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Plot Summary:
Sherina, a usually energetic little girl, is gloomy when she finds out that her family is leaving their home in the capital city Jakarta for their new residence in Bandung, West Java. She is sad for having to leave a city that has been home to her all these years and to say goodbye to all her dear friends and go to a strange, new place. Her suspicions are affirmed when, on the first day at her new school, she already becomes the latest casualty of the school bully, Sadam, a mischievous brat who, and his unruly-boys gang, comes up with ways to make the lives of his schoolmates miserable.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 986
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, captivating
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Sherina's Adventure 2 (2023)
Plot Summary:
Sherina is now an adult and works as a journalist. While Sadam is no longer Mami's child but a traveler. The two then went on an adventure in the jungles of Borneo.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags:
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Head Full of Honey (2014)
Plot Summary:
Before eleven years old Tilda's parents can put her beloved grandfather in an old people's home due to his progressing Alzheimer disease, she takes him on one last adventure that subliminally threatens to tear her family apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: sincere, sentimental, emotional, touching, captivating, compassionate
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Winter's Daughter (2011)
Plot Summary:
For 11-year-old Kattaka it's an escape: she's looking for her biological father, a Russian sailor whose ship is currently moored in Gdansk and whose existence her parents have kept secret until now. For 70-year-old Lena it's a journey back: back to her home in Masuren, from which she fled in the Second World War. And back to her suppressed pain of having lost both parents. Only together can the mismatched couple regain the ground beneath their feet, and themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie, sincere, touching, humorous, captivating, educational
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Hier is Lola! (2010)
Plot Summary:
A nine-year-old girl who has just moved with her parents to Hamburg, Germany, is desperate for finding a best friend.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, sentimental, feel good, realistic
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Monica and Friends: Bonds (2019)
Plot Summary:
Fluffy, Jimmy Five's pet dog, vanished. He develops an infallible plan to rescue the little dog, but, he will need help from his faithful friends: Monica, Maggy and Smudge. Together, they will face challengers and live incredible adventures to get Fluffy back home.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Wild Chicks (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sprotte is about 12 years old and has a "gang" with her three friends Frieda, Melanie and Trude. Together the girls take Care of Sprottes grandmothers chickens. The new girl in School, Wilma, wishes to join the group, which Melanie is very unhappy about, and on top of all of that they have an on going revalisasion with a group of boys. Sprottes grandmother is planning on slaughtering the chickens! Will the Wild Chicks put Down their war with the boys? And Will they be able to save the chicken?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, captivating
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The Rainbow Troops (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the 1970s, a group of 10 students struggles with poverty and develop hopes for the future in Gantong Village on the farming and tin mining island of Belitung off the east coast of Sumatra.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, gloomy, inspirational, cult film
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Monica and Friends: Lessons (2021)
Plot Summary:
In the sequel of Turma da Mônica - Laços, we follow Monica, Jimmy Five, Maggy and Smudge dealing with the consequences of a mistake made at school. At the same time, they face transformations from childhood to adolescence and are about to discover the value of friendship.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar II (2007)
Plot Summary:
In 1361 the Danish King Valdemar's troops approached the city walls of Visby, Gotland. Meanwhile, a young woman named Sigrid was leaving tracks all over the place leading to the whereabouts of a great treasure.She was able to fulfill her mission before being captured and immured alive in a tower, as punishment for not revealing the whereabouts of the treasure. Currently Kathrine, 14, and his three friends have to follow the tracks of 700 years ago during the Medieval Week celebration in Visby to rescue his father, who has been kidnapped, and find the lost treasure. But the fearful and dangerous Black Brotherhood lies in wait.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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Follow That Bird (1985)
Plot Summary:
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: melancholic, light, sweet, entertaining, touching, semi serious, feel good, talky, road movie, crying
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Cats (2019)
Plot Summary:
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, China
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: light, enigmatic, humorous, futuristic, cult classic, psychotronic, independent film, bizarre, campy, cult film
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13: The Musical (2022)
Plot Summary:
A Bar Mitzvah boy from Manhattan comes to terms with his family's move to the Midwest.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 972
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: teen comedy
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Better Nate Than Ever (2022)
Plot Summary:
13-year-old Nate Foster has big Broadway dreams but there’s only one problem — he can’t even land a part in the school play. When his parents leave town, Nate and his best friend Libby sneak off to the Big Apple for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to prove everyone wrong. A chance encounter with Nate’s long-lost Aunt Heidi turns his journey upside-down, and together they must learn that life’s greatest adventures are only as big as your dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, teen comedy
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Pippi on the Run (1970)
Plot Summary:
Fed up with their strict parents, Tommy and Annika run away from home, with their friend Pippi Longstocking to look after them in their long trek.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden, West Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, offbeat, 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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The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Plot Summary:
Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the beautiful and glamourous Courtney, might be out there waiting for her? When Gilly is sent to live with the Trotters, the weirdest family yet, she isn’t planning to stick around. But cheerful, affectionate Maime Trotter isn’t giving up on Gilly just yet.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining, light, emotional, sad, happy
