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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 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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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 Emperor of Peru (1982)
Plot Summary:
Two children deal with the arrival of a foster brother, a Cambodian refugee. All three of them discover a hermetic retired railway engineer living in the woods. Then the children find an abandoned locomotive and, with the help of the engineer, bring it back to working order.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: crying, independent film
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Time Heroes (2016)
Plot Summary:
Berlin students Ben, Jonas, Leo, Ozzi and Sophie are on a class trip to "boring" Hildesheim. Their schedule includes visiting the medieval cathedral and witnessing a complete solar eclipse, but destiny intervenes… A bomb goes off at the cathedral and the students are evacuated by the police, only to find themselves in the clutches of an occult secret society calling themselves the Lunaris Cult, who aim to use an ancient pagan artifact, the Irminsul, to harness the vital force of their teenage captives and use it for their own purposes on the eclipse. The evil cultists are after immortality and divine power, and are even prepared to sacrifice the friends' lives. Ben and his gang manage to escape. Chased from one danger to the next, the cultists pursue them, closing in on them more and more. The fanatics have it all planned out, it seems, leaving nothing to chance. They disable the cell phone networks and satellite connections, leaving the friends to fend for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: captivating, unusual plot structure, suspense, visually appealing
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Catch That Girl (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ida's father suddenly gets a stroke and is rushed to the hospital, diagnosed with a deadly disease with no other opportunity than to travel to USA to attend a medical experimental operation. Unfortunately, the small family have to get the money themselves, as the state doesn't pay for that kind of experimental procedures. Ida has to get the money - and she got no other way than to steal them from the bank where her mother works...... developing the banks intense security.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, action thriller
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A Mermaid's Tale (2017)
Plot Summary:
12-year-old Ryan moves to the town where her father was born—a bleak, dying fishing town. However, exploring the coast, she discovers a cove that is home to a mysterious girl named Coral who reveals herself to be a mermaid.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 921
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, contemplative
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Appalachian Trial (2004)
Plot Summary:
Four children are lost in the woods during a camping trip with their parents in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing, christian film
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Windstorm: The Great Hurricane (2021)
Plot Summary:
Due to the sudden outbreak of a hurricane, a traveling circus, famous for its stunning numbers with horses, calls into the small German estate of Kaltenbach. Soon, Ari realizes that one of the horses of this circus, named Orcan, is in mortal danger. Together with the boy Carlo and their faithful friend, the horse Ostwind, they try to save Orkan from the cruel owner of a traveling circus. However, the shrewd director unravels their audacious plan. And Ostwind's horse is also in trouble. Ari and Carlo have very little time to rectify the situation and save Ostwind.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Oddball (2015)
Plot Summary:
The story of Allan "Swampy" Marsh and his Maremma dog Oddball. Swampy convinced local authorities to allow Oddball to protect a colony of Little Penguins on Middle Island from wild cats and dogs. Oddball succeeds in his campaign and becomes a front runner for Maremma dogs being used to protect other endangered Australian wildlife.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, captivating, exciting, feel good
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Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues (2015)
Plot Summary:
September, 1945. Sebastian impatiently waits for the return of his friend Angelina, whom he has not seen for two years. When the plane carrying the young woman to her small village in the Alps is reported to have crashed in the mountains, Sebastian is convinced that Angelina is still alive. Along with his faithful dog Belle, Sebastian embarks on the most dangerous adventure of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, exciting, light, feel good, captivating
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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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Wild Chicks (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sprotte is about 12 years old and has a "gang" with her three friends Frieda, Melanie and Trude. Together the girls take Care of Sprottes grandmothers chickens. The new girl in School, Wilma, wishes to join the group, which Melanie is very unhappy about, and on top of all of that they have an on going revalisasion with a group of boys. Sprottes grandmother is planning on slaughtering the chickens! Will the Wild Chicks put Down their war with the boys? And Will they be able to save the chicken?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, captivating
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Tom Sawyer (2011)
Plot Summary:
Tom Sawyer (LOUIS HOFMANN) has a head full of pranks and drives when he invents is not just a new adventure, preferably around with his best buddy Huck Finn (LEON SEIDEL) - much to the chagrin of his Aunt Polly (HEIKE MAKATSCH) with Tom and his half-brother Sid (ANDREAS WARM Brunn) in the town of St. Petersburg on the Mississippi river (excerpt from http://tomsawyer-film.de).
