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Plot Summary:
The nine year old Larissa lives in the Luneburg Heath. She is in the clique "The Timies", which is devoted to historical events and facts. In this summer holidays, Larissa's cousins from Berlin are visiting the Luneburg Heath for the first time. From now on, Emma more and more realizes that she disposes of a mysterious talent. By touching antique objects she is able to look into the past of these things. Will they be able to find this treasure? And what has this shining crystal appearing in Emma's visions to do with it?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: exciting, sincere, captivating, humorous
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Shadowland: The Legend (2012)
Plot Summary:
Frank (12) and his sister Caroline (16) arrive in mythical Attic Town in Shadowland, where the Great Syndicate is ruling and robbing citizens. An army of Shadows kidnaps anyone out after dark and the Patrolling Thieves make the daylight miserable for everyone. Attic Town is a place where the streets have no names and there is no turning back. Not realizing that they shifted in space and time, Frank and Caroline part, looking for directions. Wandering the streets, the boy meets Donlore, a young Patrolling Thief, and trusts this somewhat shadowy figure despite his first instincts. Caroline finds herself on a farm outside of town. She soon sets on a journey to find her brother and help him realize his mistake. She has to find him before dark. When the night falls, he will remain one of the dark rulers forever and there will be no way back. In the meantime, the underground opposition of Attic Town begins to revolt.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, stylized, humorous
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Someone Like Hodder (2003)
Plot Summary:
Hodder is nine years old. He lives on his own with his father, who works nights as a bill poster. One night a fairy appears to Hodder and asks him to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious
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V8 - Revenge of the Nitros (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends got into a big trouble and they will try to do anything to get away with it.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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The Amazing Wizard of Paws (2015)
Plot Summary:
Young Bobby Spade who has an anxiety disorder, discovers that his therapy dog Ozzy is actually 600 years old and was once owned by a powerful wizard from ancient times. Upon his twelfth birthday, Bobby is propelled into a new life when he learns the truth about his faithful pet who soon determines the boy and his widowed mother's destiny.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, entertaining
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The Fakir (2004)
Plot Summary:
When two children move into an old house with their mother they find magical mystery involving a lively spirit and a precious diamond.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 578
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining
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School of Magical Animals (2021)
Plot Summary:
Ida has a hard time making friends. One day, her weird class teacher announces that everyone in the class will have a magical animal with them. Ida is put to the side of the fox Rabbat. Benni, just like Ida also an outsider, has the turtle Henrietta as a new companion. Together they have amazing adventures ahead of them, but will they be able to fulfill the main requirement of the "Magic Pet Shop": to keep their new friends a secret from adults?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Wild Chicks (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sprotte is about 12 years old and has a "gang" with her three friends Frieda, Melanie and Trude. Together the girls take Care of Sprottes grandmothers chickens. The new girl in School, Wilma, wishes to join the group, which Melanie is very unhappy about, and on top of all of that they have an on going revalisasion with a group of boys. Sprottes grandmother is planning on slaughtering the chickens! Will the Wild Chicks put Down their war with the boys? And Will they be able to save the chicken?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, captivating
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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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Dino Dana: The Movie (2020)
Plot Summary:
Finds 10-year-old Dana, who sees dinosaurs in the real world, solving dino experiment #901 - where are all the kid dinosaurs? But while working on the solution, her new neighbor Mateo is dino-napped by a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and it's up to Dana, her sister Saara, and Mateo's brother Jadiel to finish the experiment.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Dragon Girl (2020)
Plot Summary:
Nine year old Sara befriends a newborn dragon, together they will turn Christmas upside down and literary put it on fire.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Treasures (2017)
Plot Summary:
Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvelous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Foreign Exchange (2004)
Plot Summary:
Foreign Exchange is an Australian fantastic's television programme broadcast by Southern Star during 2004. It starred Lynn Styles as Hannah O'Flaherty, a feisty Irish girl, and Zachary Garred as Brett Miller, a sun-drenched Australian boy. The pair are brought together from opposite sides of the world, due to a transfer portal. The series of 26 episodes was created by the Australian John Rapsey and directed by Annie Murtagh-Monks and Gillian Reynolos.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia, Ireland
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, sincere, captivating, semi serious
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Magic Journey to Africa (2010)
Plot Summary:
Jana’s magical journey to Africa contains a deep message about friendship, love, passion, nature and imagination. It is a spiritual journey for adults and a magical one for kids, full of mysteries, adventures and discoveries.
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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Return to Nim's Island (2013)
Plot Summary:
Fourteen year old Nim, more determined than ever to protect her island and all the wildlife that call it home, faces off against resort developers and animal poachers. Soon she realizes she can’t depend on her animal cohorts alone and must make her first human friend – Edmund, who’s run away to the island from the mainland – to save her home.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, sincere, captivating, touching, offbeat
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The Legend of the Christmas Witch: The Origins (2021)
Plot Summary:
18th century. Paola, a young, reckless street urchin inadvertently gets in the way of the plans of terrifying Baron De Michelis, a small and mean hunchback always escorted by his trusted (and abused) minion Marmotta, with an unquenchable thirst for power and an unmeasurable hate for witches. The intervention of the sweet and powerful Dolores, a good witch who has devoted her life to children, saves Paola from being burned at the stake. Through a magical apprenticeship, breakneck pursuits, incredible transformations and a whole lot of trouble, Paola will discover that fate has something really special in store for her… And so the legend begins.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Ghost (2015)
Plot Summary:
An aircraft designer becomes a ghost after a sudden death. Now he needs to engage a help of seven-grader in order to finish all his unaccomplished tasks.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, sincere, touching, captivating, entertaining, family comedy
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The Christmas King: In Full Armor (2015)
Plot Summary:
An evil lord, eager to rule the Valley of Knights, steals a magic suit of armor and is determined to hunt down the young queen for the missing part, the snow-making glove. But two courageous kids from our world are coming to her rescue.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Xuxa and the Elves (2001)
Plot Summary:
Kira (Xuxa) is a botanical that has magical powers, despite not knowing their origin. Until Nanda (Debby), a girl of 10 years, finds himself trapped in his room an elf named Damiz (Leonardo Cordonis) and asks Kira to help free him. Soon they discover that Damiz is the prince of the elves and that was hijacked by Gorgon (Guilherme Karam), a greedy executive who want to buy the house of Nanda family. To help combat Gorgon, Kira then decides to enter the world of elves.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, captivating
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After the Rain, on Thursday (1986)
Plot Summary:
A palace steward conspires with bandits to kidnap an infant czar's son and an orphan adopted by the czar, replacing the prince with the steward's son. Two decades later the true prince and his foster brother are slaves in a quarry, the changeling grew up as a prince, and his mother has been elevated to the highest position in the state for "saving" the prince, but losing her own child. Then the brothers escape, the changeling prince departs to fight an immortal wizard and vanishes, and the brothers have to deal with the wizard. Which includes stealing a bird-woman from a Mid-Eastern khan and figuring where the wizard's death is.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, humorous, captivating
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The Magic Door (2007)
Plot Summary:
A magic Troll aims to defeat the Black Witch and find the magic door that will lead him home with the help of the Elf Flip, and the Boy Liam.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, feel good, exciting, stylized
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A Witches' Ball (2017)
Plot Summary:
Every year the Witching World gathers to celebrate the newly inducted witches into their world. Beatrix (12) is eager to become part of this world, but when her pending magical status is jeopardized she needs the help of her furry best friend Muggs (voiced by Joey Fatone) to solve some magical riddles before the big event. Will Beatrix sink or soar on the night of the Witches' Ball?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, spooky
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Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street (2014)
Plot Summary:
Life is anything but normal for Gortimer and his two best friends, Ranger and Mel, as they navigate Normal Street - an ordinary suburb that has a hint of something magical just beneath the surface.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, anthology, action adventure
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Under Wraps (2021)
Plot Summary:
Three friends try to save their mummified friend, Harold, from greedy criminals by returning him to his resting place before midnight on Halloween.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Witches Don't Exist (2014)
Plot Summary:
On her 13th birthday Katie, a talented young girl, receives a magical amulet. This amulet was on a quest to find the fifth and last witch to complete the order of the star witches. Because in it's incomplete form, the order is unable to protect earth against the evil witch Concuela. While Katie is exploring her new magical powers together with her best friend Roy, Grimbeck, the dandy gatekeeper of the star witches arena, as well as the evil Concuela are desperately trying to find Katie.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating, spooky
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Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys (2016)
Plot Summary:
At summer camp, young Bibi and her friends are pitted against the boys in a treasure hunt. But what's a witch to do when she loses her powers?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, spooky
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Arthur's Quest (1999)
Plot Summary:
To escape the clutches of the evil warrior and sorceress Morgana, Merlin transports young King Arthur into modern day America. When Merlin comes back ten years later to retrieve him, he finds a hip 15 year-old Arthur who does not believe Merlin, nor does he want to return to the past. Merlin must convince Arthur of his true identity, before Morgana can retrieve Excalibur and allow the Dark Forces to take over the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 505
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, exciting, light, captivating, sincere, fairy tale, arthurian, independent film
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The Treasure of the White Falcons (2005)
Plot Summary:
Three friends find a treasure map from the mysterious 'White Falcons', a juvenile gang whose leader disappeared ten years before.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Family, Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Fuchsia the Mini-Witch (2010)
Plot Summary:
Great adventures can hatch from the smallest eggs. Fucsia wants to learn to do magic just like her father, and so is pleased as punch when she is allowed to go to witches' school. There, Fucsia learns to make wind and conjures with the clouds. But her magic often has unexpected results, however, as she is sometimes that little bit too ambitious.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good, mystic
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The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes (2020)
Plot Summary:
Vlad has just moved and joined one of the most famous magical schools in the world, where he meets fairies, witches, trolls and dwarfs. Him and his father are the first vampires in town, but he soon meets other special kids.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, fairy tale, funny, entertaining
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Bibi Blocksberg (2002)
Plot Summary:
In order to save some kids who are about to die in a fire, Bibi, the daughter of a prestigious witch, manages to trigger a heavy rain with her powers. The head of all witches gives her an award called "Crystal Ball", reserved for older girls. German adventure film very much in line of Harry Potter, but in female version.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 982
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, semi serious, tense, spooky, fairy tale