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Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

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Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 7.3

On a golden afternoon, young Alice follows a White Rabbit, who disappears down a nearby rabbit hole. Quickly following him, she tumbles into the burrow - and enters the merry, topsy-turvy world of Won...

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Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

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Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1959 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A beautiful princess born in a faraway kingdom is destined by a terrible curse to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep that can only be awakened by true love'...

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The Tales of Hoffmann

The Tales of Hoffmann

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Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 7.1

A young poet named Hoffman broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia is shattered when he realizes that she is really a mechanical woman designed by a scientist. Ne...

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Brigadoon

Brigadoon

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Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1954 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The cit...

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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

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Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1953 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart's existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the tutelage of the autocratic Dr. Terwilliker. B...

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Carousel

Carousel

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Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1956 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Billy Bigelow has been dead for 15 years. Now outside the pearly gates, he long ago waived his right to go back to Earth for a day. He has heard that there is a problem with his family: namely with hi...

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Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb

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Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1958 IMDB Rating: 6.4

A boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him.

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Kismet

Kismet

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1955 IMDB Rating: 6.2

A roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir's harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph. Kismet (The will of Allah), is the story of a young Caliph who falls in love with th...

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Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

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Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1952 IMDB Rating: 5.8

A young boy trades the family cow for magic beans.

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 5.7

The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which is a bit hard on the children) and refuses to help...

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