In the coast range mountains on the western edge of the Salinas Valley is a ranch where Tom, a lad of about ten, longs for a pony. Read More »
Family
Lumikuningatar / The Snow Queen (1986) Päivi Hartzell, Satu Silvo, Outi Vainionkulma, Sebastian Kaatrasalo, Family, Fantasy
Based on the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson, this adaptation is fairly faithful to the original. Read More »
Vuk samotnjak / The Lone Wolf (1972) Obrad Gluscevic, Slavko Stimac, Zeljko Mataija, Ivan Stimac, Adventure, Drama, Family
A boy finds a large wolf-like dog in the mountain and they befriend. The local peasants think that it may be a real wolf responsible for the sheep pestilence. Read More »
Alice in Wonderland (1985) Harry Harris, Natalie Gregory, Sheila Allen, Sharee Gregory, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Classic tale of a girl named Alice who follows a white rabbit down a hole into Wonderland, where she can change sizes by eating and drinking and animals talk.
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Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002) Mina Shum, Sandra Oh, Valerie Tian, Ric Young, Comedy, Drama, Family
Mindy Ho, an eccentric, strong-minded 12-year-old, stages Taoist magical experiments to save her harried single mother from financial and romantic ruin.
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Du är inte klok, Madicken / You’re Out of Your Mind, Maggie (1979) Göran Graffman, Jonna Liljendahl, Liv Alsterlund, Monica Nordquist, Family
Madicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things.
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Das Zaubermännchen / Rumpelstiltskin and the Golden Secret (1960) Christoph Engel, Karl-Heinz Rothin, Karin Lesch, Reinhard Michalke, Family, Fantasy
Once upon a time, there was a lazy miller, who spent all his time drinking wine and telling lies. When the king’s treasurer demands payment of taxes, the miller lies that his daughter Marie can spin straw into gold. The father and daughter are told to report to the palace, where Marie is locked into a tower room full of straw.
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Larger Than Life (1996) Howard Franklin, Bill Murray, Matthew McConaughey, Jerry Adler, Comedy, Family
Motovational Speaker Jack Corcoran is determined to get his career off the ground, but the biggest gigs he can get are the ones nobody wants. Then one day, he receives a telegram that his circus clown father has passed away, and has left a “huge” inheritance.
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Kes (1969) Ken Loach, David Bradley, Brian Glover, Freddie Fletcher, Drama, Family
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper (David Bradley), a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes.
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Skazka o poteryannom vremeni / A Tale of Lost Times (1964) Aleksandr Ptushko, Oleg Anofriev, Grisha Plotkin, Sergei Martinson, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Kind and instructive tale of four evil wizards who decided to regain youth. But for this it was necessary to find people aimlessly waste their time. Luck smiled on them! They met four disorderly students. Wizards bewitched students and turned them into old people and themselves become children.
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