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Wild Chicks and Life (2009)
Plot Summary:
The main protagonists are four – later five – girls: Sprotte (Charlotte), who is the spunky yet friendly main narrator, her best friend Frieda, a level-headed girl who is a member of Terre des hommes, shy and bespectacled Trude, who is unsure because of her obesity, and her best friend, the beautiful, shallow and vain, yet amicable Melanie. Later, they are joined by Wilma, a tough boys-hating tomboy, who is later revealed as a lesbian.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 548
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Son of Rambow (2007)
Plot Summary:
Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) is looking for an escape from his family's stifling home life when he encounters Lee Carter (Will Poulter), the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of "Rambo: First Blood", Lee plans to make cinematic history by filming his own action-packed video epic. Together, these two newfound friends-turned-budding-filmmakers quickly discover that their imaginative ― and sometimes mishap-filled ― cinematic adventure has begun to take on a life of its own!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, stylized, humorous, melancholic, realistic, captivating, entertaining, independent film, philosophical
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War of the Buttons (1994)
Plot Summary:
The children of Ballydowse and Carrickdowse engage in battles where they cut of the buttons, shoe-laces and underwear of their captured opponents. This is to get the boys in trouble with their parents. They go to battle in mass groups of dozens, throwing stones and cutting off their opponents buttons etc. And sometimes they go to battle completely naked and exposed. In one such scene about 30 boys return from a battle to celebrate victory at a barn-house only to find some girls waiting for them and they get very embarrassed at losing their privacy.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, epic, sincere, serious, contemplative, light, romantic, sexy
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
Plot Summary:
Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid’s life – middle school! That won’t be easy, considering he’s surrounded by hairy-freckled morons, wedgie-loving bullies and a moldy slice of cheese with nuclear cooties!.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, surreal, talky, stylized, feel good, sweet, intense, entertaining
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Annie (1982)
Plot Summary:
An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his image, Annie is selected. While Annie gets accustomed to living in Warbucks' mansion, she still longs to meet her parents. So Warbucks announces a search for them and a reward, which brings out many frauds.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, period piece, inspirational, retro, entertaining, juvenile, cult classic, touching, humorous
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School of Life (2005)
Plot Summary:
At Fallbrook Middle School, the annual student-elected Teacher of the Year award is held. And every year for the last 43 years Norman Warner or most fondly called Stormin' Norman Warner has won the award. Now that he has died, the burden of carrying the legacy falls into the hands of Matt Warner, the son of the late Norman Warner who has always lived in the shadow of his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating, entertaining, funny, realistic, contemplative
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Madeline (1998)
Plot Summary:
The adventurous, young Madeline is very good at getting into trouble, but she's also fantastic at solving problems as well, and her school-mistress Miss Clavel is not too approving of her. The biggest problem comes up when Lord Covington decides to sell Madeline's school.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: touching, melancholic, talky, feel good, humorous, surprise ending, semi serious, inspirational, sad, juvenile
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Christopher Robin (2018)
Plot Summary:
Working-class family man Christopher Robin encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Denmark
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sincere, touching, sweet, sad, atmospheric, feel good, emotional, entertaining, mysterious
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Annie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ever since her parents left her as a baby, little Annie has led a hard-knock life with her calculating foster mother, Miss Hannigan. However, all that changes when hard-nosed billionaire and mayoral candidate Will Stacks takes her in on the recommendation of his advisers. Stacks believes that he's Annie's guardian angel, but the plucky youngster's confidence and sunny outlook may mean that Annie will save Will instead.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, feel good, sincere, teen, captivating, sentimental, realistic, hilarious, humorous
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Pinocchio (2022)
Plot Summary:
A live-action adaptation of Disney's 'Pinocchio'.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, action adventure, crying, surprise ending
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Wolf Summer (2003)
Plot Summary:
The young Norwegian girl Kim almost gets killed after falling from a hillside. She finds shelter and stumbles upon the territory of a wolf and her puppy. She barricades herself, but as time passes she finds the wolf less and less frightening. When she finds out three shepherds are out to kill the wolf, she decides to get across the border to Sweden, where they don't hunt for wolves.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, serious, realistic
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Andre (1994)
Plot Summary:
The true story of how a marine seal named Andre befriended a little girl and her family, circa 1962.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, sad, feel good, humorous, semi serious, fairy tale, light, inspirational, romantic
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Wonder (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 175000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: inspirational, uplifting, touching, sincere, thought provoking, motivational, sad, feel good, tear jerker, cute
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Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin stars as Kit, leading a splendid cast in the first ever "American Girl" theatrical movie. In order to keep their home, Kit and her mother must take in boarders - paying house - guests who turn out to be full of fascinating stories. When mother's lockbox containing all their money is stolen, Kit's new hobo friend Will is the prime suspect. Kit refuses to believe that Will would steal, and her efforts to sniff out the real story get her and friends into big trouble. The police say the robbery was an inside job, committed by someone they know. So if it wasn't Will, then who did it.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sentimental, melancholic, inspirational, stylized, feel good, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, crying