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Plot Summary:
Little Virgil lives in a henhouse with his best friend Oscar, a one-legged rooster. Virgil's worst enemy is Orla, the local bully-boy. When a circus comes to town, Virgil hires on as the Human Cannonball's apprentice. The role is a perfect fit, and ugly, evil Orla finally gets his comeuppance.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 79 min
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The Rascal (1994)
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Torben's father and farmer Jacob make a trade. Jacob gets a gearbox and Torben's father gets peace: Torben must be at farmer Jacob on the farm the rest of his summer holidays. It was Jacob never have done ...! Absolutely terrific Danish family comedy in the best action-style. Wild bass played by Robert Hansen, known from Anja and Viktor films and family Gregersen. Moreover contributes among other Preben Kristensen, Viggo Summer and Dick Kaysø and many more.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min
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The Child of Man (1992)
Plot Summary:
A six-year-old boy plots to stop his "sweetheart", a grown-up woman in his pre-World War II Latvian village, from marrying.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Latvia
Duration: 98 min
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Three Angels and Five Lions (1982)
Plot Summary:
Three Angels and Five Lions is a 1982 comedy-family film written by Sven Methling and Bjarne Reuter, directed by Sven Methling.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 68 min
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Peter Bell (2002)
Plot Summary:
Peter is a cheerful, but not a very obedient boy who is growing In a very ordinary Dutch family. His pranks amuse some and cause a lot of trouble to others. Peter pranks are so numerous and incredible, that hit the front pages of city newspapers. Popularity of the boy is growing every day, and he develops not only new friends, but also a powerful enemies. And then the most exciting and dangerous Peter and his friends adventures starts.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family
Country: Netherlands, Germany
Duration: 110 min
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Mr. Horatio Knibbles (1971)
Plot Summary:
Mary Bunting is sitting alone when to her surprise and delight a rabbit six foot tall - elegantly dressed in frock coat and fancy waistcoat - appears. As he is a magic rabbit, he can be seen only by Mary, which naturally creates great confusion and misunderstanding.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 152
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: creepy
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Ee Pattanathil Bhootham (2009)
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The film opens with a ‘Manthravadi’ (Thilakan) an evil magician (Pithamagan Mahadevan) to obey to his commands and make spiriting away a friendly ghost money through crime. Meanwhile a group of kids and their benefactors are held hostage in a circus camp by the baddies, who has taken over the show. Ancy (Kaavyamadavan) is coming back from London, to take charge of the circus company founded by her father Philipose (Janardhanan),who was found murdered. On reaching there, she is told that her father was stabbed to death by a bike-jumper named Jimmy (Mammootty). In fact Jimmy, his foster father Krishnan (Innocent), aide Sisupalan (Suraj Venjarammood) and a gang of street children were all invited by Philipose to join his circus group. Meanwhile the ghost (Mammootty, in his other role) appears, becomes friendly with the kids and takes a more stylish shape of Jimmy. Thanks to the ghost, Ancy realizes that Jimmy was innocent in the whole issue. Now the battle between the good and evil.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 475
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
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Lotta Leaves Home (1993)
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A feisty five-year-old girl Lotta decides to move away from home. And no, she doesn't want to put on the stupid sweater.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 867
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min
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I Didn't Do It! (1999)
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Eleven-year-old Martin is a basically good boy. Unfortunately each time he decides to give a hand things end in disaster. This summer, he has been invited to spend a vacation at the Hotel Nautilus by his friend Vincent's parents. This is a great place for kids with its cabin hidden among the branches of a tree they call the "baobab". The trouble is that this year a holiday camp settles nearby and that those trespassers immediately undertake to appropriate the "baobab". The war is declared.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Family, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
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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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Secret Agent Dingledorf and His Trusty Dog Splat (2021)
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Overcoming bullies and his own loser mentality, 10-year-old Bernie Dingledorf must destroy Dr. Chuckles’s diabolical Laugh Generator before it sends the world into uncontrollable fits of laughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christian film, inspirational, independent film, sentimental, funny
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Girl Asleep (2015)
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The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen she can't bear to leave her childhood, it contains all the things that give her comfort in this incomprehensible new world. She floats in a bubble of loserdom with her only friend Elliott, until her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and she's flung into a parallel place; a world that's weirdly erotic, a little bit violent and thoroughly ludicrous - only there can she find herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, light, humorous, surreal, aesthetic, crying
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Someone Like Hodder (2003)
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Hodder is nine years old. He lives on his own with his father, who works nights as a bill poster. One night a fairy appears to Hodder and asks him to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious
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Rubber Tarzan (1981)
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Ivan is a very lonely 8 year boy who is bullied almost every day in school. Even his father taunts him because Ivan litteraly is a weakling (That should explain the title Rubber Tarzan). As a result of this Ivan spends a lot of his time on daydreaming until he meets a kind of kindred spirit - the friendly and lonely crane driver Ole.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 98 min
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Day-O (1992)
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A five-year-old named Grace creates an imaginary friend, because her parents only pay attention to the new baby, Tony. Now at 35, his sole friend reappears to help her.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
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Buster's World (1984)
