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Project: ALF (1996)
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Project: ALF (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Six years ago, the space alien, ALF, was on his way back to his new home...When the Alien Task Force finally caught him. Now, the story continues to where the series ended. ALF is now protected by the Alien Task Force, but the leader wants to terminate ALF. So two officers decide to save ALF by taking ALF away from him. But the man the officers took ALF to wants to finally reveal ALF to the world.
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: benign alien, space and aliens, misfit, rescue, chase, chases and races, on the run, alien encounter, alien life-form, alien, alien invasion, weirdo, buddies, friendly alien, escape, scientist, soldier, studying, escapades, disorder, van, car, automobile, puppet, outer space ...
Time: 90s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, offbeat and exciting films with plots about space and aliens, disorder, alien, alien encounter, escapades, benign alien and danger mostly in Sci-Fi, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like Project: ALF: Skyrunners (2009), Can of Worms (1999), Moon Pilot (1962), Zenon: The Zequel (2001), Muppets from Space (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Skyrunners (2009)
Genre: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Tyler and his brother find an alien ship which makes Tyler appear older and gives him other abilities. This turns his high school life upside down, and may enable him to help his older brother's love life. After he is abducted by beings who ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, surprise ending, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: ufo, super powers, evil alien, alien invasion, coming of age, alien encounter, space and aliens, rescue, spacecraft, abduction, space travel, life turned upside down ...
Time: 21st century
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100%
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Can of Worms (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A teen is visited by aliens after he broadcasts a message into space.
Style: semi serious, exciting, offbeat, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: space and aliens, youth, friendly alien, space opera, benign alien, cooking and food, halloween, alien, haunted, buddies, preteen, extraterrestrial ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 5.4
 525
Moon Pilot (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An Air Force captain inadvertently volunteers to make the first manned flight around the moon. He immediately falls under the watchful protection of various security agencies, but despite all their precautions, a young woman who may be an enemy spy ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Audience: family outing
Plot: space exploration, ufo, monkey, female alien, alien, spacesuit, space, astronomy, moon landing, moon, space wars, space travel ...
Time: 60s
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Zenon: The Zequel (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Zenon Kar is 15 and lives on a space station which the military has taken over and is dismantling. She receives a mysterious signal and must convince everyone that it's from aliens who have come to help them.
Style: feel good, humorous, not serious, teen
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot: benign alien, space and aliens, escapades, mischievous children, alien encounter, fish out of water, disorder, female protagonist, feminist, occupation, teenager, alien ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Muppets from Space (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When Gonzo's breakfast cereal tells him that he's the descendant of aliens from another planet, his attempts at extraterrestrial communication get him kidnapped by a secret government agency, prompting the Muppets to spring into action. ...
Style: humorous, light, entertaining, feel good, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, adult, preschool
Plot: muppets, space travel, benign alien, space, friendship, unlikely friendships, secrets, mad scientist, puppet, heroic mission, rescue, fish out of water ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
My Favorite Martian (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: News producer, Tim O'Hara gets himself fired for unwillingly compromising his bosses' daughter during a live transmission. A little later, he witnesses the crashing of a small Martian spacecraft, realizing his one-time chance of delivering ...
Style: humorous, hilarious, slapstick comedy, double entendre, fast ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens
Plot: mars, benign alien, martian, alien, fish out of water, male nudity, space, nasa, space and aliens, alien invasion, hidden camera, disguise ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Stepsister from Planet Weird (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A teenager's life is disrupted when her mother falls in love with an alien.
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, teen
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: alien, parents and children, fish out of water, teenage life, misfit, youth, family relations, remarry, life turned upside down, high school life, female alien, halloween ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 5.4
 58K
Coneheads (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, absurd, not serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, adult
Plot: fish out of water, alien, space, humanity, satire, benign alien, space and aliens, parents and children, family life, dysfunctional family, transformation, childhood ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, future, year 1993
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Everything Happens to Me (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Following the events of The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid, Sheriff Hall and H-725 (using the official identity of Charlie Warren) still get no rest from the military: because the little alien has not yet grasped the meaning of keeping a low profile, ...
