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Plot Summary:
Tales of the Night is renowned animation auteur Michel Ocelot (Kirikou and the Sorceress, Azur & Asmar)'s first foray into 3D animation. A hit at the Berlin Film Festival, the film extends the earlier shadow puppet style of Ocelot’s Princes and Princesses, with black silhouetted characters set off against exquisitely detailed Day-Glo backgrounds bursting with color and kaleidoscopic patterns – the subtle use of 3D creating a diorama-like effect. The film weaves together six exotic fables each unfolding in a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, an Aztec kingdom, the African plains, and even the Land of the Dead. In Ocelot’s storytelling, history blends with fairytale as viewers are whisked off to enchanted lands full of dragons, werewolves, captive princesses, sorcerers, and enormous talking bees - and each fable ends with its own ironic twist.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, captivating, stylized, semi serious, dark fantasy, anime, computer animated
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Princes and Princesses (2000)
Plot Summary:
This is a very fantastic and different world about love.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, exciting, semi serious, dark fantasy, psychedelic, anime, offbeat, stylized, masterpiece
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Toys in the Attic (2009)
Plot Summary:
In an attic full of discarded junk, a pretty doll called Buttercup lives in an old trunk together with her friends, the marionette Prince Charming, lazy Teddy Bear and the plasticine creature Schubert. When Buttercup is snatched and taken off to the Land of Evil, her pals set out to rescue her.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Japan, France, Slovakia
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, light, captivating, anime, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic, computer animated
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The Hero of Color City (2014)
Plot Summary:
An imaginative tale chronicling the adventures of a diverse band of crayons as they strive to protect not only their magical multihued homeland but the imagination of children everywhere from a terrifying monster.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India, South Korea
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: computer animated, semi serious, sentimental, exciting, captivating, anime
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Moonbeam Bear and His Friends (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Moonbear and his friends experience funny and exciting adventures in their forest.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, humorous, captivating, anime, 3d animation
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The Nutcracker and The Mouseking (2004)
Plot Summary:
The fairytale story revolves around a young prince who - along with his entourage - is turned into a nutcracker through his own ungrateful and selfish behaviour, and awaits a kindly soul who'll release him from the spell. The mouse-king seeks the magic that made this happen so that he can become all-powerful. The prince (now a nutcracker) finds hope in the form of a girl who risks everything to help him become real again, while the mouse-king and his armies do everything they can to steal the magic for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Germany, Croatia, UK, Russia, USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, light, light hearted, fairy tale
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Cinderella 3D (2012)
Plot Summary:
Cinderella is transformed for a night at the royal ball, but finds herself battling a band of gorilla pirates who have kidnapped Prince Vladimir and the Duchess. Will she have time to save the day and fall in love before the clock strikes twelve?.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Western
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, captivating, anime, mockbuster, fairy tale, computer animated
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Princess Lillifee (2009)
Plot Summary:
In an enchanted kingdom, Princess Fairy Lillifee rules creating beauty and spreading goodness wherever she goes. Together with her best friend, Pupsi pork, she flies all over her kingdom, leaving behind a magical trail: clouds of pink butterflies and twinkling stars. She soon discovers that not everyone is happy. Many complain about the antics of some fairies. If things don't change, the farm goblins, fishermen elves and mermaids will leave the enchanted kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: feel good, sincere, captivating, entertaining, light, anime, humorous, semi serious
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Princess Lillifee and the Little Unicorn (2011)
Plot Summary:
Together with her friends and the unicorns, Princess Lillifee must free the neighboring country Bluetopia from a cold spell, which has covered everything in ice and snow.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, funny, light, entertaining, sentimental, contemplative
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Gnomes & Trolls: The Secret Chamber (2009)
Plot Summary:
Junior, a teenage gnome, wants nothing more than to invent gizmos and gadgets in his tree-house laboratory. But Junior's old school father, Jalle, the head gnome of the forest, would prefer his son follow in his footsteps and one day be in charge of his own forest. In spite of their differences, on the eve of the first winter storm Junior helps Jalle distribute food rations. Then disaster strikes.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, computer animated, captivating, anime
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Fantastic Journey to Oz (2017)
Plot Summary:
The cunning and wicked Urfin wants to become ruler of Magic Land. With an army of wooden soldiers, he captures the Emerald City and renames it ti Urfinville. He is all but ready to celebrate victory, when his plans are ruined by an ordinary girl named Dorothy, who arrives in Magic Land just at the right time. She must return home, but not before she helps her friends - the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and new-brave Lion - defeat Urfin. And in order to do that, they need to find out who he really is.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, sentimental, funny, touching, feel good, captivating, entertaining, allegory, colorful
