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My Diaries (2020)
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Original name: Buku Harianku
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
By her mother, Kila was entrusted to her grandfather who lived in the village. She then meets her old friend and involved in an unexpected adventure.
Style:
feel good, scenic, indonesian, nostalgic
Plot:
village, children, friendship, diary, grandfather, childhood, coming of age, empathy, small town life, heartwarming, nature, community, disability, resilience, curiosity, holiday, teamwork, getting home, tradition, social justice, high school life, unhappiness, environmental, protective parent, school life
Place:
indonesia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, uplifting, emotional and captivating films with plots about children, friendship, coming of age, heartwarming, community, teamwork and small town mostly in Family, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like My Diaries: Fatty Finn (1980), Nativity Rocks! (2018), School of Magical Animals (2021), Scout's Honor (1980), School of Magical Animals 3 (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The time is the 1930's. Australia like the rest of the world is in the grip of depression. For Aussie's one man lifted their spirits, Don Bradman. Arguably one of the greatest sportsmen of any sport, The Don's cricketing prowess was a ...
Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
bullying, coming of age, children, friendship, child protagonist, childhood, unhappiness, poverty, small town life, heartwarming, fund raising, resilience ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
australia
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The staff and students at St. Bernadette's Primary School audition for a coveted place in a spectacular rock musical competition.
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ida has a hard time making friends. One day, her weird class teacher announces that everyone in the class will have a magical animal with them. Ida is put to the side of the fox Rabbat. Benni, just like Ida also an outsider, has the turtle Henrietta ...
Style:
semi serious, entertaining, captivating, light hearted, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
magical creature, friendship, teamwork, talking animal, children, magic, investigation, human animal relationship, friends, fantasy world, animal human communication, acceptance ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
TV movie directed by Henry Levin.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, sentimental, emotional, lighthearted
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
boy scout, children, orphan, heartwarming, empathy, unlikely friendships, coming of age, foster home, personal growth, teamwork, parenting, community ...
Time:
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Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ida wants to perform with her class at the annual Forest Day to campaign for the protection of the local forest. Even Helene is there, as she hopes to use the footage of the performance to build up her influencer channel. What nobody knows is that ...
Style:
lighthearted, feel good, whimsical
Plot:
friendship, children, school, high school life, forest, coming of age, talking animal, heartwarming, families, first love, community, conservation ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Neymar tells the story of two friends who buy a Dog named Neymar.
Style:
family comedy, feel good, lighthearted, uplifting, emotional
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dog, friendship, pets, pet owner relationship, heartwarming, unhappiness, children, male friendship, loyalty, slice of life, chaos, small town ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Based on the highly popular series of children books comes the cheerful film-comedy Teach! chronicling the funny misadventures of a young intern teacher at an elementary school.
Style:
light hearted, family comedy, feel good, slapstick, educational ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
coming of age, teacher, school, children, elementary school, high school life, student teacher, friendship, unhappiness, innocent, heartwarming, chaos ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two brothers learn about life and grow up during a summer camp vacation.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, feel good, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
youth, summer vacation, summer camp, adventurer, father son relationship, coming of age, children, brothers, adolescence, grownups, satire, teenager ...
Place:
arizona
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54%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The adventures of Elvira, a 12-year-old girl obsessed with the sea who develops the ability to breathe underwater. Elvira and her dolphin friend Elvar meet a friendly whale, among other creatures, while back on land all is not as it should be.
Style:
surreal, bilingual
Plot:
whale, dolphins, marine life, friendship, children, innocence, coming of age, melancholy, magic realism, environmentalism, grandfather, getting home ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
54%
240
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Four paws for this wonderful family film. Cute 7-year-old rescues a helpless and bumbling bear cub as the two set off on an adventure to reunite the cub with its mommy.
