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Martial arts fights and threat of extermination
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Parents turned into pigs; No-Face devours people
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Peter Parker's and his uncle's deaths, fights, and intense stimulation
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Incestuous innuendo about his mother, gunfire, and terrorists
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Terrifying Big Bad Wolf
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Harsh school bullying and the family dog's death
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Father's death, wolves and solo child-rearing
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Sad ending: beloved spirit disappears
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Owner's death and the dog's wait
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Child taken from his guardian and poverty
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Snowstorm, broken ice and animals in mortal danger
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Military robots, gunfire, and Muska's fatal fall in an intense tone
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Hunters, wolves and the lord's threat
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Troll, three-headed dog, and Voldemort possessing Quirrell
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Battles, menacing Jabba, and the Emperor torturing Luke
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Demons, combat ballet, animated pop
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Witch with button eyes and a frightening world
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Dragons, chief's death, darker tone
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Dog's deaths and cancer
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Spinel attacks; amnesia and threat to Earth in an emotional tone
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Father turned to stone by the Druun, sword fights
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Demon cat loses his home; chases, fights and betrayal
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Discrimination against disability
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Isolated adopted girl, memories of abuse and family death
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Dialogue-free documentary with images of poverty and war
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Detective mystery with comic tone
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Classic romantic comedy with no harsh conflicts
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Stoick's death before Hiccup and battles
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Civil war with humor
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Planet's destruction and extinction
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Duels, torture in the pit, dangerous swamp, and satire
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Kitchen drama between father and daughter
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Concert with lyrics about heartbreak
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Animated corpses and a bride's death
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Sick girl and a repentant criminal
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Crew deaths, pirate spider, and absent father
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Dialogue-free documentary with intense images and music
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Dog's repeated deaths and violent alcoholic father
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Allegory about old age and forgetting
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Macabre fantasy of a gothic child
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Western gunfights and a threat of death
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Stolen and abused dog; old man's death and an axe villain
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Father killed in war and a supposed kinship between the couple
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