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Plot Summary:
The 2000s Most Valuable Primate is back, this time on a snowboard.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 955
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating
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MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001)
Plot Summary:
MVP 2 opens with the lovable Jack being ousted from his hockey team, the Seattle Simians, and having to hit the road after being falsely accused of league misconduct. Jack ends up in the city, where he's befriended by Ben, a homeless skateboarder, and Ollie, a skate shop owner. Jack proves to be as adept at mastering the half-pipe as he does at delivering a slap shot, and before long, he and Ben are crashing amateur skateboarder competitions all over the country.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious
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Barney's Animal ABCs (2008)
Plot Summary:
Barney and his friends are playing a game and finding an animal for each letter of the alphabet, and everyone is excited to give it a try.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, educational
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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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Spymate (2003)
Plot Summary:
Amelia, a young genius and daughter of a top secret agent, unknowingly invents a contraption that makes her the target of an evil scientist.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, captivating
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Monster Mutt (2011)
Plot Summary:
A pair of kids trying to save their beloved pooch from a mad scientist working for a sinister villain whose experiment has transformed their dog into a crazy-eyed muppet monstrosity.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, exciting, offbeat, experimental, semi serious
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Lenny The Wonder Dog (2005)
Plot Summary:
After being implanted with a microchip that gives him special powers, a dog engages a young boy in conversation and adventure. Befriended by a local police officer, the dog, the boy and his friend go on a quest to save the world by undoing the insidious plot of an evil scientist to turn all kids into mindless robots.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 386
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, sentimental, semi serious
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MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who has been the subject of a long-term experiment by Dr. Kendall, a researcher who been teaching Jack to communicate through sign language. ack scrambles onto the ice in the midst of practice for Steven's junior league hockey team, and he and his teammates discover the monkey has a natural talent for the game.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, light, captivating
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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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Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003)
Plot Summary:
In Disney's fifth installment to the franchise, Air Bud finds that he has the uncanny ability to play volleyball.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, humorous, light, sincere, semi serious
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Funky Monkey (2004)
Plot Summary:
Boy genius Michael Dean (Adkins) teams up with a super-talented chimpanzee and his caretaker (Modine) to take down an animal testing lab. In exchange the scientist gives the boy some pointers on the girl of his dreams.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 838
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, melancholic, sentimental, captivating, entertaining, fast
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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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The Devil's Kickers (2010)
Plot Summary:
After his parents separate and he loses his place on the soccer team, Moritz must put together a new team against incredible odds.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, teen comedy
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Soccer Dog: European Cup (2004)
Plot Summary:
Soccer Dog: European Cup opens with the titular hero, Kimble, escaping the clutches of an evil scientist, bent on performing animal experiments. Our plucky canine hero then falls into the hands of Zack (Jake Thomas), an American boy who's been brought to Scotland after the death of his mother to be reunited with the father he never knew, Brian (Nick Moran). After a bumpy introduction, father and son eventually connect by playing soccer together, and when the unusually nimble Kimble storms onto the field one day, their lives change forever.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998)
Plot Summary:
Josh and Buddy move from basketball to American football in this first of several sequels to the original Air Bud.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: inspirational, sentimental, feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining, semi serious, light, unusual plot structure, melancholic
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Air Bud 3 (2000)
Plot Summary:
In this second heartwarming and hilarious sequel to the popular favorite, Air Bud masters two new starring roles: soccer (real football) player and fatherhood. Loaded with laughs and cool soccer action, Buddy teams up alongside U.S. women's soccer greats.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, touching, humorous, exciting, semi serious, independent film, uplifting
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Monkey in the Middle (2014)
Plot Summary:
Chris has just moved to the East Coast, and already his workaholic father is encouraging him to make new friends. Luckily football (soccer) practice is starting up, and Chris meets a few kids on the team-including his cute neighbor Mara. When Mara invites Chris to help liberate some mistreated animals from the local fair, Chris accepts. They head to the fair that night, but get busted by ringleader Malick, who chases them off the grounds. It isn't until the next morning that Chris realizes Momo, a lovable little monkey, stowed away in his backpack. Not wanting to send Momo back to Malick's greedy clutches, Chris must find a way to keep him out of sight. But handling a monkey does have its perks: Mara is spending a lot of time with Chris, and Momo is even lending Chris a paw on the football field. Chris' summer is bound to have a lot of monkey business, but is it enough to drive him bananas?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Kids Who Saved Summer (2004)
Plot Summary:
A group of youngsters trying to save their playground from an unscrupulous developer who wants to build a factory there.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Abner, the Invisible Dog (2013)
Plot Summary:
A bullied teen stumbles into possession of a top-secret government formula that turns his dog invisible and gives it the power of speech.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, semi serious, slapstick, psychotronic
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Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002)
Plot Summary:
Josh is off to his first year of college and buddy has stayed behind with joshs little sister andrea and the rest of the family. Adrea attempting to fit in with her jr. High classmates decides to join the baseball team and along the way discovers that buddy is a talented baseball player.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light
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Babysitters Beware (2009)
Plot Summary:
Seven-year-old Danny Parker is a good kid who loves his parents. But they have to go out on business dinners all the time, leaving him stuck with a sitter. It's not so bad when it's his favorite babysitter, Janelle but he also gets stuck with sitters like Ms. Greene who won't let him have any fun. Danny just wants to spend more time with his Mom and Dad.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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Cool Dog (2010)
Plot Summary:
Jimmy lives in the tranquil town of Eagle Rock, Louisiana, with his father, stepmother and his best friend Rainy, a German Shepherd. When Jimmy's father gets a promotion, the family must relocate to an apartment in New York City that has a strict no pet policy. Unwilling to let his master go without a fight, Rainy embarks on a cross-country journey to New York but navigating the Big Apple is just the beginning of his challenging adventure.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 643
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, road movie, entertaining, exciting, independent film, slapstick
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Treasure Buddies (2012)
Plot Summary:
Disney's irresistible talking puppies are back in an all-new movie that takes them halfway across the world to the ruins of ancient Egypt. With the help of some exotic new friends, this epic adventure is a treasure trove of pure Buddy fun. In a race against a devious cat, the Buddies and their new friends, Cammy and Babi, must avoid booby traps, solve puzzles and explore a mysterious tomb - all in search of the greatest treasure known to animalkind!.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious
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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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Chestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment that expressely forbids dogs.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching
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My Dog's Christmas Miracle (2011)
Plot Summary:
University professor Madeline Walters isn’t doing too well in the dating game. Good men are hard to find, so she’s happy spending time with her Maltese puppy Cinnamon, and her precocious teenage daughter Chloe.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, semi serious
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I Heart Shakey (2012)
Plot Summary:
Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago and missing the fine print in their rental contract, J.T. is forced to try and get rid of his lovable pooch. Shakey and Chandler won't have it and hatch a plan to keep Shakey and teach J.T. a valuable lesson about loyalty and the importance of keeping family together.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Beethoven's 5th (2003)
Plot Summary:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. When Sara takes Beethoven to spend summer vacation with wacky Uncle Freddie in an old mining town, the mischievous canine "digs up" the missing clue to a legendary hidden fortune of Rita and Moe Selig. Now everybody wants to be the dog's best friend as his discovery unleashes a frenzy of treasure hunting among the community's cast of kooky creatures. With help from Uncle Freddie and Garrett (a friend or maybe more), Sara and Beethoven try to help uncover a secret that has been in the crazy little town for years. Description above from the Wikipedia article Beethoven's 5th (film), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, entertaining, light
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A Christmas Story 2 (2012)
Plot Summary:
The original traditional one-hundred-percent red-blooded two-fisted all-american christmas continues five years later with Ralphie, Randy mom and the old man. This time Ralphie has his eyes fixed on a car. But trouble is sure to follow.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, sincere, uplifting, realistic, semi serious
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Golden Winter (2012)
Plot Summary:
A runaway boy befriends a pack of homeless puppies. Together, they stop a bank robbery and find a family to adopt them all.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, realistic, semi serious