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Plot Summary:
Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal: Tales of Savagery features a caveman and a dinosaur on the brink of extinction. Bonded by tragedy, this unlikely friendship becomes the only hope of survival.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining
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Suite Precure♪ The Movie: Take It Back! The Miraculous Melody That Connects Hearts! (2011)
Plot Summary:
Music is disappearing from Majorland. Rumors say that the one who's deleting the music is actually Aphrodite-sama. If that's the case, the Melody of the heart, the exploding Rhythm and the beating Beat will also disappear.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Animation, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: anime, entertaining, light, captivating
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One Piece: Episode of Skypiea (2018)
Plot Summary:
One day, a giant ship falls onto the Straw Hats from the sky. After a narrow escape, and while they are still in shock, a map to the “Sky Island” is carried to them by the wind. While researching for the way there, they meet another pirate and learn that he is a descendant of an infamous Sky Island explorer who was even depicted in a picture book “Noland The Liar” four centuries ago. However, Noland was possibly not a liar after all and might actually have gone to the Sky Island.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, shounen
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Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel (2016)
Plot Summary:
In this Pokémon adventure, a mysterious force binds Ash to the Mythical Pokémon Volcanion when it falls from the sky. Volcanion can’t get away, and Ash is dragged along as it continues on its mission. They arrive in a city of cogs and gears, where a corrupt minister has stolen the ultimate invention: the Artificial Pokémon Magearna, created 500 years ago. The minister plans to use Magearna’s mysterious power to take control of the mechanical kingdom. Can Ash and Volcanion work together to rescue Magearna? One of the greatest battles in Pokémon history is about to unfold!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, light, captivating, entertaining, crying
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Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato (2019)
Plot Summary:
Half a year after the events of the series "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress", the team attempt to take back Unato castle.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Persona 3 the Movie: #4 Winter of Rebirth (2016)
Plot Summary:
"The time of destruction is coming ever closer without a doubt. It cannot be stopped." To know death, to gaze at death, to face death. Makoto and his allies have grown through the many meetings and partings they have experienced. Their fight might not be for the sake of the world, but for themselves. Even so, they have continued to fight, believing that there are peaceful days waiting at the end of the battle. However, a boy says that destruction is the fate that humanity must shoulder. The boy they believed to be their friend tells them the truth of the situation without an emotion on his face. The season changes to winter. Makoto makes a decision in order to greet the spring that is waiting beyond.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 453
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, sincere, captivating, suspense
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Persona 3 the Movie: #3 Falling Down (2015)
Plot Summary:
The season turns to autumn. The fight of the protagonist and his group S.E.E.S. with the strange monsters called ‘Shadows’ is getting closer to the end. Makoto and his allies engage in life-or-death battles with Shadows in order to end the Dark Hour. Through the battles, some must face the deaths of friends and family, some must notice what precious things must be protected, and some must find meaning in the battles that have occurred. In front of Makoto, the mysterious transfer student Ryouji Mochizuki appears. When the group greets a new morning, the gears of fate begin to turn. A fight revolving around each of the heroes' bonds begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, 2d animation
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Eternal Quon 6: Eternal Quon (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a boy named Quon and others who suddenly wake up with supernatural powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Clockwork Girl (2014)
Plot Summary:
A nameless robot girl has recently been given the gift of life from her creator, while exploring the wonders of an ordinary world she meets an amazing mutant boy and they share a friendship that must overcome their warring families.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada, South Korea
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Speckles: The Tarbosaurus (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story is set 70 million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Korean Peninsula the same way they ruled the rest of the earth. Spotty is a curious and playful Tarbosaurus child, and along with his mother and siblings, he lives happily in the forest. One day the cunning One-eye, an older Tyrannosaur looking for a new home, attacks Spotty’s herd and separates Spotty from his family. Alone, he befriends another lost girl Tarbosaur who becomes his friend and constant companion for two decades and the mother of his own children. But Spotty’s troubles with One-eye are not over, and revenge, death, fear, and sadness are all in Spotty’s future―as is happiness and hope.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 850
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, entertaining, romantic, scenic, anime, 3d animation
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time & Darkness (2007)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to a world...where Pokémon, and ONLY Pokémon, live. A world where Pokémon can talk -- just like we do. Meet a boy who has mysteriously turned into a Piplup! This Piplup soon meets a Chimchar, who dreams of joining a brave Exploration Team. And at that magical moment, an exciting new adventure begins! Join us... After all, a whole new world of mystery and exploration awaits! Life is full of adventure, so get ready to explore!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, anime
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Tellur Aliens (2016)
Plot Summary:
Three teenaged best friends on the planet Telluria begin an incredible journey of adventure as they fight against the most evil being in the universe.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Kazakhstan
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, entertaining, anime
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Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway (2013)
Plot Summary:
Thomas discovers mysteries of the past and must help a new friend, save a ruined castle and may even find some treasure when Sir Robert Norramby comes to the Island of Sodor.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, entertaining
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SamSam (2019)
Plot Summary:
SamSam, the smallest of the great heroes, has still not discovered his first superpower, while at home and at school, everyone has one! Faced with the worry of his parents and the mockery of his comrades, he goes in search of this hidden power. With the help of Mega, the new mysterious student of his school, Samsam embarks on this adventure full of cosmic monsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: funny, captivating, entertaining, anime, exciting
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Lost in the Moonlight (2016)
Plot Summary:
13 year-old girl Hyunjuli participates in a children’s Korean traditional play rehearsal in Changdeokgung Palace and accidentally falls into another world – the Moonlit Palace. The Moonlit Palace is a fantasy world of mysterious spirits and gods, where a dragon or talking mushrooms are nothing out of ordinary. Meeting new friends, Mr. Squirrel and the warrior Won, Hyunjuli explores this strange yet wonderful world to find a way back home. However, due to the trick of the Blossom Lady, who tries to rule this Moonlit World, Hyunjuli and friends fall into trouble. Will Hyunjuli be able to help her new friends to save their world and return home safely?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, anime
