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Plot Summary:
Teletubbies is a British BBC children's television series targeted at pre-school viewers and produced from 31 March 1997 to 5 January 2001 by Ragdoll Productions. It was created by Ragdoll's creative director Anne Wood CBE and Andrew Davenport, who wrote each of the show's 365 episodes. The programme's original narrator was Tim Whitnall. Teletubbies was also aired internationally in the United States on the Public Broadcasting Service public television on 6 April 1998 and aired until 19 June 2005. It would continue to air reruns until 29 August 2008, when it was pulled from the schedule along with Mister Rogers Neighborhood and Boohbah. In 2002, production was cancelled and it was announced that no new episodes would be produced, with the last episode being aired on 5 January 2001. However, a total of 365 episodes had been produced – enough for a full year. Teletubbies, particularly notable for its high production values, rapidly became a critical and commercial success in Britain and abroad and won a BAFTA in 1998. Teletubbies Everywhere was awarded "Best Pre-school Live Action Series" at the 2002 Children's BAFTA Awards. Although the programme is aimed at children between the ages of one and four, it had a substantial cult following with older generations, mainly university and college students. The mixture of bright colours, unusual designs, repetitive non-verbal dialogue, ritualistic format, and the occasional forays into physical comedy appealed to many who perceived the programme as having psychedelic qualities. Teletubbies was controversial for this reason. Other critics felt the show was insufficiently educational.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: humorous, retro, absurd, funny, light, not serious, controversial, spooky, offbeat, surreal
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Woolly and Tig (2012)
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Woolly and Tig is a British series of 5-minute live action comedies about a girl named Tig and her toy spider Woolly. The episodes focus on the feelings that children may have when faced with new experiences. Woolly talks Tig through how she is feeling and possible solutions.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Family
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: educational, thought provoking, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Bumba (2004)
Plot Summary:
Bumba is a mischievous, but always cheerful clown in a circus full of sound and color full of staging tricks. He gets help from his best friends Bumbalu, the Kiwi bird, the bear Nanadu, the elephant Tumbi and many other brightly colored figures cheerfully join him.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Fantasy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 5 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Alegrijes y rebujos (2003)
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Alegrijes y Rebujos is a Mexican soap opera which became very popular with children and adults in 2003 and 2004. The child actors came from the reality show Código F.A.M.A.. The first place winner, Miguel Martinez, earned the lead role. He shared the spotlight with the other finalists María Chacón, Diego González, Allisson Lozano, Michelle Álvarez, Nora Cano, Jesús Zavala and Tony Cobian.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, entertaining, novela, juvenile, telenovela
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Sesame Street Mexico (1972)
Plot Summary:
Plaza Sésamo is an educational children's television series for preschoolers, which is the Spanish-language adaptation for Mexico and Latin America of Sesame Street. Both programs are pioneers of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. The program was first broadcast in 1972. Originally co-produced by the Children´s Television Workshop, Xerox and Televicentro. Manolo Barbachano then with Televisión Independiente de México brought the idea of making a Spanish speaking version to John Page who became the Executive Producer and produced the series from the Taller de Televisión Infantil in Mexico City. It was written by Juan Manuel Torres, Ana María Palos, Gerardo de la Torre and Grillo MacGregor. Studio producer was Fernando Morett and documentaries were done by Roberto Lomelí. The editor was Gabriel Carbajal and Content Supervision was the responsibility of Zita Chao and later on by Patricia Arriaga Jordán. The second season was produced by Children's Television Workshop and Televicentro. Later it was produced mainly in Mexico by CTW and Mexican television network Televisa. it aired in america of the united states.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: educational, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Gullah, Gullah Island (1994)
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Gullah Gullah Island is an American children's television series starring Ron Daise and Natalie Daise. It was the first show designed for preschoolers to feature a black family.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, humorous, semi serious, educational
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Shining Time Station (1989)
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Shining Time Station is an American children's television series co-created by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow. The series was produced by The Britt Allcroft Company and Quality Family Entertainment in New York for New York City PBS Station WNET, and was filmed first in New York City and then in Toronto. It incorporated sequences from the British TV show Thomas & Friends. The series aired on PBS from January 1989 to June 1993, but aired re-runs until 1997. It aired on Fox Family from 1998 to 1999. It also aired on Nick Jr. in 2000 and on Canadian TV networks such as APTN and SCN. Elements from the show were incorporated into the Thomas the Tank Engine film Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anthology, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Yo Gabba Gabba! (2007)
