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A Piggy Tale (1991)
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A Piggy Tale (1991)
Original name: 娃娃
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Story: Dolly, a lovely, adorable little girl from the mountain region. Due to the death of her parents, she was sent to her parents' friend, Mrs. Chu's care. When Dolly and her mini pig playmate, Guava, first came to Taipei, they brought a great change in the life of the Chu family and created a series of thrilling amusing incidents. One day, Papa Chu brought Guava to the office but negligently lost it. When Dolly heard that Guava got lost, she was very sad and decided to leave home to search for Guava. In order to help Dolly, Chu Pi, Papa Chu's son, called his buddies to join Dolly in the search of Guava. An interesting, worrying search journey by a group of children began...
Plot: friendship, orphan, family relations, girl, father son relationship, pig, husband wife relationship, death of father, death of mother, friend, surrogate family, animal, mother son relationship, search, animals

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, feel good, independent film and serious films with plots about family relations, friendship, father son relationship, boy, girl, youth and friend mostly in Family, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like A Piggy Tale: Little Crumb (1999), Amour d'enfance (2001), Rubber Tarzan (1981), Anne of Green Gables (2016), Hiroshima Maiden (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Little Crumb (1999)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The film is based on the popular Dutch childrens book by Chris van Abkoude. In a Dutch port in 1921 lives a 10-year-old orphan boy known to everyone simply as Little Crumb (Ruud Feltkamp). His poverty-stricken mother Lize van Dien (Thekla Reuten) ...
Plot: homeless, youth, children, dutch history, hopes, adoptive mother, family relations, orphan, orphanage, boy, dog, father son relationship ...
Time: 1920s
Place: rotterdam netherlands
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Amour d'enfance (2001)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: This feature length entry from shorts director Caumon deals with a turbulent mother and son relationship in a rural setting.
Plot: rural setting, son, director, mother, hunting, cancer, farm, friendship, violence, love triangle, death of father, father son relationship ...
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Rubber Tarzan (1981)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ivan is a very lonely 8 year boy who is bullied almost every day in school. Even his father taunts him because Ivan litteraly is a weakling (That should explain the title Rubber Tarzan). As a result of this Ivan spends a lot of his time on ...
Plot: working class, family relations, children, bully, loneliness, school, boy, father son relationship, bullying, friend, friendship, abuse ...
Place: copenhagen
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Anne of Green Gables (2016)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A retelling of L.M. Montgomery's story of Anne Shirley, an orphan who is accidentally sent to a couple looking to adopt a boy instead
Style: sincere, touching, captivating, uplifting, compassionate ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: adoption, orphan, friendship, foster parent, foster child, family drama, anne of green gables, parent child relationship, family relations, parents and children, girl, happy ending ...
Time: 19th century, edwardian era
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Hiroshima Maiden (1988)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
Story: "You have to think about whether they're really your friends," Johnny's dad says when Johnny talks to him about the grief his pals have been giving him lately. The other boys haven't exactly tried to understand why Dad ...
Plot: world war two, world war, nuclear war, atomic bomb, family relations, disfigured face, surgery, fbi, racism, disfigurement, prejudice, friend ...
Time: post world war two, 1950s
Place: japan, hiroshima japan
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'Imuhar': A Legend (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Niger
Duration: 82 min.
Story: No overview found
Plot: family relations, girl, death of mother, father son relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, aunt nephew relationship, boy, persian
Place: iran
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The Case of the Witch Who Wasn't (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two girl pen pals and a simple summer in the country. They befriend a woman rumored to be a witch, and end up as amateur detectives when her pet pig is stolen.
Plot: woman, rural setting, girl, robbery, friendship, friend, pen pal, pig, thief, theft
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Little Big Girl (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story: While out and about tending to his herd, young shepherd Larus meets a mysterious little girl named Tinke. Quickly realizing that the girl is alone, Larus brings Tinke some food and slowly builds a friendship with her. Tinke, whose parents died ...
Style: captivating, realistic, sincere, touching, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: orphan, family relations, children, friendship, hopes, friends, destiny, coming of age, human nature, girl, teenage girl, wolf ...
Time: 19th century, 1850s
Place: denmark, europe
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58%
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Heidi (1968)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order to get a job in Frankfurt, Dete brings 5-year-old Heidi to her grandfather, who has been at odds with the villagers for years and lives in seclusion on ...
