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The Plague Dogs (1982)
10K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Plague Dogs is a 1982 animated film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. The story is centred on two dogs named Rowf and Snitter, who escape from a research laboratory in Great Britain. In the process of telling the story, the film highlights the cruelty of performing vivisection and animal research for its own sake.
Style:
adult animation, disturbing, heartbreaking, serious, realistic, suspenseful, road movie, psychedelic, offbeat, depressing ...
Audience:
horror for children, adult
Plot:
dog, laboratory, animal rights, pets, chase, danger, animal testing, mature, fugitives, escapades, animal experimentation, survival, escape, friendship, talking dog, journey, freedom, research, shooting, blood, animal protagonist, compassion, animal abuse, friend, cruelty ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
england, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, cult classic, adult animation and 2d animation films with plots about danger, friendship, escapades, heroes, animal, friends and rescue mostly in Animation, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Plague Dogs: Watership Down (1978), Felidae (1994), My Dog Tulip (2009), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Stormy Night (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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kids, adult
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rabbit, journey, violent, friendship, death, blood, animal, mature, animal protagonist, survival, violence, furry ...
Time:
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Place:
england
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Duration: 82 min.
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adult animation, neo noir, disturbing, detective, slasher ...
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Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
adult animation, sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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67%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
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67%
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Country: USA, UK, Germany, Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, horror for children ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music, Sport
Country: France, Belgium, Canada, UK, Latvia, South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him.
Style:
offbeat, humorous, surreal, anime, witty ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
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75%
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Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Story:
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26%
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand, France, Canada, India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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25%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
25%
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Country: Poland, UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Qatar
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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25%
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