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Plot Summary:
Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, Zarafa is a sumptuously animated and stirring adventure, and a throwback to a bygone era of hand-drawn animation and epic storytelling set among sweeping CinemaScope vistas of parched desert, wind-swept mountains and open skies. Under the cover of darkness a small boy, Maki, loosens the shackles that bind him and escapes into the desert night. Pursued by slavers across the moon-lit savannah, Maki meets Zarafa, a baby giraffe – and an orphan, just like him – as well as the nomad Hassan, Prince of the Desert. Hassan takes them to Alexandria for an audience with the Pasha of Egypt, who orders him to deliver the exotic animal as a gift to King Charles of France.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, exciting, captivating, light, anime, sentimental, serious, realistic, 2d animation
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Heidi: A Girl of the Alps (1974)
Plot Summary:
This animation series follows the childhood "adventures" of a girl named Heidi, who lives with her grandfather somewhere on the Alps.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Japan, West Germany
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, juvenile, realistic, sentimental, touching, serious
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Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
Plot Summary:
Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: anime, psychedelic, epic, educational, experimental, claymation, artsy, exciting, feel good, humorous
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Lost and Found (2008)
Plot Summary:
A magical tale of friendship and loneliness, which tells the story of a little boy who one day finds a penguin on his doorstep. Although at first he is unsure what to do, the boy becomes determined to help the penguin find his way back home... even if that means rowing all the way to the South Pole!.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 855
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: sentimental, stylized, sincere, touching, serious
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Moonbeam Bear and His Friends (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Moonbear and his friends experience funny and exciting adventures in their forest.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, humorous, captivating, anime, 3d animation
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The Little Polar Bear (2001)
Plot Summary:
This charming animated adventure follows a young polar bear, Lars, as he befriends Robbie, a seal. Together, these two form a friendship that proves different breeds of animals can get along perfectly well.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 797
Genere: Animation, Family, Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, sweet, entertaining, anime, exciting, serious
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Bigfoot Family (2020)
Plot Summary:
Bigfoot, Adam's father, wants to use his fame for a good cause. Protecting a large wildlife reserve in Alaska sounds like the perfect opportunity! When Bigfoot mysteriously disappears without a trace, Adam and his animal friends will brave anything to find him again and save the nature reserve.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, captivating, sentimental, touching, feel good, semi serious
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The Jungle Bunch: The Movie (2011)
Plot Summary:
"The Jungle Bunch" is the exciting tale of Maurice, a penguin who was raised in the jungle and thinks he's a tiger! When two penguins from his Antarctic homeland come in search of "The Great Tiger Warrior" to defend their colony from an invading herd of walruses, Maurice assembles a misfit team of jungle friends to save the day!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005)
Plot Summary:
The film is a sub-story to Kirikou and the Sorceress rather than a straight sequel. The movie is set while Kirikou is still a child and Karaba is still a sorceress. Like Princes et princesses and Les Contes de la nuit, it is an anthology film comprising several episodic stories, each of them describing Kirikou's interactions with a different animals. It is however unique among Michel Ocelot's films, not only in that it is co-directed by Bénédicte Galup (who has previously worked with him as an animator) but also for each of the stories being written by a different person (in all other cases, Ocelot has been the sole writer and director of his films).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, anime, adult animation, exciting, offbeat
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Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012)
Plot Summary:
The grandfather welcomes us into his blue grotto, there was still beautiful memories of childhood to tell Kirikou: the times when he helped the men and women of his village and elsewhere ... He tells us how Kirikou, thanks to his bravery and intelligence, came to the aid of the strong woman. He tells us by what trick the little hero found the grumpy old man, who had been lost in the bush, and how a cherry threatened by the witch was finally able to pass on his knowledge to the villagers. We also discover the secret of a mysterious blue monster, and finally through a flute linked to the family of our small and valiant heroes, the magical power of music.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 673
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, captivating, light, anime, adult animation, computer animated, sentimental, semi serious
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Foster's Movie: Destination Imagination (2008)
Plot Summary:
The gang must venture into a crazy imaginary world to rescue Frankie when she disappears inside a mysterious box.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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Elias and the Treasure of the Sea (2010)
Plot Summary:
The annual winter fisheries are about to start, but the great catch never seems to come. It turns out that large industrial trawlers have emptied the ocean of fish, and the ordinary little fishing boats will have a hard time surviving. Elias gathers all his friends in order to save the future of his tiny coastal community.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: Norway
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, computer animated, captivating
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Nocturna (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the aging orphanage the days pass very uneventfully, but the nights are something quite different; at least for Tim they are. The light reflected from the stars is the only cure for his fear of the dark. One night this fear leads him to the orphanage rooftop. Where he discovers that his favorite star has disappeared, and unfortunately it´s not going to be the last one. Tim also discovers.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, surreal, anime, captivating, entertaining, light, adult animation, stylized, semi serious, 2d animation
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A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010)
Plot Summary:
A sea turtle who was hatched in 1959 spends the next 50 years traveling the world while it is being changed by global warming. Born on a Baja, California beach in 1959, new hatchling Sammy must do what his fellow newborn sea turtles are doing: race across the beach to the ocean before they are captured by a seagull or crab. Thus begins Sammy's incredible fifty-year ocean journey. Along the way he meets his best friend, a fellow turtle named Ray, and overcomes obstacles both natural and man-made while trying to fulfill his dream of travelling around the world. Throughout his voyage, Sammy never forgets about Shelly - the turtle he saved on his first day and loves passionately from afar. Based on the actual trajectory of a sea turtle's life, the film illustrates the dangers humans pose to the species' survival. The film combines entertainment with an important environmental message.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, touching, semi serious, 3d animation, humorous, computer animated
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The Lion Guard (2015)
Plot Summary:
Simba's son, Kion, assembles a group of animals to protect the Pride Lands, known as the Lion Guard.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, exciting, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, anime, 2d animation
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A Fox's Tale (2008)
Plot Summary:
The film is about Little Vuk, the son of the legendary fox who proves its excellent mind and courage.
IMDB Rating: 1.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, captivating, light, entertaining, anime, 3d animation
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Eleanor's Secret (2009)
Plot Summary:
Natanaël, seven, still doesn't know how to read. His eccentric old aunt bequeaths her house to his parents and her book collection to the young boy. Nat discovers that the books serve as a shelter for all the heroes found in children's literature. They are the original characters and are counting on him for protection. For if they leave the library, they will disappear along with their stories forever! When his parents start selling off the books, Nathanaël, who is shrunk by the evil witch Carabosse, braves everything to save his tiny friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 982
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, light, sincere, anime, touching, humorous, semi serious, fairy tale
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, captivating, computer animated, scenic, folk tale, sweet, 3d animation, mockbuster, humorous
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Bratz: Super Babyz (2007)
Plot Summary:
When an alien matter-converter machine transforms four baby girls into superheroes, the quartet must learn to work together as a team to fend off the extraterrestrials who are looking for their powerful device. The aliens regain possession of the converter and use it to remove the girls' superpowers, but the friends soon realize they already have plenty of amazing abilities in this entry in the Bratz series of popular animated films.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, exciting, computer animated
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The Magic Snowflake (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young boy named Nicholas is about to become the next Santa Claus, but must first avoid a crisis that's threatening the magic of Christmas before he can succeed in his new role.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, exciting, captivating, entertaining, light, anime, semi serious
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Bold Eagles (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the second animation film about Ploddy the Police Car, he stumbles on environmental criminals threatening rare animals when he is to meet the Crown princess. She's there to open a national with a majestic rare breeds of eagles. In the area there's been more and mare animals missing from the wildlife. Now Ploddy has to guard the eggs of the eagle, awaiting the eagle mother to come, while he investigates.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Norway, USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, captivating, light, anime, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, computer animated
