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Plot Summary:
A boy must brave deep winter snow to obtain an important family keepsake. Before he can even start this difficult journey he must first help his family survive financial ruin, rescue his beloved pet goat, and with his best friend, outwit a bratty bully who seems out to get him at every turn. Will he make it back to the village in time to celebrate the end-of-winter holiday of Chalandamarz?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, unusual plot structure, contemplative, educational
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Storm - Letter of Fire (2017)
Plot Summary:
The film is set in 1521 Antwerp, in a Europe ravaged by religious wars, and during the early years of the Reformation. It tells the story of the twelve year old, Falko Voeten – a printer’s son. When Falko’s father, Klaas Voeten, a printer of forbidden literature, is caught by the Inquisition for printing a letter written by Maarten Luther; Falko is unwittingly propelled into helping his father and into searching for the letter. Threatened by the Inquisition but aided by Marieke, a Catholic orphan girl from the underground sewers, Falko is faced with a race against time if he is to save his father from being executed for heresy.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, bleak, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative
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The Bouquet (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two estranged sisters torn apart by their differences suddenly find themselves working together towards a common goal in this heartwarming drama...For years, overachiever Terri (Kristy Swanson) and her idealistic sister, Mandy (Alberta Mayne), have kept their distance from each other, as well as from their parents' struggling florist business. But when a tragic turn of events brings both women home, they discover just how much they need one another in order to continue their family legacy. Filled with romance, humor and hope, it's an endearing story about making time for the ones you love.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min
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Ikingut (2000)
Plot Summary:
In the middle ages a small Greenlandic boy comes drifting with an Iceberg to a remote and superstitious settlement in Iceland and is believed to be an evil spirit by his looks. He saves a young boy from an avalanche and they become friends. The young Icelandic boy has to fight for his friends existence against the ignorant villagers, who want him imprisoned or even killed.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 90 min
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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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Eleven Days (2018)
Plot Summary:
AJIT SINGH 12, blends in happily in to his new home in the middle of Australia. However, his brother RAJVEER 20, finds it unbearable to be constantly labelled a terrorist due to his beard and turban that he keeps faithfully according to his Sikh heritage. Rajveer then decides to join the army and leaves home after an argument with their dad SARJIT, 50. Fearing for his brother's safety, Ajit goes on a quest to go after Rajveer in order to bring him home. Ajit not only has to survive the outback, he also must to locate Rajveer within ELEVEN DAYS or it will all be too late.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, unusual plot structure, sincere, captivating, independent film, contemplative
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Somewhere in Tonga (2017)
Plot Summary:
There is nothing that keeps passionate social worker Wolski in Germany. On an uninhabited island in the Kingdom of Tonga he wants to give criminal teenagers a second chance. His first candidate is Marcel, 16, and no stranger to drugs, violence and crime. So a visit to the main island ends in disaster. Wolski only narrowly manages to keep the boy from being send to prison. The deal: From now on, Marcel is not allowed to leave the remote island at all.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, tense, light, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Lone Wolf (1972)
Plot Summary:
A boy finds a large wolf-like dog in the mountain and they befriend. The local peasants think that it may be a real wolf responsible for the sheep pestilence. They decide to kill the animal, but the boy is worried about it and he secretly provides the dog with the food.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 865
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Legend of Longwood (2014)
Plot Summary:
When 12-year-old Mickey Miller moves from New York to Ireland, she soon discovers a link between herself and the 300-year-old legend of the mysterious Black Knight, who regularly haunts the sleepy Irish village. With courage and a sharp mind, she sets out to save a precious herd of white horses and to thwart the evil plans of a greedy, ambitious woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands, Ireland, Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, light, sincere
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Scrapwood War (2014)
Plot Summary:
At their annual summer building club ‘Camp Scrapwood’, best friends Ziggy (12) and Bas (12) find themselves on opposing sides for the first time in their lives. At summer club, best friends Ziggy and Bas (12) are on opposing sides for the first time in their lives. Different secondary schools, different parental expectations and now falling in love with the same girl lead to all-out war between them. They begin to fight. Initially, tougher Bas fights hard, but soon has doubts about the row. Meanwhile, the gentle Ziggy gradually toughens up and becomes determined to win… A family film about friendship, love, jealousy… and being a boy.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating
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The Child Wanderers (2010)
Plot Summary:
In the 1890s, 10-year-old Yohan is sent away from home to survive on his own as a child laborer. He experiences hardships and overcomes his fears by relying on bravery and hope to make the best of his circumstances.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 330
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, touching, unusual plot structure, contemplative, cult film
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The Christmas Gift (2015)
Plot Summary:
Starring Michelle Trachtenberg and Rick Fox, “The Christmas Gift” is about ten-year-old Megan, who upon receiving a Secret Santa gift, is touched by its contents which end up having a huge impact on her life. Now a driven young journalist, Megan can’t shake her desire to thank the person who sent her that heartfelt gift over a decade ago. Determined to prove herself to her editor, she goes on the search for the perfect Christmas story, and in doing so, she finally discovers who her Secret Santa is. Inspired by a true story.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 771
Genere: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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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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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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The Christmas Parade (2014)
Plot Summary:
A popular network morning host finds herself humiliated on the air by her fiancé and disappears to a small town. While there, she helps a budding artist save a community art center for the town's kids, by helping them with their float for the annual Christmas Parade.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country:
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, funny, light, sweet, touching, realistic
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The Good Witch's Wonder (2014)
Plot Summary:
