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Plot Summary:
The sensitive Onnoval is the best student in his class and he loves Liselore, who was the girlfriend of the bully Gino. His teacher Meester de Vriend believes he is a promising writer and poet. Gino picks on Onnoval all the time, but Onnoval does not fight against Gino because he believes he is a werewolf. When the successful writer of horror tales Nol van Paulo comes for a lecture in his class, he advises Onnonval to never write a story for the evil Ferluci. However, Onnoval is humiliated by Gino and very upset and jealous he writes a story about a class excursion in a horror bus to a horror park, where Gino is killed by a vampire, and gives his story to Ferluci. Later he regrets, but Nol van Paulo tells him that the only way to fix the situation would be stealing his note book and rewriting the conclusion.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 991
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Netherlands, Switzerland
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, scary
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Island of Lost Souls (2007)
Plot Summary:
14-year-old Lulu moves to a small provincial town with her mother and younger brother. One night, her brother is struck by a beam of white light - actually the spirit of Herman Hartmann from the 19th-century. To her despair, Lulu realizes that Herman has possessed her brother, and the two of them are whirled into a fevered adventure.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, dark fantasy, scary, serious, psychotronic
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All Monsters Attack (1969)
Plot Summary:
A bullied schoolboy dreams of traveling to Monster Island, where he befriends Godzilla's son, who is also having bully troubles.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, suspense, classic horror, natural horror, exciting, tense, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, parody
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The Dead Matter (2010)
Plot Summary:
Tells the story of a vampire relic with occult powers that falls into the hands of a grief-stricken young woman who will do anything to contact her dead brother.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, serious, suspenseful
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The Flying Liftboy (1998)
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, sentimental, feel good, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious
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Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)
Plot Summary:
When Tom Long's brother Peter gets measles, Tom is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly and reclusive landlady, Mrs Bartholomew, living upstairs. Because he may be infectious he is not allowed out to play, and feels lonely. Without exercise he is less sleepy at night and when he hears the communal grandfather clock strangely strike 13, he investigates and finds the small back yard is now a large sunlit garden. Here he meets another lonely child called Hatty, who seems to be the only one who can see him. They have adventures which he gradually realises are taking place in the 19th century. And each night when Tom visits, Hatty is a different age, chronologically out of sequence.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 871
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, touching, serious, stylized, independent film
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The Secret of Arkandias (2014)
Plot Summary:
Theo, not the most popular boy at his school, dreams of escaping the dreary everyday life, experiencing adventure and accomplishing great heroic deeds. His dream seems to be fulfilled when, one day, he finds a very old and magical book in the library and fascinates him with a short hand. He forges the plan to forge a ring with his best friend Bonav and the rebellious Laura, who can make him invisible. The charm succeeds, but the three friends conjure up all sorts of dangers of magical, but also secular nature. Only the mysterious red wizard Arkandias can now help you out of trouble.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, feel good, captivating
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Shortcut (2020)
Plot Summary:
A group of five classmates is trapped inside their school bus after a mysterious creature invade the road. Time runs and every passing minute decreases their survival chances against the constant threats of that unknown entity.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, psychotronic, dark, slasher, road movie
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Crusade in Jeans (2006)
Plot Summary:
Dolf a 15 year old boy is sent back in time by a timemachine. Accidentally he is sent back to the Middle Ages. He is rescued by children who are part of a childrens' crusade, on their way to rescue Jeruzalem. During the trip Dolf finds out the danger is not coming from outside the crusade, but from within.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, suspenseful, stylized, serious
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The Skippers of the Cameleon (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two young boy twins receive a boat of their own by a stroke of luck. It turns out to be very fast and they use their boat to help out their friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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Voodoo Moon (2006)
Plot Summary:
Voodoo Moon takes place in the mid-west United States, where a demonic figure murders the entire population of a small town, save for one young boy and his sister. Twenty years later, the boy has been consumed with trying to track the devil down and now he thinks he's found him. His sister is now an artist who has developed psychic abilities which enable her to sense disaster, visions she expresses in her art. The two siblings work together in fighting the devil, and also get the assistance of several people they have helped over the years.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 820
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychotronic
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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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The Magicians (2010)
Plot Summary:
Little Ben, a great admirer of an illusionist, dreams of making magic, and convinces her father to have his own show. The downside is that the parent is quite clumsy and accidentally makes Ben"s partner dissapear. And the police does not much believe in the magic.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, feel good, humorous, light, serious, suspenseful
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War of the Buttons (2011)
Plot Summary:
1960. The thrilling battles waged by a band of kids from two rival villages in the southern French countryside.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Antboy (2013)
Plot Summary:
12-year-old Pelle accidentally gets bitten by an ant and develops unimaginable superpowers. With help from his friend, comic book nerd Wilhelm, Pelle creates a secret identity as the superhero Antboy. Slowly things start to happen in the surburban community, and when a scary and crazy supervillain, Flea, enters the scene, Antboy must step up to the challenge. The first Danish superhero-movie. Based on the books by Kenneth Bøgh Andersen.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, captivating, tense, light, not serious
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Subspecies: The Awakening (1998)
