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Plot Summary:
A young teenage girl tries to help a small, purple-colored, jive-talking alligator escape from the clutches of a greedy carnival owner as well as as assortment of various characters so he can be reunited with his owner.
IMDB Rating: 1.2
IMDB Votes: 770
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: underground film, independent film
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Abe & Bruno (2006)
Plot Summary:
Abe has secretly been living in his woodland home, which he shields by scaring off ids, happily together with Bruno, a mountain gorilla he saved from zoo captivity. When Abe gets cardiac problems, Bruno seeks help in town, but scares the hell out of everyone. Sheriff Kilgore's posse tracks the ape all the way to their home, just in time to save Abe. Bruno however remains a 'dangerous fugitive'.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Trico Tri Happy Halloween (2018)
Plot Summary:
A family moves back to Miami to take care of its widowed abuela. After moving into a haunted house, the family learns the intentions of the ghosts that inhabit it.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, horror comedy
Similar in 79%
Russell Madness (2015)
Plot Summary:
Russell, an undersized but big-hearted terrier, dreams of having a family of his own. After running away from his pet store, Russell gets taken in by The Ferraros, who discover their new pet pooch has incredible wrestling skills.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Rescue Dogs (2016)
Plot Summary:
Tracy and his rescue dog Charger have to foil the plans of an Evil Businessman who wants to knock over their beach restaurant in order to build his golf course. With help from his brother, Tracy tries to meet the bills, manage the kitchen (where Charger helps cook!) and still find time to fall in love with the beautiful dancer, Bridgette. Through a comedy of errors and mishaps, the humans find they themselves can be rescued by their very own rescue animals.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Bark Ranger (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two kids and their trusty dog, Ranger, stumble across a treasure map while playing in an abandoned ranger station. They set out on the adventure of a lifetime in search of a forgotten gold mine, but things take a turn for the worst when they come across a pair of bumbling crooks hiding out from the police.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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An Easter Bunny Puppy (2013)
Plot Summary:
A Mystery writer is not thrilled when she's assigned to write a children's book, "An Easter Bunny Puppy." Out of ideas, she asks her daughter for help. Meanwhile, her dog, RUSS, the narrator of the story, digs up a priceless Faberge egg buried in the woods and takes it home with him, unaware that he's trailing a thief who stole the egg.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Skateboard Kid (1993)
Plot Summary:
No one could be more bored than Zack, the new kid in town with no friends in sight. When a gang of hip, skateboarding thrashers start cruising his neighborhood, Zack hopes his luck will change. But they want nothing to do with him. Then Zack makes the discovery of his life: a talking wisecracking, magical skateboard. And suddenly, skateboarding rises to entirely new heights. Written by Concorde - New Horizons.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 721
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Jillian's Travels: Africa (2012)
Plot Summary:
Viewers will take a trip into the heart of Africa, and become immersed in a spectacular world where wild animals seem so close you can touch them.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, colorful, exciting, colourful
Similar in 83%
Final Approach (2005)
Plot Summary:
Ricky is a ten-year-old daydreamer and expert on his computer flight simulator program. While on a cross-country flight for a school field trip, Ricky gets the uneasy feeling that his plane is about to be hijacked!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Sisters of the Groom (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Sarah needs to impress a corporate bigwig in order to help her sister's catering business, she finds herself agreeing to be his son’s pretend date to a family wedding.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 928
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Secret Summer (2016)
Plot Summary:
Appraiser Rachel (Lindsey Shaw) receives the news that her top-notched client wants to buyout a small town’s beloved library to build a resort and spa on the land. Rachel is completely against the idea of leaving NYC but loses the argument to her boss. So Rachel packs her bags and flies out to California. During her first visit to the library she runs into writer, Jake (Derek Theler), who is researching the tale of Captain Black Bart’s hidden treasures for his next novel. With hopes of saving the library, Mrs. Archer (Rachel Ticotin), the librarian, pushes Jake to show Rachel what the library means to the town. Jake’s already got a lot on his plate with his research and taking care of his niece, Hailey (Chiara Aurelia), and nephew, Noah (Max Page), for the summer but he agrees to help out. As Rachel learns what the library means to the community she must find away to save it before it’s too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 977
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: emotional
Similar in 82%
Arlo: The Burping Pig (2016)
Plot Summary:
A 7-year-old girl befriends a teacup pig named Arlo, voiced by Drake Bell.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: light, touching, feel good, sweet, entertaining
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The Cookie Mobster (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young mob member goes into the Witness Protection Program and settles into a quiet suburban village, where he falls for a local woman and gets involved with cookie-making fund-raising for her daughter's scout troop while dodging his former associates who have tracked him down.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Joey and Ella (2021)
Plot Summary:
When a baby kangaroo gets accidentally swept up in a jewelry heist, she becomes separated from her mother for the first time in her young life. Alone and frightened, a worldly teenage girl Ella, who also knows the pain of losing her mother, discovers her and nurses Joey back to health. However, when Joey is falsely implicated in the robbery, Ella has to work quickly to reunite her with her mother before shes either captured by the bumbling jewel thieves or taken into custody by a determined detective hot on their trail.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Monsters at Large (2018)
Plot Summary:
Alex decides to end his kid brother's nightmares by forming a task force to take care of imaginary monsters. When their business becomes a hit, nothing can go wrong...until one of the monsters turns out to be real, and really big.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious, psychotronic
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Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home (1998)
Plot Summary:
A single father and his children come to Little Bigfoot's rescue when a wealthy landowner hunts him down, hoping to use him as a profitable circus attraction.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, humorous, serious
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Horse Crazy (2001)
Plot Summary:
Three kids, who hope to capture their own wild mustang, outsmart a ring of horse thieves and return a prize stallion to its owner.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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A Gift Horse (2015)
Plot Summary:
Torn apart by the loss of her mother, young Amanda spends time at a ranch owned by a business tycoon. When his spoiled daughter rejects their new horse, Amanda proves that Misty is a true champion and restores her happiness in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Zoey to the Max (2015)
Plot Summary:
After running away and finally finding her dream forever home, 13 year old foster kid Zoey Manning suddenly finds herself in a fight to protect her new family and their beloved dog Max.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, sincere, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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Robo-Dog: Airborne (2017)
Plot Summary:
After an accident causes Robo-Dog to get lost and lose his memory, he is taken in by a new family. Tyler enlists the help of Barry as they scour the town in search of their missing robotic best friend.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining
Similar in 81%
A Champion Heart (2018)
Plot Summary:
A troubled girl finds faith, hope, and healing through a relationship with a wounded horse.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, entertaining, christian film
Similar in 79%
Angelina Ballerina: Love to Dance (2010)
Plot Summary:
Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to take center stage with Angelina Ballerina!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, captivating, entertaining, humorous, semi serious
Similar in 78%
No Place Like Home (2002)
Plot Summary:
Mel and Mac are looking for an asteroid to show as a science project. It's hard to do science when they are fighting all the time as (younger) brother and (older) sister. When they are walking through the woods, they see something, but it doesn't turn out to be a rock or meteor. Mel sees footprints and pretty soon, they are taken to a strange and socially awkward grown man. Mel and Mac must work together to do the difficult task of keeping Moses away from trouble, as they try and get Moses to where he came from - something that is more difficult than they thought as he turns out to be from far, far away.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, surprise ending
Similar in 79%
Undercover Kids (2004)
Plot Summary:
Nicole and Nelson are twins with psychic powers. On the first day of school everyone is talking about the recent vandalism at school. Nicole and Nelson decide to go undercover to find the culprit. The twins get child genius George & his high tech gadgets to help them solve the mystery. With the clock ticking, the kids race to break the case open before the big school board meeting where they must reveal the true person responsible for the vandalism. Will the Undercover Kids solve the crime before time runs out?.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: semi serious, captivating, humorous, disturbing, independent film, detective
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Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid (2008)
Plot Summary:
Roxy is at it again when, in pursuit of a local journalism award, she brings home a mysterious amnesiac who was found soaking wet outside of the local coffee shop. After ceremoniously naming her ANNIE NONYMOUS, Roxy takes the young lady home and finds that even the most common household item is a complete mystery to Annie. When Annie returns dripping wet from the lake several nights in a row, Roxy determines what is abundantly clear to her, Annie is a mermaid. A mermaid who has to find her way home.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, touching, offbeat, stylized, semi serious
Similar in 77%
Treasure Hounds (2017)
Plot Summary:
Moving into his late grandfather's house, young Jack inherits the old man's dog, Skipper (Norm MacDonald) - who can talk! With the sassy pooch's help, Jack learns that Grandpa left a priceless Spanish treasure hidden somewhere in the town. Jack joins forces with a trio of clever neighbor kids - a goth girl, a socialite, and a jokester - to find the valuable booty, with Skipper leading the way. But can they outrun the brazen, bumbling thieves that will stop at nothing to seize the prize for themselves?.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
Similar in 81%
Super Buddies (2013)
Plot Summary:
When the five puppies stumble upon the Five Power Rings of Inspiron (alien artifacts abandoned on Earth 16 years ago), they all develop super powers, and are enlisted in Captain Canine's battle against the evil Darkon alien Commander Drex. Captain Canine is commander of space ship Megasis and is from the planet Inspiron. He is the mortal enemy of the Commander Drex. In charge of protecting Princess Jorala and the Five Power Rings from Drex, Megasis places the rings in hiding on the planet Earth, and takes the form of a German Shepherd, intending to stay on earth in very deep cover. Adopted by aspiring young comic book artist Ian Shaeffer, and renamed Captain Canine, he spends 16 happy years on Earth, as Ian recounts the stories of his space adventures. But when the five Buddies discover the Power Rings and instantly develop superpowers, Captain Canine has to train them very quickly indeed - for Commander Drex is headed back to earth, and this time he's determined to succeed.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, humorous, semi serious
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3 Bears Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
Baby Bear sneaks out on Christmas morning to find the perfect gift for his parents Mama and Papa Bear only to cross paths with a wicked witch who transforms him into a human.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, touching, feel good, entertaining, exciting
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Jessica Darling's It List (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jessica Darling – a smart, witty, opinionated girl heading into 7th grade – was never too concerned about where she'd fit in the middle school hierarchy. But before her first day of school, her older sister — the super popular Bethany, now in college—decides to help out by giving her the “It List”—a cheat sheet on how to navigate the middle school maze and rise to the top of the popularity chain. The instructions appear simple enough to follow, but, like life, nothing is as easy as it seems.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, humorous
Similar in 86%
Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure (2009)
Plot Summary:
Aussie, a lovable Australian mutt, embarks on a mission to return his young owner's missing Teddy Bear.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 217
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: semi serious, sincere, humorous, captivating