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Plot Summary:
Poucet is a kid from a family of numerous children. The parents, too poor to feed them, decide to abandon them in the forest. Their, the brothers try to find their way out making fantastic encounters. This film is based on the French fairy tale "Le petit poucet" by Charles Perrault.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, serious, stylized, captivating, exciting, psychotronic
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The Wylds (2010)
Plot Summary:
(Long Synopsis) "This action-packed, fantasy-fueled family adventure – inspired by the revered literary Christian classic, The Pilgrim’s Progress – overflows with outrageous characters, special effects … and a moral message. In The Wylds, young Chris (Solomon Ray) is a runaway living with a group of other misfit kids in a junkyard, all under the watchful eye of a Dickens-esque character who forces them to steal to survive. When Chris is caught pilfering at a church, the pastor protects him from the police, then challenges him to find his estranged father. Chris bravely chooses to leave his family of thieves and ventures into the wilderness in search of a better life. Traveling through a post-apocalyptic future – his only hope lies in reaching a heavenly paradise that will surpass his wildest dreams – he outwits bandits, escapes swamp monsters, battles evil robots and learns valuable life lessons about choosing the right path.".
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: allegory, captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, independent film, serious
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Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood (1989)
Plot Summary:
Fanny lives in the forest with her meteorologist mother. One day on her way across the forest to visit her grandmother and great grandmother, she has three encounters that will change her life forever: an apparently kind and gentle wolf, a city boy and an ornithologist who bears a striking resemblance to the father who long ago abandoned her and her mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Hungary
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, thought provoking, serious, psycho sexual
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The Blue Bird (1976)
Plot Summary:
A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by the humanized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, Bread, and other entities.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, light, folk tale, sincere, psychotronic, fairy tale, exciting, stylized, semi serious
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Search for the Jewel of Polaris: Mysterious Museum (1999)
Plot Summary:
While visiting a museum, two siblings Ben and Kim a fierce electrical storm creates a passage between the real world and worlds within the paintings. They are magically whisked through time to the 1600's and find they must square off against a wicked magician and also locate a valuable jewel in order to return to the present day.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 253
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized
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Yellow Day (2015)
Plot Summary:
Yellow Day chronicles a young man's life-changing and inspirational journey through the mysterious Yellow Day. To many, the Yellow Day is simply a fun day celebrating outreach at a kid's camp, but to some, God bestows visions and miracles, transforming their lives. For this young man, the Yellow Day becomes an imaginative adventure: showing him true heroes, challenging him to face his fears, find love, and inviting him to accept grace, so that he can be shaped into who he is meant to be.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, stylized, surreal, sincere, captivating, serious
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Spiderwebhouse (2015)
Plot Summary:
When 12-year-old Jonas’ mother leaves to “fight her demons”, he steps up as head of the household, becoming the unofficial guardian to his younger siblings. With food and money running out, the children retreat into a world of their own where, cloaked eerily in black-and-white, their home turns into one of bugs and mysticism – they make saucepan gardens, they take on insects as pets and spiderwebs encroach. Only the friendship of an odd young homeless man gives Jonas hope to survive in an adult’s world.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, psychological, suspenseful, rough, realistic, gloomy, psychotronic
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Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2002)
Plot Summary:
In rural Sweden of the early 1950s, little Elina goes to school again after recovering from tuberculosis, the same illness that has killed her father a few years earlier. Elina's family belongs to Finnish-speaking Finns frowned upon by a staunch schoolmistress who starts hounding Elina for questioning her authority. Elina's mother, sister, and a liberal young male teacher all try to mediate the ensuing battle of wills between Elina and Miss Holm. Elina finds consolation in wandering out on the dangerous marshlands to have imaginary conversations with her dead father. Written by Markku Kuoppamäki.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, realistic, atmospheric, serious, stylized
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The Legend of Tillamook's Gold (2006)
Plot Summary:
Julie, a lonely fourteen year old girl, moves to Manzanita, an Oregon seaside town, from Los Angeles after her writer father, Robert, loses his job. Her family, including mother Kathryn and older sister Susan, has trouble adjusting to life in a small town. Julie parents struggle with her father's unemployment and her sister, Susan, finds solace in a summer fling with Tom.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, serious, family saga
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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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Tales from the Neverending Story (2001)
Plot Summary:
Twelve-year-old Bastian Balthazar Bux had lost the wonderful imagination he had as a child somewhere between growing older, watching TV, going to school and playing with his Gameboy. But when his mother dies suddenly, Bastian's limitless imagination is reborn. Bastian comes across a magical book, 'The Neverending Story,' in a curious little bookstore. Inspired by the book, Bastian creates an enchanted world called Fantasia, inhabited by dragons, dark knights and assorted heroes and villains.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 923
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 375 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, stylized, semi serious, fairy tale, exciting, serious, nostalgic
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Monster Makers (2003)
Plot Summary:
Monster Makers is based on Tim Stoker's experience as a Monster movie geek. The monsters in an old non released movie come out of the movie and Tim and his friends in the real world must find a way to stop the monsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, scary, offbeat
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Ronia: The Robber's Daughter (1984)
Plot Summary:
Ronya lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronja have been playing together, they forbid them to see each other again. Indeed, their fathers are competing robber chieftains and bitter enemies. Now the two spunky children must try to tear down the barriers that have kept their families apart for so long.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: modern fairy tale, exciting, feel good, captivating, semi serious, uplifting, fairy tale, eighties
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Magic Silver II (2011)
Plot Summary:
It's the harshest winter in memory, and the gnomes' very existence is in danger. Eager to help, Queen Fjellrose betrays one of their strictest rules and goes out looking for the Blue Horn, a magical instrument that can alter the weather.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, humorous, semi serious, light
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After the Wizard (2011)
Plot Summary:
A 12-year-old Kansas orphan turns to the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman for help during a difficult time. She imagines that things have not gone well in Oz since the Wizard left and that the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman must travel to Kansas to find Dorothy.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1989)
Plot Summary:
Bonnie and cousin Sylvia, two very young children, are left at home in Willoughby Hall while their parents travel overseas. Only the servants and the prowling wolves are their companions. News arrives that Lord and Lady Willoughby are missing and an evil looking governess suddenly arrives at the hall.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 542
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: spooky, independent film, serious
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Hansel & Gretel (2002)
Plot Summary:
Hansel and Gretel is a 2002 film adaptation of the Brothers Grimm children's story. It stars Jacob Smith and Taylor Momsen as the eponymous characters. It includes the Sandman, played by Howie Mandel and Sinbad as a raven.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, atmospheric, humorous, semi serious, whimsical
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The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens (2008)
Plot Summary:
When Billy turns 11 on November 11 he realises he is no ordinary boy.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, captivating, suspenseful
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Red Riding Hood (1988)
Plot Summary:
The high spirited daughter of the village lord and her mother have been living in the forest for seven years near her wise grandmother. They wait for her father to come home, meanwhile, her literally heartless uncle rules. He sells his soul for the aid of an enchanted wolf who turns himself human in order to spy. As the tyranical lord begins to see his niece as a threat, he sends the wolf to deal with her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 474
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mysterious, grindhouse, independent film, atmospheric, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Sleeping Beauty (1987)
Plot Summary:
Feature-length, live-action musical version of the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mysterious, independent film, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Puss in Boots (1988)
Plot Summary:
A cat belonging to a poor miller's son thinks up a great plan for bringing a title, wealth, and marriage for his owner. He begins to carry it out, using a few birds and rabbits as gifts for the king, his own wit, and a pair of boots that make him appear human when he puts them on. However, his owner has no idea that the cat has told everyone that his master is a marquis rather than a miller's son until the king has arrived to meet him. Soon the king's daughter and the miller's son fall in love, and the king wants very much to see the land and the castle belonging to this rich "marquis.".
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Fantasy, Musical, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mysterious, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, period piece
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The Snow Queen (2005)
Plot Summary:
When Gerda befriends penniless Kay their growing friendship is cut short as one cold winter night a fragment of glass pierces Kay's eye, turning his heart cold. Enchanted by the Snow Queen he is swept away on her chariot over the glittering landscape to her frozen palace in the North. Gerda embarks on a magical and perilous journey to find and rescue Kay, finally arriving in the realm of the Snow Queen. But will this little girl in her red velvet cloak be able to match the power of the winter witch?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, sincere, captivating, mysterious, dark fantasy, fairy tale
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The Brothers Lionheart (1977)
Plot Summary:
9-year old Karl Lejon, 'Skorpan' is suffering from tuberculosis and knows that he will die soon. But his older brother Jonathan tries to comfort him by promising that they one day will meet in Nangijala, a magic country beyond the stars. Jonathan dies soon after in a house fire and Skorpan also passes away not long after. They meet in Nangijala, a country divided into the Cherry Blossom Valley and the Briar-Bush Valley. The people in the later are oppressed by the black knight Tengil and his dragon Katla. The two brothers, who now call themselves Jonathan and Karl Lion Heart, decide to help the freedom fighters against the oppression.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Iceland
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: touching, exciting, atmospheric, epic, serious, stylized
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Magic Silver (2009)
Plot Summary:
Princess Bluerose is a small gnome living deep in the Norwegian mountains. A small community of gnomes is responsible for making the transition between daylight and night. This is called the magic hour, and is created by the magic silver which only these gnomes possess. When the silver is stolen, the world is transformed into eternal night. Princess Bluerose sets out on a remarkable journey to retrieve the silver and save the world from eternal darkness. Magic Silver is based on the popular Norwegian television series Jul i Blåfjell (1999) and Jul på Månetoppen (2002). They are considered classic Christmas calender series, and already firmly entrenched in an entire generation's old Christmas memories.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, exciting, light, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Jack and the Beanstalk (2009)
Plot Summary:
A fairy tale character who is about to flunk out of fairy tale school, Jack must perform a heroic deed by Monday or fail miserably, just like his father before him. Anxious to make good, Jack sells his C.O.W. (Computer of Wonder) for a handful of magic beans and a mysterious book that records his adventures as he's having them. Accompanied by his sidekick Grayson -- a goose who ate a bean and underwent an amazing transformation -- Jack climbs the magic beanstalk to recover the fabled Harp of Destiny from the evil Giant who lives in the sky. Helping Jack on his perilous quest is the spunky Jillian, a fearless young girl whom Jack meets on his journey -- and who just may have a hidden agenda.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting, mysterious, psychotronic
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Hansel and Gretel (1988)
Plot Summary:
Hansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upon the cottage of a kindly old woman. But is this kindly old woman everything she seems...?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, humorous, feel good, stylized, mysterious, independent film, semi serious
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The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
Plot Summary:
One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you the adventures on which he learns valuable lessons.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Czech Republic, France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, mysterious, anamorphic, independent film, semi serious, exciting
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The Nutcracker: The Untold Story (2010)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1920's Vienna, this is the tale of a little girl, whose godfather gives her a special doll one Christmas Eve.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, atmospheric, semi serious, exciting, entertaining
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The Secret of Moonacre (2008)
Plot Summary:
When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hungary, UK, France, Australia, USA, New Zealand
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, sentimental, captivating, mystical, romantic, scenic, mystic, period piece, happy
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Beauty and the Beast (1987)
Plot Summary:
To save her father, a girl who always puts others before herself promises to live her life in a lavish castle with a strange beast.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 745
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mysterious, heartfelt, touching, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999)
Plot Summary:
Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang is about a young boy who strives to be heard. He is nicknamed "Two-Two" for having to say things twice to be heard. One day, he decided to buy the groceries for his parents. There is a misunderstanding by the clerk, so Jacob finds himself in court. He is sentenced Two Years, Two months, two weeks, two minutes and five seconds in the Children's Prison hundreds of miles away from civilization. It is a dark, dirty dungeon-like place where the children work and are kept in cells. There are the three head characters, Master Fish, a fish/human, Mistress Fowl, a bird like woman and the Hooded Fang himself. They also have green henchmen who spray "slime resistors" at the children to prevent them escaping. Two child agents try to help him out, as the children also come up with a plan for escape.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, atmospheric, offbeat, stylized, semi serious, fairy tale, gothic