Style: slapstick, exciting, semi serious, humorous
Audience: teens
Plot: small town, invasion, sheriff, punched in the face, brawl, fistfight, alien, thug, disorder, satellite, alien encounter, small town life ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 2.7
 993
Illegal Aliens (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Three aliens morph into super-hot babes and arrive to protect the earth from the intergalactic forces of evil. Guided by Syntax, their holographic mentor, these Illegal Aliens are willing to use every trick in the book and every sexy outfit in their ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, sex comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space and aliens, save the world, benign alien, alien encounter, time travel, disorder, androids and robots, heroes, danger, imaginary, deadly creature, misfit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Evil Alien Conquerors (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Inept beings from the planet Kabijj land on Earth and attempt to behead all of its beings and take over the planet
Style: not serious, humorous, funny, entertaining, slapstick
Audience: teens
Plot: alien, space and aliens, escapades, rivalry, danger, race against time, disorder, evil alien, sword, invasion, satire, space ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
 3.6
 208
Cybermutt (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Germany, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Rex, a good-natured Golden Retriever, is given bionic super powers by an eccentric scientist, he becomes the target of an evil genius determined to possess the new technology at any cost.
Style: semi serious, humorous
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: disorder, family life, heroic mission, rivalry, escapades, pets, superhuman powers, experiment gone awry, mistaken identity, single parent, imaginary, save the day ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
 4.7
 2K
P.U.N.K.S. (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A group of misfit teens evade a corrupt scientist when they steal and attempt to return a suit that delivers supernatural strength to its wearer.
Style: semi serious, exciting, humorous, stylized, independent film
Audience: teens, family outing, kids
Plot: superpower, mad scientist, prodigy, escapades, teenage life, school, imaginary, disorder, youth, teenager, batman, imaginary friend ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The fate of the planet in the hands of Larry, Moe and Curly Joe? That's exactly the situation the trio finds themselves in when they befriend a wacky scientist and must defend his secret invention from a pair of malevolent Martians. Sight gags, ...
Style: slapstick, humorous, psychotronic, black and white, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, three stooges, space, alien invasion, disorder, spacecraft, heroes, evil alien, fugitives, espionage, goofy hero, danger ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Spaced Invaders (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A crew of Martians overhears a radio broadcast of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" coming from Earth, and, thinking the Martian fleet is attacking Earth, they land their broken-down ship in a backwater mid-American town. As luck ...
Style: cult classic, humorous, grindhouse, dark, independent film ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: halloween, alien invasion, space, martian, monster, mars, evil alien, small town, misunderstanding, ufo, visitor, post apocalyptic ...
Time: 20th century
Place: usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Emperor Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make Marge his before blowing up the Earth. The Emperor and other inhabitants of his planet are somewhat less than bright, and Dick begins ...
Style: humorous, funny, grindhouse, sexy, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: alien, friendly alien, alien abduction, evil alien, kidnapping, space, distopia, apocalypse, superhero, insanity, buddies, epidemic ...
Time: year 1992
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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 90
Spaced Out (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The planet earth is in peril of impending doom, and maniacal destructive forces from outer space are closely at hand! Twisted, demented alien terrorists are single-handedly about to reap horrific havoc on earth and threaten life itself. Meanwhile, ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: reporter, media, journalism, chaos and mayhem, captivity, abduction, disorder, save the planet, danger, heroes, space and aliens, benign alien ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 3.4
 14K
Mac and Me (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A Mysterious Alien Creature (MAC) escaping from nefarious NASA agents, is befriended by a young boy in a wheelchair. Together, they try to find MAC's family from whom he has been separated.
Style: semi serious, sentimental, humorous, cult classic, mockbuster ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: nasa, alien, extraterrestrial, youth, coca cola, mcdonald's restaurant, benign alien, alien invasion, friendship, happy ending, family relations, single parent ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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RocketMan (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first manned flight there.