Style:
cute, feel good, juvenile, light hearted, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
bear, wilderness, family relations, youth, animal, children, compassion, friendship, empathy, rescue, family values, heartwarming ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Family, Adventure
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Roman Hlava grew up with his diplomat parents in Latin America where he had been home-schooled by his over doting mother. The over indulgence of affection and praise has given the boy an over confidence. This is quickly squashed by his new peers ...
Style:
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Plot:
nature, friendship, childhood, coming of age, children, school, camp, personal growth, self discovery, self confidence, innocence, adolescence ...
Time:
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Place:
czechoslovakia, mexico, europe, central europe
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Teenager Connie and her friends try to save an island full of nature and place of their encounters from being destroyed by the construction of a hotel there.
Style:
uplifting, lighthearted
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
children, friendship, nature, island, environmental, teenager, teamwork, conservation, beach, wildlife, summer, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Noah is a troubled teen who nearly gets caught stealing a top-secret gadget from some big city thugs. After barely escaping, he decides to hide out at a summer camp that's run by the eccentric Falco and counselors Jake and Selena. As Noah tries ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, satirical, entertaining, feel good
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Agatha Armstrong and her trusty sidekick Mrs. Mac were once the world’s most daring adventurers. But when her son Ant came along, everything quickly changed and her devil-may-care ways took a backseat to being over-protective and terrified of ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
treasure hunt, teacher, motherhood, adventure hero, treasure hunter, lost treasure, hidden treasure, treasure, adventurer, teamwork, family drama, protective parent ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During a financial shortcoming, A boy and his friends try to raise money to prevent his bicycle (Elizabeth) from being pawned off.
Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
children, bicycle, child protagonist, siblings, family drama, family values, poverty, resilience, everyday life, coming of age, friendship, sacrifice ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
When all hope died, Akhanda arrived. He saved his family, protected his people, killed the wrongdoers, and retreated into isolation. But years later, new threats emerge putting the world in danger. And as the world burns, Akhanda returns.
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, emotional, reflective, scenic
Plot:
nature, faith, spirituality, children, innocence, community, heartwarming, coming of age, faith based, village, tradition, family drama ...
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Nine year old Sara befriends a newborn dragon, together they will turn Christmas upside down and literary put it on fire.
Style:
captivating, feel good, entertaining, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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349
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, satirical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
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Similarity:
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214
Genre: Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvelous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot.
Style:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, captivating, scenic ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
treasure hunt, children, friendship, treasure hunter, brother sister relationship, teamwork, escapades, treasure, friends, treasure map, siblings relations, mischievous children ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery ...
Style:
emotional, feel good, uplifting, mythical, fairy tale
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, uplifting, sentimental, period piece, whimsical
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Time:
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Place:
netherlands
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An adventure with brave children, a talking skunk, and a villain with too much cement on his head, Maia and Jan, our protagonists, have one mission: to save the summer camp.
Style:
lighthearted
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Family
Country: India, UK
Story:
Heidi: Queen of the Mountain, partially inspired by Johanna Spyri’s beloved Heidi, reimagines the tale for a new audience.
Style:
scenic, uplifting, pastoral, sentimental, period piece ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
adaptation, heartwarming, family bonds, children, mountain, friendship, nature, innocence, coming of age, mountain village, caregiver, village life ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Finland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, light, funny, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
school, friendship, contests and competitions, teamwork, children, friends, fighting the system, race, business, group of friends, heartwarming, underdog ...
Time:
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Place:
finland
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Ida's friend Miriam visits the school for three months, but a secret threatens to tear them apart. Miriam is entrusted with the tarsier Fitzgeraldo, while Max, deeply in love, is given the owl Muriel. Meanwhile, the sale of the school is ...
Style:
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family friendly, teen drama
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
lighthearted, inspirational, period piece, independent film
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, christmas special, captivating, entertaining ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Family
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Three siblings ingeniously avoid being sent off to a children's home while their solo-mother serves a short sentence in a prison for shoplifting. Rather than have the news leak out and have to be escorted off with the eccentric welfare officer, ...
Style:
emotional, comedy drama, sentimental, feel good
Plot:
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Place:
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