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Mia and the Migoo (2008)
Plot Summary:
One night Mia has a premonition. So after saying a few words of parting at her mother’s grave, she sets out on a cross continent journey, though mountains and jungles in search of her father, who has been trapped in a landslide at a construction site on a remote tropical lake. In the middle of the lake stands the ancient Tree of Life, watched over by innocent, bumbling forest spirits called the Migoo, who grow and change shape as they please, morphing from small childlike beings to petulant giants. The Migoo have been disrupting the construction to protect this sacred site – and now together with Mia they join in a fight to find Mia’s father and save the Tree, with the future of life on Earth hanging in the balance.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, anime, offbeat
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Barbie Mariposa & the Fairy Princess (2013)
Plot Summary:
Mariposa and her furry friend Zee returns in Barbie: Mariposa & the Fairy Princess. In this magical adventure, Mariposa becomes the Royal Ambassador of Flutterfield, and is sent to bring peace between her fairy land and their rivals, the Crystal Fairies of Shimmervale. While Mariposa doesn't make a great first impression on the King, she becomes fast friends with his shy daughter, Princess Catania. However, a misunderstanding causes Mariposa to be banished from their fairy land. As Mariposa and Zee returns to Flutterfield, they encounter a dark fairy on her way to destroy Shimmervale. Mariposa rushes back and helps Princess Catania to save their fairy land and together, the two girls prove that the best way to make a friend, is to be a friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, captivating, entertaining, fairy tale, computer animated, exciting, humorous, stylized, colorful
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Care Bears: Big Wish Movie (2005)
Plot Summary:
Feeling sad that her fellow Care Bears don't seem to appreciate her wishes, Wish Bear uses her wish star, Twinkers, to find some bears who love wishing as much as she does. That's when three new bears move to Care-a-lot...with some very unexpected results.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, computer animated, humorous, captivating
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Barbie as Rapunzel (2002)
Plot Summary:
Long, long ago, in a time of magic and dragons, there lived a girl named Rapunzel who had the most beautiful radiant hair the world had ever seen. But Rapunzel's life was far from wonderful. She lived as a servant to Gothel, a jealous, scheming witch who kept her hidden deep in a forbidding forest, guarded by the enormous dragon Hugo and surrounded by an enchanted glass wall. However, in a twist of fate, Rapunzel's discovery of a magic paintbrush leads her on a journey that will unravel a web of deception, bring peace to two feuding kingdoms, and ultimately lead her to love with the help of Penelope(TM), the least intimidating of dragons!.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, computer animated, fairy tale
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The Velveteen Rabbit (2009)
Plot Summary:
A lonely boy wins over his distant father and strict grandmother with help from a brave velveteen rabbit whose one wish is to become a real rabbit someday.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 824
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, light, anime, fairy tale, humorous, serious, stylized
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Tangled: Before Ever After (2017)
Plot Summary:
Rapunzel grapples with the responsibilities of being a princess and the overprotective ways of her father. While she wholeheartedly loves Eugene, Rapunzel does not share his immediate desire to get married and settle down within the castle walls. Determined to live life on her own terms, she and her tough-as-nails Lady-in-Waiting Cassandra embark on a secret adventure where they encounter mystical rocks that magically cause Rapunzel's long blonde hair to grow back. Impossible to break and difficult to hide, Rapunzel must learn to embrace her hair and all that it represents.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, feel good, captivating, funny, anime, 2d animation
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Eleanor's Secret (2009)
Plot Summary:
Natanaël, seven, still doesn't know how to read. His eccentric old aunt bequeaths her house to his parents and her book collection to the young boy. Nat discovers that the books serve as a shelter for all the heroes found in children's literature. They are the original characters and are counting on him for protection. For if they leave the library, they will disappear along with their stories forever! When his parents start selling off the books, Nathanaël, who is shrunk by the evil witch Carabosse, braves everything to save his tiny friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 982
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, light, sincere, anime, touching, humorous, semi serious, fairy tale
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007)
Plot Summary:
Your little princess will want to follow her dreams as she tags along on an adventure with two of Disney's most popular princesses in this new animated fairy tale. Aurora, star of the beloved classic Sleeping Beauty, and Jasmine, from the Academy Award-winning film Aladdin, journey to faraway lands and make new discoveries about themselves.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, anthology, feel good, humorous, semi serious, exciting
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The Snow Queen (2012)
Plot Summary:
The ice-cold Snow Queen wishes to turn the world into a frozen landscape, with no light, no joy, no happiness, and no free will. A young man, Kai, is rumored to be the son of a man who is the queen's only remaining threat. He is abducted and held captive in the queen's palace, and it's up to his sister, Gerda, to rescue him. Gerda journeys across an icy land, facing difficult obstacles and meeting wonderful new friends that help her in her quest to set Kai free, defeat the Snow Queen, and save the world from eternal frost.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, captivating, computer animated, scenic, folk tale, sweet, 3d animation, mockbuster, humorous
