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Plot Summary:
A young Norwegian boy in 1850s England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his shipmates are actually pirates.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Norway, Sweden, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: action adventure, exciting, feel good, serious
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Tom Sawyer (2011)
Plot Summary:
Tom Sawyer (LOUIS HOFMANN) has a head full of pranks and drives when he invents is not just a new adventure, preferably around with his best buddy Huck Finn (LEON SEIDEL) - much to the chagrin of his Aunt Polly (HEIKE MAKATSCH) with Tom and his half-brother Sid (ANDREAS WARM Brunn) in the town of St. Petersburg on the Mississippi river (excerpt from http://tomsawyer-film.de).
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany, Romania
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, educational
Similar in 76%
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980)
Plot Summary:
The only chance to escape a desert island is to convert the plane carrying many different animals into a boat.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious
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The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island (1999)
Plot Summary:
Danny Quinn (Seth Bernard) lives with one great dream... he wants to prove his late father was right about a pirate treasure in the depths of Lake Michigan.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Pirates of the Plain (1999)
Plot Summary:
"Pirates of the Plain" details the adventure of Jezebel Jack, a pirate with a heart of gold that is sent to the future where he meets Bobby, a young boy with an overactive imagination.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, semi serious
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In Search of the Castaways (1962)
Plot Summary:
In Search of the Castaways is a 1962 Walt Disney Productions feature film starring Hayley Mills and Maurice Chevalier in a tale about a worldwide search for a shipwrecked sea captain. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Lowell S, Hawley based upon Jules Verne's 1868 adventure novel Captain Grant's Children.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: entertaining, scenic, exciting, sweet, witty, humorous, semi serious, juvenile, fairy tale, clever
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The Skippers of the Cameleon (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two young boy twins receive a boat of their own by a stroke of luck. It turns out to be very fast and they use their boat to help out their friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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Storm Bound (2007)
Plot Summary:
A ripping adventure yarn about teenage boys who join the crew of a ship of the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century. After a dramatic shipwreck and escape from an attack by natives, they must make their way to safety by themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, serious, captivating
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Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
Plot Summary:
In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle of Matecumbe.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 959
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious
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Swallows and Amazons (1974)
Plot Summary:
On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set up camp for a few days. They soon realise this has been the territory of two other girls who sail the Amazon, and the scene is set for serious rivalry.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, happy, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Kidnapped (2005)
Plot Summary:
Kidnapped is a two-part BBC television adaptation of the 1893 novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. The show is directed by Brendan Maher and stars James Anthony Pearson as Davie Balfour and Iain Glen as Alan Breck. Attempting to claim his rightful inheritance from his eccentric Uncle Ebenezer, young Davie Balfour is kidnapped and imprisoned in the hold of a slave ship bound for the New World. Soon, Davie joins forces with exiled Highland hero Alan Breck and together, the unlikely pair of outlaw and innocent embark on a treacherous quest across Scotland that will bring them foes too numerous to count, as well as unexpected friends. Among the plot deviations from novel to movie: ⁕The movie added a love interest for Davie in Catriona, the daughter of James of the Glen. This plot element is from the sequel novel, Catriona. ⁕In the novel, Breck and James of the Glen were never arrested by the British; but the movie showed James of the Glen being falsely arrested with the threat of being hanged to force Breck to give himself up. ⁕The movie added the "Long Mile Gang", expert trackers, to track Davie and Breck across Scotland, but the novel only had British troops.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 222 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, exciting, captivating
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The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998)
Plot Summary:
Told from Mowgli's point of view, it's the story of how a boy became a mancub and a mancub became a man.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 867
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The New Swiss Family Robinson (1998)
Plot Summary:
When Angelino Jack Robinson gets a new job in Australia, he decides to take his sissy wife Ann, brave sons Shane and Todd and wining daughter Elisabeth 'Lizzy' by sailing yacht from Hong Kong to Syndney. The gun he gets thrown in by Sheldon Blake proves disabled, and for a sinister reason: near Borneo, Blake's men turn up to capture them. The family escapes but loses the yacht on a reef. They build a cool camp on an island. But the pirates keep coming back, and the boys discover why: he hid a treasure in the yacht. Shane is also discovered and captured in more then one way by French plane wreck survivor Françoise, who later teams up with the family.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 868
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, independent film, serious
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White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild (1996)
Plot Summary:
As a plea-bargain to clear their school records, a group of misfit teens ventures into the majestic but unforgiving wilderness to help a young naturalist save the vanishing wolves. After they encountered unexpected incident, they are aided by the mysterious white wolf of myth and legend, who shows up to guide the way throughout the movie.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic
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The Sea Gypsies (1978)
Plot Summary:
A man and a woman and 3 children start to sail around the world. They are shipwrecked near an uninhabited isle. This island is full of wild animals and it is very dangerous for them in the begining. They live through a lot of wonderful adventure together and they become a big family.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
