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The Crocodiles (2009)
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Original name: Vorstadtkrokodile
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 wheelchair bound and unable to even run away when things get hot. Hannes would accept Kai but the other gang members don’t seem happy to accept a handicapped member. Finally Kai has something to offer. One night a shop is robbed and Kai sees the robbers with his telescope. This is his chance to give some important information to the Crocodiles who want to catch the robbers and gain the € 1000 reward. The Crocodiles and their new member will embark on a big and dangerous adventure.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining, light, educational, humorous, fast
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
children, street gang, friendship, suburban life, heroes, youth, teenage life, buddies, young heroes, witnessing a crime, suburbs, friends, misfit, best friend, juvenile delinquency, disability, lifestyle, disorder, rivalry, ambition, amateur detective, teenager, monkey, single parent, underdog ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
germany, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, feel good and realistic films with plots about youth, friendship, family, friends, children, coming of age and heroes mostly in Family, Adventure and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Crocodiles: The Crocodiles: All for One (2011), The Wild Soccer Bunch (2003), Famous Five 3 (2014), Rascals on the Road (2005), Emil and the Detectives (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
New summer adventure of the Crocodiles, who set up their detective skills to find out who is behind the accidents of the factory where Ollie and Mary's parents work , which could mean the closure of the plant, the move of the family and the ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, fast, feel good
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
teenage love, juvenile delinquency, bankruptcy, friendship, teenage life, investigation, best friend, buddies, rivalry, chase, disorder, mine ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
"The Crocodiles" are celebrating the birthday of Hannes and the beginning of the best summer vacation they have ever had. Although the boys have grown and developed different interests, the band remains united against all odds. During a ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, fast
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
group of friends, prison escape, friendship, best friend, teenage life, teenage love, suburbs, buddies, save the day, confined, chases and races, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The school year is over and for a diverse group of children between six and ten years with no worries, football is king! These kids are convinced they are the local gold team and there is nothing they like more than just improve their game. "If ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
kids, pre-teens
Plot:
children, soccer, boy, sport team, contests and competitions, rivalry, athlete and trainer, youth, youth gang, teenager, monkey, competition ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Vlad has just moved and joined one of the most famous magical schools in the world, where he meets fairies, witches, trolls and dwarfs. Him and his father are the first vampires in town, but he soon meets other special kids.
Style:
light, fairy tale, funny, entertaining, feel good
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, childhood, supernatural ability, magic, children, supernatural, friendship between teens, good versus evil, fairy, friends, witch, child ...
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Family
Country: Germany, Thailand
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In their third cinema adventure the Famous Five are searching for a pirate treasure...
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
brother brother relationship, friendship, dog, friends, strong female character, talking parrot, best friend, youth, heroes, danger, escapades, save the day ...
Time:
21st century
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Four kids - Eugen, Wrigley, Bäschteli and Eduard - leave for an adventure around Switzerland, searching for the fabulous treasure of Titicaca Lake, discovered by Fritzli Bühler.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, feel good, light ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
friendship, treasure hunt, childhood, farmer, friends, escapades, on the road, mountain, youth, leaving home, journey, boy scout ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
switzerland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The twelve-year-old Emil and his father are haunted by bad luck. To take a break from a series of family disasters, Emil is allowed to spend a few days with a friend of the family, the female priest Hummel in Berlin. In the train he runs across the ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining
Audience:
kids
Plot:
boy, single father, children, friendship, stolen money, gang, amateur detective, coming of age, unemployment, solidarity, breakdance, kidnapping ...
Place:
berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: Germany, South Africa, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A new case for the cult detectives! Not by coincidence, a mysterious videotape falls into the hands of Jupiter Jones (CHANCELLOR MILLER), Pete Crenshaw (NICK PRICE) and Bob Andrews (CAMERON MONAGHAN) during Jupiter's birthday party in Rocky ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, fast, detective, scary ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
buddies, amateur detective, supernatural ability, youth, haunted house, investigation, danger, escapades, curses spells and rituals, young heroes, isolation, shrewd ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The children of a small European mountain village end up being its only residents, soon after the adults cannot take their behavior any longer.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
youth, boy, soldier, disorder, abuse, prank, save the day, friends, escapades, friendship, village life, society ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
What starts out as a boring day for Bobby, Johnnie and Chuck quickly escalates into a riotous backyard adventure. A swarming beehive, a lawn mower with a mind of its own, a mysterious junkman and the neighborhood bully are just some of the hilarious ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, mischievous children, friendship, young heroes, buddies, teenage life, disorder, small town, summer vacation, partner, coming of age, when the parents are away ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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, feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
mischievous children, countryside, children, rivalry, friends, friendship, village life, nude boy, betrayal, humiliation, uninhibited rivalry, social relations ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of friends got into a big trouble and they will try to do anything to get away with it.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, exciting, captivating
Audience:
pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, young heroes, chases and races, rivalry, parents and children, youth, disorder, misfit, contests and competitions, car race, children, car ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ida has a hard time making friends. One day, her weird class teacher announces that everyone in the class will have a magical animal with them. Ida is put to the side of the fox Rabbat. Benni, just like Ida also an outsider, has the turtle Henrietta ...
