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Plot Summary:
Finds 10-year-old Dana, who sees dinosaurs in the real world, solving dino experiment #901 - where are all the kid dinosaurs? But while working on the solution, her new neighbor Mateo is dino-napped by a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and it's up to Dana, her sister Saara, and Mateo's brother Jadiel to finish the experiment.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Monsters at Large (2018)
Plot Summary:
Alex decides to end his kid brother's nightmares by forming a task force to take care of imaginary monsters. When their business becomes a hit, nothing can go wrong...until one of the monsters turns out to be real, and really big.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious, psychotronic
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The Wiz Live! (2015)
Plot Summary:
Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit which spawned a dismal feature film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Executive Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have assembled a Tony-winning creative team, the imaginative Cirque du Soleil Theatrical and a diverse cast of showstoppers designed to create an eye-popping new take on the musical unlike anything ever seen.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining
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The Adventures of Tyrano Boy (2015)
Plot Summary:
Toron, a young tyrannosaurus boy, is carried off downstream and loses his memory. While making his way back home, he discovers new friends and finds out that working together is the only way forward in life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, 2d animation
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A.R.C.H.I.E. 2: Mission Impawsible (2018)
Plot Summary:
In this sequel, the super intelligent artificial robotronic dog, Archie, befriends Gregory, a young boy who is the son of a carnival owner. Gregory is concerned that someone has been stealing from the carnival and enlists his new friend to help find the culprit.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jeremy Fink and his best friend Lizzy must search high and low throughout the streets of Manhattan for clues to unlock the mysterious box he received a month before his birthday.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 386
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, touching, interesting
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Franklin's Magic Christmas (2001)
Plot Summary:
Franklin and his family are off on a Christmas visit with Grandma and Grandpa at Faraway Farm. When a sudden ice storm hits and Grandpa takes a terrible tumble, Franklin and his baby sister Harriet begin a magical adventure as they journey home in search of help. With the aid of a mysterious flying creature and some very special new friends, the two manage to return with Doctor Bear and her family. Once back together, friends and family share an enchanted Christmas Ever and a memory they will hold forever of a magical Christmas night.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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School of Magical Animals (2021)
Plot Summary:
Ida has a hard time making friends. One day, her weird class teacher announces that everyone in the class will have a magical animal with them. Ida is put to the side of the fox Rabbat. Benni, just like Ida also an outsider, has the turtle Henrietta as a new companion. Together they have amazing adventures ahead of them, but will they be able to fulfill the main requirement of the "Magic Pet Shop": to keep their new friends a secret from adults?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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A Little Game (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10 year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in the form of an irascible chess-master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to embrace inevitable change.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 757
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Adventure Club (2017)
Plot Summary:
With the discovery of an ancient puzzle box, a Boy, with the help of his friends, begins an adventure to find his fortune.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Dragon Girl (2020)
Plot Summary:
Nine year old Sara befriends a newborn dragon, together they will turn Christmas upside down and literary put it on fire.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Treasures (2017)
Plot Summary:
Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvelous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012)
Plot Summary:
It's Schluufy's birthday, and the Oogieloves (Goobie, Zoozie and Toofie), along with their friends J. Edgar, Windy Window and Ruffy, are organizing a party. (Shh! It's a secret.) Everything is going along just perfectly until J. Edgar trips and loses the last five magical balloons in all of Lovelyloveville--OH NO! The Oogiloves set out to find the magical balloons in time to save their friend's party. Along the way, they meet some very interesting characters indeed, including Dotty Rounder (Cloris Leachman), Bobby Wobbly (Carey Elwes), Milky Marvin (Chazz Palminteri), Rosalie Rosebud (Toni Braxton) and Lola and Lero Sombero (Christopher Lloyd and Jaime Pressly). Can these new friends help them recover the magical balloons and get back to the cottage in time to celebrate Schluufy's surprise birthday?.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, semi serious, light, entertaining
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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
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The Amazing Wiplala (2014)
Plot Summary:
Seven-year-old Johannes Blom gets blown away when he discovers a little man in the kitchen cupboard, hidden behind the peanut butter jar. He’s even more astonished when he realizes that this little man, ‘Wiplala’, has magical powers. When Wiplala accidentally transforms the Blom family to little people, the adventure begins. Will they ever go back to normal-sized people?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 856
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, light, scenic, exciting
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Treasure Hounds (2017)
Plot Summary:
Moving into his late grandfather's house, young Jack inherits the old man's dog, Skipper (Norm MacDonald) - who can talk! With the sassy pooch's help, Jack learns that Grandpa left a priceless Spanish treasure hidden somewhere in the town. Jack joins forces with a trio of clever neighbor kids - a goth girl, a socialite, and a jokester - to find the valuable booty, with Skipper leading the way. But can they outrun the brazen, bumbling thieves that will stop at nothing to seize the prize for themselves?.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Monkey Up (2016)
Plot Summary:
A talking monkey seeks to gain fame and fortune as a movie star, but instead finds what's most important, a family.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 429
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, cult film
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The Legend of the Christmas Witch: The Origins (2021)
Plot Summary:
18th century. Paola, a young, reckless street urchin inadvertently gets in the way of the plans of terrifying Baron De Michelis, a small and mean hunchback always escorted by his trusted (and abused) minion Marmotta, with an unquenchable thirst for power and an unmeasurable hate for witches. The intervention of the sweet and powerful Dolores, a good witch who has devoted her life to children, saves Paola from being burned at the stake. Through a magical apprenticeship, breakneck pursuits, incredible transformations and a whole lot of trouble, Paola will discover that fate has something really special in store for her… And so the legend begins.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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The Crocodiles (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ten-year-old Hannes, growing up with his young, poor and single mother wants to join the coolest gang in the area, the Vorstadtkrokodile. When the ‘entry test’ goes wrong, Hannes’s life is saved by Kai, who is desperate to join too but is wheelchair bound and unable to even run away when things get hot. Hannes would accept Kai but the other gang members don’t seem happy to accept a handicapped member. Finally Kai has something to offer. One night a shop is robbed and Kai sees the robbers with his telescope. This is his chance to give some important information to the Crocodiles who want to catch the robbers and gain the € 1000 reward. The Crocodiles and their new member will embark on a big and dangerous adventure.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, light, educational, humorous, fast
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Cop Dog (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ever since Robby's father was killed while on police duty, Robby has been angry and alone. His father's old partner, a police dog named Marlowe, suffers the same fate. So when Robby sees Marlowe alone and locked up in a cage he begs his mum to let him have him. Instantly, the two are best friends. But, being a cop dog, when Marlowe, sees two familiar criminals in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, semi serious
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Mark & Russell's Wild Ride (2015)
Plot Summary:
Mark is having that dream moment when Ashley, the most popular girl in his class, asks HIM to drive her to an exclusive pool party. Mark's excitement comes to a quick halt when he comes down from cloud nine and remembers one minor detail - he doesn't have his driver's license! He's tried five times and five times has failed. He needs to make this happen! And Glenn Bufferton, known for easy testing, is just the DMV instructor to give Mark his driving street cred. Or. so he thinks! On the verge of road warrior victory, Mark's plans are thrown off course when Glenn learns that his wife is leaving him. A woeful DMV instructor makes for a negative test outcome. So with his license on the line, Mark agrees to help Glenn rescue his marriage. With his vertically-challenged best friend Russell in tow, the trio hit the road on a cross-town adventure that may make survival the biggest test of all!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, funny
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A Christmoose Story (2013)
Plot Summary:
Based on the best-selling novel, A CHRISTMOOSE STORY brings to life the tale of an unlikely friendship between a young boy and a large, talking moose. Young Max has low expectations for his first Christmas after his parents’ divorce, when suddenly a large moose crashes through the roof of his garage. And if that isn’t strange enough, the moose claims to have fallen from Santa’s sleigh! But being friends with a moose isn’t all that simple. Especially since Max’s grumpy neighbor has no interest in hanging stockings for Christmas but would love to hang up a pair of moose antlers, and Santa is out there somewhere looking to get his sleigh back!.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands, Sweden
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, light, entertaining, humorous, semi serious
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A Witches' Ball (2017)
Plot Summary:
Every year the Witching World gathers to celebrate the newly inducted witches into their world. Beatrix (12) is eager to become part of this world, but when her pending magical status is jeopardized she needs the help of her furry best friend Muggs (voiced by Joey Fatone) to solve some magical riddles before the big event. Will Beatrix sink or soar on the night of the Witches' Ball?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, spooky
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Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street (2014)
Plot Summary:
Life is anything but normal for Gortimer and his two best friends, Ranger and Mel, as they navigate Normal Street - an ordinary suburb that has a hint of something magical just beneath the surface.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, anthology, action adventure
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Little Savages (2016)
Plot Summary:
Visiting the charming lake town of Culver, a boy genius and his sister race against bullies to find a treasure hidden by an eccentric philanthropist.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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K-9 Adventures: Legend of the Lost Gold (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Kassie and her friends stumble across an old, broken pocket watch they begin an unexpected journey to unlock the secret of the legendary Garrison Gold. They'll have to solve riddles and follow clues to find the lost treasure. With the help of her faithful dog, Scoot and her gang of misfit friends, Kassie is about to go on the adventure of a lifetime! - Written by BigK509.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, light, realistic, independent film
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Bigfoot (2009)
Plot Summary:
The whole family will enjoy huge laughs and giant, hairy adventures with this touching tale about a big-hearted Bigfoot. Lost in the forest, he befriends three kids, Percy, Madison and Leonard, who are determined to protect him. When two local bullies kidnap the legendary creature with plans to sell him to the highest bidder, it's up to his human buddies to rescue him and return him to his home.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 385
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, light, touching, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, independent film
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Magic Silver (2009)
Plot Summary:
Princess Bluerose is a small gnome living deep in the Norwegian mountains. A small community of gnomes is responsible for making the transition between daylight and night. This is called the magic hour, and is created by the magic silver which only these gnomes possess. When the silver is stolen, the world is transformed into eternal night. Princess Bluerose sets out on a remarkable journey to retrieve the silver and save the world from eternal darkness. Magic Silver is based on the popular Norwegian television series Jul i Blåfjell (1999) and Jul på Månetoppen (2002). They are considered classic Christmas calender series, and already firmly entrenched in an entire generation's old Christmas memories.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, exciting, light, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys (2016)
Plot Summary:
At summer camp, young Bibi and her friends are pitted against the boys in a treasure hunt. But what's a witch to do when she loses her powers?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, spooky
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The Treasure of the White Falcons (2005)
Plot Summary:
Three friends find a treasure map from the mysterious 'White Falcons', a juvenile gang whose leader disappeared ten years before.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Family, Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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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