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Komödie, comedy film, parody film
One evening, a man claiming to be Carol's long-lost first husband Roy Martin, shows up at the 1970s-trapped suburban Brady residence. This causes Carol to faint. The Bradys believe his story about suffering from amnesia and having plastic …
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Heist, Justice Drama, Political Thriller, political thriller film
In Washington, D.C., master thief Luther Whitney breaks into the mansion of billionaire Walter Sullivan. He is forced to hide upon the arrival of Sullivan's wife Christy, on a drunken rendezvous with Alan Richmond, the President of the Uni…
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Adventure, Christmas film, Detective Film, mystery film, teen film
Following the closure of his old school in the countryside, a young John Watson is transferred to London's Brompton Academy, where Sherlock Holmes befriends him immediately. Holmes's mentors there include Rupert Waxflatter, an eccentric re…
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Family Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film
In 1986, Bernard Berkman -- an arrogant, twice-divorced, failing novelist -- lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn with his third wife, Joan, and their two sons, sixteen-year-old Walt, and twelve-year-old Frank. Bernard's career is in jeopardy due…
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Christmas film, Stop Motion, children's film
After a newsreel highlighting children preparing for the arrival of Santa Claus is shown, a postman named Special Delivery "S.D." Kluger is introduced. When Kluger's mail truck breaks down, he proceeds to tell the story of Santa in respons…
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Adventure, Komödie, comedy drama, comedy film
During a thunderstorm, a traveling circus, Circus Sarano, inadvertently abandons a young plains zebra after replacing a flat tire. The foal is rescued by Nolan Walsh, a Kentucky widower and former racehorse trainer, and taken to his farm, …
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Computeranimation, Dance Film, adventure film, children's film, family film, musical play
In the 1880s, eleven-year-old Félicie, an orphan girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina, but lacks formal training, runs away from her orphanage in rural Brittany, France, with her best friend, Victor, a young inventor, who has a crush on…
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Cartoon, Fantasy, Komödie, adventure film, children's film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
In early 1900s Maine, an orphan named Pete flees from the Gogans – an abusive farm family that previously purchased him – with the assistance of an unseen force he calls Elliott. They call for him to return and promise they will treat him …
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Cartoon, adventure film, comedy film, family film, science fiction film
In the town of Grandview, a scientist discovers an asteroid heading towards Earth, but then discovers a UFO hurtling alongside it, which crashes onto Earth. When he goes to investigate, he vanishes. Years earlier, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig …
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Adventure, adventure film, children's film, pirate film
A ship carrying a Swiss family from Bern—Father, Mother, and their three sons, who are relocating to a colony in New Guinea to escape the Napoleonic Wars—is attacked by pirates. Abandoned by the crew, the ship eventually grounds on rocks o…
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Adventure, adventure film, family film
Jeff, a middle-aged man, recalls how, on the night of December 28, 1962, he was an 8-year-old boy being dropped off with his 49-year-old mother Helen at New York’s Idlewild Airport for his first flight, a prospect that excited him given th…
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Family Drama, drama film
One year ago, a bear stole a calf from Einar Gilkyson and Mitch Bradley's ranch. The two friends attempted to save the calf, but the bear viciously attacked Mitch — and because Einar was drunk, he failed to save Mitch from serious injury. …
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Komödie, buddy film, comedy film
Gus Matthews, Richie Goodman, and Clark Reedy are adult "nerds" who spent their childhoods wishing to play baseball, but never got the chance. One day, Gus and Clark witness overweight, timid Nelson Carmichael and his friends being bullied…
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LGBTQ-related film, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, drama film
Novelist Grady Tripp teaches creative writing at a Pennsylvania university. He is having an affair with the university chancellor, Sara Gaskell, whose husband, Walter, is the chairman of the English department in which Grady is a professor…
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High School Comedy Film, Komödie, comedy film, family film
Visiting the local public pool with summer vacation starting, the Heffleys run into Lenwood Heath, a reformed delinquent friend of Rodrick's who works as a lifeguard there. He attends Spag Union, a strict disciplinarian military school tha…
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Drama, Romance Film, drama film
The Joy Luck Club was formed by four women in San Francisco: Lindo Jong, Ying-Ying St. Clair, An-Mei Hsu, and Suyuan Woo. The members have mainly played mahjong and told each other stories over the years.
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Coming Of Age, Family Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, family film
The film's plot follows the story of Paikea Apirana (Pai for short). In her village, the leader is traditionally a first-born son, a direct patrilineal descendant of Paikea, the Whale Rider who rode on top of a whale from Hawaiki. Pai is o…
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Christmas film, Drama, Fantasy, drama film
On Christmas Eve in Victorian-era London, greedy commodities trader and finance company owner Ebenezer Scrooge does not tolerate the revelry of Christmas, much less comprehend its meaning. He declines his nephew Fred Hollywell's invitation…
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Erotic Film, Family Drama, Psychodrama, drama film, erotic film, romance film
Dr. Stephen Fleming, a physician who has entered politics and became a minister, lives in London with wife Ingrid and daughter Sally. Their adult son, Martyn, a young journalist, lives elsewhere in London.
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Biographical picture, LGBTQ-related film, biographical film, drama film, romance film
In 1977, 18-year-old Scott Thorson, who works as an animal trainer for films, meets Bob Black, a Hollywood producer, in a gay bar in Los Angeles. At Black's urging, he leaves his adopted home in search of better-paying work. Black introduc…
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Coming Of Age, LGBTQ-related film, Social Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, coming-of-age film, drama film
In 1958, in the fictional small Irish town of Tyrellin, County Cavan, Eily Bergin leaves her newborn baby, Patrick Braden, on the doorstep of the local parochial house, where the baby's father, Father Liam, lives. Patrick is placed with an…
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Drama, Stop Motion, adventure film, drama film, family film, fantasy film
A single mother and her young daughter move to a new neighborhood. The mother imposes a coaching life plan for the girl that leaves no time for playing or making friends, all for her to enroll at the prestigious Werth Academy. The girl, ho…
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Family Comedy, Road Movie, comedy film
Bob Munro, an executive at the large soda company Pure Vibe, struggles with the whims of his self-absorbed boss Todd Mallory. His family — materialistic wife Jamie and their teenage children, sharp-tongued Cassie and self-confident Carl — …
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Drama, Komödie, children's film, comedy drama, spy film
Eleven-year-old aspiring spy and writer Harriet M. Welsch lives a privileged life in New York City with her parents, Violetta and Ben, and her nanny, Catherine "Ole Golly," in whom she confides. Harriet and her best friends, Simon "Sport" …
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