Midget movies and TV shows – page 5
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List of midget movies
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hank Dingo is the world's smallest private detective with the world's biggest ego. A rough, tough gumshoe full of attitude, he doesn't crack cases... he smashes them! Hank throws himself into the "Case of the Missing Lawn ...
Plot:
informant, quicksand, ambulance, office, marijuana, toilet humor, cousin cousin relationship, funeral, desert, interrogation, helicopter, midget ...
Place:
iran
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A family of aliens from a much better world must take refuge in middle America after the destruction of their planet. Their mission: protect the Pupa, a living super computer that will one day evolve into its true form, consume them and terraform ...
Style:
adult animation, funny, entertaining, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, adult
Plot:
dark humor, science and technology, alien, alien encounter, human alien relationship, alien contact, new life, ufo, lgbt, love, evil, adult humor ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 233 min.
Story:
WrestleMania XXIV was the twenty-fourth annual WrestleMania PPV. The event took place on March 30, 2008, at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. The first main event was a Singles match from the SmackDown brand that featured The Undertaker challenging World ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, exciting
Plot:
wrestler, professional wrestler, champion, muscleman, title bout, professional wrestling, combat, cage fighting, competitor, master warrior, arena, professional sports ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. ...
Style:
feel good, light, funny, humorous, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
friends, talking animal, determination, fantasy world, rescue, jungle, elephant, friendship, animal, creativity, save the day, goofy hero ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Australia, China, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Evil Space Aliens called the Xilians unleashes all the Earth's monsters to lay waste to most of the world's major cities, including Tokyo, New York, Sydney, Shanghai and Paris. It is up to Godzilla and the Earth Defense Force to vanquish ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychotronic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
godzilla, kaiju, evil alien, chaos, danger, battles, survival, demolished city, dangerous animal, deadly creature, chaos and mayhem, chases and races ...
Time:
jurassic, 60s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1964 ...
Place:
new york, japan, tokyo, usa, vancouver ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story:
Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is ...
Style:
fairy tale, serious, stylized, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, giant, horse, getting home, against the odds, fish out of water, escapades, rescue, husband wife relationship, fantasy world, surrealism, colonialism ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 1900s, stone age
Place:
fictional island
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
Style:
touching, clever, light, epic, weeping ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, toys, toy comes to life, magic, childhood, boy, child protagonist, toy soldier, native american, parallel world, escapades ...
Time:
90s, 18th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, london
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Shining Time Station is an American children's television series co-created by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow. The series was produced by The Britt Allcroft Company and Quality Family Entertainment in New York for New York City PBS Station ...
Style:
anthology, stylized, humorous, semi serious, feel good
Audience:
toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot:
stranger on a train, social relations, teaching the ways of the world, escapades, friendship, friends, midget, morality, train station, magic, children, jukebox ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
detroit
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A comedy. The story follows a young scientist in the contemporary world, who actually came from the world of dwarves, thanks to a magic potion, held by the Big Eater, ruler of the dwarves. The dwarf kingdom, Shuflandia, exists in a cellar of a ...
Style:
cult classic, surreal, psychedelic, mind bending, biting ...
Plot:
surrealism, female nudity, shrinking, giant, underground city, nude girl, magical creature, polish, imaginary, misfit, society, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The colorful holiday classic is finally brought to the big screen, designed by famed children's story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written for the first time to be as close as possible to the original story. A lavish, exciting and ...
Style:
stylized, entertaining, independent film, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, objects come to life, nutcracker, toy comes to life, dancing, hunting, dance, happiness, soldier, uncle niece relationship, ballet performance, evil king ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, light, surreal, sexy ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dragon, magic, fantasy world, imagination, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, book, child protagonist, evil force, child hero, boy, medieval ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s, future, 90s
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the classic children's novel by John Masefield, the story follows the exploits of a young boy, Kay Harker, who finds himself drawn into a world of magic and danger when he encounters an old Punch and Judy man.
Style:
moody, period drama
Audience:
kids
Plot:
christmas, coming of age, boy hero, supernatural, adaptation, quest, travel, small town, holiday, heroism, folklore, children ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
britain
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Mork & Mindy is an American science fiction sitcom broadcast from 1978 until 1982 on ABC. The series starred Robin Williams as Mork, an alien who comes to Earth from the planet Ork in a small, one-man egg-shaped spaceship. Pam Dawber co-starred ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, spoof, slapstick, hilarious ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, teens
Plot:
odd couple, benign alien, pun, extraterrestrial, intergalactic, team, deja vu, friendly alien, weirdo, magic, alien disguised as human, farce ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
colorado
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because he's seeing gnomes! ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
st. patrick's day, magic, chase, good versus evil, youth, gnome, raccoon, automobile, talking animal, magical creature, holiday, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 1967
Place:
california, usa, new jersey, san francisco
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The 7th film in the Godzilla series. After being caught in a storm in the south seas, several teenagers and thief arrive on an island where natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization. They also discover a sleeping Godzilla and decide to ...
Style:
grindhouse, daikaiju, natural horror, suspense, classic horror ...
Plot:
kaiju, godzilla, giant monster, monster, mothra, giant lizard, disaster, killer animal, mutant, boat, creature, sea ...
