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family film
The film starts in court, where Merlin Jones legally adopts his monkey, Stanley. Midvale College is told that a wealthy man, Mr. Astorbilt, will give a large donation, but he has a strange request: He challenges the school to build a man-p…
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Christmas film, Fantasy, Komödie
This remake follows the same basic concept as the original: Santa, disillusioned by children's lack of belief in him and in the spirit of giving, decides not to deliver toys this Christmas Eve, despite the arguments by Mrs. Claus and two o…
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Komödie, adventure film, animated film, comedy film, family film, romance film
In the desert, where the animals are called "Dusties", Ajar the cobra and his best friend, Pitt the scorpion, steal a watermelon from a camelcade, only to have it taken by an older cobra named Saladin. The duo are a frequent target of beli…
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Adventure, Drama
Snowbound is based on a true story. Jim and Jennifer Stolpa and their infant son Clayton are 500 miles from their home in Castro Valley, California, when they lose their way and are stranded in an endless wilderness of deep snow near the g…
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Komödie, comedy film
Eddie Thornton is an assistant animal trainer to Sal DeMarco, an untalented, egocentric animal show host. Both men have been hired to train the animals for a film called Frizzy, The Bichon Frise. When Frizzy is kidnapped, Sal blames Eddie.
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Drama, drama film
Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, directed by Gregory Doran and starring David Tennant. The story follows the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, who wants revenge on his uncle Claudius, who murdered Hamlet's father and married hi…
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Drama, musical film
Coming Of Age, Family Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film, teen film
Thomas Mollison (Rhys Wakefield) and his family move to a new home in the early 1990s. It begins with Charlie, his autistic brother, banging a wooden spoon on the grass with neighbours staring and pointing. Then, it cuts to the house where…
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Bible Film, Computeranimation, Swords and Sandals, animated film, family film, religious film
The Pharaoh is a nervous man, outnumbered by his Hebrew slaves; he orders them to be worked harder, that doesn't break their spirits, so he has all the newborn male babies thrown into the Nile; Moses' parents, Amram and Jochebed, are despe…
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Drama, drama film, war film
Jeremy Collier is a returning Vietnam War hero whose experiences leave him unable to adjust to the quiet realities of small-town life. Bob Collier, Jeremy's father, expects his son to go back to his life as it was, without understanding th…
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musical film
A year after the 1982 film, twelve year old Annie Warbucks, Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks, their dog Sandy, Annie's new friend Hannah, an eccentric scientist, and Annie's old friend Molly (who is still an orphan but gets adopted by the Webb fami…
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musical film
On 2 October, Colonel Rimfire, at the Looney Club in London, announces his beliefs that cats are the most intelligent animals (after his many plans were foiled by Cool Cat). Granny, hoping to raise money for a nearby children's park that c…
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Drama, Komödie, comedy film, drama film
Jim is a perennially gloomy 27-year-old aspiring writer from Goshen, Indiana who had moved to NYC in hopes of finding success with his writing. After two years of barely making a living as a dog walker, he decides to move back home to his …
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Drama, Family Comedy, Family Drama, Komödie, comedy drama
Emily Lindstrom, a 14-year-old aspiring concert violinist, spends her summer practicing for an important audition to get into the local youth symphony orchestra in Salt Lake City. Due to Emily's knack for keeping secrets, she also runs a s…
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Christmas film, Fantasy, Komödie, Musical
When people are not around, toys come to life to play, but they must be careful because if a person catches them out of position, they will be frozen forever. On Christmas Eve, Rugby the Tiger remembers that he was last year's favorite Chr…
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drama film
Sally Goodson has always tried to do what is best for her autistic son David, always blaming herself for the way David is. Sally lives alone with David in a New York City apartment and is often visited by her sister Bea, who tries to help …
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Coming Of Age, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film
Art (Pattinson) is not talented, but aspires to be a musician. He has a dead-end job at a supermarket, despite having a degree (which he doesn't seem to value much). His girlfriend ends their relationship.
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Drama, drama film
The lives of two different families collide when their children begin a relationship that leads to a tragic accident.
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Fantasy, Komödie, comedy film
Jerry Flynn has to come up with $100,000 within a week to keep his theater. By chance, youngster Arthur "Pinky" Thompson shows him "Curly" (the original title of the film), a caterpillar that gets up on its tail and dances when Pinky plays…
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drama film
On a hot summer night in Pewauket, Connecticut, Liza Tillerman abandons her four children, 13-year-old Dicey, 10-year-old James, 9-year-old Maybeth, and 6-year-old Sammy, in a mall parking lot. With only a change of underwear, socks, a map…
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drama film
Jay Austin is a dishonest car salesman whose practices strain his marriage, alienate his son, and leave his car dealership near foreclosure. One day while flipping television channels, he sees a pastor preaching that "you're in the shape y…
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Adventure, Family Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, speculative fiction film
Prehysteria! tells the story of Rico Sarno, a museum curator, who enters a forbidden temple in South America, and discovers a nest of five eggs. He steals them and brings them back to his museum.
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Adventure, adventure film, children's film
Panda rescuer Michael Tyler sends his son Ryan in America a plane ticket so that he can visit him in China, where he works with pandas. Ryan is not sure he wants to go, but his mother says he can just come back if he doesn't like it. In Ch…
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comedy film, drama film, family film
In the summer of 1947, thirteen-year-old Lily Jane Bobbit has moved with her mute mother to small-town Medda, Alabama, next door to Billy Bob Murphy. Billy Bob develops a crush on Lily Jane, who is a self-possessed Southern belle. Preacher…
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