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The television series was based on a play by Danish author Bjarne Reuter. In 1984 Reuter published his collection Tre skuespil ("Three Plays"); a collection containing also En dag i Hector Hansens liv ("A Day in the Life of Hector Hansen") and Kom der lys i neonrøret, gutter? ("Was There Light in the Neon Tube, Boys?") – in addition to Busters Verden.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Max Embarrassing (2008)
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Max is hitting puberty, and foxy Ofelia from class has touched his heart. He now plans to spend Christmas break with her or, at the very least, New Year's Eve. Watching her little boy grow up, his mother Agnete doesn't know what leg to stand on. Trying to give Max the best Christmas possible, she makes a mess of things, as usual. With his friends, Hassan and Ester, Max eventually tamps down the chaos and throws a super New Year's Eve bash. Everyone is there, and Ester seizes the moment to hook up with Max ahead of Ofelia.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, parody, realistic, not serious
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Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns (1985)
Plot Summary:
The tale of young Gritta who lives with her father, an unsuccessful inventor. When her new stepmother tries to put her away in a convent she discovers some dark secrets there.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: East Germany
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, modern fairy tale
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A Christmoose Carol (2005)
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A bullied young boy befriends a flying, talking moose that crashed through his ceiling after a test-flight with Santa went terribly awry in this holiday film for the whole family. But later, just as Mr. Moose and Beril strike up a friendship, the young boy's nefarious landlord Mr. Pannecke decides a mounted moose head would make a fine new addition to his trophy wall. But Santa has other plans for Mr. Moose, and when he turns up looking for his lost pal, Beril is faced with the prospect of losing his one and only friend.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls (2004)
Plot Summary:
Poor Bibi - due to her bad marks in maths she has to spend the whole summer in the boarding school of Altenberg to scrape through a series of exams - otherwise she'd stay down in school, being forced to repeat the year. No camping, no white-water rafting, no vacation at all. So it doesn't surprise anyone that the young witch is quite disgruntled when arriving at Altenberg Castle. Her roommate is a touchy unpleassant fashion victim and headmaster Quirin Bartels is so muddle-headed that he can't even remember the names of his students properly. But then Bibi makes friends with Elea, a girl wheelchair-bound since a terrible accident where she also lost her beloved parents. Now Bibi is determined to help the sensitive Elea, searching a way to heal her from her palsy legs.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 739
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: semi serious, captivating, entertaining, spooky
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How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)
Plot Summary:
During the first day of his new school year, a fifth grade boy squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within the class.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, touching, semi serious, epic
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Trading Mom (1994)
Plot Summary:
The Martin kids learn of a magic spell that will take them to the 'mommy market' so they can get a more user friendly model. After giving a few other moms a try, they want their own back. But that is not so easy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: epic, mysterious, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Dolittle (2020)
Plot Summary:
A physician discovers that he can talk to animals.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, China, UK, Japan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: light, funny, humorous, not serious, fairy tale, mystical, mystic, smart, costume drama, happy
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Bogus (1996)
Plot Summary:
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, fairy tale, uplifting, epic, slang, happy, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes (2020)
Plot Summary:
Vlad has just moved and joined one of the most famous magical schools in the world, where he meets fairies, witches, trolls and dwarfs. Him and his father are the first vampires in town, but he soon meets other special kids.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, fairy tale, funny, entertaining
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Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio (2002)
Plot Summary:
Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, semi serious, stylized, light, retro, anamorphic, scary, inspirational
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Kids World (2000)
Plot Summary:
What would you wish for if you were eleven and could have anything in the world? Your parents don't understand you. Your teenage brother is constantly getting you in trouble...for things he did! You're in love with the twelve-year-old girl across the street... who, unfortunately, is dating the local bully. Then, one afternoon, while being chased by the bully, you fall into a sinkhole, which happens to be in an ancient Indian burial ground. You find a glass, which you discover turns out to be a witchdoctor's Wishing Glass. When Ryan Mitchell discovers the Wishing Glass, he wishes that all the teenagers and parents would disappear. Soon it's "Kids World," with no adults and teenagers - nobody over the age of 12 anywhere! You can only imagine what happens next... *IT'S A CANADIAN FILM*.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, suspense
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Little Monsters (1989)
Plot Summary:
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games under his bed where pulling pranks on kids and other monsters is the main attraction.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, melancholic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, epic, mysterious, visual, creepy
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Bibi Blocksberg (2002)
Plot Summary:
In order to save some kids who are about to die in a fire, Bibi, the daughter of a prestigious witch, manages to trigger a heavy rain with her powers. The head of all witches gives her an award called "Crystal Ball", reserved for older girls. German adventure film very much in line of Harry Potter, but in female version.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 982
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, semi serious, tense, spooky, fairy tale
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Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
Plot Summary:
Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once remarkable Emporium.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, fairy tale, inspirational, motivational, touching, melancholic, semi serious, cute
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Matilda (1996)
Plot Summary:
An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 170000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, fairy tale, humorous, sweet, touching, psychological, mystical, funny, inspirational, uplifting