Movies like For the Love of Benji

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For the Love of Benji (1977)
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For the Love of Benji (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Benji is lost and becomes a stray animal in Athens, Greece, trying to reunite with his family while secret agents pursue him, trying to get a formula which was glued to his paw in order to get it past customs.
Style: independent film, feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, sweet, entertaining, surreal, complex, cult film ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, animal, friendship, pets, chase, canine, kidnapping, espionage, doberman, heroes, friends, misfit, undercover, rescue, family relations, family life, chases and races, escapades, getting home, danger, animal life, fighting crime, mischievous children, partner, disorder ...
Time: 70s
Place: greece, europe, athens greece, crete, athens
Keyword: partners, net, gangsters

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Most similar movies to For the Love of Benji

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, feel good and touching films with plots about dog, animal, pets, family relations, disorder, animal life and friends mostly in Family, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like For the Love of Benji: Santa Buddies (2009), Paulie (1998), Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998), Benji (1974), Born to Be Wild (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Santa Buddies (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Puppy Paws (the fun-loving son of Santa Paws) gets bored, he finds Budderball on Santa's naughty list and figures he's just the dog to show him how to be an ordinary pup. When the magical Christmas Icicle starts to melt however, and ...
Style: feel good, fairy tale, sweet, light, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot: dog, christmas, santa claus, holiday, owner dog relationship, pets, save the day, hopes, happy ending, christmas present, xmas, stupid kid ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Paulie (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Paulie, an intelligent parrot who actually talks, relates the story of his struggle to a Russian immigrant who works as a janitor at the research institute where he is housed and neglected. Paulie's story begins many years earlier when he is ...
Style: humorous, touching, sad, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot: parrot, human animal relationship, animal, childhood, bird, road trip, friendship, animal rights, research, thief, welfare, life changing ...
Time: 90s
Place: new jersey, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two orphans named Jory and Tess live with their grandparents. However, their cousins Bart and Bertha try to take them away because the two kids have trust funds from their dead parents. When Bart and Bertha kidnap the newborn puppies, Rusty the dog ...
Style: independent film, humorous, feel good, semi serious
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: dog, family relations, rescue, anti hero, family life, animal life, friends, disorder, heroes, pets, mischievous children, hopes ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
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Benji (1974)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Benji is a stray who has nonetheless worked his way into the hearts of a number of the townspeople, who give him food and attention whenever he stops by. His particular favorites are a pair of children who feed and play with him against the wishes ...
Style: sentimental, sweet, light, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: dog, animal actor, kidnapping, friendship, rescue, animal, betrayal, greed, obsession, life philosophy, family relations, longing ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Born to Be Wild (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. ...
Style: crying, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: sign language, on the road, on the run, teenage boy, single mother, teen angst, animal, gorilla, friendship, youth, pets, ape ...
Time: 90s
Place: hawaii, africa, seattle
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100%
Zeus and Roxanne (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Mary Beth is a marine biologist that gets annoyed when a dog called Zeus stows aboard her research boat. Nevertheless she is intrigued when the intrusive canine makes best-friends with her captive dolphin, Roxanne. She falls in love with Zeus's ...
Style: sweet, melancholic, feel good, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, dolphins, friendship, youth, animal, rescue, single parent, daring rescue, odd couple, mischievous children, escapades, young heroes ...
Time: year 1997
Place: bahamas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.
Style: surreal, stylized, clever, allegory, mind blowing ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, toddlers ...
Plot: animal, monkey, kids and family, heartwarming, culture clash, children, piglet, talking dog, anthropomorphism, pig, animal protagonist, ape ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place: manhattan new york city, australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 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%
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Benji: Off the Leash! (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Benji and his friends try to save his mother from a puppy mill.
Style: touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: dog, youth, friendship, odd couple, young heroes, against the odds, rescue, pets, mischievous children, parents and children, adoption, fish out of water ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Beethoven's 5th (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. When Sara takes Beethoven to spend summer vacation with wacky Uncle Freddie in an old mining town, the mischievous canine "digs up" the missing clue to a legendary hidden fortune of Rita and Moe ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: dog, animal, youth, saint bernard dog, family relations, friendship, family life, partner, best friend, friends, chase, escapades ...
Time: 2000s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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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 ⇓
32%
Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Josh is off to his first year of college and buddy has stayed behind with joshs little sister andrea and the rest of the family. Adrea attempting to fit in with her jr. High classmates decides to join the baseball team and along the way discovers ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: dog, golden retriever, baseball, pets, youth, sport team, underdog, contests and competitions, hopes, friendship, family relations, disorder ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Bingo (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Bingo, the runaway circus dog, is off the leash and saving Chuckie's life! Bingo and the boy become the best of friends in this canine comedy featuring doggy disguises and skateboarding, pinball and prison. Chuckie and his parents (Cindy ...
Style: humorous, touching, not serious, spoof, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, friendship, on the road, rescue, american football, escapades, youth, pets, kidnapping, childhood, coming of age, animal protagonist ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Benji the Hunted (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Benji has become stranded on a remote island after a boating accident. He finds himself struggling to survive in the wilderness, avoiding close encounters with a wolf, a bear, and a territorial female cougar with her cub.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, independent film
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: dog, animal, wilderness, fox, camp, forest, survival, hunter, lost at sea, canine, camping trip, wildlife ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: oregon, astoria oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Beethoven's 4th (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The family is pleasantly surprised and puzzled when Beethoven suddenly becomes obedient. Turns out it's a prince and the pauper scenario, with the real Beethoven now living with a pompous rich family.
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: dog, pets, youth, family relations, human dog relationship, saint bernard dog, partner, mistaken identity, fish out of water, parents and children, escapades, disorder ...
Time: 2000s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.8
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Buddy (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An eccentric socialite raises a gorilla as her son.
Style: light, semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: gorilla, animal, zoo, socialite, friendship, unlikely friendships, adaptation, wilderness, family relations, jungle, kids and family, camp ...
Time: 1920s, year 1997, 90s, 1930s
Place: usa, chicago, new york, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Napoleon (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Australia, Japan, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The adventures of Golden Retriever pup Napoleon and his friend, the parrot Birdo Lucci.
Style: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, independent film
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, pets, golden retriever, balloon, family relations, survival, odd couple, youth, getting home, rescue, young heroes, danger ...
Place: australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 ⇓
24%
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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
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24%
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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 ⇓
23%
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When the pets accidentally get separated from their vacationing owners, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy navigate the mean streets of San Francisco, trying to find their home across the Golden Gate Bridge. But the road is blocked by a series of hazards, ...
Style: retro, hilarious, exciting, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, animal, pets, childhood, talking dog, lost dog, talking cat, heartwarming, road trip, cat, meme, canine ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco, bay area, canada, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Chestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment that expressely forbids dogs.
Style: humorous, semi serious, touching
Audience: pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot: dog, youth, human animal relationship, pets, mischievous children, family life, disorder, parents and children, reincarnation, animal, animal lover, adoption ...
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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A Dog's Tale (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Anything is possible when the Professor tells Tim about a supernova that grants wishes. Unfortunately, when Tim's wish doesn't go as planned, he finds himself in a dog's body!
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious, exciting
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: youth, child as adult, mischievous children, wish come true, heroes, escapades, treasure hunt, daring rescue, hopes, danger, family life, disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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The Duke (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When his nephew tries to wrest control of his estate from him,the Duke of Dingwall removes the boy from his will and leaves everything to his dog.
Style: realistic, semi serious, offbeat, feel good, humorous
Audience: pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot: dog, pets, animal, royalty, estate, family relations, family life, fish out of water, culture clash, social differences, custody, rich and poor ...
Time: 90s
Place: belgium, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Finding Rin Tin Tin (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The true story of the legendary German Shepherd who was found by American pilot Lee Duncun in France during World War I, and later became the most famous animal star in Hollywood history.
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, touching, exciting
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, world war one, german shepherd, family relations, escapades, rising to stardom, animal life, danger, daring rescue, save the day, battle zone, filmmaking ...
Time: 1910s
Place: france, europe, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Remake of the popular Disney classic, this time featuring some well known voices as two dogs and a cat trek across America encountering all sorts of adventures in the quest to be reunited with their owners.
Style: touching, sweet, feel good, exciting, epic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, cat, wilderness, pets, beautiful scenery, animal, friendship, unlikely friendships, childhood, fish out of water, talking animal, journey ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, nevada, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 4.8
 39K
102 Dalmatians (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely alliance, the outrageous Waddlesworth... a parrot who thinks he's a Rottweiler... teams up with ...
Style: fairy tale, light, humorous, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot: dog, dalmatian, animal, puppy, talking animal, pets, children, released from prison, chase, happy ending, parole officer, disorder ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s
Place: england, paris france, europe, big ben london, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 ⇓
22%
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 ⇓
22%
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 ⇓
22%
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