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Yo Gabba Gabba! is an American children's television show that airs on the Nick Jr. cable network in the United States and the Nick Jr. networks in the United Kingdom & Ireland, Italy, France and Australia as well as Treehouse TV network in Canada and RTE2 on RTÉjr in Ireland. The show stars five costumed toys-come-to-life and their friend DJ Lance Rock, who explore a single topic in each episode through songs and short storylines in the half-hour program while teaching children life and social skills. It also encourages viewers to move along with and dance with the characters in the program. The show is noted for its indie-culture guest stars and bands, and for drawing visual inspiration from 8-bit video games and H. R. Pufnstuff. Created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz, the show is produced by The Magic Store Productions and Wild Brain. The series premiered August 20, 2007 on Nickelodeon as part of its Nick Jr. block, and began broadcasting in reruns on February 23, 2008 on the Nick Jr. TV Channel. On April 30, 2008 the television show received a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design/Styling.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, surreal, exciting, weird
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The Hoobs (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Hoobs is a BAFTA-winning television programme created and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, UK, Canada, USA, British Virgin Islands
Duration:
Plot tags: educational, feel good, humorous, semi serious, nostalgic
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Hi-5 (1999)
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Hi-5, an Australian children's television program, was first shown on the Nine Network in 1999. Hi-5 is known as a children's pop music group as well as being a television show, much like peer children's entertainers The Wiggles. They also teach arts and crafts. Hi-5 is now shown in approximately 80 countries. Each year, the series has 45 episodes with nine weekly themes. In 2004, the show was marked by reduced episodes than normal, with 30 episodes in six weekly themes due to the band concentrating more on touring. In 2009 was marked the beginning of the "second generation" of Hi-5, with all of the original members having departed in 2007/2008. The series was renewed for another five years with the new cast by the Nine Network, which would have the contract expire in 2013. In March 2013, Hi-5's first movie, Some Kind of Wonderful, was released in selected Hoyts Junior cinemas around Australia and New Zealand. The movie showed the history of Hi-5's cast changes and a behind-the-scenes look at the search to find three new members, Dayen Zheng, Ainsley Melham and Mary Lascaris who would replace Fely Irvine, Tim Maddren and Casey Burgess in 2012/2013. The new Hi-5 series called Hi-5 House will be filmed in Singapore, according to executive producer Julie Grenne. Currently, they commitment of concerts in some Asian countries with Hi-5 Wonderful Tour.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Family, Music
Country: Australia
Duration:
Plot tags: educational, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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In the Night Garden (2007)
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In the Night Garden is a magical place that exists between the waking and sleeping imagination of children close to the representation of a nursery rhyme.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, educational, light, contemplative, weird
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Art Attack (1990)
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Art Attack is a British children's television series revolving around art. The original series was one of CITV's longest running programmes, running from 1990 to 2007, and was presented throughout by Neil Buchanan. The new series launched on Disney Junior on 6 June 2011 and was presented by Jassa Ahluwalia. Each show involved Ahluwalia voicing-over footage of an artist producing three works of art, taking the viewer through the various stages of production step by step. The show's latest series is hosted by Lloyd Warbey. The new series launched on SAB TV on 10 June 2013 at 7 am IST.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Family
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, educational
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Jack's Big Music Show (2005)
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Jack takes a break everyday from his busy kid schedule to visit his favorite place in the world—his backyard clubhouse. Here he can do what he loves best—create and enjoy music, sing, dance and have a ball with his friend Mary, his faithful dog Mel and all of his neighborhood pals who stop by. Anything can happen in Jack’s clubhouse.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good
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Sesame Street (1969)
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Sesame Street is a long-running American children's television series created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. The program is known for its educational content, and creativity communicated through the use of Jim Henson's Muppets, animation, short films, humor, and cultural references. The series premiered on stations on November 10, 1969 to positive reviews, some controversy, and high ratings.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: educational, retro, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sketch comedy, hispanic, vintage, weird, 2d animation
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Barney's Animal ABCs (2008)
Plot Summary:
Barney and his friends are playing a game and finding an animal for each letter of the alphabet, and everyone is excited to give it a try.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, educational
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Barney & Friends (1992)
Plot Summary:
