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Mark | imdb: 8.1 |
Genre | adventure, family, cartoon, music |
Country | USA |
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.
Mark | imdb: 8 |
Genre | drama, documentary, cartoon, detective, military, biography, history |
Country | Israel, France, Germany, USA, Finland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Australia |
Duration | 01:30 |
Much awarded animated documentary, in which director and Israeli army veteran Ari Folman interviews friends and former soldiers about their memories of the 1982 Lebanon war and especially the Sabra and Shatila massacre in Beirut. The usage on animation enabled Folman to illustrate their personal memories and dreams.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | drama, cartoon, crime, biography |
Country | Poland, United Kingdom, USA, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
Duration | 02:17 |
The film brings the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil-painting hand-painted by 125 professional oil-painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving Vincent studios in Poland and Greece to be a part of the production. As remarkable as Vincent’s brilliant paintings are his passionate and ill-fated life and mysterious death.
Mark | imdb: 5.9 |
Genre | horror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, cartoon |
Country | United Kingdom, Poland, India, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, France |
Duration | 01:27 |
NYC, Central Park, 2010. Five young teenagers are violently assaulted. But they’re not your average teenagers… they’re prodigies. The trauma of the assault incites them to lash out against the world in a cold and calculating way. The five chillingly brilliant minds come together to concoct a perfect revenge. The only person aware of the pending doom is Jimbo Farrar, a sixth prodigy, who has gathered them. As long as he fights against his five counterparts with all his might, there’s hope for the world. But should he turn over to their side, it’s only a matter of time before a disaster of apocalyptic proportions ensues…
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | fantastic, drama, adventure, cartoon, detective, military, anime |
Country | Japan |
Amid the desolate remains of a once-thriving city, only the rumbling of a motorbike breaks the cold winter silence. Its riders, Chito and Yuuri, are the last survivors in the war-torn city. Scavenging old military sites for food and parts, the two girls explore the wastelands and speculate about the old world to pass the time. Chito and Yuuri each occasionally struggle with the looming solitude, but when they have each other, sharing the weight of being two of the last humans becomes a bit more bearable. Between Yuuri's clumsy excitement and Chito's calm composure, their dark days get a little brighter with shooting practice, new books, and snowball fights on the frozen battlefield.Among a scenery of barren landscapes and deserted buildings, it is an uplifting tale of two girls and their quest to find hope in a bleak and dying world.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | adventure, family, cartoon, military, history |
Country | Republic of Ireland, France, USA, Canada, Belgium, United Kingdom |
The true story of the most decorated dog in American military history -- Sgt. Stubby -- and the enduring bonds he forged with his brothers-in-arms in the trenches of World War I.
Mark | imdb: 8.1 |
Genre | fantasy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon |
Country | Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, France |
Duration | 01:33 |
The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.
Mark | imdb: 8 |
Genre | drama, cartoon, military, biography, history |
Country | France, USA |
Duration | 01:35 |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | drama, adventure, family, cartoon |
Country | France, Denmark, Belgium, USA |
Duration | 01:09 |
1892, Saint Petersburg. Sasha, a young Russian aristocrat, has always been fascinated by her grandfather's life as an adventurer. A renowned explorer, he designed a magnificent arctic ship, but he hasn't returned from his last expedition to the North Pole. To save her family's honor, Sasha runs away. Headed towards the Great North, she follows her grandfather's trail in search of his famous ship.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | drama, cartoon |
Country | Qatar, France, Lebanon, Canada, USA, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom |
Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | drama, family, cartoon |
Country | Luxembourg, France |
Duration | 02:05 |
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | horror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, cartoon, crime, detective, military |
Country | USA |
Tragedy strikes the Batman's life again when Robin Jason Todd tracks down his birth mother only to run afoul of the Joker. An adaptation of the 1988 comic book storyline of the same name.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, cartoon, military, history, anime |
Country | Japan |
Duration | 02:06 |
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | fantasy, drama, cartoon, short |
Country | Canada |
From the moment she was born, Vaysha was a very special girl. With her left eye she can only see into the past, and with her right she can only see the future. The past is familiar and safe, the future is sinister and threatening. The present is a blind spot. In captivating parabolic imagery, the award-winning animation artist Theodore Ushev illustrates the world through Vaysha’s eyes.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | drama, cartoon, short |
Country | Canada, United Kingdom |
The brutally honest story of Robert's turbulent relationship with a self-destructive, yet charismatic friend from childhood, who cries out for help from a military hospital in China and sets Rob on a wild ride to get him home to Vancouver.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | fantastic, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, cartoon |
Country | USA, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:28 |
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | thriller, drama, cartoon, military, anime |
Country | Japan |
Taking place in the year 1937 on the eve of World War II, the story involves a mysterious spy training organization known as the "D Agency." The organization is established by Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki from the Imperial Japanese Army. His ideals lead him to recruit people beyond military academy graduates and personnel, while training them to become skilled agents in arts of manipulation. These agents would become a specialized team to conduct operations. One such antihero agent, under the name Jirou Gamou, goes on a harrowing mission to uncover secret documents titled "Black Notes," while battling forces from within and without his own ranks.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | drama, cartoon, short |
Country | USA |
Duration | 00:15 |
The story about the dog of Eden. What happened in those first days of Creation that made Man and Dog so inseparable? The dog, as he lives through this curious world, encounters a strange creature; a human being named Adam - and with that discovers a new found connection to the world.
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | comedy, drama, cartoon, military |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:20 |
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, cartoon |
Country | France, Canada, Belgium |
On the last day of summer, Louise, an old woman realizes that the last train has departed without her. She finds herself alone in a small seaside resort town, abandoned by everyone. The weather quickly turns for the worse followed by the seasonal tides. Fragile and coquettish, not nearly as well-prepared as a would-be Robinson Crusoe, Louise isn’t likely to make it through the winter. Yet, Louise takes her abandonment as a challenge. She’s going to survive, confronting the elements as well as her memories, which have found the perfect occasion to join in the adventure…
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | fantasy, melodrama, drama, family, cartoon |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:14 |
Return to the forest and join Bambi as he reunites with his father, The Great Prince, who must now raise the young fawn on his own. But in the adventure of a lifetime, the proud parent discovers there is much he can learn from his spirited young son.
Mark | imdb: 8.2 |
Genre | comedy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:36 |
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.
Mark | imdb: 8.5 |
Genre | drama, cartoon, military, anime |
Country | Japan, USA |
Duration | 01:29 |
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
Mark | imdb: 6 |
Genre | fantasy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon |
Country | Italy, Luxembourg, France, Belgium |
Geppetto the carpenter carves the object of his hidden desires out of a log: a puppet that will keep him company and will be like a son to him. He will call him Pinocchio. Imagine his surprise when he discovers that the puppet moves, as if by magic, and is gifted with a life on its own.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | fantasy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon |
Country | United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Japan, USA |
Duration | 01:32 |
From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a now middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard.
Mark | imdb: 8.5 |
Genre | fantastic, thriller, drama, cartoon, anime |
Country | Japan |
Duration | 01:56 |
Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | comedy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:36 |
Bolt is the star of the biggest show in Hollywood. The only problem is, he thinks it's real. After he's accidentally shipped to New York City and separated from Penny, his beloved co-star and owner, Bolt must harness all his "super powers" to find a way home.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | drama, musical, adventure, family, cartoon, history |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:16 |
Balto and the other sled dogs are feeling dejected because the mail that used to be delivered by dogsled is now being delivered by airplanes. But when a mail plane crashes in the mountains, the dogs come to the rescue.