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Plot Summary:
Walt Disney's 3-part made-for-TV feature, The Secret of Boyne Castle (1969), originally shown on "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (the new title for "Disneyland"), re-edited into feature film form for European theatrical release.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 144 min
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Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990)
Plot Summary:
This is yet another telling of the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as the two try to clear their friend Jim of murder charges.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
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Peter en de Vliegende Autobus (1976)
Plot Summary:
Young Peter has a difficult time adjusting at school having been confined to a wheelchair after an accident. He still wants to participate in the school outing and play and wants to come up with a way to make the play actors 'fly' like fairies. By chance the local inventor Quirinus Drijfhout and his son Felix have just perfected their 'Zerostraler', a machine that can make any object float in mid air.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min
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Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1982)
Plot Summary:
The adventures and misadventures of Tom and Huck on the Mississippi River in Missouri with their involvement when they fall in with a gang of con artists, take up with a ragtag circus, help a freed slave buy his sister's freedom, and then see a dastardly villain get his.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 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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Caddie Woodlawn (1989)
Plot Summary:
The exciting adventures of an 11-year-old tomboy growing up in the Wisconsin frontier of the 1860s. Based on the children's book.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tension, suspense
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Where the Spies Are (1965)
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 892
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, eurospy
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The Prince and the Pauper (1972)
Plot Summary:
A poor boy named Tom Canty and Edward, the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags:
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The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
Plot Summary:
Colonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing an experimental aircraft. A covert government agency (OSI) is willing to pay for special prosthetics to replace the eye, arm and both legs he lost in the crash. Highly advanced technology (Bionics) built into them will make him faster, stronger and better than normal. In return they want him to become a covert agent for the OSI. It will cost $6,000,000 to rebuild Steve Austin.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, vintage, tv series pilot
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The Last Leprechaun (1998)
Plot Summary:
Ethel and Tommy Barrick are sent to Ireland to spend the summer with their new stepmother. Once there, they discover her to be an evil, power-seeking witch, with real magical powers and a hatred for all things green.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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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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Four Junior Detectives (1992)
Plot Summary:
The four young snoopers Tim, Karl, Kloesschen and Gaby by chance discover a hidden cave near an old castle. In it there's a board that seems to describe the way to a legendary sword. They ask their history teacher Schindler about it. He forbids them further actions, but secretly continues investigations with help of two ruthless criminals. But our young heros don't give up on an adventure so fast.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min
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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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Maya (1966)
Plot Summary:
An American boy runs away in the Indian jungle after a fight with his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Kim (1984)
Plot Summary:
Adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's novel.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: semi serious
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Mission Bloody Mary (1965)
Plot Summary:
Agent 077 - Mission Bloody Mary or Agente 077 missione Bloody Mary is a 1965 Italian action spy adventure film. The first of the Secret Agent 077 film series directed by Sergio Grieco.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Adventure
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, spy comedy, eurospy
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License to Kill (1964)
Plot Summary:
Didier Formenter, the French scientist, has just put the final touch on an invention that will be able to destroy to destroy any sort of flying apparatus. An international crime gang is very interested in stealing this equipement to sell it to the higher bidder of lawless nations. Menaced, the scientist, who was friends with Nick Carter's father, calls Nick for help. At Nice airport, Nick Carter escapes death, but that night he is unable to stop Formenter's murder. He suspects Bruno, Formenter's adoptive son, and Tonio, the owner of a bar near Formentier's home. Bruno is actually after Formenter's heritage, and for that he tries to kill Catherine, Formentier's granddaughter. Therefore, Nick Carter finds himself against more than a gang, but he will uncover the plots, in time to break every gangster apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective, eurospy
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OSS 117 prend des vacances (1970)
Plot Summary:
OSS 177 goes on holiday to Brazil, but is called into action when he finds himself being stalked by a double.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: France, Brazil, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, eurospy
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The Legend of Longwood (2014)
Plot Summary:
When 12-year-old Mickey Miller moves from New York to Ireland, she soon discovers a link between herself and the 300-year-old legend of the mysterious Black Knight, who regularly haunts the sleepy Irish village. With courage and a sharp mind, she sets out to save a precious herd of white horses and to thwart the evil plans of a greedy, ambitious woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands, Ireland, Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, light, sincere
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Agent X-77 Orders to Kill (1966)
Plot Summary:
A government agent tries to prevent foreign spies from obtaining a scientist's formula for a solid-rocket-fuel.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Adventure
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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Black Beauty (2015)
Plot Summary:
A modern retelling of Anna Sewell’s classic novel, Black Beauty explores the heartfelt story of 15 year-old Audry who makes the discovery of a lifetime whilst volunteering at a city animal shelter. Rescued from an abusive owner and recovering from a traumatic past, Black Beauty possesses a most unique quality of character, endearing itself to Audry and her Grandpa who adopt the horse in order to give it a second chance and perhaps even help revitalize their own family situation. Aided by dedicated trainer James and tested by the many challenges of equine life, Black Beauty has his work cut out for him as he embarks on a remarkable journey of discovery and friendship.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, captivating
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Kid Colter (1985)
Plot Summary:
A Boston boy escapes from spies and survives in the wild with tricks from his mountain-man father.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious
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Baby Geniuses 3: Baby Squad Investigators (2013)
Plot Summary:
When valuable objects begin disappearing throughout Europe, it's up to a band of brilliant babies to travel overseas and catch the thieves before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Spymate (2003)
Plot Summary:
Amelia, a young genius and daughter of a top secret agent, unknowingly invents a contraption that makes her the target of an evil scientist.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, captivating
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The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998)
Plot Summary:
Told from Mowgli's point of view, it's the story of how a boy became a mancub and a mancub became a man.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 867
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Secret of the Cave (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young American boy spends his summer in Ireland and solves the mystery that captivates the entire village. Driven by curiosity and his own search for meaning in life, he faces his fears and discovers the Secret of the Cave.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 507
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, suspenseful, captivating
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The New Swiss Family Robinson (1998)
Plot Summary:
When Angelino Jack Robinson gets a new job in Australia, he decides to take his sissy wife Ann, brave sons Shane and Todd and wining daughter Elisabeth 'Lizzy' by sailing yacht from Hong Kong to Syndney. The gun he gets thrown in by Sheldon Blake proves disabled, and for a sinister reason: near Borneo, Blake's men turn up to capture them. The family escapes but loses the yacht on a reef. They build a cool camp on an island. But the pirates keep coming back, and the boys discover why: he hid a treasure in the yacht. Shane is also discovered and captured in more then one way by French plane wreck survivor Françoise, who later teams up with the family.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 868
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, independent film, serious
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My Side of the Mountain (1969)
Plot Summary:
Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George. A family movie made by Paramount Studios, the story revolves around thirteen-year old Sam Gribley (Teddy Eccles), a devotee of Thoreau, as many were back in the in 1960's. Sam decides to leave the city (set in Toronto) to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a self-sufficient spirit after his parents promise a summer trip that doesn't pan out.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, serious, realistic
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The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
Plot Summary:
"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young American owner, Alec Ramsay (Kelly Reno), he's much more. So, when the amazing animal is stolen, Alec will stop at nothing to get him back. Alec finally unravels the mystery of Black's theft...only to discover that he must overcome even greater odds to reclaim his beloved horse.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, humorous, semi serious, exciting, inspirational, sexy, clever, feel good, breathtaking
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War of the Buttons (1994)
Plot Summary:
The children of Ballydowse and Carrickdowse engage in battles where they cut of the buttons, shoe-laces and underwear of their captured opponents. This is to get the boys in trouble with their parents. They go to battle in mass groups of dozens, throwing stones and cutting off their opponents buttons etc. And sometimes they go to battle completely naked and exposed. In one such scene about 30 boys return from a battle to celebrate victory at a barn-house only to find some girls waiting for them and they get very embarrassed at losing their privacy.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, epic, sincere, serious, contemplative, light, romantic, sexy
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
Plot Summary:
In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, though he's unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 163000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mysterious, exciting, breathtaking, dark fantasy, saga, costume drama, fantasy adventure, sinister, psychotronic