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Plot Summary:
Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German submarines during World War II.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: mystical, mythical, feel good, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic, independent film, fairy tale, exciting, sentimental
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Pete's Dragon (1977)
Plot Summary:
Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: entertaining, intense, feel good, semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous, romantic, mystical, uplifting
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Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss (2005)
Plot Summary:
Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss is a fully animated feature fantasy about two star crossed seals from warring families that fall in love against their parents' wishes. When Juliet's father gives her hand in marriage to the monstrous elephant seal Prince, Juliet must fake her death in order to be reunited with Romeo. But the plan goes afoul and it's a desperate race to the end. With the help of their friends Friar Lawrence and Kissy, the kissing fish, the day is saved and the young lovers are reunited. Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss is the ageless tale of love and prejudice set in an undersea world. A film that can be enjoyed by the whole family.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, anime
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Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby (2008)
Plot Summary:
When the three pigs find a tiny wolf cub on their doorstep, they decide to raise him as their own, unaware that they've played right into the plan of a special-ops team of wolves. As the newest addition to their family, Lucky grows into his teens not knowing his history, his role in the wolves' plan or the difficult choice he will have to make about the family that raised him.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 870
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, clever, anime, talky, fairy tale
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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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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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Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000)
Plot Summary:
Kibosh, supreme ruler of all ghosts, decrees that casper must scare at least one person before Christmas Day so Casper visits Kriss, Massachusetts where he meets the Jollimore family and sets out to complete his mission. As usual, kindhearted Casper has a ghastky time trying to scare anyone; so The Ghostly Trio, fed up with his goody-boo-shoes behavior, secretly hires Casper's look-alike cousin Spooky to do the job-with hilarious results.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, christmas horror, sweet, funny, semi serious
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Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005)
Plot Summary:
It's Halloween in the 100 Acre Wood, and Roo's best new friend, Lumpy, is looking forward to his first time trick-or-treating. That is, until Tigger warns them about the scary Gobloon, who'll turn them into jack-o'-lanterns if he catches them. But if Roo and Lumpy turn the tables on the Gobloon, they get to make a wish! Lumpy and Roo decide to be "brave together, brave forever" and catch the Gobloon so they can make their wishes come true.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Philippines, Thailand
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, spooky
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Plot Summary:
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster (Eglantine Price). The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, light, sweet, melancholic, humorous, stylized, semi serious, clever, colorful
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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
Plot Summary:
Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent. They agree to go to the Middle Future in order to grant the wishes of children in New York city. They are to meet Dr. Bleeb of the Museum of Natural History, but get sidetracked with their new children friends and run into the Captain's evil brother, Professor.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, sentimental, retro, sweet, cult classic, independent film, smart
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The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water (2002)
Plot Summary:
Beloved dinosaurs Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Petrie and Ducky return in this story about the wonders of discovery that features new songs, including Donny Osmond's "No One Has to Be Alone.".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, feel good, semi serious, light, 2d animation
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Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)
Plot Summary:
The film chronicles George's adventures as he befriends Kayla, a baby elephant, at a magic circus show and helps her travel across the country to be reunited with her family.Accompanied by his friend, the Man with the Yellow Hat, George travels by foot, train, and truck to reach Kayla's brother and sister in California, only to be accused of elephant-napping and brought all the way back to New York.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, 2d 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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Valiant (2005)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for London. On the way, he meets a smelly but friendly pigeon named Bugsy, who joins him, mainly to get away from clients he cheated in a game of find-the pebble, and helps him sign up for the war.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, not serious, computer animated, entertaining, 3d animation, light hearted, exciting, touching, clever
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Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
Plot Summary:
A prequel to the first animated/live-action Casper feature, Casper: A Spirited Beginning introduces the friendliest ghost you'll ever know and explains how Casper met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor. After being stranded, Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach Casper how to be a proper ghost.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sad, slapstick, spooky, independent film, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Doug's 1st Movie (1999)
Plot Summary:
Doug and his pal Skeeter set's out to find the monster of Lucky Duck Lake. Though things get really out of hand when some one blurts out that the monster is real.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, melancholic, feel good, semi serious, exciting, fairy tale, romantic, clever, unusual plot structure
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Garfield Gets Real (2007)
Plot Summary:
Garfield is back with a new look. Tired with his routine as a comic strip star, Garfield escapes the page and heads into the "real world." While living the low-key life of a real housecat, he learns his comic will be cancelled if he doesn't return before the newspaper goes to print. The video games will follow the storyline as Garfield plows through obstacles to make his way back home.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, not serious
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Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (2002)
Plot Summary:
Wilbur the pig knows how important friendship is - he learned that from a spider named Charlotte. So when Wilbur meets Cardigan, a lonely lamb, Wilbur immediately makes him his friend.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, inspirational
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Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-Lot (2004)
Plot Summary:
Funshine Bear travels to Joke-a-lot where the people there crown him king.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, not serious
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My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade (2006)
Plot Summary:
Wysteria is beaming with pride! Her gardens are in bloom, her little Breezie friends are in town, and it's time for Ponyville's fanciest spring parade, the ultimate celebration of flowers, flowers, flowers! But things don't go according to plan when Wysteria accidentally awakens Spike the Dragon, a sleepy, silly, 1,000-year-old dragon!.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good, sweet
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Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005)
Plot Summary:
With school out for the summer, the Littles are vacationing in a cabin by the lake, and Stuart is so excited he could burst! But when Snowbell the cat is captured by a mean-spirited creature known simply as the Beast, it's up to Stuart and a skunk named Reeko to rescue him and a few other friends.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004)
Plot Summary:
Clifford overhears Mr. Bleakman say that feeding him must cost a lot of money. A carnival act called "Larry's Amazing Animals" has just been in town, and the animals in the show told Clifford about an animal contest with a prize of a lifetime supply of Tummy Yummies. So he decides to run away along with Cleo and T-Bone, join the carnival act, win the contest, and bring the food back.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, 2d animation
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Animals United (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of animals waiting for the annual flood they rely on for food and water discover that the humans, who have been destroying their habitats have built a dam for a leisure resort. The animals endeavour to save the delta and send a message to the humans not to interfere with nature.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, entertaining, 3d animation, fairy tale, computer animated, touching
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Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
Plot Summary:
Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur's grandfather returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, stylized, 3d animation, mystical, entertaining, mystic, mythical, fantasy adventure
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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
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Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002)
Plot Summary:
It's Christmastime in the Hundred Acre Wood and all of the gang is getting ready with presents and decorations. The gang makes a list of what they want for Christmas and send it to Santa Claus - except that Pooh forgot to ask for something. So he heads out to retrieve the letter and get it to Santa by Christmas...which happens to be tomorrow!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, France, Taiwan, South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, christmas special, captivating, anthology, children's story, 2d animation
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Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999)
Plot Summary:
After mis-hearing a radio broadcast about Santa canceling his Christmas trip due to an injured reindeer, Olive the dog decides to travel to the North Pole and volunteer to be a replacement. Unfortunately, Olive must deal with an evil postman who's tired of handling all the extra Christmas mail. Will Martini the penguin be able to help Olive realize her dream?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, christmas special, computer animated
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The Little Mermaid (1989)
Plot Summary:
This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 286000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, feel good, sweet, romantic, cute, mystical, retro, crying, sincere
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The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Plot Summary:
A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the day. Accompanying the fearless duo are bumbling albatross Wilbur and local field operative Jake the Kangaroo Rat.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: sweet, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, intense, exciting, feel good, semi serious, sentimental, cute
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Finding Dory (2016)
Plot Summary:
Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 296000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, China
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, humorous, touching, sentimental, sweet, emotional, entertaining, 3d animation, semi serious
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Arthur's Missing Pal (2006)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.When Arthur's dog Pal disappears, Arthur must enlist the help of his friends to track him down. While Pal discovers his newfound freedom, Arthur discovers how much he misses his dog. Good thing Arthur has the gang to turn to--especially his best friend, Buster Baxter who dusts off his old detective gear to get on the case. This canine quest leads Arthur and Buster across Elwood city, deep into the bowels of an ice cream factory, past a giant cow on ice skates, and right up to the point where all hope seems lost. Could the solution to this caper, though, be right in front of Arthur's eyes? And why has DW been acting funny so lately? One thing's for certain, Arthur is determined to get to the bottom of this case. Follow Arthur, Buster, and all their friends through the streets of Elwood City as they sniff out clues and chase after leads...and learn a valuable lesson about friendship, teamwork, and responsibility.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, feel good, entertaining, humorous, semi serious
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