Style: humorous, entertaining, inspirational, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing
Plot: mars, nasa, farce, space travel, space, adaptation, heroic mission, escapades, danger, comedy of errors, goofy hero, race against time ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Disguised as executives from a Dutch Oil Company, Aliens from outer space buy a local farming company and promise to create jobs for the failing farming town. Their goal is to use crop circles to heat up the temperature of the earth and eventually ...
Style: exciting, not serious, humorous, suspenseful, sex comedy ...
Audience: family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: small town, heroes, save the world, alien encounter, disorder, danger, chases and races, rivalry, escapades, misfit, alien abduction, space ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth parallels that of the immigrant experience.
Style: cult classic, black comedy, satirical, independent film, allegory ...
Plot: alien, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, blaxploitation, drug abuse, urban, black, friendly alien, mind power, invasion, ufo, drug ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that gives it special powers, including the ability to communicate with humans, has eluded the authorities and seeks the help of a scientist in order to ...
Style: cute, humorous, mysterious, freeze frame, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: cat, talking cat, alien, ufo, benign alien, dog, human alien relationship, space, space and aliens, friendly alien, telekinesis, mind power ...
Time: year 1978
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Beautiful alien Amazonian women plan to conquer the world using an army of vegetable monsters. Dim-witted privates Philbrick and Penn bumble into a cave in search of atomic activity but collide instead with fierce carrot-topped tree mutants and ...
Style: retro, suspense, independent film, slapstick, semi serious ...
Plot: alien, 666, killer animal, ufo, creature feature, occult, soldier, outer space, silly humor, disorder, spacecraft, battles ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Morons from Outer Space (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four aliens, Bernard, Sandra, Desmond, and Julian. During a particularly tedious period of their stay at the station, the other three begin playing with ...
Style: cult classic, humorous, spoof, mysterious, semi serious ...
Plot: alien, space, ufo, invasion, british army, partner, deadly creature, space and aliens, journalism, save the world, rescue, benign alien ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: england, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
2001: A Space Travesty (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Leslie Nielsen once again plays a bumbling detective in the vein of the 'Naked Gun' movies, but this time as Marshall Richard 'Dick' Dix. When odd reports are received through official channels stating that the President of the ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, not serious, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: usa president, space and aliens, space travel, daring rescue, save the world, zero gravity, save the day, benign alien, race against time, danger, chases and races, escapades ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
No Place Like Home (2002)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Mel and Mac are looking for an asteroid to show as a science project. It's hard to do science when they are fighting all the time as (younger) brother and (older) sister. When they are walking through the woods, they see something, but it ...
Style: exciting, captivating, surprise ending
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: benign alien, alien encounter, family life, disorder, danger, escapades, space and aliens, meteorite, alien, youth, adopted daughter, imaginary ...
Time: 2000s
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with TV shows from Earth which extol the virtues of Santa Claus, start an expedition to Earth to kidnap the one and only Santa. While on Earth, they kidnap two lively children that lead the ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, christmas horror, psychotronic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, martian, alien invasion, robot, mars, kidnapping, santa claus, children, alien encounter, space travel, spaceship, brother sister relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A small town infestation of crawling alien foreheads that begin attaching to people and taking them over collides with a scientist's experiments to extract foreheadazine and things go horribly horribly wrong.
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, humorous, creepy ...
Plot: space and aliens, mad scientist, supernatural, save the planet, alien encounter, escapades, danger, heroes, rivalry, disorder, killer, creature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 3.7
 337
Monster Mutt (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A pair of kids trying to save their beloved pooch from a mad scientist working for a sinister villain whose experiment has transformed their dog into a crazy-eyed muppet monstrosity.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: experiment gone awry, pets, getting home, escapades, siblings relations, disorder, friendship, evil corporation, pet dog, supernatural, dog, danger ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
My Favorite Martian (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: My Favorite Martian is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963, to May 1, 1966, for 107 episodes. The show starred Ray Walston as Uncle Martin and Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara. John L. Greene created the central ...
Style: sitcom, retro, semi serious, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: mars, spaceship, alien, martian, time travel, intergalactic, invasion, alien disguised as human, friendly alien, friendship, fish out of water, reporter ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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