Movies like Marley & Me: The Puppy Years

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Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (2011)
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Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Fall into puppy love with “the world’s worst dog”, who now has a frisky voice and an attitude to match. Join Marley for his mischievous puppy years, as he and his summer pal, Bodie Grogan, wreak havoc on a neighborhood dog contest. Marley outwits Dobermans, Shepherds and Collies, while stealing hearts in his own unique and lovable way. Get your paws on MARLEY & ME: THE PUPPY YEARS and fetch big laughs for the whole family!
Style: exciting, semi serious, feel good, humorous, sad, sentimental
Audience: family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, kids
Plot: dog, puppy, youth, dog training, talking dog, friends, family relations, teenage life, chaos and mayhem, pets, animal, anthropomorphism, contests and competitions, disorder, silly humor, fish out of water, ambition, fraud, talking animal, pet dog, teenage girl, best friend, husky dog, nothing goes right, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and light films with plots about dog, pets, animal, family relations, friendship, disorder and youth mostly in Comedy, Family and Sport genres. Some movies like Marley & Me: The Puppy Years: Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003), Beethoven's Big Break (2008), Snow Dogs (2002), Hotel for Dogs (2009), Dr. Dolittle: The Final (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In Disney's fifth installment to the franchise, Air Bud finds that he has the uncanny ability to play volleyball.
Style: feel good, sentimental, humorous, light, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: dog, golden retriever, volleyball, youth, contests and competitions, friends, beach, friendship, pets, animal, stupid kid, sport team ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
Beethoven's Big Break (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Eddie, a struggling animal trainer and single dad suddenly finds himself the personal wrangler for a large and lovable St. Bernard whose fabulous movie "audition" catapults the dog to stardom. However, a trio of unscrupulous ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, pets, filmmaking, human animal relationship, rescue, danger, disorder, odd couple, mischievous children, hollywood, fish out of water, animal ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Snow Dogs (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.
Style: feel good, entertaining, inspirational, humorous, scenic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: dog, dog sled, pets, fish out of water, small town, animal, friendship, against the odds, talking animal, dentist, adoption, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alaska, antarctic, usa, cuba
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100%
 5.5
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Hotel for Dogs (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, humorous, light, teen ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot: dog, pets, orphan, mischievous children, siblings relations, husky dog, animal, young heroes, hotel, pitbull, friends, child ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Dr. Dolittle: The Final (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Maya Dolittle can talk to animals. She gets discovered and Tiffany Monaco, a Hollywood star, brings her to L.A. to help her little puppy, who turns out to be a boy.
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, unusual plot structure, contemplative
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot: dog, hollywood, pets, showbiz, disorder, celebrity culture, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, supernatural, kids and family, fish out of water ...
Place: usa
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100%
The Dog Who Saved Halloween (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Zeus (voiced by Joey Lawrence) and the Bannister family have moved into a new home just in time for Halloween! When Zeus and George (Gary Valentine of "The King of Queens") decide to investigate a creepy neighbor (Lance Henriksen of ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: halloween, dog, pets, save the day, disorder, nothing goes right, friendship, animal, missing person, ghost, heroes, animal life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Beethoven's 3rd (2000)
Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Everyone's favorite St. Bernard returns in this family film about man's best friend. Richard Newton, his wife Beth and kids Brennan and Sara shove off in their camper for a road trip. Along the way, they gain a new passenger: slobbery ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, independent film, feel good
Audience: family friendly, kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: dog, human dog relationship, animal, pets, family relations, family life, silly humor, nothing goes right, escapades, parents and children, disorder, mischievous children ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Cool Dog (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jimmy lives in the tranquil town of Eagle Rock, Louisiana, with his father, stepmother and his best friend Rainy, a German Shepherd. When Jimmy's father gets a promotion, the family must relocate to an apartment in New York City that has a ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: dog, german shepherd, forceful separation, friendship, save the day, on the road, pets, family life, disorder, youth, road trip, stupid kid ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Hounded (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A teenager ends up being hounded by a well-groomed and seemingly cute and tiny dog that actually turns out to be a nightmare of a beast.
