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Plot Summary:
In a young anthropologist's dream, he brings a member of the imaginary mountain tribe called Tapi to Moscow, in order to save him from being eaten by other tribesmen as well as to prove the tribe's existence to academia. The main character is probably based on Yeti.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags:
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Neptune's Holiday (1986)
Plot Summary:
A group of Swedish tourists are on the way to a Russian village to witness the so called 'Festivity of Neptunus', in which the inhabitants take a dive in a hole in the ice. This tradition, however, does not exist at all. The inhabitants try to make a good impression by starting the 'tradition' to please the tourists.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Comedy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min
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Once Upon a Time (1987)
Plot Summary:
The "Tikbalang" Puga searches for the magic crystal which will restore peace in his land. His dangerous quest leads him to earth where he meets three young men.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Summer Is Over (1964)
Plot Summary:
A family comedy about funny adventures of two six-graders during the summer vacations.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags:
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Move (1970)
Plot Summary:
A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife from one apartment into a larger one.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Beach Fever (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young Japanese entrepreneur is set on a quest by his wealthy father to find the world's best opening line in order to "get the girl". But when they stumble upon a sure-fire love potion, mayhem ensues.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, independent film
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Come Tomorrow (1962)
Plot Summary:
Young girl from the country come to Moscow, she wants to get into University, but it's too late... Anyway, she won't give up and will do everything to get a meeting with dean and sing for him.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Iskul Bukol 20 Years After (Ungasis and Escaleras Adventure) (2008)
Plot Summary:
Vic Ungasis is an archaeologist who has recovered the Kali of Humabon and is looking for a partner sword, the Kampilan of Lapu-Lapu, plus the Peseta, one of Judas Iscariot's 30 pieces of silver which reportedly gives the bearer immortality. Upon returning home, he reunites with the Escalera brothers, who have become successful real-estate developers. However, a Yakuza who has acquired the Kampilan wants the Peseta so it could be merged with the sword for unmatched power.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Philippines
Duration:
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Ten (1991)
Plot Summary:
Philosophic fairy tale about kind modest man whose shadow one day leaves him only to come alive and become his sinister treacherous antagonist.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: allegory
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King of the Reindeer (1970)
Plot Summary:
A story of court intrigues, love, and betrayal. A vain king is turned into a stag and only true love can save him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags:
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The Road to San Diego (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young Argentine learns that soccer star Diego Maradona is ailing in a Buenos Aires hospital, and resolves to bring him a tree root he's discovered.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Comedy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: road movie
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A Trap for Lonely Man (1990)
Plot Summary:
Daniel Corban reports his wife Elizabeth missing to the police. A priest arrives and says he has found her. When he brings her in, Corban insists she is not his wife. When several other people arrive and verify she is Elizabeth, Daniel feel's he is loosing the grip on reality.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Blue Tiger (2012)
Plot Summary:
Johanka and Matyáš have an unusual home. The two live among the animals and plants of an enchanted botanical garden in the middle of the city, but this idyll is under threat. To the children’s horror, the mayor wants to build a theme park on the same spot. The Blue Tiger, an animal with magic powers, comes to their aid. Only he can protect the garden, but Johanka and Matyáš must now stop the mayor from capturing their newfound friend. MODRY TYGR is a colourful, atmospheric and imaginatively told animated fairytale that inspires the viewer to reflect on natural resources and habitats.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing, psychotronic
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Ballad of a Hussar (1962)
Plot Summary:
A young girl decides to join a Husar squadron and fight against Napoleon. Dressed as a man she has a hard time adjusting to the rude Husar life styles.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Musical, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: uplifting, captivating, entertaining, tense
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Twelve Plus One (1969)
Plot Summary:
Mario, a young philanderer, receives 13 antique chairs in a bad state by inheritance and decides to sell off them to get some money. Afterwards he gets to know that one of them contains documents worth a lot of money. So he begins an adventurous trip to regain possession of the chair. On the way he meets many strange people who would like to help or to swindle him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 663
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min
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Spirited Away: Live on Stage (2022)
Plot Summary:
A young girl named Chihiro finds herself trapped in a mysterious world inhabited by spirits and when her parents are turned into pigs, she must rescue them. The movie version of the stage production was filmed during the play’s 2022 run at the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags:
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Nemo (1984)
Plot Summary:
Based on Windsor McCay's comic strip, a little boy embarks on a dream-like adventure. Also known as Dream One.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, independent film
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Two Sane Nuts (1974)
Plot Summary:
An adventure movie directed by Ernst Hofbauer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: West Germany, Italy, Spain, Colombia
