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Plot Summary:
A boy makes a reckless wish, and everybody in the world stops moving. A wizard's daughter tries to help him get the world restarted again.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1983)
Plot Summary:
A cult Soviet musical based on Ali Baba story with spoken-word interludes stylized as Persian poetry.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Family, Musical
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags:
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The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
Plot Summary:
Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the year!.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, grindhouse, cult classic, hilarious, psychotronic, saga, family saga, banned, banned film, bizarre
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Healing Hands (2010)
Plot Summary:
A near death experience gives a young man, engaged to be married, the ability to heal people.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, atmospheric, touching, emotional
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Cirque du Soleil: Dralion (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Chinese consider the lion a symbol of good luck, so it's a half-dragon, half-lion – a dralion – that is the symbol of the East-meets-West fusion of this performance in which 36 Chinese acrobats join the renowned Canadian troupe. Celebrating the four elements as represented in four colours – blue (air), green (water), red (fire) and ochre (earth) – Dralion combines ancient Chinese circus traditions with Cirque du Soleil's usual stunning elements: the techno-oriented single ring; the multicoloured lights and costumes; the music that mixes rock, New Age and various world influences (though not Chinese); and the madcap clowns that pull a victim out of the audience.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Family, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, serious, realistic, stylized
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Wee Sing: Grandpa's Magical Toys (1988)
Plot Summary:
Join Peter, Sara, and David on their visit to Grandpa's. When Grandpa leaves the room, the magic begins. The children shrink to toy-size, then meeting Grandpa's Toys. Meet Punchinello, the clown a muffin man, a farmer, some Scottish dancers, and more as they serve up plenty of laughs.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Trico Tri Happy Halloween (2018)
Plot Summary:
A family moves back to Miami to take care of its widowed abuela. After moving into a haunted house, the family learns the intentions of the ghosts that inhabit it.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, horror comedy
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Polly: Comin' Home! (1990)
Plot Summary:
Broadway style songs are used to tell this interesting story of an ingenious orphan who gets involved in matchmaking and striving for inter-racial understanding in 1956 Alabama.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Radio City Christmas Spectacular (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is an annual musical holiday stage show presented at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The show features over 140 performers, lavish sets and costumes and an original musical score. The 90 minute revue combines singing, dancing and humor with traditional scenes in spectacular stage settings. The star performers are the women's precision dance troupe known as the Rockettes. Since the first version was presented in 1933, the show has become a New York Christmas tradition seen by more than a million visitors a year.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Kiss Daddy Goodbye (1981)
Plot Summary:
Two children who have psychic powers use them to avenge the death of their father, who was murdered by a biker gang.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, terrifying, independent film
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Catalina Caper (1967)
Plot Summary:
A group of swingin' teens take time out from having fun in the sun to try to foil a group of crooks searching for a stolen scroll.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film
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Oliver's Ghost (2011)
Plot Summary:
Eleven-year-old Oliver has a unique ability to see "full-bodied apparitions," otherwise known as ghosts. When his family moves from the bustling city to an older home in the suburbs, only Oliver is able to see the spirit of Clive Rutledge (Martin Mull), the previous owner. Clive causes every manner of destruction to force Oliver and his family to leave. But perhaps Oliver's special talent, along with the help of a kind neighbor (Rhea Perlman), will show Clive how to release his earthly regrets so he can leave the house and the family in peace.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, semi serious, light
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Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical (2020)
Plot Summary:
A musical version of the classic story of the mean spirited Grinch who plots to steal Chirstmas from Whoville.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 936
Genere: Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: campy
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Jillian's Travels: Africa (2012)
Plot Summary:
Viewers will take a trip into the heart of Africa, and become immersed in a spectacular world where wild animals seem so close you can touch them.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, colorful, exciting, colourful
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Boardinghouse (1982)
Plot Summary:
Resembling a cross between "The Amityville Horror" and a Playboy Playmates video, this film tells the terrifying tale of a cheesy video special effect that stalks bikini-clad women. In between scenes of them playfully splashing each other and wrestling with each other's bathing suit tops, they're murdered and/or terrorized by horrific hallucinations. These hallucinations include seeing blood in the shower stalls (while they're trying to lather up), having giant monsters jump out of the hall closet, and seeing their faces temporarily turn into rubber halloween masks.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 996
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, independent film, spoof, slasher horror, parody
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Final Approach (2005)
Plot Summary:
Ricky is a ten-year-old daydreamer and expert on his computer flight simulator program. While on a cross-country flight for a school field trip, Ricky gets the uneasy feeling that his plane is about to be hijacked!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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The Glitterball (1977)
Plot Summary:
Two teenage boys try to help a tiny spherical alien get back to its mothership, while the army and a devious petty crook pursue the creature for its wonderful powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: retro, offbeat, grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film
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The Ideal Husband (2011)
Plot Summary:
An NFL player sidelined by a debilitating injury finds his marriage in jeopardy when his wife learns of a past discretion that causes her to question his character. Devin (Darrin Dewitt Henson) and Tracey (Shanti Lowry) are ecstatic over the impending birth of their first child as the injured athlete works hard to regain his strength and get back on the gridiron. Though money is tight, they're determined to stay positive, and give their child a happy home. But when a stranger wanders into Tracey's beauty salon with disturbing news about Devin's past, things quickly take a turn for the worst.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, emotional, semi serious, captivating, sincere, realistic
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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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Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
Plot Summary:
A trespassing gang of boys encounter a ghost in the ruins of a castle. When they rescue the ghost who is caught in a trapset, they become allies in a fight to prevent ruins from being turned into mushroom farm by the city authorities.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 699
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, fairy tale, urban fantasy, cult film
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Jack and the Beanstalk (1970)
Plot Summary:
Retelling of the classic fairy tale, but from a decidedly 1960s point of view, complete with "groovy" dialogue.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic, independent film
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The Tiger Rising (2022)
Plot Summary:
When 12-year-old Rob Horton discovers a caged tiger in the woods near his home, his imagination runs wild and life begins to change in the most unexpected ways. With the help of a wise and mysterious maid, Willie May and the stubborn new girl in school, he must navigate through childhood memories, heartache, and wondrous adventures.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, sincere
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Mindstorm (2001)
Plot Summary:
A psychic's investigation into the disappearance of a Senator's daughter leads her to a dangerous cult and the truth about her mysterious past.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 702
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Project X (1968)
Plot Summary:
A spy is brought back from cryogenic suspension after being almost killed in a plane crash returning from a mission to learn about a deadly new weapon being developed in the East. But the vital memories are being suppressed, so the authorities use ultra-advanced technologies to try to uncover the secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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Shapeshifter (1999)
Plot Summary:
Alex Brown inherits the awesome task of saving his ex-secret agent parents and protecting the planet from evil powers bent on controlling the world's plutonium supply. To do this Alex uses his new found magical shapeshifting power.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Romania
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious
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Super Capers (2008)
Plot Summary:
Would-be superhero, Ed Gruberman, who possesses no super powers must join a team of misfit heroes-in-training known as The Super Capers. Having only faith, Gruberman must travel through time to uncover an evil plot involving some gold bullion, a fiery femme fatale, and a criminal mastermind with a dark secret about Ed's past.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: parody, feel good, humorous, not serious, captivating, saga
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Sneakerella (2022)
Plot Summary:
When El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, meets Kira King, the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King, sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity for sneakers. With a little nudge from his best friend and a sprinkle of Fairy Godfather magic, El finds the courage to use his talent to pursue his dream of becoming a ‘legit’ sneaker designer in the industry.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, teen comedy
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Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Plot Summary:
An Irishman, Finian, and his daughter Sharon, arrive in Rainbow Valley, a Southern town of tobacco sharecroppers in the state of Missitucky. The town has its own resident dreamer, Woody, who thinks that he might be able to put the town on the map by crossing mint with tobacco so that it'll grow mentholated. Finian's came to town because he's stolen a leprechaun's crock of gold and plans to plant it in the ground. But trouble arrives in the form of Og the leprechaun, who has followed Finian and wants his gold. Meanwhile, the bigoted Senator Billboard Rawkins, in an effort to stop progress in his state in the form of a new dam and hydroelectric system, plans to take the remaining parcel of land needed to stop the project. But the government's geologists reveal the Senator that gold has been detected on the property! Rawkins and his men confront the sharecroppers to seize their land using as an excuse an obscure law making it a felony for blacks and whites to live together.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: retro, political, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, fairy tale, sentimental, light, romantic
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Summer Magic (1963)
Plot Summary:
Disney musical about Mother Carey, a Bostonian widow and her three children who move to Maine. Postmaster Osh Popham helps them move into a run-down old house and fixes it up for them. It's not entirely uninhabited, though; the owner, a Mr. Hamilton, is a mysterious character away in Europe, but Osh assures them he won't mind their living there, since he won't be coming home for a long time yet. The children and a cousin who comes to live with them have various adventures before an unexpected visitor shows up.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, retro
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Cannon Movie Tales: Rumpelstiltskin (1987)
Plot Summary:
A musical version of the classic story about a miller's daughter who recieves help from a mischievous dwarf, then ends up over her head. Now, she and a mute servant girl may be the only hope for her baby son, John.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Fantasy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mysterious, feel good, humorous, captivating, stylized, semi serious, independent film
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Plot Summary:
Eccentric candy man Willy Wonka prompts a worldwide frenzy when he announces that golden tickets hidden inside five of his delicious candy bars will admit their lucky holders into his top-secret confectionary. But does Wonka have an agenda hidden amid a world of Oompa Loompas and chocolate rivers?.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 218000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, entertaining, surreal, visual, cute, exciting, humorous, stylized, psychedelic