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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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The Shaggy Dog (1994)
Plot Summary:
Preteen Moochie Daniels just wants a dog, but his dad, Daniel, is allergic to canines, like Bundles, the shabby sheep dog of neighbor Charlie Mulvihill who secretly trained his pet to help him steal jewels. Mooch's big brother Wilbert 'Wilby' is smart, shy and a promising inventor, but hopelessly clumsy when it comes to girls, and is jealous of his slick mate Trey who has no problems. Desperate Wilby resorts to a spell from the ring of Lucrezia Borgia (he accidentally got from dad's museum of curiosities), which magically turns him into Bundles and back at uncontrollable times. This is how he also knows that the diamond on loan in his father's museum is Charlie's next target.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Girl Asleep (2015)
Plot Summary:
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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Day-O (1992)
Plot Summary:
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
Plot tags:
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Monkey Up (2016)
Plot Summary:
A talking monkey seeks to gain fame and fortune as a movie star, but instead finds what's most important, a family.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 429
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, cult film
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Vampire Dog (2012)
Plot Summary:
VAMPIRE DOG is a feature length family film about finding courage and discovering that you belong. Ace, a 12-year-old boy is new in middle school. His grandfather from Transylvania passes away at the ripe age of 99, and sends him his dog, Fang, to look after. Ace soon discovers that Fang is a vampire dog. Professor Warhol, a mad scientist and her bumbling assistant Frank, try to capture Fang to steal his DNA, in order to look young. They are constantly in pursuit of Fang but Fang uses his superpowers to stay one step ahead of them. During their adventure Ace shows Fang how to behave like a normal dog and embrace his vampire powers. Fang helps Ace open up and come alive again through his music. Ace and Fang discover with the help of each other, when they face their fears, they can do anything.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, vampire comedy
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Playing with Fire (2019)
Plot Summary:
A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, sweet, captivating, ironic, sitcom, slapstick comedy, slapstick, low brow humor, teen comedy
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Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
A heartwarming, quintessentially British adventure for all the family, PUDSEY THE DOG: THE MOVIE follows cheeky London stray dog, Pudsey, who is quite happy being a lone ranger, looking out for number one, until he meets siblings Molly (Izzy Meikle-Small), George (Spike White) and Tommy (Malachy Knights). After losing their father, their mother Gail (Jessica Hynes) is moving the family to the sleepy village of Chuffington and Pudsey tags along, to the dismay of their landlord, Mr. Thorne (John Sessions), and his cat Faustus. As Pudsey starts to settle in with the family and realize what he was missing when he was alone, he stumbles across Thorne's evil plan and he determines to save them and the whole village.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 885
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, sincere, semi serious
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Savannah Smiles (1982)
Plot Summary:
The young daughter of a politician runs away due to lack of attention. She hides in the car of two not too bright crooks who are slowly converted into parent figures as the police web closes down on the supposed kidnappers.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: entertaining, touching, epic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, detective, sentimental, light
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The Retrievers (2001)
Plot Summary:
After the Lowry Family moves from New York to Placerville in California, a golden retriever comes to their house. The family starts to take care of her and the retriever, now named Pilot, has puppies. They give all of the puppies away, but later realize that they are an important part of their family. They try to find all of the puppies, which they do. Throughout the movie, Tom, the dad, is caught up in his business and has to choose between family or business multiple times.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Finn on the Fly (2008)
Plot Summary:
FINN ON THE FLY is a madcap comedy filled with wild chases, mistaken identity and young romance.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, offbeat
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A Christmoose Carol (2005)
Plot Summary:
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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A Talking Cat!?! (2013)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious talking cat uses its powers of communication to enrich the lives of two different families, and bring them together.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, cult classic, semi serious, cult film
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Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
Plot Summary:
Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". They think it's dead so they decide to take it home (there could be some money in this). As you guessed, it isn't dead. Far from being the ferocious monster they fear "Harry" to be, he's a friendly giant.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, melancholic, feel good, entertaining, light, mystical, epic, family comedy, mythical
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The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)
Plot Summary:
When Max dies in an accident, he goes straight to hell. But the devil Barney makes him an offer: if he manages to get three innocent youths to sell him their souls in the next two months, he may stay on earth. Max accepts, and returns to earth, equipped with special powers. However his task is harder than expected, especially when 7 years old Tobi demands that he marry his mother. Written by Tom Zoerner.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, scary, unusual plot structure, sweet, entertaining, melancholic, surreal, splatter
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The Canterville Ghost (1986)
Plot Summary:
A young American couple inherits an English castle, only to find that it is haunted by the spirit of a disgraced ancestor, doomed to stay on the estate because of his cowardice. The only way he can escape is if one of his descendants performs an heroic act, something he intends to get the husband to do.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 882
