Movies like Larger Than Life

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Larger Than Life (1996)
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Larger Than Life (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Motivational Speaker Jack Corcoran is determined to get his career off the ground, but the biggest gigs he can get are the ones nobody wants. Then one day, he receives a telegram that his circus clown father has passed away, and has left a "huge" inheritance. When he gets there, he finds that his inheritance has come in the form of an elephant that was his father's pride and joy in circus acts. His main intention is to sell the pachyderm off. Jack must choose between loud and rude zookeeper Mo or attractive animal show owner Terry. As the two treks through the country Jack and the elephant develop a bond, and it changes his approach on life for the better.
Style: light, funny, touching, feel good, road movie, humorous, entertaining, offbeat, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, rescue, on the road, animal, goofy hero, fish out of water, inheritance, hitchhiker, elephant, writers, wild animal, philosophy, coming of age, friends, misfit, family relations, disorder, truck, circus, swimming, railway, father, deception, astrology, wife ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: usa, california
Keyword: gangsters, buddy movie

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and entertaining films with plots about disorder, family relations, youth, friendship, friends, misfit and pets mostly in Comedy, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Larger Than Life: Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011), Flubber (1997), Beethoven (1992), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), Cool Dog (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Jim Carrey stars as Tom Popper, a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: penguins, bird, pets, children, animal, kids and family, animal life, family relations, animal training, parents and children, beautiful scenery, silly humor ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 70s, 80s, year 1981 ...
Place: new york, madagascar, antarctic, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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100%
 5.3
 94K
Flubber (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his ...
Style: feel good, humorous, entertaining, slapstick, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teens, family outing
Plot: inventor, college, experiment gone awry, robot, technology, father son relationship, university, goofy hero, inventions and discoveries, nothing goes right, fall in love, disorder ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 76K
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%
Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". They think it's dead ...
Style: humorous, touching, melancholic, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: bigfoot, sasquatch, wildlife, happy ending, fish out of water, family drama, mentor, police investigation, brothers, kindness, animal, creature ...
Time: 80s
Place: seattle, washington state, usa, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 3.9
 652
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 ⇓
47%
Babysitters Beware (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Seven-year-old Danny Parker is a good kid who loves his parents. But they have to go out on business dinners all the time, leaving him stuck with a sitter. It's not so bad when it's his favorite babysitter, Janelle but he also gets stuck ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: family relations, when the parents are away, nanny, mischievous children, parents and children, disorder, youth, save the day, rivalry, friendship, little boy, babysitter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 ⇓
41%
The Family Holiday (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A selfish con-man must show that he can be a family man to inherit his uncle's estate. As he tries to set up his scam family, he realizes that he really wants to have a one.
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, family relations, cons and scams, suburbs, frame up, disorder, inheritance, con artists, caper, friendship, debt, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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 ⇓
40%
 4.8
 848
Dog Gone (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A courageous boy battles a gang of bumbling thieves to rescue a dog carrying a fortune in stolen diamonds.
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: dog, caper, rescue, escapades, crime gone awry, rivalry, disorder, danger, odd couple, nothing goes right, heist, stash ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 ⇓
40%
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 ⇓
40%
 5.0
 3K
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 ⇓
39%
Slappy and the Stinkers (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Five 2nd-grade kids who don't follow strict rules by their school principal Brinway are dubbed "Stinkers" by him. On the class visit to an aquarium the Stinkers decide that a sea lion called Slappy doesn't feel too good there, ...
Style: epic, family comedy, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: youth, sea lion, family relations, rescue, school, friends, power relations, animal life, disorder, coming of age, dedicated educator, daring rescue ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Tooth Fairy 2 (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Larry Guthrie, who loses his first love to the town hot shot, decides to win her back by volunteering with the children at her after-school program. When Larry accidentally tells the kids the Tooth Fairy is make-believe, he soon is transformed into ...
Style: humorous, not serious, feel good, funny, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot: fish out of water, disorder, imaginary, satire, fairy, stupid kid, teenager, youth, tooth fairy, curses spells and rituals
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Fred 3: Camp Fred (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Schools out and Fred Figglehorn's dream of water slides, horseback riding and monkey butlers during the summer turns into a nightmare of gruel and poisonous berries when his mom signs him up to an unsanitary camp.
