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Plot Summary:
The Hans Christian Anderson tale gets a new treatment, this time with a rat trying to exploit the talents of a little ugly duckling for profit.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: France, Germany, Ireland, UK, Denmark
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, anime, computer animated, 3d animation
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Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost (2006)
Plot Summary:
Film that mixes live action and animation, from Hui Buh, a character created in 1969 by Eberhard Alexander-Burgh author and star of a radio series and book series popular in the 70s. Hui Buh takes over 500 years in the castle of Burgeck as officially licensed only ghost to scare. The problem is that not too good at his job and you can not scare anyone. Things get complicated when King Wedding spoils Julius and Leonora, causing the King to destroy the license and the ghost Hui Buh run out of power. To recover will have to pass a special examination in two days or disappear forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, anime, offbeat, computer animated
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Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks (2003)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK, Ireland
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, computer animated, educational
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Two by Two: Overboard! (2020)
Plot Summary:
The Honeymoon is over… How we enjoyed the party when our amphibious Nestrian chums discovered their incredible newfound agility underwater! But, when we revisit our curious, loveable pals, the entire animal kingdom’s survival is once again at stake. Amid the prospect of no new land on which to live and prosper, not to mention the ever-diminishing food resources, the mood on board the Ark is laden with mounting tensions, which regularly spill over into ark rage. Fragile peace is frequently broken with general chaos ensuing. How can our unlikely heroes help? And what lies beneath for Finny in an oceanful of possibilities when he quite literally falls into some rather surprising new company?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 769
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, sweet
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Jungle Shuffle (2014)
Plot Summary:
In this turbulent jungle adventure an outcast coati male has to team up with a quirky spider monkey to save a coati princess from the hands of a human poacher and his mysterious client.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Animation, Adventure
Country: Mexico, South Korea, Colombia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, sincere, computer animated, anime
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Ribbit (2014)
Plot Summary:
A frog who hates the water and jumping wishes that he could be like the other animals in the Amazon rainforest.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Malaysia, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, sincere, captivating, mockbuster, sentimental, semi serious, computer animated
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Chloe's Closet (2009)
Plot Summary:
An animated children's program about a little girl, her security blanket, and the adventures she has wile playing dress up in her closet.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Ireland, France
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: computer animated, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Yellowbird (2014)
Plot Summary:
Yellowbird lives in the ruins of an old house. He lacks the confidence to leave his home, no matter how much Bug, his labybird friend, tries to convince him to go out into the world. Attempts to toughen him up have had little success, so Bug seizes an opportunity that leaves Yellowbird unexpectedly finding himself the new leader of the flock that is migrating to Africa. Still, lacking faith in his own abilities and with danger and imminent failure lurking around every corner, our feathered hero is forced to either find the strength required to work with the team or bow out and stay hidden away forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, 3d animation, computer animated, not serious
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Duck Duck Goose (2018)
Plot Summary:
After he’s grounded by an injury, a high-flying bachelor is saddled with two wide-eyed orphans as they come face-to-face with the dangers and beauty of the outside world.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: China, USA, UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, funny, humorous, entertaining, colorful, computer animated, colourful
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All Creatures Big and Small (2015)
Plot Summary:
It's the end of the world. A flood is coming. Luckily for Dave and his son Finny, a couple of clumsy Nestrians, an Ark has been built to save all animals. But as it turns out, Nestrians aren't allowed. Sneaking on board with the involuntary help of Hazel and her daughter Leah, two Grymps, they think they're safe. Until the curious kids fall off the Ark. Now Finny and Leah struggle to survive the flood and hungry predators and attempt to reach the top of a mountain, while Dave and Hazel must put aside their differences, turn the Ark around and save their kids. It's definitely not going to be smooth sailing.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, exciting, captivating, semi serious, light, 3d animation, christian film, computer animated
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Stitch! The Movie (2003)
