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Stella und der Stern des Orients (2008)
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Stella und der Stern des Orients (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: In 2005, on New Year's Eve, little Stella visits her grandma in the family home. Unknowingly, she activates a time travel machine and is transported into the year 1905, where she meets some long gone relatives when they were her age.
Style: fairy tale
Plot: time travel, treasure, winter, treasure hunt, snow, boy, family relations, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, girl, brother sister relationship, brother, family dinner, new year's eve, girl heroine, sister, grandmother granddaughter relationship, secret hideout, fear of heights, flying machine, singing in a car, wardrobe, rope bridge
Time: 2000s, 1900s, 20th century

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out entertaining, captivating, humorous and semi serious films with plots about family relations, brother sister relationship, boy, teenager, father daughter relationship, father son relationship and girl mostly in Family, Adventure and Comedy genres. Some movies like Stella und der Stern des Orients: Winter's Daughter (2011), Snow Day (2000), Treasure State (2013), The Last Treasure Hunt (2016), Donovan's Kid (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Winter's Daughter (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: For 11-year-old Kattaka it's an escape: she's looking for her biological father, a Russian sailor whose ship is currently moored in Gdansk and whose existence her parents have kept secret until now. For 70-year-old Lena it's a journey ...
Style: road movie, humorous, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Plot: teenage girl, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, tragic past, teenage boy, little boy, car trouble, winter, christmas eve, best friend, new year's eve, translator ...
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95%
 5.2
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Snow Day (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a school in upstate New York is snowed in, a group of students hi-jack a plow to keep the school closed..
Style: feel good, humorous, melancholic, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: snow, love triangle, chase, youth, school, teenage girl, mischievous children, high school, father son relationship, brother sister relationship, teenage boy, swimming pool ...
Time: 90s, year 2000, 2000s
Place: new york, antarctic, new york state, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Treasure State (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In this family-friendly adventure, two teens must put their rivalry aside and join forces to stop notorious bandits and survive the brutal wilderness known as the Treasure State.
Style: captivating, disturbing, entertaining
Audience: family outing
Plot: family feud, winter, plane crash, rivalry, escapades, teenager, treasure hunt, air disaster, airplane crash, snow, chase, treasure
Place: montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
The Last Treasure Hunt (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Adventure - A heartfelt story of an estranged brother and sister who must put aside their differences in order to solve an elaborate treasure hunt, left for them in the will of their eccentric father.
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure, brother, sister, island
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Donovan's Kid (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Timothy Donovan, a con-man, returns to San Francisco to see his wife and daughter. Realizing his family is under the control of his wife's domineering uncle, Timothy Donovan teams up with fellow con-man to free them.
Plot: family relations, father daughter relationship, marriage, uncle, con man, irish american
Time: 1900s
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Hands off Mississippi (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Die zehnjährige Emma freut sich auf die Ferien bei Oma Dolly auf dem Land. Nach ihrer Ankunft muss sie jedoch erfahren, dass der alte Herr Klipperbusch gestorben ist und sein schmieriger Neffe Albert Gansmann, genannt „Der Alligator“, alles ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, educational
Audience: family outing
Plot: rider horse relationship, family relations, little girl, grandmother granddaughter relationship, equestrian, veterinarian, friendship, animal rescue, strong female character, child's point of view, horse, monkey ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mississippi, northern germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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 149
Crystalstone (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Deserted by their father and with their mother dead, nine-year-old Pablo and his little sister Maria refuse to be separated from each other by their caretaker aunt. With a cross as their guide, they embark on a perilous, but ultimately rewarding ...
Style: independent film, exciting, semi serious, touching
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: coming of age, youth, pirate, orphan, supernatural ability, treasure hunt, danger, escapades, heroes, family relations, girl, train ...
Time: 1900s
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Clubhouse Detectives in Scavenger Hunt (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When 4 friends attend a birthday party they find a stolen painting which sends them on chase to find out who the real burgulars are and where the next hit will be. Will they be able to find the real burgulars and solve the case? Find out!
Style: light, entertaining, atmospheric, intense
Plot: father son relationship, family relations, treasure hunter, friendship between boys, treasure hunt, travel, unlikely friendships, treasure map, escapades, adventure hero, hidden treasure, mother son relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Victor is both thrilled and mystified when his family moves into his grand-uncles somber mansion filled with African masks, taxidermy crocodile mounts - and a dark secret: Four decades ago, his grand-cousin Cecilia, at the same age as he is now, ...
