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Zootopia (2016)
Plot Summary:
Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 533000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: stereotypes, anthropomorphic animal, anthropomorphism, police, furry, happy ending, female protagonist, rabbit, friendship, prejudice, conspiracy, racial relations, investigation, injustice, discrimination, lion, polar bear, idealism, bullying, mammal, talking animal, buddy cop, missing person, police officer, female villain
In This Corner of the World (2016)
Plot Summary:
Newlywed Suzu Urano moves to her new life in Kure City on the coast of Hiroshima Prefecture, where she perseveres through World War II with pluck and determination
Duration: 129 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, History, War
Country: Japan
Plot tags: world war two, family relations, war, wedding, bombing, female protagonist, military, evacuation, anniversary, danger, couples, society, teenager, nazi, holocaust, art, gory, humanity, adaptation, world war, painting, bomber, cooking, marriage, dog
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: stop motion, samurai, magic, imagination, creativity, childhood, storytelling, friendship, monkey, destiny, plot twist, mentor, talking animal, children, fight scenes, strong female character, mythology, cave, coming of age, bittersweet, sword, feudal japan, teenager, martial arts, magical
Kapoor & Sons (2016)
Plot Summary:
A story revolving around a dysfunctional family of two brothers who visit their parents and grandfather in Coonoor, and end up falling for the same woman
Duration: 132 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: gay, parent child relationship, brother brother relationship, closeted homosexual, lgbt, death, brother, grandfather grandson relationship, coming of age, writers, mother, sibling rivalry, gay son, lgbtqi, sex, family drama, lgbtq, loneliness, family relations, man with glasses, manic pixie dream girl, old age, dream girl, bespectacled male, bollywood
Moana (2016)
Plot Summary:
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 367000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Plot tags: ocean, magic, girl, disney princess, island, happy ending, mythology, destiny, good versus evil, friendship, little girl, giant crab, strong female lead, tropical island, young girl, journey, princess, kids and family, sea voyage, strong female character, water, sea turtle, feminism, mentor, girl power
The Red Turtle (2016)
Plot Summary:
The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds
Duration: 80 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Japan
Plot tags: nature, isolation, island, raft, sea turtle, solitude, loneliness, beach, desert island, survival, swimming, sea, transformation, turtle, death, baby, metamorphosis, castaway, tsunami, magic realism, flood, love, forest, hallucination, fish
The Jungle Book (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 289000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand, France, Canada, India
Plot tags: jungle, animal, boy, orphan, human animal relationship, courage, tiger, talking animal, wild animal, friendship, greed, monkey, good versus evil, wolf, feral child, panther, chase, animal life, snake, beautiful scenery, heroes, child in peril, danger, journey, escapades
A Monster Calls (2016)
Plot Summary:
A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Spain, UK
Plot tags: bullying, monster, childhood, loneliness, terminal illness, life & death, imagination, courage, boy, single mother, cancer, nightmare, depression, truth, death, child, teenager, destiny, family drama, creature, dream, grief, storytelling, youth, magic realism
A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK
Plot tags: cat, homeless, human animal relationship, street musician, pet cat, guitarist, addiction, drug addict, friendship, animal actor, singer, moral transformation, musician, pets, biopic, drug dealer, pharmacist, father son estrangement, changing lives, musician's life, drastic change of life, spoiled brat, writers, lifestyle change, recovery
Finding Dory (2016)
Plot Summary:
Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 296000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, China
Plot tags: memory loss, underwater, fish, kids and family, amnesia, animal, ocean, shark, friendship, children, talking animal, beautiful scenery, heroes, friends, teamwork, loneliness, heroic mission, anthropomorphism, escapades, danger, family problems, whale, heartwarming, octopus, water
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations
Duration: 132 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 499000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: magic, witch, wizard, fantasy world, sorcerer, good versus evil, magical creature, friendship, magic wand, chase, harry potter, teleportation, magician, rescue, supernatural power, orphan, spell, alternate universe, orphanage, parallel universe, englishman abroad, witchcraft, unlikely hero, shape shifting, arizona desert
Sing (2016)
Plot Summary:
A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hosting a singing competition
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 186000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Japan, USA, France
Plot tags: creativity, singing, music, anthropomorphic animal, talent show, concert, musician, friendship, pig, talking animal, animal, theater, kids and family, father son relationship, elephant, iguana, gangster, furry, wilhelm scream, flashback, monkey, supermarket, mentor, magical, hunter