Plot Summary:
The continuing adventures of Lilo, a little Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, the galaxy's most wanted extraterrestrial. Stitch, Pleakley, and Dr. Jumba are all part of the household now. But what Lilo and Stitch don't know is that Dr. Jumba brought one of his alien "experiments" to Hawaii.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, 2d animation
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The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006)
Plot Summary:
Best friends Tod, a fox kit, and Copper, a hound puppy, visit a country fair when they see a band of dogs called "The Singin' Strays". The band has five members: Dixie, Cash, Granny Rose, and twin brothers Waylon and Floyd. It is important that they perform well because a talent scout is visiting.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, 2d animation
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Timon & Pumbaa (1995)
Plot Summary:
The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa, often simply referred to as Timon & Pumbaa, is an animated comedy television series made by the Walt Disney Company. It centers on Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog from the Disney film franchise The Lion King, without most of the other characters in the franchise. The show ran for three seasons from September 16, 1995 to September 24th, 1999.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, South Korea, Philippines, Australia, Taiwan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, anime, colorful, cult classic, slapstick, semi serious, buddy comedy, slapstick comedy
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Pettson and Findus (1999)
Plot Summary:
Gubben Pettson och katten Findus är nere vid sjön och fiskar. Det blåser upp, börjar snöa och blir mörkt. Vilse i stormen tvingas de söka skydd i en igloo av fiskblock och där inne berättar de om året som gått.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Millionaire Dogs (1999)
Plot Summary:
Chuffie & JD, both street dogs, meet a talking parrot named Emmo who has lost his owner. The dogs try and eat Emmo, but in order to save his life, the parrot promises them a new home with his owner, the wealthy Miss Lilly. The two dogs feel right at home at their new mansion, along with Miss Lilly's other pets (all strays): the beautiful Bella, the frisky Velvet, and the guard dog Sherman. Unfortuantely, it doesn't take long for Miss Lilly to "kick the bucket", and the dogs' future is in jeapordy, especially since Miss Lilly's scheaming niece & nephew, Ronnie & Hannie, have had their eyes on the estate for quite some time. When the will reveals that the pets are to inherit the estate (including the mansion and one million dollars!), the twins decide to take matters into their own hands to try and get what they think they deserve. It's up to JD, Chuffie, Emmo, Bella, Sherman, and Velvet to stop the twins.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Manou the Swift (2019)
Plot Summary:
The little swift Manou grows up believing he's a seagull. Learning to fly he finds out he never will be. Shocked, he runs away from home. He meets birds of his own species and finds out who he really is. When both seagulls and swifts face a dangerous threat, Manou becomes the hero of the day.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining
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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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Raven the Little Rascal (2012)
Plot Summary:
A children’s animated feature film based on an internationally bestselling book series for a main target audience of 3 to 8 year olds telling a universal story about friendship, loyalty and honesty in which Little Raven and his friends have to work up all their courage to save their beloved forest.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, anime
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The Hairy Tooth Fairy (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lucía, an active little girl, looses a tooth. Santiago, her father, is an out-of-work boss, and her mother, Pilar, is a successful but overworked architect, reassure Lucía, by telling her that the Hairy Tooth Fairy (a mouse named Pérez) will come to her bedroom to collect her tooth, leaving some money in its place. A mouse who had been monitoring the situation tells another mouse, who in turn tells another mouse until finally the news reaches Pérez, The Hairy Tooth Fairy, who lives in a boat in the port along with hundreds of other mice. They receive the teeth that he collects, and then clean, shape and polish them so that they can be transformed into shiny round pearls. These pearls are then carried through the citys sewers until finally they reach the jewellers owned by Morientes, where an old friend exchanges them for their weight in gold.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 883
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, computer animated, feel good, captivating
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Black to the Moon 3D (2013)
Plot Summary:
Blackie, the black sheep, is obsessed with going to the moon. Kanuto, the sheepdog, is obsessed with Blackie, but he will not hear of rockets. However, undertaking the trip just dreamed Blackie. Along the way are cows that are opera singers, gallant wolves, spiders, illegal immigrants and a strange little group of dogs that have a rocket ready to take off. But Pinky, a huge pink sheep devilish character, prevents it.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Spain, Italy, France
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, computer animated, light, feel good, anime
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Maya the Bee Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Freshly hatched bee Maya is a little whirlwind and won't follow the rules of the hive. One of these rules is not to trust the hornets that live beyond the meadow. When the Royal Jelly is stolen, the hornets are suspected and Maya is thought to be their accomplice. No one believes that she is the innocent victim and no one will stand by her except for her good-natured and best friend Willy. After a long and eventful journey to the hornets hive Maya and Willy soon discover the true culprit and the two friends finally bond with the other residents of the opulent meadow.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, 3d animation, light, captivating, computer animated, semi serious
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Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails - The Movie (2009)
Plot Summary:
The British children's series THOMAS & FRIENDS follows the animated adventures of a helpful locomotive named Thomas the Tank Engine as he and his train buddies work the rail lines and teach kids about the spirit of teamwork. This cartoon movie breaks new ground in the series by providing voices for each individual character (previously, the tales were narrated by a single storyteller) and introducing three new friends: a train named Hiro, a steam engine named Victor, and a crane named Kevin.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, computer animated, feel good, captivating, funny, light, entertaining
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The House of Magic (2013)
Plot Summary:
Thunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos. Not everyone welcomes the new addition to the troupe as Jack Rabbit and Maggie Mouse plot to evict Thunder. The situation gets worse when the magician lands in hospital and his scheming nephew sees his chance to cash in by selling the mansion. Our young hero is determined to earn his place and so he enlists the help of some wacky magician's assistants to protect his magical new home.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, UK, France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, 3d animation, computer animated, exciting
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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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Zambezia (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set in a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria Falls, "Zambezia" is the story of Kai - a naïve, but high-spirited young falcon who travels to the bird city of "Zambezia" where he discovers the truth about his origins and, in defending the city, learns how to be part of a community.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, sincere, feel good, 3d animation, anime, semi serious, computer animated
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Open Season 2 (2008)
Plot Summary:
After falling head over hooves in love with Giselle, Elliot's road to the altar takes a slight detour when Mr. Weenie is kidnapped by a group of pampered pets determined to return him to his owners.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: computer animated, funny, humorous, colorful, 3d animation, feel good, exciting, intense, not serious, anime
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Barnyard (2006)
Plot Summary:
When the farmer's away, all the animals play, and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis, a carefree cow.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: computer animated, humorous, exciting, funny, captivating, 3d animation, light, feel good, anime, cult classic
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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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The Hairy Tooth Fairy 2 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Eight year old Lucas would like to know how the Tooth Fairy exchanges coins for teeth without getting caught. He is determined to stay awake all night to find out. Meanwhile, a little mouse falls into a trap set by a dishonest contractor who is desperate to tell the world his secret, that the mouse is the Tooth Fairy. Lucas and his family has to do everything in their power to help the sweet little mouse with its mission, which since time immemorial, is to make children happy.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, light, entertaining, feel good, anime, computer animated
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Nussa: The Movie (2021)
Plot Summary:
Planning to impress his father who is coming home after being abroad for a year, Nussa the smart 9-year-old kid participates in his school’s science competition. But when he receives news that his father cancelled his trip home and is unable to attend the competition, and at the same time a new, smart student named Jonni quickly becomes his rival in the school's science competition, Nussa learns the true meaning of gratitude.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, funny, light, sincere, humorous, entertaining, anime, 3d animation, smart
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The Nut Job (2014)
Plot Summary:
Surly, a curmudgeon, independent squirrel is banished from his park and forced to survive in the city. Lucky for him, he stumbles on the one thing that may be able to save his life, and the rest of park community, as they gear up for winter - Maury's Nut Store.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Canada, South Korea, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, computer animated, entertaining, 3d animation, not serious, light, feel good, anime, scenic