Style: humorous, not serious, feel good, entertaining, freeze frame ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: summer camp, friendship, teenage life, misfit, goofy hero, rivalry, disorder, contests and competitions, society, escapades, underdog, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 4.3
 17K
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 ⇓
38%
 4.7
 47K
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Dr. John Dolittle the beloved doctor is back, but this time around he plays cupid to bumbling circus bear Archie as he's so smitten by a Pacific Western bear female, Ava. Dr. Dolittle must help a group of forest creatures to save their forest. ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, not serious, hilarious, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: veterinarian, kids and family, animal, dog, stereotypes, friends, couple relations, silly humor, teaching the ways of the world, parents and children, power relations, family relations ...
Time: year 2001, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 5.0
 459
The Retrievers (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After the Lowry Family moves from New York to Placerville in California, a golden retriever comes to their house. The family starts to take care of her and the retriever, now named Pilot, has puppies. They give all of the puppies away, but later ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, feel good, light ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: golden retriever, dog, family relations, puppy, family life, pets, pet dog, lost dog, animal human communication, dead animal, animal, kids and family ...
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Shredderman Rules (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Nolan Byrd (Devon Werkheiser) is a scrawny and shy 9th grader who, like all the other kids, is bullied by Bubba Bixby (Andrew Caldwell). When their teacher, Mr. Green (Tim Meadows), allows the students to do a computer project, Nolan, who has a ...
Style: humorous, feel good, entertaining, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: youth, teenage life, cons and scams, prank, save the day, misfit, friendship, family relations, teacher, bullying, high school life, heroes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 3.9
 401
Golden Winter (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A runaway boy befriends a pack of homeless puppies. Together, they stop a bank robbery and find a family to adopt them all.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: golden retriever, christmas, youth, dog, heist, friendship, disorder, talking dog, family relations, friends, narration, bank robbery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Campus Confidential (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: School... there is the popular crowd. Teachers favor some students over others. Because of this, Violet decides to start a school paper, which exposes many embarrassing secrets of popular kids who think they run the campus.
Style: realistic, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, high school life, social relations, teenage love, teenage life, coming of age, suburbs, misfit, misfit partners, lifestyle, social misfits, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Princess and the Pony (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A sheltered young princess is sent to live with relatives in America, where she befriends a pony held captive by a shady carnival owner.
Style: touching, captivating, sincere, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: youth, friendship, rescue, family relations, disorder, fish out of water, danger, carnival, heroine, castle, pony, abduction ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Grand-Daddy Day Care (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A man has to figure out a way to make extra money when his father-in-law moves in.
Style: feel good, light, humorous, sincere, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids
Plot: father son relationship, grandfather grandson relationship, father daughter relationship, elderly man, friendship, family relations, elderly, care, age difference, happy ending, love, society ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Call Me Claus (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: If She's Going To Save Christmas, She's Got Some Big Shoes To Fill.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, santa claus, haunted by the past, fish out of water, nothing goes right, redemption, ghost, disorder, misfit, goofy hero, family life, destiny ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 3.2
 18K
Daddy Day Camp (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Seeking to offer his son the satisfying summer camp experience that eluded him as a child, the operator of a neighborhood daycare center opens his own camp, only to face financial hardship and stiff competition from a rival camp.
Style: humorous, melancholic, not serious, slapstick, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: summer camp, competition, mischievous children, father son relationship, children, childhood, happy ending, colonel, family relations, buddies, escapades, grandparent grandchild relationship ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Little Rascals Save the Day (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Little Rascals are back in an all-new movie! Join the fun with Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, Buckwheat, Petey the dog and the whole gang as they are up to their usual mischief! The Rascals try anything to raise the money needed to save their ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: youth, friends, children, family relations, save the day, gang, disorder, eccentric family, goofy hero, heroes, pets, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 4.8
 3K
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 ⇓
36%
The Town That Banned Christmas (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The competition heats up at the annual Greenlawn Christmas Decorating Contest when Norbert Bridges moves to town and stirs up trouble with the reigning champion Donnie Manning. But when the town outlaws Christmas after things get out of control it s ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, light, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, family relations, social relations, friendship, family life, rivalry, ambition, small town, uninhibited rivalry, contests and competitions, small town life, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Life with Mikey (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Michael Chapman was once a child TV star. But when he grew up, he couldn't get work. So he and his brother, Ed start their own talent agency that specializes in child acts. They can't seem to find the next big thing and they have to deal ...
Style: humorous, touching, feel good, semi serious
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: childhood, youth, coming of age, girl, child hero, siblings, christmas, precocious child, talent agent, child star, disorder, friends ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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