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: orphan, mountain, family relations, youth, physical disability, girl, basement, adoption, governess, friendship, disability, friends ...
Time: 19th century
Place: switzerland, alps, swiss alps, europe
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When Unku was Ede's Girlfriend (1981)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: East Germany
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Ede falls in love with Unku, a girl from a travelling circus. Love cannot run smoothly however because Unku is a Gypsy. Various adventures take place before love is finally allowed to run its natural course.
Style: pre war
Audience: kids
Plot: kids and family, prejudice, courage, strike, tolerance, friendship, intolerance, moral dilemma, girl
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Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien (1999)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young girl obsessed with watching the heavens bets her telescope with the local bully that their oddly acting new neighbours are not aliens from outer space.
Style: independent film
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Alabama Moon (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven year old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.
Style: realistic, touching, serious, exciting, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, date night, teens
Plot: wilderness, best friend, boy, friendship, coming of age, orphan, life turned upside down, father son relationship, friends, youth, adventurer, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: alabama, usa, southern usa
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53%
Negerkys og labre larver (1987)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 62 min.
Story: Dette er en historie om to piger på 11 år. Nana, som har en hund, men som egentlig bare drømmer om være en anset ballerina, og Conny, der er tvunget til at gå til ballet, men som har et brændende ønske om at være berømt dyrlæge. Hvad vil ...
Plot: dog, parents, teacher, hospital, school, party, girl, friend, wedding, friendship, marriage, family relations ...
Place: denmark
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Rudy: The Return of the Racing Pig (2007)
Genre: Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Up to now, Nickel (9) and his single dad Thomas have been managing very well together. Then Nickel goes on a school excursion and brings the little piglet Rudy back with him in his rucksack. Once he´s home, he makes a terrifying discovery: dad has ...
Style: humorous, funny, satirical, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: piglet, pig, family relations, animal human communication, human animal relationship, parents and children, father son relationship, friendship, pets, friends, male female relationship, satire ...
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The Wild Pony (1983)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: To save her ranch after the accidental death of her husband, a woman marries the man responsible for the mishap.
Style: independent film
Plot: prairie, youth, loss of father, widow, ranch, dead father, animal, rancher, surrogate father, father son relationship, horse, friendship ...
Time: 19th century
Place: colorado
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49%
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Heidi (1965)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Austria
Duration: 110 min.
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Genre: Drama, Family
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Duration: 97 min.
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Genre: Drama, Family
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Only Clouds Move the Stars (1998)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 98 min.
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Kayla: A Cry in the Wilderness (1997)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: independent film
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The Secret Garden (1987)
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
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Time: 19th century, victorian era
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Summer of the Colt (1989)
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: Argentina, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, feel good, touching
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: horse, youth, countryside, family relations, friendship, ranch, sibling relationship, grandparent grandchild relationship, friends, farm, animal life, coming of age ...
Place: argentina, buenos aires argentina
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Run Wild, Run Free (1969)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, this 1969 British children's film stars Mark Lester as a young boy, unable to speak, who befriends both a wild colt with blue eyes and a falcon named "Lady". The cast also includes John Mills, Gordon ...
Style: independent film, freeze frame, wild
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41%
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Anton (1996)
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min.
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Place: denmark
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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Style: semi serious, touching, feel good, gothic, sad ...
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Heidi (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Heidi, is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather. She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the wealthy Sesemann household in Frankfurt, Germany as a companion to Klara, ...
Style: sincere, scenic, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Audience: kids, family outing
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Rudy, the Racing Pig (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Flat-dwelling urban family win a pig in a raffle, and decide to keep it. They lose their flat (no pets allowed) but eventually Rudi the pig makes good.
Plot: boy, pig, piglet, family relations, animal
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The Last Passport (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: independent film
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A Shine of Rainbows (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, Ireland
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An orphaned boy named Tomás is adopted by Maire O’Donnell to live on a whimsical Irish isle filled with new friends, secret caves and a lost baby pup seal stranded on the coast. But when Maire's reluctant husband Alec refuses to accept ...
Style: uplifting, feel good, sentimental, sincere, serious ...
Audience: family outing, adult
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Time: year 2009
Place: ireland, europe
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