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Plot Summary:
Pollyanna comes to stay with her aunt, Polly Harrington, the most powerful woman in the town of Harrington. Aunt Polly wants her to concentrate on her studies but Pollyanna would rather make friends with the orphan kids. One day, a woman named Widow Jenn comes to town and Pollyanna, along with other citizens, try to spy on her because of a rumor going around.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anthology
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Without Family (2000)
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Young Remi, a foundling, lives on the farm run by his impoverished foster parents. When their money runs out, unbeknown to his foster-mother, Rémi is sold by his hard-hearted foster father to an old street performer named Vitalis. Vitalis was once a famous opera singer, but became destitute after a tragic love affair.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 193 min
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Take Us Home (2023)
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Genere: Drama, Family
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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The New Lassie (1989)
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The New Lassie is an American children and family oriented drama series which aired in first-run syndication from September 8, 1989 to February 15, 1992. The series stars Will Estes as Will McCullough, Lassie's new master. Real life husband and wife Christopher and Dee Wallace-Stone co-starred as Will's parents. The New Lassie is essentially a sequel to the 1954 series, and was the latest in the line of works featuring the Lassie character, which debuted in the 1943 film Lassie Come Home, followed by several more movies and the aforementioned television series, which ran from 1954 to 1973.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
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Jackson Heights (2014)
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3 stories of Pakistani's family living in New York.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 40 min
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Sange Mar Mar (2016)
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The story focuses on the family of Gulistan Khan, a cruel man who rules his family with an iron will and wields considerable influence in the area where he lives.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 573
Genere: Drama
Country: Pakistan
Duration:
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Noah's Castle (1979)
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TV drama series set in a time of social and economic collapse where hyper-inflation has lead to food shortages and mass riots. A desperate husband and father, Norman Mortimer (David Neal), takes his family to a large house in the country where he reinforces the cellar in order to store food and keep his family safe. But as the situation worsens, the Mortimers arouse the suspicions of the starving locals and their sanctuary comes under threat as the news of their food store spreads.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
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The Last Goodbye to Mama (2021)
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A story of hope and despair surrounding the lives of a mother and son from a small town in Subei. The 18-year-old Ding Xiao Jun who lives with his mother Ding Bi Yun has been admitted to a university in Beijing. However, as soon as he entered university, he is ridiculed by his classmates. Ding Xiao Jun starts to rebel until he gets a warning that he will no longer graduate. Luckily, his mother gets through to him in time for him to pull himself together and earn enough credits to graduate.
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Genere: Drama, Family
Country: China
Duration:
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Oka Chinna Family Story (2021)
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Mahesh and his mother embark on an adventurous journey filled with hilarious situations as they try to make quick money to repay a huge loan.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration:
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SHORT PROGRAM (2022)
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An anthology drama series adapted from Mitsuru Adachi's series of short story comics of the same name, with each episode starring a different member of J-pop group JO1.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anthology
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Ten Pound Poms (2023)
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A group of Brits leave dreary post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on a life-altering adventure on the other side of the world. For only a tenner, they have been promised a better quality of life by the sea in sun-soaked Australia, but life down under isn’t exactly idyllic. Struggling with their new identity as immigrants, we follow their triumphs and pitfalls as they adapt to a new life in a new country, far from Britain and familiarity.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, Australia
Duration:
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Love Twist (2021)
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A drama depicting a sweet twist in love between the parents and children of three families around the love of two main characters.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min
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Fu Chen (2012)
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
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Patrik Pacard (1984)
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Series about a boy who meets scientists involved in the discovery of a chemical which makes it possible to grow everything everywhere. He becomes entangled in the operations of secret services who try to steal the formula.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: West Germany
Duration: 300 min
Plot tags: humorous, fun
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Okavango: The Wild Frontier (1993)
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American family inherits a wildlife reserve near the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Africa.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
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By Way of the Stars (1992)
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By Way of the Stars is an action/adventure television mini-series co-produced in 1992 by Sullivan Entertainment and German Beta-Taurus Kirch Group, that begins in 19th century Prussia, then travels through post-U.S. Civil War Charleston to the ‘Canadas’ and the West. It is a young boy’s version of “Dances with Wolves”.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration:
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Midnight Is a Place (1977)
