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Long Way North (2015)
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Long Way North (2015)
Original name: Tout en haut du monde
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Denmark, Belgium, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: 1892, Saint Petersburg. Sasha, a young Russian aristocrat, has always been fascinated by her grandfather's life as an adventurer. A renowned explorer, he designed a magnificent arctic ship, but he hasn't returned from his last expedition to the North Pole. To save her family's honor, Sasha runs away. Headed towards the Great North, she follows her grandfather's trail in search of his famous ship.
Style: exciting, touching, stylized, captivating, tense, anime, whimsical
Audience: kids
Plot: ship, sea captain, journey, north pole, hunger, grandfather granddaughter relationship, dog, teenager, arctic, friendship, family relations, danger, runaway, empowerment, train, inn, coming of age, snow, job, teenage girl, boat, wind, female protagonist, corpse, arranged marriage ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s
Place: russia, st. petersburg russia, saint petersburg

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, anime, feel good and captivating films with plots about friendship, escapades, danger, dog, family relations, youth and friends mostly in Animation, Adventure and Family genres. Some movies like Long Way North: Song of the Sea (2014), Up (2009), The Boxcar Children (2014), Turning Red (2022), Mai Mai Miracle (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Song of the Sea (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, France
Duration: 93 min.
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
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The Boxcar Children (2014)
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Duration: 86 min.
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Duration: 78 min.
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