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, teens, kids
Plot: dog, teenage boy, mischievous children, teenage life, eccentric family, nothing goes right, young heroes, family life, pets, rivalry, youth, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Bailey's Billion$ (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sweet and savvy talking golden retriever, Bailey, is one doggone lucky pooch when his devoted owner, Constance Pennington, leaves him her entire billion-dollar fortune. Bailey is lucky, that is, until he becomes the target of an elaborately-designed ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, sweet
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: talking dog, pets, dog, inheritance, friendship, mischievous children, cons and scams, danger, golden retriever, family relations, disorder, friends ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Finn on the Fly (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: FINN ON THE FLY is a madcap comedy filled with wild chases, mistaken identity and young romance.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, captivating, offbeat
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: mad scientist, experiment gone awry, friendship, mischievous children, family relations, disorder, misfit, pets, getting home, escapades, science runs amok, boy and dog ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Air Buddies (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Here’s the delightful tale of teamwork and adventure your whole family will love! Air Bud is the proud father of five adorable puppies - the hip-hopping B-Dawg, lovely Rosebud, mellow Buddha, dirt-loving Mudbud, and the big fella Budderball - with ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, touching, feel good
Audience: family outing, family friendly, girls' night, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, puppy, pets, friendship, odd couple, rescue, golden retriever, heroic mission, daring rescue, kidnapping, teenage life, animal ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
My Dog's Christmas Miracle (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: University professor Madeline Walters isn’t doing too well in the dating game. Good men are hard to find, so she’s happy spending time with her Maltese puppy Cinnamon, and her precocious teenage daughter Chloe.
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, semi serious
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, dog, pets, save the day, fall in love, family relations, parents and children, single parent, nothing goes right, friendship, rivalry, talking dog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Marmaduke (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When Phil and Debbie Winslow relocate from their native Kansas to the sunny climes of Orange County, their big-hearted, havoc-wreaking Great Dane gets a taste of the dog's life, California-style.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, pets, great dane, talking animal, talking dog, husky dog, dalmatian, pitbull, animal life, german shepherd, talking cat, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. When Clifford magically undergoes one heck of a growth spurt, becomes a gigantic dog and attracts the attention of a ...
Style: sentimental, 3d animation, light, sincere, humorous ...
Audience: kids
Plot: dog, puppy, animal, pet dog, little girl, giant, kaiju, friendship, talking animal, urban setting, school, friend ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Treasure Buddies (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Disney's irresistible talking puppies are back in an all-new movie that takes them halfway across the world to the ruins of ancient Egypt. With the help of some exotic new friends, this epic adventure is a treasure trove of pure Buddy fun. In a ...
Style: feel good, humorous, sentimental, semi serious
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot: dog, youth, pets, treasure hunt, friendship, young heroes, legends and myths, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, heroes, rivalry, danger ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Josh and Buddy move from basketball to American football in this first of several sequels to the original Air Bud.
Style: inspirational, sentimental, humorous, feel good, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: dog, golden retriever, american football, pets, football, animal, kidnapping, family relations, coach, best friend, teenage life, friendship ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Gabe the Cupid Dog (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Eric and Marsha break off their long-term relationship, journalist Eric is able to weather it pretty well. He still has his long time canine companion Gabe, and his boss, Ms Andrews, wants to send him to London to open an office. But first Ms ...
Style: feel good, touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: disorder, pets, fall in love, obsessive quest, wooing, nothing goes right, escapades, parents and children, talking dog, dog, animal, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Maya Dolittle (Kyla Pratt) is back in a heartwarming adventure of presidential proportions! Maya's dream of going to vet school is put on hold when she gets a call from the president of the United States. It seems the First Dog is out of ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, offbeat
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot: veterinarian, silly humor, animal, kids and family, heroic mission, imaginary, escapades, danger, pets, save the day, race against time, disorder ...
