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Plot Summary:
1863, a convoy in the American West, Martha Jane needs to learn how to take care of horses to drive the family wagon. Except she ends up wearing pants and cutting her hair. The scandal that its stark character provokes will force to face all the dangers in a gigantic and wild world where everything is possible.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Western
Country: France, Denmark
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, tense, touching, anime, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Joe Finds Grace (2017)
Plot Summary:
Simple-minded Joseph Briteman breaks a golden rule of his 'life skills' program when he walks away unsupervised to rescue his long lost baby sister.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 293
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, touching, tense, unusual plot structure, humorous, anime, independent film, black and white, neo screwball comedy
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8 Heads of Madness (2017)
Plot Summary:
ANNA ALEXANDROVNA BARKOVA (1901-1976) Journalist and poet, meeting suspicious characters. Involved in immoral love affairs. Work in the Kremlin, fired. 1934 - Arrested, 5 years of penal servitude in Karaganda. Lived in Ukraine during the WWII. 1946 - Arrested, 5 years of penal servitude in the Komi Republic. 1956 - Rehabilitated, disability pension. 1957 - Arrested, 10 years of penal servitude. The film 8 Heads of Madness is about the eternal struggle between the artist and external circumstances, the artist and her demons and longings. 8 Heads of Madness is a drama woven from fragments of an appalling era. An unhappy cross-section of the 20th century in an unhappy country, as seen through the sensitive, perceptive vision of a poet.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Animation, Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: non-linear, tense, captivating, touching, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, queer cinema
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Flying Phantom Ship (1969)
Plot Summary:
Hayato's home city is under attack from a gigantic robot. His parents are lying dead in the rubble and the only remaining friend is his dog. His only thought now is revenge against the owner of the Phantom Ship (from where the robot said he was sent). He ends up in the house of Kuroshio, the leader of the fight against the Phantom Ship and the most important person in the city. By complete accident, Hayato finds his way to an underground passageway where he realises that the true nature of events does not mesh with what Kuroshio has told him. His life is now in great danger, and only he can stop the plans of the evildoers.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 737
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: anime, surreal
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Marona's Fantastic Tale (2019)
Plot Summary:
Marona, an innocent and empathetic little female dog, remembers the life she has shared with different masters, whom she has loved unconditionally.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family
Country: France, Romania, Belgium
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing, stylized, art house, anime
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Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Daltons have escaped to New York, where their accumulated loot is hidden in the carts of Monsieur Pierre's group of honest, naive European immigrants, who naively bought land in California from Crook, who inserted a clause they must claim it within 80 days. Joe emotionally blackmails Luke to guide them there, hoping to escape on the way. The usual route must shortened from 6 to 2 months, so no danger can be avoided. Given Lucky's reputation, Crook decides to shadow them to add sabotage, just to be sure- or is it?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime
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The Murder Case of Hana & Alice (2015)
Plot Summary:
Prequel to 2004 coming-of-age live-action film Hana & Alice. After her parents separate, 14 year-old Tetsuko (who will soon be nick-named Alice) moves with her mother to a new town in what she calls "The Boonies" and must enroll as a transfer student in a new middle school. She immediately finds herself bullied due being assigned the seat of "Judas" who is said to have been murdered over a year before. She is told that if anybody knows his fate it would be Hana, the recluse in the house next door, who has been unable to bring herself to attend class since "Judas" disappeared.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, psychological, touching, adult animation, yuri
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Daisy Town (1971)
Plot Summary:
When the members of a caravan of pioneers find a daisy growing in the middle of the desert they decide to stop there and to build their town on this very spot. Houses soon spring up like mushrooms, immediately followed by a bank, a saloon, a prison, etc: Daisy Town is born. Unfortunately a city does not go without its bad boys and the peaceful place is soon turned into a lawless place. To restore law and order, a lawman is needed. Lucky Luke, the cowboy who shoots faster than his shadow, will be this man: all the villains had better watch out!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: funny, anime
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Lucky Luke: The Daltons on the Run (1983)
Plot Summary:
The cowboy Lucky Luke tracks the Dalton brothers who escaped from prison and are seeking refuge in Canada.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 727
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: France, USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: anthology, funny, anime, exciting, rough, humorous, semi serious
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High School Fleet Movie (2020)
Plot Summary:
Living by the sea, protecting the sea, and journeying across the sea…They’re the BLUE MERMAIDS! Because of a shift in tectonic plates around 100 years ago, Japan lost much of its area to submergence. To preserve Japan’s territories, Coastal Cities sprung up, one after the other. Eventually, they became Marine Cities, and along with the expansion of sea-lanes to connect them, the need arose for a sizable staff to protect the seas. At the same time, maritime jobs were becoming more popular among women. Hence, the BLUE MERMAIDS had become every female student’s dream job.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious, anime
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Child of Kamiari Month (2021)
Plot Summary:
A year after losing her mother, a young girl learns that she must journey across Japan to the annual gathering of gods in the sacred land of Izumo.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Yakari, a Spectacular Journey (2020)
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With his tribe's move to follow the migrating bison, Yakari, the little Sioux boy, sets out on his own to follow the trail of Little Thunder, a wild mustang said to be untameable. Travelling far from home and deep into the territory of the terrible cougarskins, Yakari and Little Thunder undertake a great adventure and find their way back home.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 499
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Western
Country: Belgium, France, Germany
