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Plot Summary:
A family takes a journey across the globe on a strange and amazing flying machine, experiencing a series of adventures along the way.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, Poland, China, India, Norway, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, touching, stylized, feel good, semi serious, anime, humorous
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Ellen's Acres (2007)
Plot Summary:
Ellen's Acres is an American animated television series for preschool-age children, which exclusively premiered weekly on Cartoon Network Video and in the United Kingdom, the show airs on Cartoonito. Animation Collective produces the series. It originally aired on September 29, 2006 on Cartoon Network Video and January 8, 2007 on Tickle U in the United States, airing at 9:30 am ET/PT, but has been pulled from the schedule as of February 5, 2007. The show features a very imaginative five-year old child named Ellen who has adventures in a hotel her parents own approximately 40 miles from Tonopah, Nevada named the Emerald Acres.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: stylized, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, exciting, offbeat
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The Scarecrow (2000)
Plot Summary:
Animated musical fantasy about a scarecrow that saves an orphaned girl from the evil clutches of a maniacal count. Brought to life through magic and love, and aided by his two sidekicks -- a cantankerous mouse and a flying broom -- he's willing to sacrifice everything to win her freedom.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, anime, exciting
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Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010)
Plot Summary:
One day Moomintroll wakes to notice that grey dust is covering everything in the Moominvalley. He runs to ask the philosophical Muskrat if he knows what is happening, who advises him that things tend to look like this before an awful fate coming from the sky hits the Earth. With the help of his father, Moominpappa, Moomintroll and his close friends Sniff and Snufkin build a raft and head out on a challenging journey to the observatory in the Lonely Mountains hoping to find out more from the wise professors there. The friends have to overcome several adversities in order to make it there. When they arrive, they find the professors deep in calculations. They reveal that a comet will reach the Earth in four days, four hours, four minutes and 44 seconds.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Finland, UK, Poland
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, touching, humorous, semi serious, offbeat
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The New Adventures of Lassie (2014)
Plot Summary:
For generations, Lassie the beautiful collie has been known and loved by viewers all over the world. Once again she enters the homes of millions of viewers as she talks for the first time in a TV adventure series for children aged 6 to 9.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: India, Germany, USA, France
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, sentimental, feel good, realistic, anime, humorous, semi serious
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The Great Bear (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jonathan, 11, usually spends his vacations alone with his grandfather who lives on the edge of a vast forest populated by mythical animals. This year his kid sister Sophie joins him. But it's not cool to be stuck with a little sister, so he does what he can to avoid her. He succeeds entirely too well: Sophie is kidnapped by a giant, 1000-year-old bear. Now, Jonathan has to venture into the heart of the forest to confront the strange beings that dwell there and rescue his sister.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 669
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: feel good, stylized, exciting, touching, serious, suspenseful, anime, computer animated
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Gladiators of Rome (2012)
Plot Summary:
It is the age of Imperial Rome.Young Timo is an orphan of Pompeii's terrible eruption, adopted be general Chirone and raised in the famous Gladiator's Academy in Rome. Is this the beginning of a new legend? The legend of a great hero? Not so much! Timo is not exactly gladiator material! He just wants to hang out with his friends, Ciccius and Mauritius, and avoid his stepfather's bizarre training sessions at all costs! However, when Timo meets the lovely Lucilla, he decides to change his life and bring out the valour inside himself - valour that has never shown itself before. Through spells, crazy raids in the woods and terrible trainings of a very personal lady trainer, Timo has to transform himself into the greatest gladiator of all time. And as they say, if "fortune favours the bold" in Rome ... hard times are awaiting Timo!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy, UK, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, anime
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Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005)
Plot Summary:
The film is a sub-story to Kirikou and the Sorceress rather than a straight sequel. The movie is set while Kirikou is still a child and Karaba is still a sorceress. Like Princes et princesses and Les Contes de la nuit, it is an anthology film comprising several episodic stories, each of them describing Kirikou's interactions with a different animals. It is however unique among Michel Ocelot's films, not only in that it is co-directed by Bénédicte Galup (who has previously worked with him as an animator) but also for each of the stories being written by a different person (in all other cases, Ocelot has been the sole writer and director of his films).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, anime, adult animation, exciting, offbeat
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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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Jungle Beat: The Movie (2020)
Plot Summary:
The Jungle Beat animals think it’s the best thing ever when an alien arrives in the jungle bringing with him the power of speech. They also surprisingly think it’s the best thing ever when they find out that he’s been sent to conquer them.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: China, South Africa, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, light, captivating, semi serious, touching, humorous, 3d animation, anime, epic
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The Sandman and the Lost Sand of Dreams (2010)
Plot Summary:
Each night, like every other child in the world, Miko goes to Dreamland thanks to magic sand dispersed by the Sandman. But one night, the evil dream Habumar steals the Sand of Dreams and takes control of Dreamland. The Sandman and his faithful sheep Neopomuk ask Miko to help them get back the precious sand, and to hence foil the plans of terrifying Habumar. So begins a great adventure in a world where all is possible.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, sentimental, touching
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The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Russo family and friends are headed to Tuscany, Italy, to meet their long lost relatives... but when Alex tries to prove she's more than a seemingly carefree young Wizard, she inadvertently conjures a spell that creates a Good Alex and an Evil Alex. When Evil Alex gets roped into a charming young wizard's foreboding plan to take over the world, Good Alex must find a way to save her family and humankind, which leads to a monumental battle between the two versions of herself - all atop the Tower of Pisa.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, not serious, humorous, stylized, captivating, teen
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Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (2004)
Plot Summary:
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends is an animated program based on the children's books by David Kirk, which airs on Nick Jr. in the United States, on Treehouse TV in Canada, and on Discovery Kids in Brazil. Each episode follows the everyday adventures of a family of bugs, who have made their home in what is called the Hollow Tree, led by the gentle, kind-hearted Miss Spider. Our gifts, they are many: We hop, fly and crawl. But kindness is the finest of all! - Miss Spider.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, computer animated
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Pinocchio (1992)
Plot Summary:
The Little Wooden Toy. The unforgettable story of a little wooden boy who longs with all his heart to become real. When a small spark of magic escapes from the Blue Fairy's home, it travels down toy maker Gepetto's chimney, bringing one small log to life. Then, when Gepetto's toys stop being sold regularly, he decides to make a toy for his own using this same log. Soon, his new wooden puppet is complete, which instantly comes to life getting mixed up in all kinds of troubles. Soon, however, with the guidance of the talking cricket and the Blue Fairy, Pinocchio learns what is needed for him to earn his heart's desire of becoming a real boy. Written by Frederick Irizarry.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, exciting, touching, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, fairy tale
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Pinocchio: The Adventures of Pinocchio (2012)
Plot Summary:
Geppetto the carpenter carves the object of his hidden desires out of a log: a puppet that will keep him company and will be like a son to him. He will call him Pinocchio. Imagine his surprise when he discovers that the puppet moves, as if by magic, and is gifted with a life on its own.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Italy, Luxembourg, France, Belgium
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining, exciting, fairy tale, touching, humorous, semi serious
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Underdogs (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the small village where Amadeo lives there is no one good enough to challenge his skills at Table Football. But, while Amadeo may be a genius as a table football player in real life he's a loser. He's in love with Lara, his childhood friend, but he's so shy that he can't bring himself to confess his love for her. So he just hangs out in his quaint, timeless village. When Amadeo beats the village bully Flash at Table Football. The scene is set for an epic rivalry. Consumed with anger Flash vows to get even and 10 years later he returns as an International Superstar, a Football Icon and Galatico determined to wreak his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: Argentina, Spain, UK, France, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, not serious, 3d animation, anime, exciting, computer animated
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The True Story of Puss 'n Boots (2009)
Plot Summary:
A free adaptation of Charles Perrault's famous Puss'n Boots, "The True Story of Puss'n Boots" is a story for young and old for the first time on cinema screens.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: feel good, stylized, humorous, not serious, anime, mockbuster, computer animated
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Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun (2002)
Plot Summary:
The evil space pirate Gloomius Maximus is determined that since he can't have fun, nobody else will either. Unfortunately for our heroes, an invitation to Zowie Polie's third birthday party accidentally finds its way to Gloomius's ship. Gloomius never had a birthday party himself, so he sets out to make Zowie's as miserable as possible. He tries a glum ray, kidnapping Zowie and Pappy, and ultimately towing the entire Polie Planet to the Gloomy Galaxy. Between Olie's Super Silly Ray (his present to Zowie) and some help from Saturday morning hero Space Boy the day is saved for silliness. The whole planet helps charge up the Super Silly Ray and fix Gloomius's happy gear.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, France, USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, exciting, offbeat
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Toto’ Sapore and the Magic Story (2003)
Plot Summary:
Naples, 18th century. Salvatore "Totò" Sapore, an unemployed minstrel, always manages to cheer up the hungry with his songs about good food, always upsetting Vesuvia, a magma witch who lives inside the Vesuvius.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, anime, exciting
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The Proud Family Movie (2005)
Plot Summary:
Penny and her family are lured on an all expenses paid vacation where a mad scientist captures them, refusing to let them go because Oscar won't reveal his on of his secret Proud Snacks formulas.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, 2d animation
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Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot (2003)
Plot Summary:
When an old castle needs repairs, it's time to call Bob the Builder! Unfortunately a case of mistaken identity puts Bob's father in charge, resulting in one disaster after another! Meanwhile, tales of Camelot inspire Bob's noble crew of machines - Sir Lift-A-Sot, Sir Roll-A-Lot and Lady Mix-A-Lot - in their quest to get the job done. And Sir Spud-A-Lot finds a suit of armor and a fiery steed almost perfect for jousting! Back at the castle, Bob's father is a bit of a royal pain, locking himself and Bob in the dungeon and then finding himself mysteriously trapped in a maze! Finally, a medieval pageant celebrates the grand opening of the castle and a great father-son relationship.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, light, exciting
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A Fox's Tale (2008)
Plot Summary:
The film is about Little Vuk, the son of the legendary fox who proves its excellent mind and courage.
IMDB Rating: 1.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, captivating, light, entertaining, anime, 3d animation
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The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina (2002)
Plot Summary:
Voiced by Elijah Wood, Jennifer Love Hewitt and others, this film features Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, the tiny, famed fairy-tale favorites, who are together for the first time in this heartwarming, magical musical story about courage and friendship.After 15 years, the two reunite and remember when their village was destroyed by a giant. Soon, they find out that they have neat powers they can use for good.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: touching, exciting, feel good, humorous, independent film, fairy tale, semi serious, psychotronic
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Thor: Legend of the Magical Hammer (2011)
Plot Summary:
An over confident teen with a magical weapon and a handful of imperfect gods join forces against an evil queen and her army of giants.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Iceland, Germany, Ireland
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, feel good, entertaining, anime, computer animated
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Delgo (2008)
Plot Summary:
In a divided land, it takes a rebellious boy and his clandestine love for a Princess of an opposing race to stop a war orchestrated by a power hungry villain.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, computer animated, captivating, entertaining, exciting, anime, cult classic, independent film, stylized
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The Magic Snowflake (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young boy named Nicholas is about to become the next Santa Claus, but must first avoid a crisis that's threatening the magic of Christmas before he can succeed in his new role.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, exciting, captivating, entertaining, light, anime, semi serious
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Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (2007)
Plot Summary:
When the Boogey Man causes Grim to lose his powers, rank, and title in the Underworld Court for misusing his powers, he plots to seek out Horror's Hand and take over the world. It's up to Billy, Mandy, Irwin, and Grim to get to Horror's Hand before the Boogey Man does.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, cult classic
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Jock the Hero Dog (2011)
Plot Summary:
Animated-family adventure based on a true story that tells the heart-warming, coming-of-age story of a man and his best-friend, a lovable and fearless dog named, Jock. Set in the Bushveld near what is today the world famous Kruger National Park, this animated family tale is about Jock's adventures with Fritz, his master. Jock escapes death, builds crazy friendships and displays his unrivalled loyalty to Fritz. The story is set in the late 1880s when Africa's mineral richness, teeming animal life and incomparable natural beauty drew and captivated explorers and adventurers from all over the world. A place where big game roamed in their thousands and the wildest tales were true! Jock Of The Bushveld is a great story and the only animal classic to come out of Africa.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, exciting, humorous, semi serious, computer animated, anime
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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)
Plot Summary:
A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a small baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named Kringle. When Kris grew up, he wanted to deliver toys to the children of Sombertown. But its Mayor is too mean to let that happen. And to make things worse, the Winter Warlock who lives between the Kringles and Sombertown, but Kris manages to melt the Warlock's heart and deliver his toys.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, sweet, christmas special, banned
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Arthur Christmas (2011)
Plot Summary:
Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one – Arthur. Arthur Claus is Santa’s misfit son who executes an unauthorized rookie mission to get the last present half way around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, touching, exciting, entertaining, colorful, 3d animation, computer animated, christmas special, feel good
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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