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany, Romania
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, educational
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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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Black Beauty (2015)
Plot Summary:
A modern retelling of Anna Sewell’s classic novel, Black Beauty explores the heartfelt story of 15 year-old Audry who makes the discovery of a lifetime whilst volunteering at a city animal shelter. Rescued from an abusive owner and recovering from a traumatic past, Black Beauty possesses a most unique quality of character, endearing itself to Audry and her Grandpa who adopt the horse in order to give it a second chance and perhaps even help revitalize their own family situation. Aided by dedicated trainer James and tested by the many challenges of equine life, Black Beauty has his work cut out for him as he embarks on a remarkable journey of discovery and friendship.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, captivating
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In Desert and Wilderness (2001)
Plot Summary:
When 15 year old Stas Tarkowski and 9 year old Nel Rawlinson are kidnapped by rebels fighting for the great Arab leader - the Mahdi - their fathers desperately organize a search party. But the Mahdi uprising is spreading rapidly across North Africa and the chances of finding the children seem remote. Forced to rely on themselves, Stas and Nel, together with two young African slaves, Mea and Kali, escape their captors and head south across desolate country. In their search for a way home, they must battle wild animals, thunderstorms, hunger and malaria. Their journey to freedom brings them into contact with some colorful adult mentors: Kaliopoli, a displaced Greek, guides Stas through a critical encounter with the great Mahdi and Linde, an eccentric Polish cartographer, himself lost in the jungle, offers hope when Nel comes down with malaria and all hope for her survival seems lost.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 966
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, stylized
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Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015)
Plot Summary:
An orphan who practices hypnosis faces off against a bank robber who wants her book on the art form.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, inspirational, touching, feel good
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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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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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Hildegarde, a Duck Down Under (2001)
Plot Summary:
A family's adventure to save one of their own - their beloved pet duck.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Family, Adventure
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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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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Cheetah (1989)
Plot Summary:
An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to race it against greyhounds, the two city kids, together with a young African goat herder they befriended, head off into the wild to rescue the cheetah.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic, clever, touching, unusual plot structure, sweet, melancholic, twist ending
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The Biscuit Eater (1972)
Plot Summary:
Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl Holliman) tells his son Lonnie that his dog, Moreover, is a good-for-nothing "biscuit eater.".
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 518
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
Plot Summary:
America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. In this masterful, atmospheric adventure, a courageous young girl (Meredith Salenger) confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her extraordinary odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf, and a hardened drifter (John Cusack). A brilliant, moving tapestry, woven of courage and perseverance.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, sweet, entertaining, scenic, feel good, inspirational, poignant, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
Plot Summary:
"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young American owner, Alec Ramsay (Kelly Reno), he's much more. So, when the amazing animal is stolen, Alec will stop at nothing to get him back. Alec finally unravels the mystery of Black's theft...only to discover that he must overcome even greater odds to reclaim his beloved horse.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, humorous, semi serious, exciting, inspirational, sexy, clever, feel good, breathtaking
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An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky (2013)
Plot Summary:
Meet nine-year old Saige, a talented artist with a passion for horses, in this modern-day story about finding your voice! Saige is excited about the new school year, until she discovers that art-her favorite class-has been cut. On top of that, her best friend, Tessa, seems to be spending more and more time with another girl. For help, Saige turns to her grandma Mimi, a well-known artist and horse-woman, who inspires her to take action. Can Saige find the courage to overcome her fears and save the art program-and her friendship with Tessa? Heart-warming, empowering, and fun, it's a movie for every girl who has ever dreamed big. Written by Anonymous (IMDB.com).
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 523
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious
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Benji (1974)
Plot Summary:
Benji is a stray who has nonetheless worked his way into the hearts of a number of the townspeople, who give him food and attention whenever he stops by. His particular favorites are a pair of children who feed and play with him against the wishes of their parents. When the children are kidnapped, however, the parents and the police are at a loss to find them. Only Benji can track them down, but will he be in time? If he can save the day, he may just find the permanent home he's been longing for.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sentimental, light, sweet, humorous, touching, feel good, semi serious, retro, epic, tense
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Nim's Island (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, scenic, captivating, fairy tale, sad, light, colorful, touching, humorous, realistic
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Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
Plot Summary:
Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. Angus's parents relentlessly badger rescue teams. Angus, schooled by his father in wilderness survival skills, and assisted by the intelligent Yellow Dog, tries to attract rescuers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sentimental, emotional, touching, exciting, serious, light, romantic, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous