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Plot Summary:
The story of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, placed in the years right after the Second World War in Germany. A tale about friendship and courage.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Family, History
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: educational
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The Conspiracy of Ambassadors (1966)
Plot Summary:
Soviet propaganda film set in 1918 during the Russian Civil War. While investigating a murder, Soviet intelligence officers uncover an international treason. Diplomats from several nations are led by the British Ambassador Lockhart in "Ambassadors Treason" against the Soviet communist government.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Adventure, Crime, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Naughty Nine (2023)
Plot Summary:
Fifth-grader Andy finds himself without a present from Santa on Christmas morning. Realizing he must have landed on the “naughty list” and feeling unfairly maligned, Andy pulls together a team of eight other naughty-listers to help him execute an elaborate heist on Santa’s Village at the North Pole to get the presents they feel they deserve.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: naughty, christmas comedy
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The Peppercorns and the Curse of the Black King (2017)
Plot Summary:
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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Little Mountain Boy (2015)
Plot Summary:
A boy must brave deep winter snow to obtain an important family keepsake. Before he can even start this difficult journey he must first help his family survive financial ruin, rescue his beloved pet goat, and with his best friend, outwit a bratty bully who seems out to get him at every turn. Will he make it back to the village in time to celebrate the end-of-winter holiday of Chalandamarz?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, unusual plot structure, contemplative, educational
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Joi Baba Felunath (1979)
Plot Summary:
Set in the holy city of Benares, this is the second film about the detective Feluda, in which he goes for a holiday along with his cousin, Topshe and his friend, Lalmohan Ganguly. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh (the Elephant God) from a local household forces him to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: epic
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Till Eulenspiegel (2014)
Plot Summary:
Popular joker, wheeler-dealer and heckler Till Eulenspiegel cleverly exposes the stupid greed of Lübeck burgomaster Klaas Wüllenwever, who vows to revenge the humiliation in order to restore his shaken authority in city council, as he plans to demand a plenipotentiary mandate to wage war on the main Hansa city's Ostee rivals, including the Danish realm and Dutch republic. As a trap, Klaas orders Till's patrician first ex Kathrin incarcerated, while his soldiers fail to hunt down elusive disguise-master Till. Kathrin sends to Till her cocky but resourceful kid daughter Marie, who escapes from the nunnery orphanage to commandeer Till as 'her helper' to free mother. After a daring plan to get Copernicus's master key invention, they return to Lübeck, where it's truth time, changing Till's and other lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Adventure, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags:
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The Pasta Detectives 3 (2016)
Plot Summary:
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
Plot tags:
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The Pasta Detectives (2014)
Plot Summary:
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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The Indian (2009)
Plot Summary:
Dutch eight-year-old boy Koos discovers he was adopted after birth in Peru. While searching for his roots, Koos meets Peruvian Indians at the cinema. The enterprising rascal now devotes himself to becoming a quintessential Indian, more proudly even than his ancestors.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, dark
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The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea (2020)
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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
Plot tags:
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We Are the Pirates of the Roads (2015)
Plot Summary:
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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Celestial Camel (2015)
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When his father sells their baby camel Altynka, his mother, Mara, escapes to be find her calf. Her disappearance is a potential disaster for the family so eldest son, Bayir, takes off to retrieve her. What follows is part road movie, part coming-of-age as Bayr adventures across the Kalmyk steppe.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, captivating, contemplative, visually appealing
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To See the Sea (2014)
Plot Summary:
Tomas (12) gets a camera and begins making a film about his family. His enigmatic father (Ondrej Vetchý) works from home. By hiding a camera in his office, Tomas discovers that on Tuesdays and Thursdays his father leaves the house. When confronted with that fact, he denies it. On the pursuit of the great family secret Tomas reveals the hidden side of Haris, his best friend, who starts using a camera as the only way to get his mum and brother away from the hell of his violent father. Courage and profound friendship lead Tomas and Haris to the final revelation and an unpredictable conclusion. The whole film is shot and edited as if by a twelve-year-old boy. This technique allows us to perceive the world through the eyes of a child.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, humorous, suspense, melancholic, suspenseful, disturbing, mockumentary
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Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961)
Plot Summary:
The Boy Who Caught a Crook is a 1961 childrens film about a young boy who tracks down a gangster.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: exciting, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Maya (1966)
Plot Summary:
An American boy runs away in the Indian jungle after a fight with his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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TKKG (2019)
Plot Summary:
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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Percy, Buffalo Bill and I (2005)
Plot Summary:
Ulf think this is going to be an ordinary summer. Going to his grand parents and swim in the lake and tease his brother. But that's not the case, because this summer he will fall in love with Pia.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Adventure, Family, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sentimental, captivating, light, entertaining, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Secret of Arkandias (2014)
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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Silly's Sweet Summer (2007)
Plot Summary:
Schoolboy Martin, bright but small for his age, has to move and change school because of his mother's new jobs, while only his father really tries to understand him. Even before reaches class he bumps into cocky, athletic rascal Oliver. It seems like Oliver's best friend Silke (a girl) taking to Martin will aggravate their tension, but she actually gets them to spend time together and grow closer. Martin even takes the blame, which neither parent understands, for Oliver smoking in class, a third strike meaning expulsion. Oliver's knavish mischief actually stems from his dad's drinking problem and its root, his ma's infidelity. When he runs away, Martin takes him in.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, educational
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Famous Five (2012)
Plot Summary:
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)
Plot Summary:
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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Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion (2012)
Plot Summary:
Victor is both thrilled and mystified when his family moves into his grand-uncles somber mansion filled with African masks, taxidermy crocodile mounts - and a dark secret: Four decades ago, his grand-cousin Cecilia, at the same age as he is now, lost her life in the mansions impressive staircase, and the circumstances of her death still remain obscure.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, atmospheric, entertaining, educational, detective, whimsical
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Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (2014)
Plot Summary:
The adventure unfolds as Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn - Tom's friend from the streets - witness a murder in the graveyard. Tom and Huck flee to Jackson Island and make a pact never to tell anyone about the incident. However, when the good-natured Muff Potter, who has been blamed for the murder is sentenced to death by hanging, Tom breaks his promise and returns to exonerate Muff Potter. In jun Joe, the actual murderer, makes a hasty exit from the courtroom during the trial. A short time later, Tom and Huck find references to a treasure and have to face In jun Joe again.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, light, feel good, humorous
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Tom Sawyer (2011)
Plot Summary:
Tom Sawyer (LOUIS HOFMANN) has a head full of pranks and drives when he invents is not just a new adventure, preferably around with his best buddy Huck Finn (LEON SEIDEL) - much to the chagrin of his Aunt Polly (HEIKE MAKATSCH) with Tom and his half-brother Sid (ANDREAS WARM Brunn) in the town of St. Petersburg on the Mississippi river (excerpt from http://tomsawyer-film.de).
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany, Romania
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, educational
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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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The Crocodiles (2009)
Plot Summary:
Ten-year-old Hannes, growing up with his young, poor and single mother wants to join the coolest gang in the area, the Vorstadtkrokodile. When the ‘entry test’ goes wrong, Hannes’s life is saved by Kai, who is desperate to join too but is wheelchair bound and unable to even run away when things get hot. Hannes would accept Kai but the other gang members don’t seem happy to accept a handicapped member. Finally Kai has something to offer. One night a shop is robbed and Kai sees the robbers with his telescope. This is his chance to give some important information to the Crocodiles who want to catch the robbers and gain the € 1000 reward. The Crocodiles and their new member will embark on a big and dangerous adventure.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, light, educational, humorous, fast
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Famous Five 2 (2013)
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
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, exciting, realistic
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Lassie Come Home (2020)
Plot Summary:
Remake of 1943 movie based on Eric Knight's book, "Lassie Come Home".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: captivating, sentimental, light, touching, feel good, humorous, sweet, suspense, entertaining, realistic
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1982)
Plot Summary:
The screen version of the most famous novel by American writer Mark Twain "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Without a book about the adventures of Tom and his friends Huckleberry Finn and Becky Thatcher, one can not imagine the childhood of a child! The small but brave heroes Tom and Huck search for the treasure, become "pirates", enter into a dangerous battle with the Indian Joe.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 225 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, serious, realistic
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Kaptein Sabeltann-Drømmen om Kaptein Sabeltanns rike (1996)
Plot Summary:
Joachim, a preteen Norwegian boy, has an obsession with pirates. When his parents object, he takes their outboard rubber dinghy out and begins a dream of an exciting and dangerous adventure -- involving Captain Sabertooth's ship and treasure. But soon the dream seems more real than reality.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 67 min
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