Barney & Friends is an American children's television series aimed at children from ages 2 to 5. The series, which first aired on April 6, 1992, features the title character Barney, a purple anthropomorphic Tyrannosaurus rex who conveys educational messages through songs and small dance routines with a friendly, optimistic attitude. New episodes have not been produced since 2009; however reruns continue to air on various PBS stations.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: spooky, humorous, semi serious, independent film, educational
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Boohbah (2003)
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Boohbah was a children's television show. It premiered in 2003 on ITV in the United Kingdom, and on 19 January 2004 in the United States on PBS until 2 July 2006. It was created by Anne Wood with scripts by Alan Dapre and Robin Stevens. Anne Wood also created the children's show Teletubbies, and Boohbah is produced by the UK's Ragdoll Ltd. and the USA's PBS Kids. The similarity between this show and Teletubbies, both of which have a "science fiction" theme, is notable. One of the show's trademarks is a child's voice pronouncing the show's name in sing-song. "Boohbah" means "doll" in Hebrew, but it is not clear if this influenced the name of the show, or even if the creators are aware of this.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: educational, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, weird, learning, nostalgic
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The Fresh Beat Band (2009)
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The Fresh Beat Band is a children's TV show with original pop songs produced for Nick Jr. The Fresh Beats are Shout, Twist, Marina, and Kiki, described as four best friends in a band who go to music school together and love to sing and dance. The show was filmed at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California. All episodes follow the same basic structure: ⁕Each episode begins with a song that foreshadows a problem that the band will solve. ⁕The band works together to solve the problem. ⁕When the problem is solved they perform a song with the problem and solution incorporated into the lyrics. ⁕Each episode concludes with a version of The Fresh Beat Band's closing song, "Great Day". ⁕The main characters dance to choreography by Mandy Moore; Sean Cheesman; Chuck Maldonado; Scotty Nguyen; Dreya Weber; Mary Ann Kellogg; Nakul Mahajan; Mihran Kirakosian; Susan Austin and Fred Tallaksen.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 613
Genere: Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
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Imagination Movers (2008)
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Imagination Movers is a Live-action Pre-school television series that premiered on September 6, 2008 on Disney Channel. The program was originally part of the Playhouse Disney daily block intended for preschoolers. On February 14, 2011, it was moved to the Disney Junior block, serving as Playhouse Disney's replacement. The Imagination Movers TV series is based on the format and music of the New Orleans based music group Imagination Movers who both act and are co-executive-producers of the show. On May 30, 2011, it was announced that the series will end after the remaining episodes of the third season have aired, though the band itself will continue and is open to doing other projects. On November 28, 2011 the Movers ran an announcement on official Facebook page implying that they have been given the green light to air more new episodes of the show in 2012.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 874
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic, nostalgic
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The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012)
Plot Summary:
It's Schluufy's birthday, and the Oogieloves (Goobie, Zoozie and Toofie), along with their friends J. Edgar, Windy Window and Ruffy, are organizing a party. (Shh! It's a secret.) Everything is going along just perfectly until J. Edgar trips and loses the last five magical balloons in all of Lovelyloveville--OH NO! The Oogiloves set out to find the magical balloons in time to save their friend's party. Along the way, they meet some very interesting characters indeed, including Dotty Rounder (Cloris Leachman), Bobby Wobbly (Carey Elwes), Milky Marvin (Chazz Palminteri), Rosalie Rosebud (Toni Braxton) and Lola and Lero Sombero (Christopher Lloyd and Jaime Pressly). Can these new friends help them recover the magical balloons and get back to the cottage in time to celebrate Schluufy's surprise birthday?.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, semi serious, light, entertaining
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Thomas & Friends (1984)
Plot Summary:
Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 4 September 1984. It is based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. These books deal with the adventures of a group of anthropomorphised locomotives and road vehicles who live on the fictional Island of Sodor. The books were based on stories Wilbert told to entertain his son, Christopher during his recovery from measles. From Series one to four, many of the stories are based on events from Awdry's personal experience.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, feel good, colorful, anime, semi serious, cult classic, colourful
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The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972)
Plot Summary:
Based on Carlo Collodi's classic novel, this mini-series is about an animated puppet named Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 321 min
Plot tags: light, fairy tale, humorous, controversial
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Fraggle Rock (1983)
Plot Summary:
The Fraggles are a fun-loving community of creatures who live in a subterranean fantasy land where they love to play, sing and dance their cares away, sharing their world with the tiny Doozers and the giant Gorgs. The series teaches empathy and tolerance and encourages children to understand people different from themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, humorous, semi serious, nostalgic