Miracles from Heaven (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution. After Anna has a freak accident and falls three stories, a miracle unfolds in the wake of her dramatic rescue that leaves medical specialists mystified, her family restored and their community inspired
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Plot tags: christian, christianity, illness, faith, miraculous event, medical, parent child relationship, mother daughter relationship, sick child, child cancer, little girl, hospital, female protagonist, leukemia, coping, child protagonist, heaven, pastor, near death experience, religious, family relations, accident, tree, cure, morality
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Continuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to his home
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 178000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: China, USA
Plot tags: kung fu, good versus evil, talking animal, dragon, animal protagonist, anthropomorphism, fight scenes, monkey, mentor, animal, village, destiny, creativity, storytelling, tiger, anthropomorphic animal, friendship, martial arts, kung fu panda, kids and family, wuxia, chinese culture, training, father son reunion, teacher
Goodbye Berlin (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two outsiders travel around the countryside during school holidays
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Germany, France
Plot tags: classmate, coming of age, friendship between boys, teenage boy, birthday party, alcoholic mother, junkyard, youth, teenage love, fall in love, gay, mother son relationship, teenager, travel, children, boy, child, migration, black, atmosphere, retreat, immigrant, boyhood, summer, virgin
Storks (2016)
Plot Summary:
Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: baby, talking bird, stork, anthropomorphic animal, transformation, neglected child, good versus evil, bird, talking animal, animal, loneliness, father, son, human, fantasy world, realtor, little boy, teenager, hunter, ghost hunter, furry, buddies, meme, chase, girl
Ballerina (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1879 Paris. An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house
Duration: 89 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
Country: France, Canada
Plot tags: ballet, ballerina, inventor, children, dancing, orphan, follow your dream, rivalry, best friends in love, mentor, flying, dancer, choreographer, escape, audition, mean girl, friendship, child protagonist, love interest, never give up, dance lesson, training, girl, female protagonist, teenager
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Plot Summary:
A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them
Duration: 127 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 185000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Belgium, Canada
Plot tags: time travel, magic, fantasy world, time loop, children, monster, imaginary, youth, beautiful scenery, orphan, supernatural power, witch, boarding school, immortality, children's home, boarding school life, mentor, childhood, transformation, island, wizard, riddles and clues, butterfly effect, destiny, grandfather
Pete's Dragon (2016)
Plot Summary:
For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, New Zealand, India
Plot tags: dragon, orphan, boy, children, magic, childhood, boy girl friendship, friendship, imagination, small town, escape, family life, fire breathing dragon, forest, hospital, car crash, beautiful scenery, kids and family, wizard, feral child, deforestation, invisibility, teenager, magical, giant monster
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
Plot Summary:
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan, France
Plot tags: dog, children, friendship, kids and family, animal, terrier, cat, pets, anthropomorphism, chase, dachshund, childhood, talking animal, pig, guinea pig, chihuahua, wilhelm scream, animal life, pet dog, remote control, siamese cat, rabbit, exodus, redemption, furry
Trolls (2016)
Plot Summary:
Lovable and friendly, the trolls love to play around. But one day, a mysterious giant shows up to end the party. Poppy, the optimistic leader of the Trolls, and her polar opposite, Branch, must embark on an adventure that takes them far beyond the only world they’ve ever known
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, India
Plot tags: friendship, princess, happy ending, troll, good versus evil, music, hugging, dancing, happiness, fantasy world, depression, abduction, hiding, salvation, escape, teenager, magical, airplane, hunter, ghost hunter, girl power, meme, singing, hunger, kids and family
The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
Plot Summary:
An island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red, a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck, and the volatile Bomb have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Finland, USA
Plot tags: bird, creativity, talking animal, egg, storytelling, island, computer game, video game, pig, anger management, good versus evil, culture clash, love, holiday, life philosophy, race against time, animal that acts human, bomb, village, airplane, ship, police officer, heroes, motorcycle, castle
The BFG (2016)
Plot Summary:
The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her!