Cassie Nightingale (Bell) finds herself with only days to plan her stepson Brandon's (Knight) wedding to Tara (Leggat) when the happy couple unexpectedly pushes up the date for their big day. Meanwhile, Martha (Disher), the newly elected mayor of Middleton has roped her into chairing the silent auction to raise much-needed funds for her pet project, the Middleton Botanical Gardens. Audrey (Wilson), a new arrival in town, pops in to Cassie's store Bell, Book & Candle and the two instantly bond. Needing help in the store, Cassie immediately hires Audrey as her new store associate and she even pitches in and helps Cassie organize the auction. But, Audrey is hiding a secret past and suspicions start to swirl around her when the donated auction items are missing. With the use of her "special" powers - as well as some teamwork by the Mayor and Jake (Potter), her husband and local Chief of Police - Cassie hopes to conjure up the truth before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, semi serious
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A Christmoose Story (2013)
Plot Summary:
Based on the best-selling novel, A CHRISTMOOSE STORY brings to life the tale of an unlikely friendship between a young boy and a large, talking moose. Young Max has low expectations for his first Christmas after his parents’ divorce, when suddenly a large moose crashes through the roof of his garage. And if that isn’t strange enough, the moose claims to have fallen from Santa’s sleigh! But being friends with a moose isn’t all that simple. Especially since Max’s grumpy neighbor has no interest in hanging stockings for Christmas but would love to hang up a pair of moose antlers, and Santa is out there somewhere looking to get his sleigh back!.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands, Sweden
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, light, entertaining, humorous, semi serious
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Vicky and Her Mystery (2021)
Plot Summary:
Stéphane decides to move to the beautiful mountains of Cantal in order to reconnect with his 8-year-old daughter, Victoria, who has been silent since her mother's disappearance. During a walk in the forest, a shepherd gives Victoria a puppy named "Mystery" who will gradually give her a taste for life. But very quickly, Stéphane discovers that the animal is in reality a wolf… Despite the warnings and the danger of this situation, he cannot bring himself to separate his daughter from this seemingly harmless ball of hair.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sincere, sentimental, emotional, touching, sweet
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Belle and Sebastian, Friends for Life (2017)
Plot Summary:
12 year-old Sebastian has decided not to follow his father and Angelina to Canada, deciding to stay in the alps to watch over Belle who has now become the mother of three beautiful pups. When a stranger arrives claiming to be Belle’s rightful owner, Sebastian will do all it takes to protect his best friend and her little ones.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 865
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, captivating, suspenseful, scenic, stylized
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The Journey Home (2014)
Plot Summary:
In northern Canada, a young boy sets a goal for himself to to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother. Goran Visnjic joins the cast as Muktuk, a half Inuit and half Canadian, who knows the terrain where the polar bears live and who agrees to help the boy.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 958
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, Italy, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, touching, captivating
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The Fox and the Child (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young girl of about 10 years lives in a solitary peasant's house on the edge of the jurassic mountains in the East of France. One day in autumn, when she is on her way to school through the forest, she observes a hunting fox. Of course, the fox flees from her, but the girl feels a strong desire to meet the fox again.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, sincere, touching, sentimental, entertaining, disturbing, independent film, minimal cast, cult classic, poetic
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Lassie Come Home (2020)
Plot Summary:
Remake of 1943 movie based on Eric Knight's book, "Lassie Come Home".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: captivating, sentimental, light, touching, feel good, humorous, sweet, suspense, entertaining, realistic
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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 Zigzag Kid (2012)
Plot Summary:
The son of the world's greatest detective embarks on a high-stakes adventure in this action-packed adaptation of the beloved book by Israeli writer David Grossman. (TIFF).
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Spain, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, serious, detective, crying
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Silver Wolf (1999)
Plot Summary:
A ranger (Michael Biehn) and his 16 year old nephew (Shane Meier) struggle to save a wolf from a rancher (Roy Scheider), who is out to kill it.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, uplifting, touching, feel good, independent film, serious, realistic
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Belle & Sebastian (2013)
Plot Summary:
Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that has been killing their sheep.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, stylized, educational, realistic
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Heidi (2015)
Plot Summary:
Heidi, is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather. She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the wealthy Sesemann household in Frankfurt, Germany as a companion to Klara, a sheltered, disabled girl in a wheelchair. Heidi is unhappy but makes the best of the situation, always longing for her grandfather.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: sincere, scenic, psychological, touching, unusual plot structure, contemplative, feel good, educational, fairy tale
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Flipper (1963)
Plot Summary:
Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into the world's minds and hearts in this 1963 film starring Chuck Connors and Luke Halpin as Sandy (a role he would continue in the 1964-68 TV series that followed.) James B. Clark, a long-time family filmmaker whose credits include "Island of the Blue Dolphins" and "My Side of the Mountain," directs the story of hard times (Hurricane Hazel and its aftermath) and joy (Sandy's dolphin-powered rides through the waves). And two fins up for Mitzie, the animal star who plays flipper.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, romantic, clever
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The Call of the Wild (2020)
Plot Summary:
A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, sincere, inspirational, fairy tale, period piece, tense
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Santa Buddies (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Puppy Paws (the fun-loving son of Santa Paws) gets bored, he finds Budderball on Santa's naughty list and figures he's just the dog to show him how to be an ordinary pup. When the magical Christmas Icicle starts to melt however, and the world begins to forget the true meaning of the season, it's up to Puppy Paws and his newfound Buddies to journey back to the North Pole and save Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, fairy tale, sweet, light, exciting, touching, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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Iron Will (1994)
Plot Summary:
When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for long hours, through harsh weather and terrain. This young man will need a lot of courage and a strong will to complete this race.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: inspirational, feel good, uplifting, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, exciting, sentimental, romantic