Plot Summary:
Vampire fledgling Michelle Morgan has escaped the grasp of her master Radu Vladislas. Found by a woman named Ana, she is taken to a hospital where a doctor claims to be able to cure her vampirism. Radu, recovering from the near-death delivered by Michelle and her friends, travels to Bucharest to follow his fledgling. He visits the vampire Ash's stronghold. Ash and his protege Serena plot to destroy Radu and employ the help of the humans, Ana and the Doctor.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: gothic, slasher, grindhouse, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, cult film
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A Light in the Forest (2003)
Plot Summary:
Britta, the new girl in school Highland, has reason to be jubilant this Christmas: Her sadness has served to invoke Holly Boy, the holiday spirit, waking him from his deep slumber imposed by a dark elf, King Otto. This sets off a battle earthly and supernatural fury that develop simultaneously. The Young Britta must face her fears and death defying aerial action in the holidays from school, while Holly Boy has to fight against the forces of evil. Both battles must escape to save their lives, school, and the sacred forest, although, in reality, what is really at stake is the Christmas and values.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, light, captivating, contemplative, offbeat
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Nico the Unicorn (1998)
Plot Summary:
As an 11-year-old boy struggles to cope with a disability, he finds a pony who gives birth to a unicorn which he takes care of.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, semi serious
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Trouble at Timpetill (2008)
Plot Summary:
The children of a small European mountain village end up being its only residents, soon after the adults cannot take their behavior any longer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Luxembourg
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, atmospheric, offbeat, stylized, semi serious
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The Little Ghost (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Little Ghost lives in the castle over looking a small town and awakens for precisely one hour after the clock strikes midnight. Follow him on this adventure to see his first sunrise ever!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, exciting, spooky, semi serious
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Mostly Ghostly (2007)
Plot Summary:
Based on the successful book series by R.L. Stine, this spooky tale finds 11-year-old Max making a deal with the ghosts who haunt his home. If Max helps them find what was responsible for their parents' disappearance, they'll help him transform from a social nobody to the most popular kid in school.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: semi serious, captivating, light, scary, psychotronic, tripping
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Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014)
Plot Summary:
Bella Thorne, Madison Pettis and Ryan Ochoa lead an ensemble cast in this spook-tacular adventure with new ghosts, new thrills, and the return of some old friends. Max (Ochoa) only has eyes for Cammy (Thorne), the smart, popular redhead at school. When Max finally scores a date with Cammy on Halloween, Phears, an evil ghost with plans on taking over the world, unleashes his ghouls and things go haywire. With the help of his ghostly pals, Tara and Nicky, can Max thwart Phears' evil plot, help reunite his ghost friends with their long-lost parents and still make his date with Cammy on Halloween? R.L. Stine's Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? is a frightful family delight!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, humorous, entertaining, stylized
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The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens (2008)
Plot Summary:
When Billy turns 11 on November 11 he realises he is no ordinary boy.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, captivating, suspenseful
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Secret of the Cave (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young American boy spends his summer in Ireland and solves the mystery that captivates the entire village. Driven by curiosity and his own search for meaning in life, he faces his fears and discovers the Secret of the Cave.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 507
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, suspenseful, captivating
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Witches Don't Exist (2014)
Plot Summary:
On her 13th birthday Katie, a talented young girl, receives a magical amulet. This amulet was on a quest to find the fifth and last witch to complete the order of the star witches. Because in it's incomplete form, the order is unable to protect earth against the evil witch Concuela. While Katie is exploring her new magical powers together with her best friend Roy, Grimbeck, the dandy gatekeeper of the star witches arena, as well as the evil Concuela are desperately trying to find Katie.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating, spooky
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The Hexer (2001)
Plot Summary:
The TV series and the film were loosely based on Andrzej Sapkowski's book series The Witcher (Wiedźmin).
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Poland
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, offbeat
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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
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Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book (2009)
Plot Summary:
Lilly was a normal girl with a healthy sense of adventure. That is, until she finds a magical book, complete with a funny little dragon, "Hector". With the help of her new friend and the book, Lilly has the ability to time-travel and truly satisfy her adventure- lust!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Italy, Austria
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting, computer animated
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Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Cromwell clan live in the real world, except for their grandmother who lives in Halloweentown, a place where monsters go to escape reality. But now the son of the Cromwells' old enemy Kalabar has a plan to use the grandmother's book to turn Halloweentown into a grey dreary version of the real world, while transform the denizens of the real world into monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, semi serious, humorous, suspense, teen, spooky, offbeat
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Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)
Plot Summary:
They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the boundaries of space and time. A fantasy about a lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the king.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Soviet Union, Norway
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting, cult classic, humorous, stylized, semi serious, crying
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Plot Summary:
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths -- and about the villain who's to blame.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 837000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, touching, scenic, teen, saga, mystic, visually appealing, fantasy adventure