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The Hijacking of 'Savoy' (1979)
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Original name: Похищение «Савойи»
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Polish schoolboy Janek, and Russian girl Tanya are traveling by a plane which ended up in the hands of a gang of drug dealers headed by ex Nazi criminal Henrich Scharf.
Plot:
children, jungle, abduction, runaway, polish, ex nazi, jungle adventure
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and captivating films with plots about children, friendship, youth, young heroes, childhood, boy and runaway mostly in Family, Adventure and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Hijacking of 'Savoy': Maya (1966), The Little Ark (1972), Lotta Leaves Home (1993), Muffin (1973), Conni & Co. (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An American boy runs away in the Indian jungle after a fight with his father.
Plot:
jungle adventure, jungle, youth, big game hunter, father son relationship, train, boy, tiger, elephant, runaway, friendship between boys, best friends ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This heart-rending family-oriented drama chronicles the adventure of two Dutch children who temporarily lose their father and mother during the great flood of 1953. Fortunately, they and their animals are taken in by a salty old boatman who helps ...
Plot:
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A feisty five-year-old girl Lotta decides to move away from home. And no, she doesn't want to put on the stupid sweater.
Audience:
kids
Plot:
young love, runaway, children
Place:
eastern europe
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82%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The adventures and misadventures of Tom and Huck on the Mississippi River in Missouri with their involvement when they fall in with a gang of con artists, take up with a ragtag circus, help a freed slave buy his sister's freedom, and then see a ...
Plot:
nature, con men, scheme, robbery, child's point of view, carnival, children, false accusation, chase, friendship, criminal, countryside ...
Time:
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Place:
mississippi, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Genre: Family
Country: Poland
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A story of an eight year old girl nicknamed "Muffin" who is trying to adapt to life in a big city.
Plot:
family relations, train, sheep, dentist, letter, children, streetcar, play
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young girl goes through the ups and downs of school-life.
Plot:
children, school, animal cruelty, friendship, cruelty to animal, animal shelter, strong female lead, bravery, strong female character, close up of mouth
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78%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After stowing away on a rescue helicopter, three children find themselves stuck on a remote island in the Arctic Ocean with little hope of rescue. They have to conquer fear, wild animals, raging weather, lack of food, and find a way to communicate ...
Style:
captivating, scenic, colourful
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
children, journey, survival, suspense, nature, north pole, escape, island, expedition, human rights, polar bear, new school
Place:
norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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 ...
Plot:
children, father son relationship, friend, school, friendship, dog, nature, summer, diplomat, ecology, vacation, mother son relationship
Place:
czechoslovakia, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Nelly's holiday in Romania takes a very dramatic turn when she accidentally discovers her family's secret plan to relocate to beautiful Transylvania. Running away to avoid the reality of her fate, she walks straight into ...
Plot:
bird, new job, vacation, children, migration
Place:
germany, romania, transylvania
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77%
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
An escaped prisoner flees to the South American jungle, where he must survive not only wild animals and disease but also a ferocious Indian tribe.
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Told from Mowgli's point of view, it's the story of how a boy became a mancub and a mancub became a man.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
jungle, child in peril, disney, nature, rescue, boy, hyena, kids in trouble, disorder, friends, animal life, escapades ...
Time:
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Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Stolen Airship (Czech: Ukradená vzducholod) is a 1967 live-action/animated film by Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman. The story is based loosely on Jules Verne's novels Two Years' Vacation and The Mysterious Island. The film in Art Nouveau ...
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psychotronic
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⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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:
sentimental
Plot:
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Place:
denmark, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The son of a retired astronaut competes to win a seat on the next space shuttle.
Style:
captivating
Plot:
children, competition, space shuttle, nasa, coming of age, astronaut, saving a life, female scientist, scientist hero, teamwork, problem solving, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 225 min.
Story:
The screen version of the most famous novel by American writer Mark Twain "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Without a book about the adventures of Tom and his friends Huckleberry Finn and Becky Thatcher, one can not imagine the childhood of ...
Style:
feel good, realistic, serious, sentimental
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, youth, mischievous children, buddies, friends, on the lam, funeral, boy, buried treasure, fishing, skinny dipping, murder trial ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ten-year-old Hannes, growing up with his young, poor and single mother wants to join the coolest gang in the area, the Vorstadtkrokodile. When the ‘entry test’ goes wrong, Hannes’s life is saved by Kai, who is desperate to join too but is ...
Style:
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kids, family outing
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street gang, friendship, suburban life, children, heroes, suburbs, youth, best friends, teenage life, buddies, amateur detective, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
1960. The thrilling battles waged by a band of kids from two rival villages in the southern French countryside.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
mischievous children, friendship, rivalry, countryside, friends, children, school, village, village life, betrayal, humiliation, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, france
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Duration: 28 min.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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69%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
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Duration: 183 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Adventure, Family
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Genre: Adventure, Family
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Four children are lost in the woods during a camping trip with their parents in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains.
Style:
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68%
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 92 min.
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Plot:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Story:
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67%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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