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Plot Summary:
A kid starts hanging around a police station because his dad was a cop, but now his dad is dead. Everyone tells him he should stay out of the way, but he doesn't, because he's real sad about his dead dad. They're all pretty nice to him because they have fond memories of his dead dad. He meets a girl who is mean to him, but then she's nice when she finds out about his dead dad. Some goofy criminals are planning an elaborate heist, but watch out, because kid cop (his dad is dead) is on the case! Tim Thomerson plays a mechanic who wears a Bob Marley t-shirt, complains about the man, and invites a woman back to house to listen to The Doors with him.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Alone in the Woods (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ten-year-old Justin (Brady Bluhm) finds himself hitching a ride with two kidnappers when he climbs aboard the wrong van -- thinking it's his family's vehicle -- and gets separated from his parents. When the bumbling crooks hatch a plan to nab a business tycoon's daughter, Justin finds his only recourse is to save the girl while making his escape. Think of it as Home Alone … in the woods!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Daddy's Boys (1988)
Plot Summary:
A dark comedy set in 1930s America. Jimmy and Christie become celebrity bank robbers whose stardom ends in a bloody shootout when Daddy's Boys catch up with them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, psychotronic, independent film
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The Naughty Nine (2023)
Plot Summary:
Fifth-grader Andy finds himself without a present from Santa on Christmas morning. Realizing he must have landed on the “naughty list” and feeling unfairly maligned, Andy pulls together a team of eight other naughty-listers to help him execute an elaborate heist on Santa’s Village at the North Pole to get the presents they feel they deserve.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: naughty, christmas comedy
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The James Gang (1997)
Plot Summary:
After an audacious jewellery robbery the whole James family heads for home on the run with the obsessive detective Julia Armstrong in hot pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Hotwire (1980)
Plot Summary:
Car thieves go to work.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Nasty Brats (2003)
Plot Summary:
Eleven-year-old George is the new kid in the Apple Orchard housing complex. He and the other kids are terrorized by JB, the tyrannical superintendent. George starts out as an outsider, until he discovers he has a talent for leadership. Eventually, the other kids follow George in dreaming up a challenge to JB's abuse. Then, surprising events bring in the police, but the cops mess up. That's when George's gang of little rascals save the day!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Bark Ranger (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two kids and their trusty dog, Ranger, stumble across a treasure map while playing in an abandoned ranger station. They set out on the adventure of a lifetime in search of a forgotten gold mine, but things take a turn for the worst when they come across a pair of bumbling crooks hiding out from the police.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Superagente Makey (2020)
Plot Summary:
Makey is a humble police officer that, unexpectedly, gets caught in the middle of a dangerous international drug operation in the Costa del Sol, Spain.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Pasta Detectives (2014)
Plot Summary:
The child-duo Rico and Oskar, one of them is quite more sluggish, but precisely because of fantasy and own world view; the other one is a smart whiz, but scared for life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 587
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: educational
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Welcome, or No Trespassing (1964)
Plot Summary:
A satirical comedy about the excessive restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: spiritual, political, educational
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Emil and the Detectives (1964)
Plot Summary:
When Emil travels by bus to Berlin to visit his grandmother and his cousin, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. Emil must get the money back as it is for his grandmother. While following the thief, Emil runs into Gustav, an enterprising young boy who gathers up all his friends to help Emil find the money. Emil's cousin also gets involved and they get into more trouble than they bargained for when Emil's pickpocket turns out to be mixed up with a couple of notorious bank robbers.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976)
Plot Summary:
Like its title, this crazy Toei film from 1976 falls neatly into two parts. The first details the exploits of two bank robbers who specialize in "smash and grab" style heists. Evidently, Japanese banks of the period left huge piles of cash laying around on filing cabinets and end tables. The thieves dream of escaping Japan and going to Brazil. Charismatic lead Tsunehiko Watase gets involved with Miki Sugimoto, a strange girl with a severe mental problem. After a bank robbery goes wrong and his partner is killed, Watase is assaulted by his dead partner's thuggish brother who wants the loot.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
Plot Summary:
When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are willing to do anything, no matter how wacky, to get them out.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Fatty Finn (1980)
Plot Summary:
The time is the 1930's. Australia like the rest of the world is in the grip of depression. For Aussie's one man lifted their spirits, Don Bradman. Arguably one of the greatest sportsmen of any sport, The Don's cricketing prowess was a ray of sunshine to all Australian, especially to one Hubert "Fatty" Finn. He had a dream, to own a crystal set ( very early radio receiver) so as to listen to Bradman flay the Pom's ( English) in the upcoming Ashes Test match. However that took money to buy and times were hard. Fatty uses his enterprise to raise money and promptly loses it as misfortune strikes time and again. Then of course his arch rival Bruiser Murphy is also plotting Fatty's downfall. If he can only win the goat race again he will have enough to pay for the crystal set; or will Bruiser Murphy gazump him? With his band of friends plus Trumper the frog and Hector the goat Fatty sets out to win the day. Hurray for Fatty Finn. Oh yes and Bradman made a record score in the test.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Coffee & Kareem (2020)
Plot Summary:
A Detroit cop reluctantly teams with his girlfriend's 11-year-old son to clear his name and take down the city's most ruthless criminal.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, action comedy, hilarious
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Father and Guns (2009)
Plot Summary:
To save the life of fellow cop kidnapped by a biker gang, a father and a son who cannot stand the sight of each other infiltrate an outdoor adventure group-therapy for fathers and sons. Their biggest challenge is to survive the therapy without killing each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious, action comedy
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A Kid Called Danger (1999)
Plot Summary:
A young boy dreams of someday becoming a detective just like his father.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, detective
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Fast Getaway (1991)
Plot Summary:
Nelson, played by Corey Haim is a teenager who robs banks with his father in group along with two other friends. Corey Haim Is the right guy, in the right place, at the right time. All he needed was a ...fast getaway.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, realistic, fast, nostalgic, cult film, cult movie cast
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Paws P.I. (2018)
Plot Summary:
A boy determined to save his father's failing private detective business enlists the help of his pet dog and parrot...who talk. Together they will try to take down the town's tyrannical tycoon who's determined to stop a mansion from being turned into an animal rescue.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 618
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Emil and the Detectives (2001)
Plot Summary:
The twelve-year-old Emil and his father are haunted by bad luck. To take a break from a series of family disasters, Emil is allowed to spend a few days with a friend of the family, the female priest Hummel in Berlin. In the train he runs across the slick Max Grundeis who anaesthetizes Emil and steals his savings of 1500 DM. When he finally arrives in Berlin, Emil and a gang of street kids, led by the cheeky girl Pony Hütchen, try to find the gangster, who haunts the posh Hotel Adlon as a hotel thief. Meanwhile, to prevent anyone from finding out about Emil's mishap, Gypsi, a member of the gang of kids, passes himself off as Emil, thus wreaking havoc on the home of the priest.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining
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Timber the Treasure Dog (2016)
Plot Summary:
A boy rises to the occasion with his best friend (a lovable talking dog) to save his home and family.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, entertaining
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Cop and a Half (1993)
Plot Summary:
When a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make him a cop, too. Saddled with this streetwise sidekick, a hardboiled cop is forced to take his new partner seriously as they race the clock to bring the bad guys to justice.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: detective, humorous, satirical, semi serious, entertaining, action comedy, cult classic, feel good, realistic, fast
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Security guard Paul Blart is headed to Las Vegas to attend a Security Guard Expo with his teenage daughter Maya before she departs for college. While at the convention, he inadvertently discovers a heist - and it's up to Blart to apprehend the criminals.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, romantic, action comedy, exciting, realistic, not serious, humorous, parody, sexy
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Blank Check (1994)
Plot Summary:
Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston is fed up with his family -- especially their frugality. But he gets his chance to teach them a lesson when a money-laundering criminal nearly bulldozes Preston with his car and gives the boy a blank check as compensation. Preston makes the check out for $1 million and goes on a spending spree he'll never forget. Maybe now, his family will take him seriously!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, inspirational, uplifting, epic, scenic, family comedy, slapstick comedy, realistic, not serious
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Opposite Day (2009)
Plot Summary:
The world goes backwards on Opposite Day. The kids become adults, and the adults become kids.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, melancholic, exciting
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Monkey Trouble (1994)
Plot Summary:
Dodger, a criminal monkey, belongs to a crooked street performer but escapes his life of crime only to end up in the arms of Eva, an innocent little girl whose mother has no idea that her daughter is harboring a fugitive.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, touching, feel good, semi serious, light, road movie, sexy, clever, unusual plot structure
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'Twas the Night (2001)
Plot Summary:
A mischievous 14-year-old boy and his irresponsible uncle almost ruin Christmas when they decide to take Santa's new high-tech sleigh for a joyride.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, light, entertaining, naughty, nostalgic
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Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)
Plot Summary:
After being left at home by himself for the holidays, 10-year-old Max Mercer must work to defend his home from a married couple who tries to steal back a valuable heirloom.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, hilarious, slapstick comedy, family comedy, christmas comedy
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Home Alone 3 (1997)
Plot Summary:
9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try break into his house to get it back.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 124000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, slapstick, hilarious, parody, sweet, family comedy, disgusting, slapstick comedy, realistic
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Cop Out (2010)
Plot Summary:
Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites – especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his daughter's wedding, Jimmy decides to sell a rare baseball card that's worth tens of thousands. Unfortunately, when the collector's shop is robbed and the card vanishes with the crook, Paul and Jimmy end up going rogue, tracking down the card and the drug ring behind its theft, all on their own time, and without any backup – except for each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, buddy comedy, funny, entertaining, melancholic, absurd, detective, exciting, realistic, talky