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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
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Home and Away: All or Nothing (2017)
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Rather then returning home with Nate after their kidnap-wrecked second honeymoon, Heath and Bianca decide to visit Kyle in prison with Ash. Gunno, who was jailed there too, was hoping for this opportunity to take double 'revenge' on both Braxtons, so he starts a prison riot and seizes the control room. Ash, who has been a prisoner there, gets them out, but Heath decides to return for his sibling and Bianca convinces Ash to return and help them, Nate flies over but must stay with her. Kyle bravely helps a guard escape abuse, who helps seek a way out, but is traced and shot.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min
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Mordkommission K?nigswinkel (2017)
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Police commissioner Thomas Stark, released from jail after three years after the trial for the murder of his former partner was quashed, is picked up and housed not by his wife, who disowned him and hesitates whether to reestablish contact with their bratty teen daughter, but by his discredited attorney Rainer Kessler. Stark insists instantly to rejoin his Füssen precinct in Königswinkel, where doubt remain concerning his innocence. Captain Mehrin assigns him not above loyal believer Peter Breitkreuz but under openly hostile Julia Bachleitner, to keep an eye on him for chief and her husband, state attorney Magnus Bachleitner. Their first case is the murder of local newspaper reporter Schäfer; who sought his first great scoop investigating the Italian mafia connections in Allgäu. Despite sabotage from Julia, Thomas does a good job, using his rapport with former classmate and restaurant owner Francesco Danesi only to be mistrusted by both sides. The missing evidence apparently gathered.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
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Scrappin' (2016)
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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
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The Peppercorns and the Curse of the Black King (2017)
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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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Falsche Siebziger (2017)
Plot Summary:
In a small Gernan Village 3 old people die. Their Kids decide to keep acting as if their were alive, so they can get their retirement benefit.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
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The Pasta Detectives 3 (2016)
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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
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The Pasta Detectives (2014)
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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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Super Miss (2018)
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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
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We Are the Pirates of the Roads (2015)
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The Rosvola family – The Robbersons drive around the country in their pirate car robbing bypassing cars of their sweets, extra food and consumer goods. Life changes for the Rosvolas when they accidentally kidnap 10-year-old Vilja, a diligent school girl. Will Vilja succeed in escaping or will she become friends with the Rosvolas´ children Hele (12 years) and Kalle (9 years)? We are the Pirates of the Roads is a funny and crazy adventurous road movie for children.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Finland, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Four Junior Detectives (1992)
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The four young snoopers Tim, Karl, Kloesschen and Gaby by chance discover a hidden cave near an old castle. In it there's a board that seems to describe the way to a legendary sword. They ask their history teacher Schindler about it. He forbids them further actions, but secretly continues investigations with help of two ruthless criminals. But our young heros don't give up on an adventure so fast.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 84 min
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Rock Band (2018)
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Los Bando Immortale is a crazy road movie about a young band from Norway who set out on a journey across the country to attend the National Championship of Rock in a race against time, the police and their parents.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: road movie, entertaining, light, feel good, captivating
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Time Heroes (2016)
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Berlin students Ben, Jonas, Leo, Ozzi and Sophie are on a class trip to "boring" Hildesheim. Their schedule includes visiting the medieval cathedral and witnessing a complete solar eclipse, but destiny intervenes… A bomb goes off at the cathedral and the students are evacuated by the police, only to find themselves in the clutches of an occult secret society calling themselves the Lunaris Cult, who aim to use an ancient pagan artifact, the Irminsul, to harness the vital force of their teenage captives and use it for their own purposes on the eclipse. The evil cultists are after immortality and divine power, and are even prepared to sacrifice the friends' lives. Ben and his gang manage to escape. Chased from one danger to the next, the cultists pursue them, closing in on them more and more. The fanatics have it all planned out, it seems, leaving nothing to chance. They disable the cell phone networks and satellite connections, leaving the friends to fend for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: captivating, unusual plot structure, suspense, visually appealing
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TKKG (2019)
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When Willi's father is abducted and is only released for a valuable statue from his art collection, Tim is the only one who believes Willi that the police are on the wrong track. Together with the smart policeman's daughter Gaby and the highly intelligent outsider Karl, they start to investigate on their own. Against all odds the four discover a conspiracy. In the course of their first big detective adventure they grow together into a committed community, and so Tim, Klöschen, Karl and Gaby become the band TKKG.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, not serious
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The Famous Five 4 (2015)
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The famous five George, Julian, Dick, Anne and Timmy the dog are spending holidays together. But when they are invited by Berhard, father of Julian, Dick and Anne, to visit an egyptian exhibition they see a burglar. They have a look at the mummy the burglar was tempering with to find a golden amulet. The famous five decide to visit Egypt to hand over the amulet. When arriving in Egypt Bernhard is arrested because he's asserted he stole the amulet and replaced it with a fake. Now its up to the young detectives to solve the case and prove their fathers innocence.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Family, Thriller