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This series is about two children who are the wards of a cantankerously un-loving uncle. That uncle owns a rug factory that has the typically brutal working conditions of the time that both poor adult and child labourers have to survive. Life is hardly perfect, but things take a turn for the worst when the Uncle, maddened by the fear of bill and tax collectors, sets fire to his own home to prevent its seizure and dies in the process. This leaves the children with no home or guardian. Now the two must struggle to survive on the streets of London, where they learn that there difficult ways of making a living and help is where they least expect it.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Drama, Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
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Fuzzbucket (1986)
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In the vein of "Harvey", an invisible creature befriends a 12 year old boy. Of course, no one else can see him nor believes in him.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: anthology, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The Jennie Project (2001)
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Hugo Archibald is a doctor and brings home a wide variety of exotic animal species. The latest animal he brings home is a chimpanzee named Jennie. Dr. Archibald is not home very much, and Andrew feels he does not care about him. And Lea his wife does not want Jennie, and says she makes trouble. But the children take an instant liking to her. Jennie is unique in that she is learning to use and understand sign language. Jennie becomes an important part of Archibald family and Dr. Archibald's son, Andrew develops a close relationship with her. Jennie loves the things Andrew does, such as baseball and comic books. Jennie is also there for Andrew when he and his father disagree. A doctor Pamela Prentiss starts training with Jennie. She does not agree with the way Jennie is being cared for, and is seen as being rude to the Archibald family. She teaches Jennie sign language in a way that Jennie does not understand, but Lea finds a way she understands.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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The Dream Job (2016)
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Many people harbour the hope of a 'dream job', one that pays well, offer great benefits, and with a boss who treats them like his own.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Family
Country: Singapore
Duration: 45 min
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Belle and Sebastian (1965)
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Mountain-based adventures of a young boy and his dog in a small village in the southern Alps.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 26 min
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Anne of Avonlea (1975)
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Anne of Avonlea is a film made for television 4-part mini-series, developed in United Kingdom. It is based on Anne of Avonlea, the sequel to Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 350 min
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Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999)
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Real life scenarios about how people deal with certain problems.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: anthology
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Five No Budget Films (2010)
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Little Fish Eat Big Fish is a Kolkata based group of no-budget film makers. The latest venture of the group is the 5 no-budget short films produced in 2009-10. They opted for a direct to DVD release in the last Kolkata Book Fair. Details for the five short films in the DVD are provided below. 1) The Sandbook --- A short fiction by Snigdhendu Bhattacharya. The film is an adoption of a short story by Jorge Luis Borges. The story moves with the landing of an amazing book in the hand of a scholer, who tries to understand "the internal ties in events occuring" in and around the book in order to go through it. The film is a melodramatic interpretation of the story within a very limited budget.2) Jean-Luc Godard Had No Script -- A no-budget fiction by Anamitra Roy. The film approaches the larger history of politically conscious films in a mimetic way. The title of the film is a bit exploitative as it is neither a spoof and has been made with a very tight script.3) ...Or A Horror film -- A.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: experimental, anthology, independent film
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Gentle Ben (1967)
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Gentle Ben is an American family series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1967 to April 27, 1969. The series follows the adventures, in the Florida Everglades, of a game warden, Tom Wedloe, his wife Ellen, his son Mark and Ben the grizzly bear.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 683
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, wild
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The Lost Treasure of Aquila (2014)
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The siblings Sam and Minna and their mother Eva arrive to the Orchid coast to celebrate Christmas in the sun with aunt Anja and their cousin Bianca. It's the first time after their father's death the siblings are back on his beloved Orchid coast, and it is in the same time both beautiful and sad to be there. It promises to be an exciting Christmas when a mysterious mask and old pieces of wood from a sunken ship washes ashore at the hotel where they live. Grandfather Ivo tells the three cousins the legend of pirate Aquila, whose ship sank in the battle for "the greatest treasure of them all". Meanwhile Sam, Minna and their mother Eva learns that the Orchid coast will be destroyed after Christmas. Can pirate Aquila's treasure save the coast?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Little House on the Prairie (2005)
Plot Summary:
Little House on the Prairieis a TV miniseries based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 653
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 255 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, period piece, epic, period drama
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Anne of Green Gables (1972)
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Anne of Green Gables is a made-for-television British mini-series directed by Joan Craft based upon the novel, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 280 min
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The Dangerous Book for Boys (2018)
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The story of a middle-class family coping with the sudden passing of their beloved patriarch Patrick, a whimsical inventor who touched the lives of all who knew him. Devastated, his family finds hope in a guide book he created for his sons.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991)
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A storyteller in a labyrinth tells his dog the stories of Perseus and Medusa, Icarus and Daedalus, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Orpheus and Euridyce.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mysterious, anthology, exciting, semi serious
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The Baby-Sitters Club (2020)
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In this contemporary take on the beloved book series, five best friends launch a baby-sitting business that's big on fun and adventure.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, captivating, children's program, contemplative, teen comedy