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: creepy, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic
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The Blue Umbrella (2005)
Plot Summary:
Young Biniya lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in the mountainous and snowy region of Himachal Pradesh in India along with her widowed mom and wrestler brother. She entertains various tourists, and while doing so with some tourists from Japan, trades in her bear-tooth amulet with a blue umbrella.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, anime, art film, cult classic, sincere, crying, freeze frame
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The Shaggy Dog (2006)
Plot Summary:
The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, feel good, semi serious, teen, light hearted, touching, offbeat, psychotronic, funny
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The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
Plot Summary:
Wilby Daniels, a successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being transformed into an English sheepdog. Somehow he has to keep his change a secret and find just what is causing it, all the while eluding the local dog catcher.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, slapstick, feel good, semi serious, psychotronic, slapstick comedy, funny, light, touching, unusual plot structure
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Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lisa Dolittle sends her daughter to 'Durango', a Dude Ranch, to find herself. While there, she uses her talent to talk to the animals in order to save Durango from being taken over by a neighboring Ranch.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, romantic, offbeat
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Doctor Dolittle (1998)
Plot Summary:
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle (Eddie Murphy) seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 101000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, funny, emotional, hilarious, melancholic, humorous, sweet, parody, romantic, retro
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Pup Star (2016)
Plot Summary:
A Yorkshire Terrier, competing in a televised singing competition, is separated from her owner by an opportunist dog pound worker.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: road movie, light, feel good, humorous, tense, visually appealing
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Bailey's Billion$ (2005)
Plot Summary:
Sweet and savvy talking golden retriever, Bailey, is one doggone lucky pooch when his devoted owner, Constance Pennington, leaves him her entire billion-dollar fortune. Bailey is lucky, that is, until he becomes the target of an elaborately-designed dognap scheme hatched by Constance's nasty nephew Caspar and his money-hungry wife Dolores. The despicable duo's wicked plan is to ultimately gain custody of the canine so they can get their greedy paws on his inheritance. Unfortunately for them, there's a thing or two they don't know about Bailey. Not only does he have great street smarts, he has great pals too. Bailey's loyal guardian Ted, kind-hearted animal advocate Marge, her daughter Sam, and a clever border collie named Tessa set out on a hilarious madcap adventure to free their four-legged friend and put the nasty dognappers out of business-for good!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 673
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, sweet
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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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A Simple Wish (1997)
Plot Summary:
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, fairy tale, funny, semi serious, humorous, mysterious, offbeat, light, romantic, clever
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My Brother the Pig (1999)
Plot Summary:
If you act like an animal, you just may become one!.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, semi serious
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Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)
Plot Summary:
As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. When Clifford magically undergoes one heck of a growth spurt, becomes a gigantic dog and attracts the attention of a genetics company, Emily and her Uncle Casey have to fight the forces of greed as they go on the run across New York City. Along the way, Clifford affects the lives of everyone around him and teaches Emily and her uncle the true meaning of acceptance and unconditional love.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sentimental, 3d animation, light, sincere, humorous, melancholic, computer animated, cult film
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Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
Plot Summary:
Dr. John Dolittle the beloved doctor is back, but this time around he plays cupid to bumbling circus bear Archie as he's so smitten by a Pacific Western bear female, Ava. Dr. Dolittle must help a group of forest creatures to save their forest. But with the aid of his mangy, madcap animal friends, Dr. Dolittle must teach Archie the ways of true romance in time to save his species and his home before their habit is gone. So John held a meeting for every animal in the forest to not give up without a fight no matter what kind of animal expression they have and everyone agrees to do it and save their home.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, not serious, funny, hilarious, sweet, sexy, parody, light, romantic
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Paddington 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, China, Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, exciting, touching, inspirational, atmospheric, uplifting, sad, slapstick comedy, interactive
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Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jim Carrey stars as Tom Popper, a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland — and the rest of his world upside-down.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 104000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, feel good, light, slapstick, sweet, sentimental, touching, uplifting
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Paddington (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in Peruvian rainforest, a young bear makes his way to England in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed "Paddington" for the london train station, finds shelter with the family of Henry and Mary Brown. Although Paddington's amazement at urban living soon endears him to the Browns, someone else has her eye on him: Taxidermist Millicent Clyde has designs on the rare bear and his hide.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA, China
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, sweet, colorful, stylized, not serious, semi serious, funny, humorous, slapstick