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Utawarerumono: The False Faces (2015)
Plot Summary:
The nameless protagonist awakens to find himself standing in the middle of a vast, snowy plain he doesn't recognize. Suffering from amnesia, he remembers nothing about himself. Suddenly, he's attacked by an insect-like creature but is saved by a beautiful girl with animal ears and a tail named Kuon. She names him Haku.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, light, captivating, entertaining, super sentai
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Heart and Yummie (2010)
Plot Summary:
A Tyrannosaurus called Heart was raised by a herbivorous dinosaur. As he grew up, he was scared by other dinosaurs. One day, Heart meets a baby Ankylosaurus and he names the baby "Umasou (looks delicious)". Umasou started to be attached to Heart and a strange family love develops between the two.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 927
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, educational
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My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission – Take-off (2022)
Plot Summary:
The prologue to My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021), taking place before Izuku Midoriya and his friends embark on a new mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 6 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y - Can a Cat Be a Hero? (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in Y-Academy, an elite school that only allows students with top class abilities to enter. The protagonist, Jinpei Jiba, and his unique friends take on the mysteries of the school as transforming heroes.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Pororo, Dinosaur Island Adventure (2017)
Plot Summary:
An egg shaped airship has crash landed and Pororo and his friends go over to investigate. Inside they find a little dinosaur named Alo. Crong and Alo both gets kidnapped and Pororo and his Friends go over to Dinosaur Island to rescue them.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, anime
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Another Egg and Chicken Movie (2009)
Plot Summary:
Toto, now a chicken, tries to live as such, while Willy and Bibi deal some problems between them. A sorcerer egg desert needs a chicken heart to cast a spell. He sends his armies of eggs vulture, ostrich and scorpion to kidnap Toto. His friends embark on a journey through the desert to rescue the chicken, where they live countless adventures.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, anime
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Digimon Adventure tri. Part 2: Determination (2016)
Plot Summary:
The DigiDestined go to a nearby hot springs theme park and everyone has a good time, but Joe doesn't show up because he wants to study for his exams. Another infected Digimon, Ogremon, attacks Odaiba. Gomamon runs away from home while Mimi faces problems with the other DigiDestined and her classmates because of her selfish ideas.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Axel: The Biggest Little Hero (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young boy becomes an unlikely hero when he sets out on an adventure-filled quest to find the legendary Bonta oasis.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, entertaining, anime
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Dragon Hill (2002)
Plot Summary:
Dragon Hill is a marvelous world where all dragons live and people from other times and places arrive from different reasons.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, anime, independent film
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Primal (2019)
Plot Summary:
A caveman forms a bond with a dinosaur as they struggle to survive in a hostile world.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, France
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, sincere, disturbing, prehistoric, adult animation, anime, retro, controversial, crying
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Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)
Plot Summary:
In the legendary past, before Poké Balls were made; an aura-guiding hero Pokémon named Lucario sensed two groups of armies about to clash, and a threat of a massive war in front of Cameron Palace in Kanto that would leave no survivors. He transferred this message to his master, the legendary hero Sir Aaron, while he was being attacked by a violent group of Houndoom. During the battle, his sense of sight was lost and he was rendered unable to see. He used the detection of his Aura, and so with the offensive Aura Sphere, he eliminated them. Though by the threat, the queen of Cameroon, Lady Rin was resolute to die with her civilians, and so Sir Aaron made a choice.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime, semi serious, humorous, exciting, entertaining, light, captivating, melancholic, visually appealing
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The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light (2021)
Plot Summary:
With the help of the "Dragon Sin of Wrath" Meliodas and the worst rebels in history, the Seven Deadly Sins, the "Holy War", in which four races, including Humans, Goddesses, Fairies and Giants fought against the Demons, is finally over. At the cost of the "Lion Sin of Pride" Escanor's life, the Demon King was defeated and the world regained peace. After that, each of the Sins take their own path.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, entertaining, perverse
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Bratz: Babyz the Movie (2006)
Plot Summary:
Follow fashion-forward toddlers Cloe, Sasha, Jade and Yasmin on an exciting adventure through the local mall, where they're on a mission to rescue a stolen puppy. When twins Nora and Nita lose their puppy at the hands of a bully looking to collect a ransom, the girls are on the case. Slipping out of day care, the girls must dodge mall security, brave the waters of a fountain and rock a karaoke contest before they can put the bully in his place.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, feel good, entertaining, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, computer animated
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Riki Rhino (2020)
Plot Summary:
Riki, a young Sumatran rhino, lost his horn, which was stolen by a hunter. Riki goes on an adventure with Beni and gets horns with a hidden power.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, visually appealing, anime, 3d animation
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Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails - The Movie (2009)
Plot Summary:
The British children's series THOMAS & FRIENDS follows the animated adventures of a helpful locomotive named Thomas the Tank Engine as he and his train buddies work the rail lines and teach kids about the spirit of teamwork. This cartoon movie breaks new ground in the series by providing voices for each individual character (previously, the tales were narrated by a single storyteller) and introducing three new friends: a train named Hiro, a steam engine named Victor, and a crane named Kevin.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, computer animated, feel good, captivating, funny, light, entertaining
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Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)
Plot Summary:
Arcadia may look like an ordinary town, but it lies at the center of magical and mystical lines that makes it a nexus for many battles among otherworldly creatures, including trolls, aliens, and wizards. Now, various heroes will team-up in an epic adventure where they must fight the Arcane Order for control over the magic that binds them all together.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, 3d animation, computer animated