Similar in 75%
Cheetah (1989)
Plot Summary:
An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to race it against greyhounds, the two city kids, together with a young African goat herder they befriended, head off into the wild to rescue the cheetah.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic, clever, touching, unusual plot structure, sweet, melancholic, twist ending
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White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)
Plot Summary:
A boy and his dog, White Fang, must try to save the noble Haida tribe from evil white men in turn-of-the-century Alaska.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, sexy, enigmatic, feel good, unusual plot structure, entertaining, melancholic, surreal
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My Side of the Mountain (1969)
Plot Summary:
Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George. A family movie made by Paramount Studios, the story revolves around thirteen-year old Sam Gribley (Teddy Eccles), a devotee of Thoreau, as many were back in the in 1960's. Sam decides to leave the city (set in Toronto) to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a self-sufficient spirit after his parents promise a summer trip that doesn't pan out.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, serious, realistic
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Flipper (1963)
Plot Summary:
Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into the world's minds and hearts in this 1963 film starring Chuck Connors and Luke Halpin as Sandy (a role he would continue in the 1964-68 TV series that followed.) James B. Clark, a long-time family filmmaker whose credits include "Island of the Blue Dolphins" and "My Side of the Mountain," directs the story of hard times (Hurricane Hazel and its aftermath) and joy (Sandy's dolphin-powered rides through the waves). And two fins up for Mitzie, the animal star who plays flipper.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, romantic, clever
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Jumping Ship (2001)
Plot Summary:
Joseph, Matthew and Andrew Lawrence (TV's Brotherly Love) star in this thrilling, action-packed sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie Horse Sense. It's first-class adventure on the high seas for Michael Woods (Joseph Lawrence) and his cousin (Andrew Lawrence) when they charter a private yacht for a fun-filled cruise off the coast of Australia. But the yacht turns out to be a broken-down fishing boat complete with rusting hull! When they find themselves being chased by modern-day pirates, they decide that Jumping Ship with the boat's captain Jake Hunter (Matthew Lawrence) is the only option. Stranded on a desert island without any conveniences from home, these three castaways must work together as a team if they hope to survive and be rescued.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, talky
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Kaptein Sabeltann-Drømmen om Kaptein Sabeltanns rike (1996)
Plot Summary:
Joachim, a preteen Norwegian boy, has an obsession with pirates. When his parents object, he takes their outboard rubber dinghy out and begins a dream of an exciting and dangerous adventure -- involving Captain Sabertooth's ship and treasure. But soon the dream seems more real than reality.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags:
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Treasure Island (2007)
Plot Summary:
A terrible storm is raging the night it all begins - with a knock on the door. 17-year-old Jim Hawkins helps his widowed mother run their little tavern on the coast of 19th century England. When the door is opened they are startled by a sight that makes their blood run cold.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 186 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, captivating, intense, talky
Similar in 90%
A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
Plot Summary:
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, vintage
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Treasure Island (1972)
Plot Summary:
Young Jim Hawkins finds himself serving with pirate captain Long John Silver in search of a buccaneer's treasure, in this short adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: UK, France, Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, independent film
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Treasure Island (1999)
Plot Summary:
Young Jim Hawkins and peg-legged Long John Silver set sail for adventure in Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of dastardly pirates, swashbuckling heroes, buried treasure and a young boy's amazing courage. The narrative diverges from that of the novel in that Captain Smollett convinces Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey to cut Jim out of his rightful share of the treasure and so Jim then teams up with Silver.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, surprise ending, baroque
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The Jungle Book (1994)
Plot Summary:
Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boone, who wants both Kitty's hand and the treasures of Monkey City – a place only Mowgli can find.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: intense, tense, semi serious, stylized, fairy tale, cute, entertaining, epic, anamorphic, exciting
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Peter Pan (2003)
Plot Summary:
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, exciting, captivating, sweet, light, romantic, scenic, teen, colorful
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The Black Stallion (1979)
Plot Summary:
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: scenic, fairy tale, inspirational, emotional, sentimental, touching, offbeat, sad, stylized, grindhouse
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Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
Plot Summary:
Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. Angus's parents relentlessly badger rescue teams. Angus, schooled by his father in wilderness survival skills, and assisted by the intelligent Yellow Dog, tries to attract rescuers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sentimental, emotional, touching, exciting, serious, light, romantic, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous
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Iron Will (1994)
Plot Summary:
When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for long hours, through harsh weather and terrain. This young man will need a lot of courage and a strong will to complete this race.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: inspirational, feel good, uplifting, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, exciting, sentimental, romantic
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The Goonies (1985)
Plot Summary:
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of Pirate One-Eyed Willie.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 293000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, cult classic, entertaining, intense, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, exciting, inspirational