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, entertaining, anime, computer animated
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White Fang (2018)
Plot Summary:
A loyal wolfdog’s curiosity leads him on the adventure of a lifetime while serving a series of three distinctly different masters.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, touching, sincere, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, cult classic, computer animated, 2d animation
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Zarafa (2012)
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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Long Way North (2015)
Plot Summary:
1892, Saint Petersburg. Sasha, a young Russian aristocrat, has always been fascinated by her grandfather's life as an adventurer. A renowned explorer, he designed a magnificent arctic ship, but he hasn't returned from his last expedition to the North Pole. To save her family's honor, Sasha runs away. Headed towards the Great North, she follows her grandfather's trail in search of his famous ship.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Denmark, Belgium, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, touching, stylized, captivating, tense, anime, whimsical
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Non Non Biyori: The Movie - Vacation (2018)
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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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Black Fox (2019)
Plot Summary:
Rikka is a ninja descendant. Her grandfather Hyoe is the last chief of their ninja clan and her father is a cyborg researcher. Both are killed when a weapons' company raids his lab to use his research. Rikka sets out to avenge their deaths.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure
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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
Plot Summary:
A story of encounters and partings interwoven between people; this is a human drama with feelings that touch one's heart gradually, which everyone has experienced at least once.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, thought provoking, sentimental, exciting, sincere, manga, epic fantasy, josei, 2d animation
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The Wizard of Oz (1982)
Plot Summary:
An animated version of the classic story of a young farm-girl who is transported to the magical land of Oz.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Animation, Family, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, enigmatic, captivating, fairy tale, atmospheric, touching, sincere, scenic, colorful
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Abominable Christmas (2012)
Plot Summary:
Despite repeated warnings about humans from their father, the Abominable Snowman, two Abominable Snowkids find themselves in a sleepy Colorado mountain town after being chased out of their hideaway by a scientist determined to capture them.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, exciting, tense, captivating
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Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on a bestselling preteen novel of the same title that has sold more than 1 million copies in Korea, “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild” is about a laying hen named Leafie who is destined to live the “same old” repetitive life confined on the chicken farm. Her fate changes when she escapes from the chicken farm and hatches a duck egg. With the duckling (who believes Leafie to be his mother), sets off on a journey into the wild with her new son to find her freedom.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, sincere, anime, funny, captivating, entertaining, exciting, thought provoking
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Fireheart (2022)
Plot Summary:
The film explores the world of firefighters in 1920s New York City and tells the story of a 16-year-old girl who will have to become a hero in order to save her city.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, funny
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Home on the Range (2004)
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When a greedy outlaw schemes to take possession of the "Patch Of Heaven" dairy farm, three determined cows, a karate-kicking stallion and a colorful corral of critters join forces to save their home. The stakes are sky-high as this unlikely animal alliance risk their hides and match wits with a mysterious band of bad guys.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Western
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, semi serious, entertaining, road movie, 3d animation, fairy tale, funny, sexy, clever
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Looking for Magical Doremi (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story follows 27-year-old Tokyo office worker Mire Yoshizuki who just returned to Japan, 22-year-old fourth-year college student Sora Nagase who aspires to be a teacher, and 20-year-old boyish, part-time Hiroshima okonomiyaki shop worker and freelancer Reika Kawatani. What draws together these three women from completely different walks of life is a magic gem. A "New Magical Story" begins when they are mysteriously brought together by chance and embark on a journey.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
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Spirit Untamed (2021)
Plot Summary:
Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, sincere, captivating, entertaining, anime, computer animated
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
Plot Summary:
The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster and saved mysterious boy named Shun. However, Shun disappears and Asuna embarks on a journey of adventure to the land of Agartha with her teacher Mr. Morisaki to meet a Shun again. Through her journey she comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, captivating, sentimental, serious, manga, suspense, spiritual, educational, sad
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Masameer: The Movie (2020)
Plot Summary:
Danah, a Saudi girl with a passion for artificial intelligence embark on a journey to create good in the world using robotics. Meanwhile, three friends Saad, Saltooh and Kalb hit rock bottom and go on a journey of their own to prove themselves to society by becoming crime fighting superheroes.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: adult animation, captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, anime, unusual plot structure
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Wonder Park (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story of a magnificent amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, sweet, captivating, touching, 3d animation, 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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Turning Red (2022)
Plot Summary:
Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale, funny, crying, computer animated, feel good, 3d animation, queer cinema
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Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
Plot Summary:
As a wild stallion travels across the frontiers of the Old West, he befriends a young human and finds true love with a mare.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: inspirational, feel good, touching, sentimental, emotional, light, exciting, sweet, anime, realistic