Country: Germany, Tunisia
Duration: 97 min
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TKKG - The Secret of the Mysterious Mind Machine (2006)
Plot Summary:
Four teenage sleuths solve a case regarding abducted children and teenagers and a mind machine.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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The Secret of Arkandias (2014)
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Theo, not the most popular boy at his school, dreams of escaping the dreary everyday life, experiencing adventure and accomplishing great heroic deeds. His dream seems to be fulfilled when, one day, he finds a very old and magical book in the library and fascinates him with a short hand. He forges the plan to forge a ring with his best friend Bonav and the rebellious Laura, who can make him invisible. The charm succeeds, but the three friends conjure up all sorts of dangers of magical, but also secular nature. Only the mysterious red wizard Arkandias can now help you out of trouble.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, feel good, captivating
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Famous Five (2012)
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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)
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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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Pirates Down the Street II: The Ninjas from Across (2022)
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The pirates feel right at home in Sandborough, but the atmosphere cools right down when the ninjas come to live in the street. After all, pirates and ninjas are sworn enemies! While pirate captain Hector Blunderbuss struggles to get rid of his new neighbours, son Billy and ninja daughter Yuka become friends. The pirates challenge the ninjas to the ultimate battle at the village's annual hexathlon. Who will win the match? Ninjas are faster and more agile of course, but pirates are the best cheats in all of the seven seas.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min
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The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar III: The Mystery of the Snake Crown (2008)
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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
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Bernie the Dolphin (2018)
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A brother and sister who befriend a badly sunburned dolphin separated from his family and uncover a secret plan that could destroy the beach and their new friend's home. The kids must devise a clever plan to stop the bad guys, protect the sea life, and, most importantly, save their best friend, Bernie.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Help, I Shrunk My Parents (2018)
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Felix's school is haunted again, only this time it's not the benevolent spirit of school founder Otto Leonhard and the nuisance he caused, but the hated and long-since dead Director Hulda Stingbeard. A coincidence causes the former shrunken and skeletonized school principle to rise again. When she manages to return to real life she almost defeats Otto Leonhard, manages to shrink Dr. Schmitt-Gössenwein and Felix' parents, and takes over the school. It takes Felix, Ella and their gang to set the levers in motion to save the school and bring Dr. Schmitt-Gössenwein and his parents back to their original size again.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 408
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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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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My Pet Dinosaur (2017)
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When a young boy named Jake accidentally makes a new friend in an experiment gone wrong a troubled town is plunged into chaos. But with the creature rapidly evolving every day, Jake finds it increasingly difficult to keep his new pet secret. Jake's friends and new girl Abbie realize they are not the only ones interested in this strange, mischievous little dinosaur and soon discover that the only thing more mysterious than what it is, is who is looking for it.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sincere, exciting, suspenseful, touching, semi serious
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3 Little Ninjas and the Lost Treasure (1993)
Plot Summary:
A treasure map found by three young boys allows them reason to get their kicks in more ways than one.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous
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Famous Five 2 (2013)
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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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Catch That Kid (2004)
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Athletic 12-year-old Maddy (Kristen Stewart) shares an enthusiasm for mountain climbing with her father, Tom (Sam Robards). Unfortunately, Tom suffers a spinal injury while scaling Mount Everest, and his family is unable to afford the surgery that can save him. Maddy decides to get the money for her father's operation by robbing a high-security bank. She relies on her climbing skills and help from her geeky friends (Max Thieriot, Corbin Bleu) to pull it off successfully.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, feel good, semi serious, exciting, action thriller, realistic, experimental, fast, sexy
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Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods (2011)
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When does the little Vicky finally a real Viking? This question can his father Halvar no rest. But when the terrible Sven kidnapped the chief of Flake, has to prove himself unexpectedly Vicky: As deputy chief, he leads the strong men and it gets support from the fearless Svenja. Take course for the Cape Fear to free Halvar from Sven's castle - but the biggest problem is the Vikings still to come ... On stormy seas, tropical beaches and Valkyries by dangerous icy wastes before they fight their way to a secret location to be due to the hidden treasure of the fabled gods. The terrible Sven does everything it can to get him - and only Vicky can stop him with his clever ideas.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, exciting
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Pirates Down the Street (2020)
Plot Summary:
When a pirate family's arrival shakes up a coastal town, the kids next door offer to help them blend in and fight a bitter rival.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining, exciting, funny, humorous, visually appealing
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Sherlock: Undercover Dog (1994)
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Billy, 10, a dreamer, wants to be taken seriously so he can live with his toy-designer father on Catalina Island. Billy's plans get seriously spoilt when Sherlock, a talking police dog, demands his help to rescue his police detective handler kidnaped by smugglers. But Sherlock likes to keep his talking a closely-guarded secret. So now no one will take Billy seriously until he rescues the kidnaped detective and catches the smugglers.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious, detective