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Plot Summary:
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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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, sentimental, feel good, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious
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Jeremy Fink and his best friend Lizzy must search high and low throughout the streets of Manhattan for clues to unlock the mysterious box he received a month before his birthday.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 386
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, touching, interesting
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, captivating, exciting, feel good
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 735
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Plot tags: semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting, humorous
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Plot Summary:
Four kids - Eugen, Wrigley, Bäschteli and Eduard - leave for an adventure around Switzerland, searching for the fabulous treasure of Titicaca Lake, discovered by Fritzli Bühler.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, aesthetic, touching, realistic, semi serious, fast
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The Crocodiles Strike Back (2010)
Plot Summary:
New summer adventure of the Crocodiles, who set up their detective skills to find out who is behind the accidents of the factory where Ollie and Mary's parents work , which could mean the closure of the plant, the move of the family and the dissolution of the gang.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 878
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Plot tags: semi serious, realistic, humorous, fast, feel good
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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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Plot Summary:
Two young boy twins receive a boat of their own by a stroke of luck. It turns out to be very fast and they use their boat to help out their friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, serious, captivating
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 166
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IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: semi serious, sincere, captivating, exciting, light, stylized
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 856
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
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Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, light, scenic, exciting
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Western
Country: Netherlands
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Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, exciting, light, semi serious, psychotronic
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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
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: France
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Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Plot Summary:
1960. The thrilling battles waged by a band of kids from two rival villages in the southern French countryside.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: France
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 901
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
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Peter Pan Live! (2014)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 230
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 193
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Country: Australia
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 385
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 408
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Country: Norway
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 407
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
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Country: France
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 411
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 147
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Kids World (2000)
Plot Summary:
What would you wish for if you were eleven and could have anything in the world? Your parents don't understand you. Your teenage brother is constantly getting you in trouble...for things he did! You're in love with the twelve-year-old girl across the street... who, unfortunately, is dating the local bully. Then, one afternoon, while being chased by the bully, you fall into a sinkhole, which happens to be in an ancient Indian burial ground. You find a glass, which you discover turns out to be a witchdoctor's Wishing Glass. When Ryan Mitchell discovers the Wishing Glass, he wishes that all the teenagers and parents would disappear. Soon it's "Kids World," with no adults and teenagers - nobody over the age of 12 anywhere! You can only imagine what happens next... *IT'S A CANADIAN FILM*.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 303
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
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Country: USA
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Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, sweet, light, emotional, melancholic, semi serious, tear jerker, epic
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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
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Country: UK, USA
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