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H.R. Pufnstuf (1969)
Plot Summary:
H.R. Pufnstuf is a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in the United States. It was the first Krofft live-action, life-size puppet program. The seventeen episodes were originally broadcast from September 6, 1969 to December 27, 1969. The broadcasts were successful enough that NBC kept it on the Saturday morning schedule until August 1972. The show was shot in Paramount Studios and its opening was shot in Big Bear Lake, California. Reruns of the show aired on ABC Saturday morning from September 2, 1972 to September 8, 1973 and on Sunday mornings in some markets from September 16, 1973 to September 8, 1974. It was syndicated by itself from 1974 to 1978 and in a package with six other Kroft series under the banner Kroft Superstars from 1978 to 1985. In 2004 and 2007, H.R. Pufnstuf was ranked #22 and #27 on TV Guide's Top Cult Shows Ever.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, fairy tale, humorous, stylized, semi serious, weird, campy, cult film
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31 Minutos (2002)
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31 minutos is a Chilean television show which takes the form of a mock news broadcast, and is fronted by puppets who present various items. The program was devised by Álvaro Díaz and Pedro Peirano and is produced by their own company, APLAPLAC. It was first aired in March 2003 on the TVN channel in Chile. 31 minutos has achieved considerable success in Chilean television, captivating adult viewers as well as children. The sarcastic and carefree humor along with the producers' reputation in Chile of being the essential part of the extinct cult show Plan Z earned the series immediate acceptance among the public and helped boost its popularity, being considered a spiritual successor of sorts of that earlier show. When the first season had its debut, it occupied the morning time slot on Saturdays. But its orientation toward children was somewhat questioned because of the enthusiastic response from adult audiences; therefore the second season was moved to the time slot after the night time news at 10:00 pm on Fridays. Its almost explosive commercial success is reflected in the range and quantity of products spawned by the show, including an audio CD with the songs from its first season. In 2004, Nickelodeon started airing the first season across Latin America, being particularly popular in Brazil and Argentina, and a second CD was released with music from the second season. In 2005, a third album was released, with the third season's music and some extras.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: Chile
Duration: 31 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Me and My Monsters (2010)
Plot Summary:
Me and My Monsters the story of the Carlson family who have recently relocated from Australia to the UK to discover there are three out of control hilarious monsters living in their basement.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Australia, Germany
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining, spooky, not serious
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Geppetto (2000)
Plot Summary:
When a man wishes for a son, he learns what it means to be a father.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, fairy tale, mysterious, exciting
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The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)
Plot Summary:
After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and his sister Anika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a waterfall in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to an orphanage. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: melancholic, light, talky, humorous, semi serious, mysterious, juvenile, fairy tale, sexy, clever
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The Worst Witch (1998)
Plot Summary:
Mildred Hubble is a young witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch" because she's always caught getting into trouble.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: semi serious, spooky, offbeat, humorous
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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968)
Plot Summary:
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by namesake Fred Rogers. The series originated in 1963 as Misterogers on CBC Television, and was later debuted in 1966 as Misterogers' Neighborhood on the regional Eastern Educational Network, followed by its US network debut on February 19, 1968, and it aired on NET and its successor, PBS, until August 31, 2001. The series is aimed primarily at preschool ages 2 to 5, but has been stated by PBS as "appropriate for all ages". Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was produced by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA public broadcaster WQED and Rogers' non-profit production company Family Communications, Inc.; previously known as Small World Enterprises prior to 1971, the company was renamed The Fred Rogers Company after Rogers' death. The series could be seen in reruns on most PBS stations until August 31, 2007, when it was removed by PBS from their daily syndicated schedule. Despite this, a number of stations have chosen to continue airing it independently of the PBS feed.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, sentimental, sincere, feel good, serious, educational, vintage
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School of Rock (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of rule-abiding prep school students – Zack, Lawrence, Freddy, Summer and Tomika – learn to take risks and reach new heights thanks to substitute teacher Dewey Finn, a down-on-his-luck musician who uses the language of rock ‘n’ roll to inspire his class to form a secret band. Throughout the school year, these middle-school classmates find themselves navigating relationships, discovering their unknown talents and learning lessons on loyalty and friendships.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, feel good, light, captivating, teen comedy