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Plot Summary:
John and his class go on a school trip to the Tower of London. While he is there he loses his pet mouse and vows to return and find her later. Back in school, he is not very attentive and falls asleep during a lesson about electricity so his teacher sends him home. On the 'tube' there is a sudden flash, and John, the train and all of the passengers turn yellow. With the help of Nick (short for 'Electronic') John learns about electricity, invades the Tower of London and saves his pet mouse ... or was it a dream. This is the Powell & Pressburger touch applied to children's films.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: independent film, weird
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Babel (1999)
Plot Summary:
Babel tells the story of the Babels, a strange breed of four-foot-tall creatures who once coexisted happily with human beings on planet Earth. However, when the humans built a huge tower to taunt God, he became angry and drove the Babels underground, while scattering the humans to the corners of the Earth and giving them different languages to keep them separate. Thousands of years later, three Babels are searching underground for the Babel Stone presented to them by God when they lose the map -- which is soon snapped up by a dog, who presents it to his master, an advertising man named Patrick. The Babels are desperate to recover the map, and they recruit Patrick's son David to help them find it (and the Babel Stone) before the evil Nemrod can steal the stone and claim its powers.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Paws (1997)
Plot Summary:
A talking Terrier with impressive computer skills teams up with two youngsters to stop a million dollars from falling into the wrong hands.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 819
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, feel good, humorous
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Skydog (2020)
Plot Summary:
After a high school senior working on his pilot’s license rescues a dog named Oreo, he finds out his mom is a CIA agent who’s been captured. He teams up with Oreo and a new friend to find his mother and uncover double agents inside the CIA.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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R.A.D.A.R.: The Adventures of the Bionic Dog (2023)
Plot Summary:
Gabe and Kylie hunt for lost pirate treasure, hoping to bring tourists to their sleepy Florida town — and save Gabe’s mom’s diner. When they find a precious sapphire, they’re helped by R.A.D.A.R., a clever dog who’s actually a robot! But the mad scientist who invented the treasure-hunting dog wants to steal him back — along with the town’s famous sapphire! Can Gabe and Kylie protect the dog, guard the jewel, and save the town?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Super Miss (2018)
Plot Summary:
Josje, a primary school teacher, is a secret super hero saving animals: Superteacher. When animals of a zoo are in danger she has to choose: rescue them or run.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)
Plot Summary:
Anastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: absurd, captivating, funny, unusual plot structure, humorous, sweet, fairy tale, weird
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Rabbit Heart (1987)
Plot Summary:
The thirteen year old Janni is depressed, because she's still a little behind in her physical development. This leads to bullying remarks from her classmates. One day, a film crew comes to her school to find a candidate for the role of a Prince in a movie. They choose Janni, who they think is a boy. She takes on the role. At school, she tells her classmates she plays a Princess. When the moment of truth approaches she must find the self-confidence to invite the class to the premiere.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: East Germany
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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The Amazing Wizard of Paws (2015)
Plot Summary:
Young Bobby Spade who has an anxiety disorder, discovers that his therapy dog Ozzy is actually 600 years old and was once owned by a powerful wizard from ancient times. Upon his twelfth birthday, Bobby is propelled into a new life when he learns the truth about his faithful pet who soon determines the boy and his widowed mother's destiny.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, entertaining
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The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)
Plot Summary:
Peanut butter is the secret ingredient for magic potions made by two friendly ghosts. Eleven-year-old Michael loses all of his hair when he gets a fright and uses the potion to get his hair back, but too much peanut butter causes things to get a bit hairy.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surreal, suspense, disturbing, creepy, cult classic, mind bending, psychedelic, stylized, spooky, independent film
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Into the West (1992)
Plot Summary:
Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest outlaws ever to ride Into The West.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surreal, crying, fairy tale, touching, feel good, semi serious, independent film, light, inspirational, road movie
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Demon in the Bottle (1996)
Plot Summary:
Four teenagers find a lost treasure buried by a 18th century pirate on a desert island. But they accidentally release the monster who lives inside a bottle, keeping the treasure.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: crying, cult film
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Escape to Witch Mountain (1995)
Plot Summary:
The tale of two orphan twins with special powers who go looking for their origins. The two are hindered by an avaricious tycoon who only wants to exploit their abilities.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, nostalgic
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Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015)
Plot Summary:
An orphan who practices hypnosis faces off against a bank robber who wants her book on the art form.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, inspirational, touching, feel good
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The BFG (2016)
Plot Summary:
The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, India, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, light, colorful, visually stunning, atmospheric, feel good, stylized, 3d animation
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Santa Buddies (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Puppy Paws (the fun-loving son of Santa Paws) gets bored, he finds Budderball on Santa's naughty list and figures he's just the dog to show him how to be an ordinary pup. When the magical Christmas Icicle starts to melt however, and the world begins to forget the true meaning of the season, it's up to Puppy Paws and his newfound Buddies to journey back to the North Pole and save Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, fairy tale, sweet, light, exciting, touching, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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Inkheart (2008)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, UK, USA, Italy
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, exciting, dark fantasy, serious, entertaining, tense, mystical, captivating, sentimental
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Plot Summary:
Harry starts his fourth year at Hogwarts, competes in the treacherous Triwizard Tournament and faces the evil Lord Voldemort. Ron and Hermione help Harry manage the pressure – but Voldemort lurks, awaiting his chance to destroy Harry and all that he stands for.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 666000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, atmospheric, saga, action packed, teen, fantasy adventure, action adventure, mystic
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
Plot Summary:
In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, though he's unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 163000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mysterious, exciting, breathtaking, dark fantasy, saga, costume drama, fantasy adventure, sinister, psychotronic
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The Golden Compass (2007)
Plot Summary:
After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 195000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, epic, visual, visually stunning, aesthetic, dark fantasy, mystical, spiritual, exciting, atmospheric
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
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In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 499000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, exciting, dark fantasy, entertaining, cliffhanger, absurd, psychotronic, saga, semi serious
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ignoring threats to his life, Harry returns to Hogwarts to investigate – aided by Ron and Hermione – a mysterious series of attacks.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 677000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 161 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, dark fantasy, suspense, saga, scenic, stylized, action packed, teen
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Plot Summary:
Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students – dubbed 'Dumbledore's Army' – to defend themselves against the dark arts.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 619000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: exciting, saga, scenic, tense, fairy tale, entertaining, action packed, teen, fantasy adventure, action adventure
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Plot Summary:
Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black – and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 676000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: gothic, fairy tale, dark fantasy, entertaining, atmospheric, exciting, saga, stylized, serious, visually appealing
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
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Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must master his new found skills in order to prevent a war between the Gods that could devastate the entire world.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 198000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, entertaining, humorous, semi serious, teen, fairy tale, psychotronic, mystical, mystic
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The Dark Crystal (1982)
Plot Summary:
On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, fairy tale, visual, light, visually appealing, mystic, exciting, serious, scary, psychedelic
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Plot Summary:
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths -- and about the villain who's to blame.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 837000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, entertaining, exciting, touching, scenic, teen, saga, mystic, visually appealing, fantasy adventure
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Plot Summary:
This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 164000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: visually appealing, captivating, fairy tale, epic, entertaining, scenic, exciting, serious, christian film, spiritual
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
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Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 302000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: mysterious, dark fantasy, breathtaking, atmospheric, exciting, saga, mystical, fairy tale, mystic, fantasy adventure
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
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Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 420000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
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Paddington (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in Peruvian rainforest, a young bear makes his way to England in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed "Paddington" for the london train station, finds shelter with the family of Henry and Mary Brown. Although Paddington's amazement at urban living soon endears him to the Browns, someone else has her eye on him: Taxidermist Millicent Clyde has designs on the rare bear and his hide.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA, China
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Plot tags: touching, feel good, sweet, colorful, stylized, not serious, semi serious, funny, humorous, slapstick