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Yona Yona Penguin (2009)
Plot Summary:
Rintaro directs a tale of three children who visit a land of wonder. This is the first "3D anime" that Madhouse has produced. Oh, and there are penguins.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, light, sincere, feel good, exciting, stylized, semi serious, super sentai
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A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sammy and Ray, leatherback turtles and friends forever, are enjoying an atoll's water and sand, shepherding new hatchlings Ricky and Ella out to sea. Suddenly, a poacher swoops in and ships them off to be part of a spectacular aquarium show for tourists in Dubai. The kingpin of the place, Big D the seahorse, enlists them in his plans for a great escape. But with their new friends Jimbo the bug-eyed blob fish and Lulu the snippy lobster, Annabel the sweet Octopus, and a whole family of penguins, Sammy and Ray hatch breakout plans of their own. That is when little Ricky and Ella arrive, determined to break in to rescue them. After a series of thrilling adventures and narrow escapes, our heroes head south to meet up with Shelly, Sammy's first and only love.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Belgium, USA, France, Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, 3d animation, light, entertaining, anime, computer animated
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The Strawberry Shortcake Movie: Sky's the Limit (2009)
Plot Summary:
A sudden storm leaves Berry Bitty City with a gigantic problem. Strawberry Shortcake and her friends will have to move their whole tiny town unless they find a way to safely remove a huge boulder that threatens everything they hold dear.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, anime, exciting, sentimental, semi serious
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Raven the Little Rascal (2012)
Plot Summary:
A children’s animated feature film based on an internationally bestselling book series for a main target audience of 3 to 8 year olds telling a universal story about friendship, loyalty and honesty in which Little Raven and his friends have to work up all their courage to save their beloved forest.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, anime
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Plot Summary:
The amazing story of Daniel, a dolphin who abandons the safety of his pod to explore the ocean and discover the true purpose of his life.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 706
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Germany, Italy, Peru
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining, sincere, feel good, anime, sentimental, touching, humorous, stylized
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Maya the Bee Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Freshly hatched bee Maya is a little whirlwind and won't follow the rules of the hive. One of these rules is not to trust the hornets that live beyond the meadow. When the Royal Jelly is stolen, the hornets are suspected and Maya is thought to be their accomplice. No one believes that she is the innocent victim and no one will stand by her except for her good-natured and best friend Willy. After a long and eventful journey to the hornets hive Maya and Willy soon discover the true culprit and the two friends finally bond with the other residents of the opulent meadow.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, 3d animation, light, captivating, computer animated, semi serious
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Riki Rhino (2020)
Plot Summary:
Riki, a young Sumatran rhino, lost his horn, which was stolen by a hunter. Riki goes on an adventure with Beni and gets horns with a hidden power.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, visually appealing, anime, 3d animation
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The Reef (2006)
Plot Summary:
After losing everything, a young fish, Pi, goes to live with his family on the Reef. There he meets the love of his life but finds that she already has the unwanted affections of a bully shark. He must follow his destiny to save her and rid the Reef of this menace for good.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, captivating, touching, computer animated
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Jock the Hero Dog (2011)
Plot Summary:
Animated-family adventure based on a true story that tells the heart-warming, coming-of-age story of a man and his best-friend, a lovable and fearless dog named, Jock. Set in the Bushveld near what is today the world famous Kruger National Park, this animated family tale is about Jock's adventures with Fritz, his master. Jock escapes death, builds crazy friendships and displays his unrivalled loyalty to Fritz. The story is set in the late 1880s when Africa's mineral richness, teeming animal life and incomparable natural beauty drew and captivated explorers and adventurers from all over the world. A place where big game roamed in their thousands and the wildest tales were true! Jock Of The Bushveld is a great story and the only animal classic to come out of Africa.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, exciting, humorous, semi serious, computer animated, anime
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Zambezia (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set in a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria Falls, "Zambezia" is the story of Kai - a naïve, but high-spirited young falcon who travels to the bird city of "Zambezia" where he discovers the truth about his origins and, in defending the city, learns how to be part of a community.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, sincere, feel good, 3d animation, anime, semi serious, computer animated