Time: year 2008
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Sandlot 2 (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A decade has passed in the small town where the original Sandlot gang banded together during the summer of ’62 to play baseball and battle the Beast. Now comes the sequel, a campy romp back to the dugout where nine new kids descend on the diamond ...
Style: feel good, touching, semi serious, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: sport team, youth, baseball, friendship, vengeance, partner, friends, teenage life, ambition, coming of age, buddies, rivalry ...
Time: year 1972
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Samantha LeBon hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her new employee -- the unsuspecting, blithesome James -- his wife, their kids and their two dogs, Rocks and Daphne, must rescue him before he makes a terrible mistake.
Style: humorous, light hearted, light, family comedy, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: dog, christmas, puppy, children, animal, holiday, kids and family, pets, love, women, child, babies and infants ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
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100%
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I Heart Shakey (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago and missing the fine print in their rental contract, J.T. is ...
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: dog, father daughter relationship, family relations, widower, friends, parents and children, pets, disorder, family life, single parent, mischievous children, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Adventures of Bailey: Christmas Hero (2012)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: It's "Christmas time" at the Baker household, and Bailey is at it again. Worried that he will not get any presents from Santa because he's been a bad doggie, Bailey learns about a mysterious Native American Indian called the ...
Style: humorous, touching, semi serious, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, dog, family life, friendship, family relations, getting home, siblings relations, hopes, on the road, youth, animal, wish come true ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Air Bud 3 (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In this second heartwarming and hilarious sequel to the popular favorite, Air Bud masters two new starring roles: soccer (real football) player and fatherhood. Loaded with laughs and cool soccer action, Buddy teams up alongside U.S. women's ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, humorous, touching, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, preschool
Plot: dog, pets, sport team, golden retriever, soccer, ambition, friendship, rivalry, best friend, contests and competitions, family relations, rescue ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 5.7
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Beethoven (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St ...
Style: feel good, sweet, funny, light, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, puppy, children, pets, animal actor, animal, childhood, bullying, family relations, human animal relationship, saint bernard dog, parents and children ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd is an American television sitcom created by Steven H. Berman, Mitchel Katlin, and Nat Bernstein for Nickelodeon. The series ran from October 16, 1999 to April 21, 2002, for 3 seasons.
Style: feel good, touching, sincere, light, humorous
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: bully, talking dog, dog, good deed, punishment, youth, unlikely partners, teaching the ways of the world, teenage life, friendship, teenager, animal ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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100%
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Babe (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mom, Babe realizes that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep ...
Style: feel good, touching, sentimental, motivational, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot: dog, piglet, pig, farm, friendship, farmer, animal, talking animal, christmas, horse, adoption, childhood ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: australia, england, persia
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100%
 6.4
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Cloud 9 (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Set high atop snow-capped mountains in the adrenaline-fueled world of competitive snowboarding, the Disney Channel Original Movie “Cloud 9″ tells the inspiring story of two snowboarders who must overcome self-doubt to learn that achieving their ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, teen
Audience: teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: snowboarding, follow your dream, parents and children, couples, opposites attract, athlete's life, contests and competitions, snowboard, ski resort, extreme sport, snow, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: utah, usa, seattle
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100%
 4.4
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Pup Star (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A Yorkshire Terrier, competing in a televised singing competition, is separated from her owner by an opportunist dog pound worker.
Style: road movie, feel good, light, humorous
Audience: kids
Plot: dog, talking dog, animal shelter, family relations, friendship, little girl, children, dog actor, pet owner relationship, single father, talking animal, stupid kid ...
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Chilly Dogs (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada, UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A man must participate in the Iditarod dog race across Alaska to inherit property from his legendary grandfather, but ends up getting much more than he bargained for.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, captivating, independent film
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: dog, ambition, rivalry, danger, friendship, contests and competitions, escapades, fish out of water, winter, dog sled, snow, silly humor ...
Place: alaska, usa
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