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, India, USA
Plot tags: giant, imagination, friendship, childhood, magic, dream, fantasy world, little girl, orphan, kids and family, wizard, queen, justice, child, ogre, kidnapping, child protagonist, teenager, magical, beast, hunter, youth, experiment, inventor, giant monster
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Plot Summary:
In the sequel to Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland", Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Thailand, UK, India, Canada
Plot tags: fantasy world, time travel, time loop, alice in wonderland, magic, talking dog, queen, imagination, good versus evil, talking animal, castle, alternate reality, wonderland, sister sister relationship, childhood, portal, female protagonist, anthropomorphism, parallel universe, chess, time, medieval, adaptation, rabbit, dog
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)
Plot Summary:
A quiet teenage artist Rafe Katchadorian has a wild imagination and is sick of middle school and the rules that have been put before him. Rafe and his best friend Leo have come up with a plan: break every rule in the school hand book and as you expect trouble follows
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Plot tags: middle school, child protagonist, humour, school, children, rules, teenager, dream, best friend, escapades, child, talent, against the rules, painter, schoolboy, fighting the system, high school life, school principal, bear, youth, childhood, girl, high school, boyhood, brother sister relationship
Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set after the events of Continental Drift, Scrat's epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Manny, Sid, Diego, and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 5.7/10
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: animal, talking animal, meteor shower, ice age, kids and family, dinosaur, mammoth, asteroid, crystal, mars, father daughter relationship, disaster, fountain of youth, furry, catastrophe, winter, cold, fire, mission, frozen, countdown, outer space, rejuvenation, caveman, apocalypse
Monster Trucks (2016)
Plot Summary:
Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp, a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 5.7/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: monster truck, monster, teenage protagonist, creature, truck, teenager, pickup truck, friendship, car, escape, chase, creature feature, pursuit, animal, sheriff, suv, love interest, auto racing, interspecies friendship, batman, psychopath, kids and family, bomb squad, trucker, monster car
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
Plot Summary:
Ratchet and Clank tells the story of two unlikely heroes as they struggle to stop a vile alien named Chairman Drek from destroying every planet in the Solana Galaxy. When the two stumble upon a dangerous weapon capable of destroying entire planets, they must join forces with a team of colorful heroes called The Galactic Rangers in order to save the galaxy. Along the way they'll learn about heroism, friendship, and the importance of discovering one's own identity
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 5.5/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, Canada, USA, China
Plot tags: robot, superhero, good versus evil, save the world, betrayal, brutality, friendship, self discovery, escapades, save the planet, danger, imaginary, partner, unlikely partners, heroic mission, kids and family, furry, wilhelm scream, monster, utopia, space, best friend, extraterrestrial technology, heroes, friends
Nine Lives (2016)
Plot Summary:
A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 5.3/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, China, Canada
Plot tags: cat, transformation, switching bodies, kids and family, happy ending, magic, children, father daughter relationship, love, animal, pets, redemption, saving a life, talking animal, supernatural, skyscraper, husband wife relationship, fantasy world, body swap, heroes, family drama, self sacrifice, greed, body transformation, body swapping
Norm of the North (2016)
Plot Summary:
The stereoscopic 3D animated family film "Norm" tells the story of the titular polar bear and his three Arctic lemming buddies, who are forced out into the world once their icy home begins melting and breaking apart. Landing in New York, Norm begins life anew as a performing corporate mascot, only to discover that his new employers are directly responsible for the destruction of his polar home
Duration: 88 min
IMDB Rating: 3.4/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, India, Ireland, China
Plot tags: polar bear, friendship, escapades, disorder, animal life, fish out of water, life turned upside down, rescue, chase, seal the animal, mascot, winter, stupid kid, arctic, avalanche, friends, silly humor, buddies, dancing, sea, mountain, bear, snow, ice, restaurant