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, entertaining, educational, detective ...
Audience: kids
Plot: boy, crocodile, child, children, child protagonist, family relations, disbelieving adult, brother sister relationship, alternate reality, magic, fantasy world, mansion ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: The joke's on absent-minded scientist Wayne Szalinski when his troublesome invention shrinks him, his brother and their wives so effectively that their children think they've completely disappeared. Of course, this gives the kids free rein ...
Style: not serious, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: husband wife relationship, inventor, mother daughter relationship, experiment gone awry, fish out of water, nothing goes right, rescue, misfit, odd couple, mischievous children, disorder, parents and children ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min.
Story: Hansel and Gretel have fled the gingerbread house, but what if the wicked witch survived after all?
Style: exciting, captivating, entertaining, fairy tale, funny ...
Plot: brother and sister, adventure hero, witch, sister, evil witch, girl, fantasy world, boy, house, brother, fairy
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
Style: funny, intense, light, feel good, slapstick ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot: youth, childhood, inventor, shrinking, parents and children, neighbor, survival, rescue, mother daughter relationship, genetically altered, kids and family, stop motion ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Skeleton's Compass (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A group of middle school friends go on the hunt for treasure after finding a skeleton in the woods.
Style: entertaining, captivating, funny, tense, exciting
Plot: time travel, skeleton, treasure map, cave, treasure hunt, adventurer, friends, adventure hero, treasure hunter, forest, friend, group of friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Pet Shop (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Kids' film about a couple of aliens who come to earth and open up a pet shop in an attempt to try and eat some of earth's children for dinner.
Style: psychotronic, mysterious, independent film
Audience: kids
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Captain Nova (2021)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.0
 362
Little Savages (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Visiting the charming lake town of Culver, a boy genius and his sister race against bullies to find a treasure hidden by an eccentric philanthropist.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 6.1
 12K
Finding 'Ohana (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Two Brooklyn siblings' summer in a rural Oahu town takes an exciting turn when a journal pointing to long-lost treasure sets them on an adventure, leading them to reconnect with their Hawaiian heritage.
Style: anamorphic, funny, captivating, entertaining, teen comedy
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
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Time: 2020s, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Norway, UK
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: fairy tale, exciting, entertaining, intense, colorful
Audience: family outing, kids
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Moscow: Cassiopea (1974)
Genre: Family, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Adventure
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Start of nterstellar expedition equipped by "pioneers"(soviet scouts).
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: time dilation, coming of age, psychedelia, time travel, children, extraterrestrial life, teenager, space travel, teenage love, outer space, soviet, text messaging ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 7K
Minutemen (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: humorous, romantic, scenic, teen, semi serious ...
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Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Gold Retrievers (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A boy and his dog must go in search of a fabled local treasure in an effort to save the family house from foreclosure.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: youth, treasure hunt, save the day, rivalry, danger, escapades, woods, young heroes, legends and myths, parents and children, mischievous children, small town ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Far til fire's vilde ferie (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A wild holiday of the father of four and his family.
Plot: boy, girl, burglary, children, child, family relations
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Friedliche Zeiten (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Summer 1968. It has been seven years since the Striesow family fled the GDR to a quiet suburb in West Germany. But Irene, the mother, does not support her situation as a housewife. Especially since Dieter, her husband, is absent more and more. Their ...
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Time: 60s
Place: west germany, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.0
 101K
Bedtime Stories (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, funny, romantic, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: miraculous event, wish come true, life turned upside down, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, imagination, children, escapades, nothing goes right, storytelling, uncle nephew relationship, magic ...
Time: year 2008, 70s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1974 ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Emperor Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make Marge his before blowing up the Earth. The Emperor and other inhabitants of his planet are somewhat less than bright, and Dick begins ...
Style: humorous, funny, grindhouse, sexy, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: alien, friendly alien, alien abduction, evil alien, kidnapping, space, distopia, apocalypse, superhero, insanity, buddies, epidemic ...
Time: year 1992
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Danish brilliant pre-teen student Nis uses his summer holiday to learn Latin so he can properly study the Knights Templar inheritance on Bjornholm island from sources. His friends Mathias, a dumb jock, and Kathrine, who only comes to spend time wear ...
Style: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, tense ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: treasure hunt, ancient mystery, rescue, danger, parents and children, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals, family relations, religions or cults, father daughter relationship, strong female character, crusader ...
Time: middle ages, 21st century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Alone in the Woods (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Style: independent film
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32%
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