Duration: 90 min
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The Passport (1990)
Plot Summary:
A man, who becomes mistaken for his brother who was immigrating to Israel from USSR, finds himself caught up in the middle of a bureaucratic mess when he realizes that if he tells the truth about who he is, he will go to jail and his brother's family will never be allowed to leave the USSR. He therefore assumes his brother's identity to get to Israel hoping his distant uncle living there will help him out. The plan backfires, however, when he realizes that the uncle is a paranoid lunatic thinking the KGB is out to get him. He becomes stranded in Israel with no friends, no money, and no passport, trying to figure out a way to get back home.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Soviet Union
Duration: 103 min
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Terrible Jungle (2020)
Plot Summary:
French Guyana, not so long ago. Eliott, a young and naive anthropology researcher, goes on an expedition to study the Otopis, a mysterious tribe from the Amazon rainforest. It is also an opportunity for him to get away from the grip of his possessive mother, Chantal de Bellabre, an ethnologist hated by the profession for her biased and cold-hearted practices. Arriving in the forest Elliot realizes the Otopis are not the “good savages” he had imagined. Alcoholic, violent, crooked: they will turn his expedition into real hell in the jungle. Fortunately, Chantal, consumed by remorse and worried about her son, decides to abandon her own expedition and goes looking for him in the jungle, with the help of the not so helpful Lieutenant-Commander Raspailles and his men.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, absurd, idiotic
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The Witches Cave (1990)
Plot Summary:
An interstellar expedition is sent to study a strange planet. Despite the fact that creatures from various Earth time periods inhabit the world, the natives possess metal swords, even though they should have no knowledge of such weaponry.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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The Bird People in China (1998)
Plot Summary:
Wada (Masahiro Motoki), a salary man, is enlisted to venture off to China to investigate a potential Jade mine. After his arrival, Wada encounters a violent, yet sentimental, yakuza (Renji Ishibashi), who takes the liberty of joining his adventure through China. Led on their long and disastrous journey to the mine by Shen, the three men come across something even more magical and enticing.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: mesmerizing, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, weird, bizarre
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The Fantastic Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, the Hobbit (1985)
Plot Summary:
Soviet television movie adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy novel "The Hobbit".
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags:
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Dragon Ball: Fight Son Ogong, Win Son Ogong (1990)
Plot Summary:
The young warrior Son Ogong (Son Goku) goes on a outrageous quest to acquire seven magical orbs, along the way beating up evil persons who want to steal the orbs for their own ends.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: manga, parody, anime
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Wizards of the Demon Sword (1991)
Plot Summary:
Ulric's daughter unites with warrior Thane against evil Lord Khoura, who covets the knife of Aktar.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, spoof, parody, campy
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After the Rain, on Thursday (1986)
Plot Summary:
A palace steward conspires with bandits to kidnap an infant czar's son and an orphan adopted by the czar, replacing the prince with the steward's son. Two decades later the true prince and his foster brother are slaves in a quarry, the changeling grew up as a prince, and his mother has been elevated to the highest position in the state for "saving" the prince, but losing her own child. Then the brothers escape, the changeling prince departs to fight an immortal wizard and vanishes, and the brothers have to deal with the wizard. Which includes stealing a bird-woman from a Mid-Eastern khan and figuring where the wizard's death is.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, humorous, captivating
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The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness (2021)
Plot Summary:
Now that Ivan is about to turn 21, he is now grown up and finally old enough to marry the beautiful Vasilisa. But when Vasilisa is kidnapped and trapped in modern Moscow, Ivan and his friends must travel to the present day to rescue her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 668
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, modern fairy tale, exciting, captivating, emotional, heroic, breathtaking
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One Million Years B.C. (1966)
Plot Summary:
As the Earth wrestles with its agonising birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world struggle to survive. Driven by animal instinct they compete against the harsh conditions, their giant predators, and warring tribes. When two people from opposing clans fall in love, existing conventions are shattered forever as each tribe struggles for supremacy and Man embarks on his tortuous voyage of civilisation.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, prehistoric, natural horror, psychotronic, grindhouse, classic horror, serious, independent film, scary
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Barbie (2023)
Plot Summary:
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 405000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: existential, crying, psychotronic, buddy comedy, metafiction, postmodern, interesting, masterpiece
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Jabberwocky (1977)
Plot Summary:
A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, talky, exciting, surreal, cult classic, stylized, not serious, spoof, sexy
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Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973)
Plot Summary:
Shurik Timofeev builds a working model of a time machine. By accident, Ivan Bunsha, an apartment complex manager, and George Miloslavsky, a petty burglar, are transferred to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible goes into the year 1973.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, feel good, funny, surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, witty, semi serious, offbeat