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Plot Summary:
A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Peru, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: not serious, feel good, humorous, light, freeze frame, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
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The Secret of the Magic Gourd (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Secret of the Magic Gourd follows the wondrous adventures of a young schoolboy named Wang Bao. When Wang Bao discovers a magical gourd that can instantly grant his every wish, the awkward child suddenly becomes a hero amongst his curious classmates. When the gourd proves more of a burden than a blessing and the boy decides to get rid of it, he quickly discovers that's easier said than done.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 849
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, semi serious
Similar in 77%
Zenon: Z3 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Zenon Kar a teenager living on a space station in the year 2054 competes in the first ever Galactic Teen Supreme contest.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, not serious, futuristic, teen
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Remote (1993)
Plot Summary:
When Randy (Chris Carrara), is forced to stash his remote control toys in a model home, he stumbles across the hideout of three prison escapees. With the use of his remote control toys, Randy manages to apprehend the three fugitives.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 769
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, nostalgic
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A Dog's Tale (2000)
Plot Summary:
Anything is possible when the Professor tells Tim about a supernova that grants wishes. Unfortunately, when Tim's wish doesn't go as planned, he finds himself in a dog's body!.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, exciting
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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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We Can Be Heroes (2020)
Plot Summary:
When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, witty, not serious
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North (1994)
Plot Summary:
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus north starts off on an hilarious journey around the world to find the parents that really care about him.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, melancholic, stylized, feel good, humorous, semi serious, epic, black comedy, dark comedy, scary
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CJ7 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ti, a really poor construction worker that struggles to keep his son, Dicky, in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy which proves to be much, much more once the young boy starts to play with it.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, funny, sad, semi serious, crying, sentimental, touching
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The Last Day of Summer (2007)
Plot Summary:
Luke Malloy is freaking out. He doesn't want tomorrow to come because tomorrow means starting Middle School...saying goodbye to summer break and hello to homework. And even worse, hello to getting picked on by Meat, the terrible torturer of new kids. Luke's dread of tomorrow is casting a shadow on his enjoyment of his last day of summer, so he makes a wish that the Last Day of Summer would last forever... that his one last perfect day of fun and freedom would never end. But when his wish comes true, he discovers that he's stuck repeating the day over and over again, which, as Luke quickly learns, isn't any better. What do you do when the "ultimate do-over" isn't all it's cracked up to be?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 736
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, entertaining
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Miracle (2000)
Plot Summary:
What do you do if you're twelve years old, your mum is a neurotic babbler, your best friend is hitting on the girl you love, and you're the only guy in your class who doesn't yet sport pubes ...? For Dennis P. there's only one way out - pray. In this musical adventure the miracle comes in the shape of an angel clone looking suspiciously like Dennis P.'s late father. The angel issues Dennis P. with a license to perform medium grade miracles, but there's a string attached - Dennis P. must stop using swearwords. Dennis P. throws himself into readjusting his existence. But one miracle leads to another, and the 'adjustments' lead to grotesque consequences.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 630
Genere: Family, Musical, Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, offbeat
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Earth to Echo (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. When everyone around them refuses to take the messages seriously, the three embark on a secret adventure to crack the code and follow it to its source. But taking matters into their own hands gets the trio in way over their heads when they discover a mysterious being from another world who desperately needs their help. The epic, suspenseful and exciting journey that follows will change all of their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, sentimental, suspenseful, stylized, enigmatic, scenic, freeze frame, serious, psychotronic, light
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Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997)
Plot Summary:
The joke's on absent-minded scientist Wayne Szalinski when his troublesome invention shrinks him, his brother and their wives so effectively that their children think they've completely disappeared. Of course, this gives the kids free rein to do anything they want, unaware that their parents are watching every move.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, light, captivating, epic, hilarious, psychotronic, slapstick comedy, nostalgic
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Explorers (1985)
Plot Summary:
The visionary dreams of three curious and adventuresome young boys become an exciting reality in Explorers, the action-fantasy from director Joe Dante, who combines keen humor, warmth and fantasy with unexpected twists. In their makeshift laboratory, the boys use an amazing discovery and their ingenuity to build their own spaceship and launch themselves on a fantastic interplanetary journey.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: light, cult classic, feel good, retro, uplifting, intellectual, epic, stylized, mindfuck, offbeat
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Babysitters Beware (2009)
Plot Summary:
Seven-year-old Danny Parker is a good kid who loves his parents. But they have to go out on business dinners all the time, leaving him stuck with a sitter. It's not so bad when it's his favorite babysitter, Janelle but he also gets stuck with sitters like Ms. Greene who won't let him have any fun. Danny just wants to spend more time with his Mom and Dad.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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The Little Vampire (2000)
Plot Summary:
Based on the popular books, the story tells of Tony who wants a friend to add some adventure to his life. What he gets is Rudolph, a vampire kid with a good appetite. The two end up inseparable, but their fun is cut short when all the hopes of the vampire race could be gone forever in single night. With Tony's access to the daytime world, he helps them to find what they've always wanted.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, humorous, melancholic, gothic, offbeat, semi serious, independent film, scary, fairy tale
Similar in 76%
Spy Kids (2001)
Plot Summary:
Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of several of their old colleagues forces the Cortez' return from retirement. What they didn't count on was Carmen and Juni joining the "family business.".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, teen, action adventure, colorful, spy comedy, light, funny, feel good, ironic
Similar in 81%
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Plot Summary:
After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie, and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 431000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, emotional, sad, inspirational, sweet, touching, entertaining, light, exciting
Similar in 75%
A Simple Wish (1997)
Plot Summary:
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, fairy tale, funny, semi serious, humorous, mysterious, offbeat, light, romantic, clever
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I Heart Shakey (2012)
Plot Summary:
Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago and missing the fine print in their rental contract, J.T. is forced to try and get rid of his lovable pooch. Shakey and Chandler won't have it and hatch a plan to keep Shakey and teach J.T. a valuable lesson about loyalty and the importance of keeping family together.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Henry fails yet again to hand in his homework for the umpteenth time, he has no idea that this will set off a chain of events which will see him forming an unlikely alliance with Moody Margaret, the infuriating girl next door, and his irritating little brother Perfect Peter, outwitting corrupt School Inspectors and toppling an evil Headmaster, winning a talent contest and facing his ultimate nemesis with no way out - all because he is trying to save the very school which he has always professed to hate!.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, realistic, not serious
Similar in 84%
Kids World (2000)
Plot Summary:
What would you wish for if you were eleven and could have anything in the world? Your parents don't understand you. Your teenage brother is constantly getting you in trouble...for things he did! You're in love with the twelve-year-old girl across the street... who, unfortunately, is dating the local bully. Then, one afternoon, while being chased by the bully, you fall into a sinkhole, which happens to be in an ancient Indian burial ground. You find a glass, which you discover turns out to be a witchdoctor's Wishing Glass. When Ryan Mitchell discovers the Wishing Glass, he wishes that all the teenagers and parents would disappear. Soon it's "Kids World," with no adults and teenagers - nobody over the age of 12 anywhere! You can only imagine what happens next... *IT'S A CANADIAN FILM*.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, suspense
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Little Monsters (1989)
Plot Summary:
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games under his bed where pulling pranks on kids and other monsters is the main attraction.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, melancholic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, epic, mysterious, visual, creepy
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Elf-Man (2012)
Plot Summary:
An Elf is left behind by Santa to help rescue the Harper family from a lousy Christmas. The Elf and the family get more than they bargained for, as the kids help the Elf discover his special powers and true identity as a budding superhero.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 752
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, exciting, semi serious
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When Santa Fell to Earth (2011)
Plot Summary:
Christmas is just two weeks away, it is pouring with rain, and Ben is struggling to get into the Christmas spirit. Suddenly, Bens life takes a turn for the better when Santa Niklas Goodfellow and his Christmas caravan come crashing down to Earth in the middle of thunderstorm and land in Foggy Lane. Santa is on the run from the ruthless Gerold Geronimus Goblynch and his army of nutcrackers who have outlawed all of the old magical ways and have transformed the bright and peaceful Christmas world into a dark and hostile place, governed by greed and money. Goblynch has banned work for all Santas and confined the Christmas angels to tiny prison cells, where they can no longer hear the dearest wishes of children. Goblynch also wants to force Santa Niklas Goodfellow, the last real Santa, to work for his commercialized Christmas company and forces him to do hard labour in the ordering department of the Christmas Palace.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, melancholic, sentimental, touching, captivating, educational
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Five Children and It (2004)
Plot Summary:
A Psammead is 'It', an ancient, irritable, ugly sand fairy, which five children find one day in a gravel pit. As a reward for finding him, It grants the children one wish a day, the results of which will last until sunset.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, entertaining, offbeat, semi serious, gothic
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The Borrowers (1997)
Plot Summary:
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, humorous, not serious, fairy tale, feel good, epic, slapstick comedy, touching, offbeat
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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005)
Plot Summary:
Everyone always knew that Max had a wild imagination, but no one believed that his wildest creations -- a boy raised by watchful great white sharks and a girl with the force of a volcano -- were real. Now, these two pint-sized action masters will show Max that even an ordinary kid has what it takes to be extraordinary.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surreal, feel good, entertaining, enigmatic, absurd, teen, touching, humorous, semi serious, surprise ending
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Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)
Plot Summary:
Third-grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious, 3d animation, independent film
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A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007)
Plot Summary:
A Dennis The Menace version of A Christmas Carol where Mr. Wilson plays his own version of Scrooge. While Dennis has problems of his own with the neighborhood bully, he does his best to try and give Mr. Wilson the Christmas Spirit. Dennis causes his usual damage and Mr. Wilson ends up breaking Dennis' spirit. An Angel of Christmas Past Present and Future steps in to help save Christmas for the Mitchells, the Wilsons, and everyone else.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, sincere, offbeat, humorous, not serious
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*batteries not included (1987)
Plot Summary:
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, touching, sentimental, light, emotional, sweet, humorous, semi serious, funny