Time:
year 1966, jurassic, 60s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
japan, tokyo, fictional island
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The 5th film in the original Godzilla franchise marked a turning point in the series. Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra must put aside their quarrelsome ways to become allies and defend earth from 3 headed Dragon King Ghidorah.
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, tense, daikaiju ...
Plot:
giant monster, kaiju, dragon, godzilla, mothra, monster, monster terrorizes city, rescue, battles, danger, chaos, rivalry ...
Time:
jurassic, 60s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The 4th film in the Godzilla franchise restores the serious tone of the original Godzilla film. A greedy developer has placed huge machines to suck dry a part of the ocean near Tokyo so he can build luxury condos. After a storm, a giant egg washes ...
Style:
suspense, grindhouse, natural horror, daikaiju, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kaiju, godzilla, giant monster, monster, mothra, dinosaur, monster versus monster, giant animal, greed, island, creature feature, crossover ...
Time:
jurassic, 60s, 80s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, grindhouse, offbeat, controversial ...
Plot:
ventriloquist, ventriloquist dummy, killer doll, puppet, doll, toys, evil doll, hypnosis, mind control, female nudity, soul, supernatural power ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london, europe, england, berlin germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-tothing dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both
Style:
ironic, tragic ending, factual, sad, cynical
Plot:
bohemian life, interview, twists and turns, celebrity, performer's life, untimely death, lust, promiscuous past, journalism, nude model, cooking, writers ...
Time:
70s, year 1997, 90s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness. Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland.
Style:
anime, adult animation, stylized, harsh, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
superhero, batman, violent, sex scene, vigilantism, murder, psychopath, justice, cruelty, joker, hitman, computer cracker ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, stylized, offbeat, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
childhood, children, fantasy world, chocolate, contests and competitions, imaginary, magic, social differences, child protagonist, imagination, poverty, food ...
Time:
year 2005, 1920s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
bavaria, new delhi, japan, europe, georgia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Nick Jenkins finds himself back in the single scene as his relationship with his fiancee abruptly fall apart. With his roommate and best friend Jed Rollins, Nick jumps into the dating world. Mona, Jed, and Robin accompany him as they meander ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
best friend, couples, wooing, breakup, dating, looking for love, rivalry, friendship, fall in love, love and romance, friends, dwarf ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Monica Rivers, is the owner and ringmaster of a traveling circus and who'll stop at nothing to draw bigger audiences. When a series of mysterious murders begins to occur and some of her performers die gruesomely, her profits soar. She hires ...
Style:
detective, psychotronic, slasher, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
circus, hagsploitation, murder, investigation, tightrope walker, circus performer, acrobat, serial murder, camp, female boss, whodunit, eavesdropping ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
Style:
parody, humorous, funny, absurd, satirical ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
wild west, old west, small town, irreverent, profanity, fall in love, stereotypes, duel, satire, teaching the ways of the world, newcomer, notoriety ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, victorian era, 19th century, 1880s ...
Place:
usa, arizona
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A series of three vignettes illustrate life in small-town America: the story of a man, his ex-girlfriend, and his attempt to foil a terrorist plot; an uncle trying to connect with his niece, who is emotionally distance following the death of her ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, thought provoking, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
family relations, culture clash, family life, social relations, lifestyle, society, couple relations, looking for love, satire, truth, racism, dinner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Music, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Musical set in the 'future', e.g. 1994. A young couple enters the world of the music industry, but also the world of drugs.
Style:
horror musical, grindhouse, surreal, psychotronic, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
disco, drug, rock and roll, dancing, vegetable, post-apocalyptic future, food, distopia, art, hallucination, eurovision, brainwashing ...
Time:
future, year 1980, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A one-handed madman (he lost the hand while escaping a hanging) uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes have wronged him.
Style:
psychotronic, slasher, scary, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, necrophilia, jack the ripper, prosthetic hand, insanity, investigation, strangulation, wax museum, dismemberment, amputation ...
Time:
year 1966, 19th century, 1860s, 1800s
Place:
baltimore, latin america, mexico, usa, maryland ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with the Maltese Falcon - and with the people who will stop at nothing, including murder, to get it.
Style:
parody, neo noir, realistic, not serious, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
private detective, private investigator, relic hunter, murder, police detective, power relations, cons and scams, who done it, undercover, uncover truth, investigation, danger ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, year 1940
Place:
san francisco, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
With dreams of becoming a successful entrepreneur just like his beloved Richard Branson, Lemon bids farewell to his hometown of Leeds and heads for the capital. When he becomes an overnight billionaire, it seems everything is going his way, but ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, sentimental, feel good, melancholic ...
Plot:
overnight success, ambition, silly humor, lifestyle, rise and fall, blind ambition, hopes, celebrity culture, invention, delusion, bare breasts, satire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Budget cuts force two rival ambulance companies and their misfit medics to go head-to-head to save their patients, their jobs and their beer money, all in the name of emergency medicine.
Style:
humorous, realistic, not serious, light, independent film ...
Plot:
rivalry, ambition, friends, disorder, doctors and patients, goofy hero, contests and competitions, silly humor, underdog, business competition, medical, stoner ...
Time:
21st century
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