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Plot Summary:
A young spitfire cowgirl, and her coolheaded Native American friend, race a gang of neighborhood bullies to find a mysterious treasure supposedly having mystical powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags:
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Big City (2007)
Plot Summary:
Description : Set in the American Wild West, this French-language film quickly overcomes its dire beginning--the Native American ambush of a group of immigrants--and becomes an enjoyable comedy. When the adults of Big City leave for the ambush site, the children realize they are all alone and in charge. With a cast composed almost entirely of young people.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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The Little Patriot (1995)
Plot Summary:
Join in one boy's heroic adventure as he fights in the struggle for freedom on the American frontier. James Todd is a young boy growing up in the hostile American wilderness-a rugged and dangerous land also inhabited by the American Indians. His peaceful life is shattered when the treacherous British troops suddenly storm through the countryside in an attempt to crush the American Revolution. During the battle for freedom, James is ruthlessly captured and held prisoner in the enemy fort by the brutal Major Smythe. But his bravery seems without limits as an unlikely and legendary alliance is forged with the neighboring Indians in a bold and fearless rescue effort. It is a rugged and wondrous adventure which culminates as the fortress is infiltrated and James narrowly escapes to lead the spirited fight against the British Red Coats.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Family, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Blue Bird (1979)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of the 18th Century, the Ruster family immigrates to the United States. The father, a former farm laborer, leads a hard life as a settler along with his family. One day the nine year-old George, his second-youngest son, is kidnapped by Iroquois. He is taken in by an Indian family in the place of a deceased son and receives the name "Blue Bird." The boy has homesickness and difficulties accustoming to the customs of the Indians.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: East Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Caddie Woodlawn (1989)
Plot Summary:
The exciting adventures of an 11-year-old tomboy growing up in the Wisconsin frontier of the 1860s. Based on the children's book.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tension, suspense
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The Little Ark (1972)
Plot Summary:
This heart-rending family-oriented drama chronicles the adventure of two Dutch children who temporarily lose their father and mother during the great flood of 1953. Fortunately, they and their animals are taken in by a salty old boatman who helps them reunite with their father.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Lea to the Rescue (2016)
Plot Summary:
Born for adventure, Lea Clark heads deep into the Brazilian rainforest, where her most exciting story awaits.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, tense, suspense
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The Capture of Grizzly Adams (1982)
Plot Summary:
A wilderness-loving man must clear himself of a wrongful murder charge and rescue his daughter who may be sent to an orphanage in this made-for-TV movie.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: wild
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Flyin' Ryan (2003)
Plot Summary:
When twelve-year-old Ryan is forced to move to a new town, he soon discovers the kids there are mean and tough. And they really don't like strangers. But when they steal his dog Theo, Ryan is given a strange pair of magical shoes and finds that the sky's the limit.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, cult film
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Demon in the Bottle (1996)
Plot Summary:
Four teenagers find a lost treasure buried by a 18th century pirate on a desert island. But they accidentally release the monster who lives inside a bottle, keeping the treasure.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: crying, cult film
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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 Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar III: The Mystery of the Snake Crown (2008)
Plot Summary:
The snake crown is stolen (or taken back) from the Knight Templars by the earth worshippers of Crete; the three kids try to retrieve it on behalf of the Knight Templars.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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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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Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy (2006)
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Three boy scouts, one a great-nephew of Butch Cassidy, and their pretty girl friend hunt for the lost treasure of the legendary bank robber in 1950s Utah. A modern gang of outlaws wants to grab the loot, too, and soon the intrepid heroes are fleeing for the lives on trains, rafts and automobiles.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating
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The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar II (2007)
Plot Summary:
In 1361 the Danish King Valdemar's troops approached the city walls of Visby, Gotland. Meanwhile, a young woman named Sigrid was leaving tracks all over the place leading to the whereabouts of a great treasure.She was able to fulfill her mission before being captured and immured alive in a tower, as punishment for not revealing the whereabouts of the treasure. Currently Kathrine, 14, and his three friends have to follow the tracks of 700 years ago during the Medieval Week celebration in Visby to rescue his father, who has been kidnapped, and find the lost treasure. But the fearful and dangerous Black Brotherhood lies in wait.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Legends of the Hidden Temple (2016)
Plot Summary:
Three siblings who break away from a lackluster temple tour in a jungle finds themselves immersed in a real-life mission comprised of obstacles that they must complete in order to escape alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, exciting
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The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974)
Plot Summary:
After fleeing into the mountains after he is wrongly accused of murder, woodsman "Grizzly Adams" discovers an uncanny bond to the indigenous wildlife of the region after rescuing an orphaned grizzly bear cub whom he adopts and calls "Ben".
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, semi serious
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Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
Plot Summary:
In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle of Matecumbe.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 959
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious
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Dummie the Mummy (2014)
Plot Summary:
In a dull village where nothing ever happens, a boy finds a living mummy in his room. It's the start of an amazing friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, exciting, light, semi serious, psychotronic
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Hoot (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, entertaining, feel good, humorous, semi serious, inspirational, unusual plot structure, sweet, satirical, visually appealing
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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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The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998)
Plot Summary:
Told from Mowgli's point of view, it's the story of how a boy became a mancub and a mancub became a man.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 867
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Everything That Rises (1998)
Plot Summary:
His son's critical injury forces a Montana man (Dennis Quaid) to reconsider priorities as he struggles to retain family land.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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White Fang (1973)
Plot Summary:
The wolf dog, White Fang, aids a reporter, a fur trapper, a nun, a young Eskimo boy and his father of ridding a gold mining town of a sleazy crime lord in 1896 Yukon, Canada.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, serious, captivating, realistic, euro western
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Seven Alone (1974)
Plot Summary:
A fictionalized account of the real-life adventure of the Sager family. Travelling with a wagon train from Missouri to Oregon, things are going well for the Sagers, until father Sager dies from blood poisoning following an Indian attack, and mother Sager dies soon afterward from pneumonia. The leaders of the wagon train decide to send the children back, but the oldest, John (who had been described by all the adults as lazy and worthless), decides to lead his siblings through the wilderness to complete the journey their parents started.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 592
Genere: Adventure, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, sincere, uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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Cowgirls 'n Angels (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of rodeo trick-riders recruits a young girl to join them.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, serious, realistic
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The Deadly Companions (1961)
Plot Summary:
Ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son, tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Savage Sam (1963)
Plot Summary:
Travis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller's son, Sam, tracks their trail.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Winterhawk (1975)
Plot Summary:
Smallpox plagues Chief Winterhawk's tribe. He seeks cure from the white men, who in turn, in fear of getting the smallpox, kill two of his companions. Winterhawk comes back to kidnap a girl and her brother from the white men's settlement, and thus begins the chase.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful, grindhouse
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Across the Great Divide (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two orphans set out to claim their inheritance - a 400 acre plot of land in Salem Oregon. To Do so they must cross the rugged snow covered Rocky Mountains in the year 1876.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 830
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, sentimental, atmospheric, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Against a Crooked Sky (1975)
Plot Summary:
The eldest daughter of a pioneer family is kidnapped by a mysterious Indian tribe and the eldest son pursues. In order to win back his sister's freedom, he must sacrifice his own life by passing the test of "Crooked Sky" and shield his sister from an executioner's arrow. Along the way, he recruits a broken down, drunk prospector to help him track down the unknown tribe and rescue his sister.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: action adventure, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful