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Plot Summary:
The child-duo Rico and Oskar, one of them is quite more sluggish, but precisely because of fantasy and own world view; the other one is a smart whiz, but scared for life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 587
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: educational
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Tom und Hacke (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, placed in the years right after the Second World War in Germany. A tale about friendship and courage.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Family, History
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: educational
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Scrappin' (2016)
Plot Summary:
Mirko Talhammer is beyond himself when two strange guys show up in his noble insurance office and remind him where he really comes from: from a scrapyard in the provinces, where careers are not what counts, other things are more important: scrapping things, the family, and every once in a while, a nice fist fight. Mirko left all that behind, but his father messes things up big time when he dies and leaves his son the run down scrapyard - together with his brother Letscho. And Letscho is still ticked off that Mirko deserted the clan. But soon the brothers realize that the Talhammers only have a future if they can pull themselves together and fulfill their father's last wish: to rob a train like real professionals! The coup itself is like a suicide mission, but then Kercher, the Talhammer's biggest nemesis, gets wind of things.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Brezeln für den Pott (2014)
Plot Summary:
Roland Reuter, a Swabian executive of bakery chain Weckle, is promoted to Meiderich near Duisburg in the derelict Ruhr as branch manager. His wife Sibil, a teacher, and troublesome teen daughter Lea won't move with him, at least for now. He's promised a board seat if he can save the ailing branch, hence shifts staff, cuts costs and quickly antagonizes the locals except doggishly loyal PA Dietmar Grabowski. When lea 'visits', having fled a Paris class excursion chaperoned by mother and seeking to switch to a hotel school, she dates Cem Yildirim, the idealist Roland fired precipitously to set an example. 'neglected' Sybille has an affair with attractive colleague Alexander Breuer. An incident with the staff mascot pigeon brings Roland on his staff's side and in atypical trouble.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min
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Alone in the Woods (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ten-year-old Justin (Brady Bluhm) finds himself hitching a ride with two kidnappers when he climbs aboard the wrong van -- thinking it's his family's vehicle -- and gets separated from his parents. When the bumbling crooks hatch a plan to nab a business tycoon's daughter, Justin finds his only recourse is to save the girl while making his escape. Think of it as Home Alone … in the woods!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Three Angels and Five Lions (1982)
Plot Summary:
Three Angels and Five Lions is a 1982 comedy-family film written by Sven Methling and Bjarne Reuter, directed by Sven Methling.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags:
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The Naughty Nine (2023)
Plot Summary:
Fifth-grader Andy finds himself without a present from Santa on Christmas morning. Realizing he must have landed on the “naughty list” and feeling unfairly maligned, Andy pulls together a team of eight other naughty-listers to help him execute an elaborate heist on Santa’s Village at the North Pole to get the presents they feel they deserve.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: naughty, christmas comedy
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The Peppercorns and the Curse of the Black King (2017)
Plot Summary:
Twelve-year-old Mia and her classmate Benny take a class trip to the Gruber Family's mountain ranch, where they begin to suspect something's fishy: Mysterious witching symbols appear, the Gruber's cattle falls sick, the well water turns black and the barn burns down. What the heck is going on here? Are they being haunted by an evil mountain spirit? Or is someone trying to put the Grubers out of business? Mia and Benny get unexpected support from their new classmate Johannes. Together they follow their handful of clues and leads: How did the poison the kids found wind up in the stable? What is the new cook hiding, and why? And what about the Mayor, who wants to get at the Gruber's property? Young Luca Gruber blames himself for trying to find the fabled Hoard of the Black King up on the mountain. Did he bring the curse of the Black King on his family? But Mia is too sensible to believe in fairy tales.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: educational
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Little Mountain Boy (2015)
Plot Summary:
A boy must brave deep winter snow to obtain an important family keepsake. Before he can even start this difficult journey he must first help his family survive financial ruin, rescue his beloved pet goat, and with his best friend, outwit a bratty bully who seems out to get him at every turn. Will he make it back to the village in time to celebrate the end-of-winter holiday of Chalandamarz?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, unusual plot structure, contemplative, educational
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The Pasta Detectives 3 (2016)
Plot Summary:
The friends and amateur detectives Rico and Oskar experiencing their last adventure together. Here everything is really only one well, because now they live next door to. Ricos mother Tanya and Buhl are together, Oskar is with his father Lars pulled to Rico into the house. But dies as the grumpy Fitzke, the trouble begins. The stone Breeder inherited Rico his beloved stone-collection over which the boy also very pleased - but then he and his buddy note that Rico's favorite stone calf stone was stolen. The task now is to make the thieves apprehended. And because there are on the way to the Baltic Sea, Rico and Oskar must as soon as possible afterwards. Glad Tanja is flown by Buhl in the "snogging holiday".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea (2020)
Plot Summary:
As soon as Jaswinder, the mother of Alice's friend Tarun, discovered a way to avoid plastic, it is attacked and the documents about it, which are also top secret, stolen. Shortly thereafter, it also disappears without a trace. Alice, as the remaining peppercorn, searches for clues and comes across toxic waste companies who want to prevent the documents from being published at all costs. Will you take Alice to Jaswinder ...?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Emil and the Detectives (1964)
Plot Summary:
When Emil travels by bus to Berlin to visit his grandmother and his cousin, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. Emil must get the money back as it is for his grandmother. While following the thief, Emil runs into Gustav, an enterprising young boy who gathers up all his friends to help Emil find the money. Emil's cousin also gets involved and they get into more trouble than they bargained for when Emil's pickpocket turns out to be mixed up with a couple of notorious bank robbers.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Little Gangster (2015)
Plot Summary:
Rik Boskamp is tired of being bullied all the time. After he sees a maffia movie, he decides to pretend that his dad is an important - and dangerous! - mob boss.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Katya and the Crocodile (1966)
Plot Summary:
It is the summer holiday and little Mísa Horák has taken a few animals from the school's so-called "Corner of Living Nature" home to care for. But when he brings home two Angora rabbits, a starling, a little monkey, a tortoise and a small crocodile, his parents order him to take them away. He is helped by Káta, who offers to place the animals in the child's room of her family's apartment. Mísa leaves for her friend where the animals will hopefully be able to stay. Káta goes shopping. In the meantime, Káta's younger sister Minka wakes up and begins to play with the animals, who gradually run off in disarray.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags:
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Kid Cop (1996)
Plot Summary:
A kid starts hanging around a police station because his dad was a cop, but now his dad is dead. Everyone tells him he should stay out of the way, but he doesn't, because he's real sad about his dead dad. They're all pretty nice to him because they have fond memories of his dead dad. He meets a girl who is mean to him, but then she's nice when she finds out about his dead dad. Some goofy criminals are planning an elaborate heist, but watch out, because kid cop (his dad is dead) is on the case! Tim Thomerson plays a mechanic who wears a Bob Marley t-shirt, complains about the man, and invites a woman back to house to listen to The Doors with him.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Krummerne (1991)
Plot Summary:
The tween, Mads, finds it hard to fit in. Having feelings for a girl in class and a clumsy farther who is a teacher at his school doesn't help. By an uforseen chance of events, Mads becomes somewhat of a hero, but will he win the girl?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy
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Hands off Mississippi (2007)
Plot Summary:
Die zehnjährige Emma freut sich auf die Ferien bei Oma Dolly auf dem Land. Nach ihrer Ankunft muss sie jedoch erfahren, dass der alte Herr Klipperbusch gestorben ist und sein schmieriger Neffe Albert Gansmann, genannt „Der Alligator“, alles versucht, um an sein großes Erbe zu gelangen. Das alte Pferd Mississippi ist Teil seines Nachlasses, das er an den Schlachter Pit loszuwerden versucht, wovon ihn Emma nur durch ein höheres Gebot abhalten kann. Kurze Zeit später taucht Gansmann wieder auf und will Mississippi für 500 Euro zurückhaben. Sofort ist klar, dass dafür niemals reine Pferdeliebe der Grund sein kann. Nachdem Emma und ihre Freunde schließlich Albert Gansmanns Geheimnis aufgedeckt haben, schreckt dieser nicht einmal vor einer Entführung zurück.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 414
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, educational
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Annaluise & Anton (1999)
Plot Summary:
Pünktchen und Anton is the 1999 German film based on the classic children’s novels by Erich Kastner and assimilated to modern times.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sad, touching, serious, realistic
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Famous Five (2012)
Plot Summary:
The film recounts the adventures of Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog on their first holiday together at the seaside. In an old smugglers' cave, the children happen to overhear a radio message that refers to the abduction of George’s father Quentin. The professor has set up a laboratory on Kirrin Island where he’s doing research on a new energy generation method. Someone has obviously taken great interest in the valuable research results. But neither the police nor George’s mother Fanny believe the children. They are now on their own and discover a conspiracy that almost takes their breath away.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 766
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, mysterious, exciting, light, educational
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Emil and the Detectives (2001)
Plot Summary:
The twelve-year-old Emil and his father are haunted by bad luck. To take a break from a series of family disasters, Emil is allowed to spend a few days with a friend of the family, the female priest Hummel in Berlin. In the train he runs across the slick Max Grundeis who anaesthetizes Emil and steals his savings of 1500 DM. When he finally arrives in Berlin, Emil and a gang of street kids, led by the cheeky girl Pony Hütchen, try to find the gangster, who haunts the posh Hotel Adlon as a hotel thief. Meanwhile, to prevent anyone from finding out about Emil's mishap, Gypsi, a member of the gang of kids, passes himself off as Emil, thus wreaking havoc on the home of the priest.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining
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Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion (2012)
Plot Summary:
Victor is both thrilled and mystified when his family moves into his grand-uncles somber mansion filled with African masks, taxidermy crocodile mounts - and a dark secret: Four decades ago, his grand-cousin Cecilia, at the same age as he is now, lost her life in the mansions impressive staircase, and the circumstances of her death still remain obscure.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, atmospheric, entertaining, educational, detective, whimsical
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Shiverstone Castle (2016)
Plot Summary:
Eleven-year-old outsider Stephan arrives at Castle Schreckenstein, an all-boys boarding school, where he learns about life within a community and soon finds himself being part of a funny 'pranks-competition' the boys are currently fighting against the neighboring girls of Castle Rosenfels. When the girls have no choice but to move to Schreckenstein after a failed prank, life at school is suddenly nothing like it used to be.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, educational
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The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar III: The Mystery of the Snake Crown (2008)
Plot Summary:
The snake crown is stolen (or taken back) from the Knight Templars by the earth worshippers of Crete; the three kids try to retrieve it on behalf of the Knight Templars.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Wickie the Mighty Viking (2009)
Plot Summary:
Vicky is a viking-boy who lives with his parents Halvar and Ylva in the small village Flake. He is a typical viking boy, but rather fearful. He is also not very strong but smart. One day he sails with the grown up vikings out to the sea and to experience a great and funny adventure.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: semi serious, exciting, feel good, humorous, light, parody, educational
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Famous Five 3 (2014)
Plot Summary:
In their third cinema adventure the Famous Five are searching for a pirate treasure.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 429
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Family
Country: Germany, Thailand
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, exciting
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The Crocodiles (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ten-year-old Hannes, growing up with his young, poor and single mother wants to join the coolest gang in the area, the Vorstadtkrokodile. When the ‘entry test’ goes wrong, Hannes’s life is saved by Kai, who is desperate to join too but is wheelchair bound and unable to even run away when things get hot. Hannes would accept Kai but the other gang members don’t seem happy to accept a handicapped member. Finally Kai has something to offer. One night a shop is robbed and Kai sees the robbers with his telescope. This is his chance to give some important information to the Crocodiles who want to catch the robbers and gain the € 1000 reward. The Crocodiles and their new member will embark on a big and dangerous adventure.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, light, educational, humorous, fast
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Famous Five 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
For their bicycle tour to Catmoor, the friends Julian, Dick and Anne, their cousin Georgina, called George, and her dog Timmy have long looked forward to. But the camping holiday in the countryside ends with the kidnapping of Dick, confuse the two underprivileged hoodlums with the same age millionaire's son Hardy. With sophistication and courage, the five friends take on his trail that leads from a mysterious traveling circus to the castle "Owls Nest" where the kidnappers force Dick to coax the clue to a giant emerald.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, exciting, realistic
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Pippi Goes on Board (1969)
Plot Summary:
This is the film version which is a compilation of the 1969 TV Series shown in 13 parts. It is therefore technically the "first" Pippi Långstrump film, although it wasn't released as a film until 1973. Pippi lives alone in Villekulla because her mother is an angel in heaven and her father is a king in the Southern Seas. Brother & sister Tommy and Annika become her friends and the 13 episodes detail their adventures together. Pippi Goes on Board is the USA title, with the original title being "Here Comes Pippi Longstocking!" (Här kommer Pippi Långstrump).
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden, West Germany
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Dunston Checks In (1996)
Plot Summary:
Hotel manager Robert Grant is forced by his boss to postpone his family vacation when a hotel critic checks in. Trouble is, the critic is really a villainous jewel thief with an orangutan assistant named Dunston. When Dunston gets loose and tries to escape a life of crime -- aided by Robert's sons -- havoc, hijinks and lots of laughs abound!.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, not serious, entertaining, slapstick comedy, feel good, funny, clever, touching, unusual plot structure
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Monkey Trouble (1994)
Plot Summary:
Dodger, a criminal monkey, belongs to a crooked street performer but escapes his life of crime only to end up in the arms of Eva, an innocent little girl whose mother has no idea that her daughter is harboring a fugitive.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, touching, feel good, semi serious, light, road movie, sexy, clever, unusual plot structure
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Plot Summary:
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas eve.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 388000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, hilarious, slapstick, exciting, christmas special, cute, sweet, parody