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Secret of the Wings (2012)
Plot Summary:
Tinkerbell wanders into the forbidden Winter woods and meets Periwinkle. Together they learn the secret of their wings and try to unite the warm fairies and the winter fairies to help Pixie Hollow.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, computer animated, captivating, touching, 3d animation, saga, fantasy adventure, cute
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Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010)
Plot Summary:
During a summer stay on the mainland, Tinker Bell is accidentally discovered while investigating a little girl's fairy house. As the other fairies, led by the brash Vidia, launch a daring rescue in the middle of a fierce storm, Tink develops a special bond with the lonely, little girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India, Canada
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, semi serious, computer animated, 3d animation, saga, cute, exciting, humorous
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Bratz Kidz: Fairy Tales (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cloe, Sasha, Yasmin, and Jade get zapped into Fairy Tale Land, and star as Rapunzel, Snow White, Red Riding Hood, and Cinderella together in one big movie!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, fairy tale, captivating, computer animated
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Knight Rusty (2013)
Plot Summary:
Rusty lives with his dragon Cole and faithful friend Bo in the kingdom of Scrapland, a magical world completely made of scrap-metal. With dreams of winning the great knights' tournament, Rusty acquires a speedy engine for his horse Chopper that propels them into first place. But when the engine turns out to be stolen from ambitious Prince Novel, brave Rusty must redeem his knightly honor, save the kingdom and prove that true friends always stick together.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, exciting, anime, semi serious
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The Magic Crystal (2011)
Plot Summary:
A magic crystal causes double the number of gifts Santa can deliver all over the world and this makes for many happy gezinnetjes. His criminal assistant Basil however has a diabolical plan: he wants to steal the crystal so as to gain control over the minds of the children. The brave boy Yotan act to prevent and concocts a plan.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Finland, Belgium
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, captivating, light, humorous, anime, semi serious
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Care Bears To the Rescue (2010)
Plot Summary:
You’re invited to the biggest celebration of the year – the Care-a-Lot Awards – where all the Care Bears come together to award their heroes who have spread caring and sharing throughout the year! Whether it’s Cheer helping a baby Gobblebug build a new home, Funshine rescuing the Nimbits, or Bedtime and Grumpy stopping a machine from running amok all over town, the Care Bears are always ready for helpful hero fun in this awesome adventure!.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: computer animated, feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, anime
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Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! (2007)
Plot Summary:
While villain Grizzle plots against the Care Bears, it is up to Oopsy Bear to come to their rescue.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, light, anime, computer animated
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Dreamworks Spooky Stories (2012)
Plot Summary:
In these spooktacular stories, your favorite DreamWorks characters from the blockbuster hits Shrek and Monsters vs. Aliens return in these chilling tales for the whole family.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, witty, stylized, not serious, computer animated, exciting
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Strawberry Shortcake: The Sweet Dreams Movie (2006)
Plot Summary:
Strawberry Shortcake has a dream of fresh new fields of berry bushes - enough for everyone. But when the greedy Peculiar Purple Pieman rolls into Strawberry Land, he decides to steal Strawberry's dream - and everyone else's dreams too. In order to stop the Purple Pieman and his evil plan, Strawberry and her friends must travel to the Land of Dreams. Along the way, these special friends learn the value of working together to make dreams come true.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, anime, computer animated
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Happily N'Ever After (2006)
Plot Summary:
An alliance of evil-doers, led by Frieda, looks to take over Fairy Tale Land. But when Ella realizes her stepmother is out to ruin her storybook existence, she takes a dramatic turn and blossoms into the leader of the resistance effort.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, UK, Australia, Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, not serious, entertaining, funny, humorous, feel good, parody, stylized, cute, computer animated
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Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010)
Plot Summary:
Maltazard, the Evil M, is now 7 feet tall and evolving among the humans, causing terror wherever he goes. His goal is simple: forming an army of giant henchmen and ruling over the universe. Meanwhile, Arthur is still a Minimoy, and thus in a state where he's unable to fend him off. With the help of Selenia and Betameche, he hatches a plan to regain his usual size: all they must do is infiltrate Arthur's house through the pipeworks, catch an electric train from his bedroom to his grandfather's study and find an elixir that will make him grow back to his human size. Sounds simple enough, if it weren't for Darkos, Maltazard's own son, hot on their tails.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, exciting, semi serious, light, 3d animation, tense, captivating, entertaining, fairy tale