an unlikely hero when he sets out on an adventure-filled quest to find the legendary Bonta oasis.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, entertaining, anime
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Fritz the Cat (1972)
Plot Summary:
A hypocritical swinging college student cat raises hell in a satiric vision of various elements on the 1960's.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, adult animation, disturbing, grindhouse, surreal, controversial, cult classic, dark comedy, erotic, dark
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A Christmas Carol (2020)
Plot Summary:
The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty commentary on social inequality and the corrupting influence of greed, and to breathe new life into the lyricism of the original text by setting its scenes to extraordinary tableaux of modern dance.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, thought provoking, suspense, contemplative, christmas horror, anime
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Mary and Max (2009)
Plot Summary:
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year correspondence. Will the two ever meet face to face?.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 184000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, depressing, emotional, adult animation, black comedy, sincere, stylized, sad, gloomy, dark comedy