Style:
semi serious, entertaining, captivating, light hearted, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
magical creature, friendship, teamwork, talking animal, children, magic, investigation, human animal relationship, friends, fantasy world, animal human communication, acceptance ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
For their bicycle tour to Catmoor, the friends Julian, Dick and Anne, their cousin Georgina, called George, and her dog Timmy have long looked forward to. But the camping holiday in the countryside ends with the kidnapping of Dick, confuse the two ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, danger, friends, young heroes, investigation, coming of age, best friend, kidnapping, youth, heroes, escapades, amateur detective ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
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:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
entertaining, humorous, light, realistic, not serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Occupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, who's Jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local Nazi sympathisers. Lebrac and the village must now respond to the reality of what's ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
jewish girl, youth, friendship, world war two, mischievous children, village, young heroes, fall in love, coming of age, disorder, social relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
"The Wild Soccer Bunch" celebrate their last victory against the "Silver Lights" - and set one record in volley-pass game after another in the forest. But they are not alone: Vampires target the team. To lure them into their ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, teen, heroic, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, soccer, rivalry, heroes, friends, contests and competitions, imaginary, escapades, youth, rescue mission, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old outsider Stephan arrives at Castle Schreckenstein, an all-boys boarding school, where he learns about life within a community and soon finds himself being part of a funny 'pranks-competition' the boys are currently fighting ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, light, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
children, boys' school, castle, boarding school, girls' school, prank, school, mischievous children, teenage life, teenager, teenage boy, escapades ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and ...
Style:
exciting, sentimental, suspenseful, stylized, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
ufo, alien, friendship, buddies, children, found footage, youth, benign alien, friends, investigation, child, friendly alien ...
Time:
2010s, future, 80s
Place:
usa, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, exciting
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
viking, boy, young heroes, treasure hunt, imaginary, rivalry, escapades, legends and myths, heroes, legend, knight, youth ...
Time:
year 2011, middle ages
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on Gordon Korman's book 'Swindle,' this movie is about a boy named Griffin who finds a valuable multi-million dollar baseball card. After accidentally selling the card for a million dollar loss, he enlists the help of his best ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, humorous, light, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, cheerleader, escapades, partner, cons and scams, heist, teenager, collector, friends, best friend, youth, nun ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, exciting, action thriller ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: Germany, South Africa, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, exciting, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
ancient mystery, amateur detective, youth, investigation, private detective, treasure hunt, legend, partner, escapades, save the day, island, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, exciting, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, friends, parents and children, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, disorder, chases and races, youth, underdog, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Adventure
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
This family comedy is about, Zack, an 8-year old American boy who is separated from his 18-year old sister, as they arrive in Paris for a family vacation. Seth, and friends track Zack down.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, captivating, family comedy ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
chase, mischievous children, young heroes, disorder, danger, kids in trouble, youth, silly humor, child in peril, friends, family relations, amateur detective ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Vicky is a viking-boy who lives with his parents Halvar and Ylva in the small village Flake. He is a typical viking boy, but rather fearful. He is also not very strong but smart. One day he sails with the grown up vikings out to the sea and to ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, feel good, humorous, light ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
parents and children, danger, young heroes, rescue, youth, competition, viking, fog, knight, monkey, bully, children ...
Time:
middle ages
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After Leon left his team in the historic 25-1 defeat against the national team, Die wilden Kerle broke up. Only the little Nerv still believes in his old heroes and tries to bring the grown-up guys back together with the help of his dreaded side ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, uplifting, family comedy ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens
Plot:
rivalry, youth, soccer, sport team, teenager, contests and competitions, football, families, children, friendship, competition, teamwork ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Brazil
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, satirical, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids
Plot:
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Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Zenon Kar a teenager living on a space station in the year 2054 competes in the first ever Galactic Teen Supreme contest.
Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, futuristic, teen
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
young heroes, disorder, teenage life, mischievous children, escapades, rivalry, youth, ambition, imaginary, teenager, occupation, master villain ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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