Movies like The Great Muppet Caper

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The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
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The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Musical, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.
Style: avant garde, fantasy adventure, exciting, feel good, humorous, stylized, not serious, funny, light, clever ...
Audience: kids, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot: muppets, puppet, heist, caper, children, puppetry, gay, hotel, robbery, adventurer, reporter, bicycle, weirdo, sesame street, bike, investigation, frame up, mistaken identity, gonzo, friendship, designer, friends, journalism, escapades, gem ...
Time: year 1981, 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: england, london, europe
Keyword: preschoolers, partners, english, challenge

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, not serious and exciting films with plots about friends, puppet, disorder, muppets, friendship, puppetry and escapades mostly in Family, Comedy and Musical genres. Some movies like The Great Muppet Caper: Muppets Most Wanted (2014), Bugsy Malone (1976), The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), A Muppet Family Christmas (1987), Muppets from Space (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Musical, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.
Style: exciting, humorous, entertaining, light, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: muppets, puppet, prison, mistaken identity, master criminal, interpol, treasure hunt, good versus evil, frog, friendship, gem, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, london
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Bugsy Malone (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A pint-sized cast illuminates this musical that is unlike any other ever made. Set in 1929 New York City, Bugsy Malone captures a flashy world of would-be hoodlums, showgirls, and dreamers - all played by child actors! As Tallulah, the sassy ...
Style: stylized, melancholic, talky, spoof, humorous ...
Audience: kids, girls' night
Plot: gangster, mafia, children, childhood, unlikely friendships, gang, rivalry, disorder, criminal heroes, ambition, friends, partner ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1976, 1920s, year 1929
Place: new york, usa
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100%
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the only copy of the contract between her father and the Muppets, she changes it so the Muppets have ...
Style: humorous, christmas special, witty, stylized, not serious ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, kids, preschool
Plot: muppets, christmas, puppetry, holiday, goofy hero, friendship, puppet, xmas, christmas season, alternate reality, god, parents ...
Time: year 2016, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the ...
Style: humorous, fantasy adventure, slasher, exciting, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, adult, preschool
Plot: muppets, puppet, puppetry, pig, amnesia, children, sesame street, wedding, rat, dog, musician, weirdo ...
Time: 20th century, year 1984, 80s
Place: new york, usa, maine, delaware, pittsburgh ...
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75%
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A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story: In this one-hour Christmas special, Fozzie Bear surprises his mother Emily on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays. Doc and his dog Sprocket, who had planned a quiet Christmas, end up joining the ...
Style: christmas special, not serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, puppet, muppets, holiday, xmas, new year, christmas season, weirdo, blizzard, sesame street, puppetry, guest ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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 ⇓
49%
The Muppet Show (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Muppet Show is a comedy-variety television series produced by puppeteer Jim Henson and featuring The Muppets. After two pilot episodes produced in 1974 and 1975 failed to get the attention of America's network heads, Lew Grade approached ...
Style: humorous, feel good, exciting, sitcom, funny ...
Audience: family outing, kids, adult, preschool
Plot: puppet, muppets, pig, media satire, bear, friends, fame, showbiz, performer's life, workplace, variety show, eagle ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Kermit the Frog is persuaded by agent Dom DeLuise to pursue a career in Hollywood. Along the way, Kermit picks up Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and a motley crew of other Muppets with similar aspirations. Meanwhile, Kermit must elude the grasp of ...
Style: funny, humorous, uplifting, grindhouse, avant garde ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, adult, preschool
Plot: muppets, road trip, puppet, mad scientist, children, friendship, puppetry, hollywood, eternal love, pig, chaos, good versus evil ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: california, georgia, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Follow That Bird (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.
Style: melancholic, light, entertaining, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: friendship, muppets, road trip, adoption, storytelling, happy ending, unlikely friendships, family drama, on the road, runaway, puppet, sesame street ...
Time: year 1985
Place: illinois, usa, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and future.
Style: funny, christmas special, humorous, talky, christmas classics ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot: christmas, ghost, holiday, muppets, childhood, puppetry, scrooge, christmas carol, greed, time travel, christmas season, puppet ...
Time: 19th century, year 1992, 1800s, 90s, 1840s ...
Place: england, london, europe, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After telling the story of Flint's last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart attack and dies just as Jim and his friends are attacked by pirates. The gang escapes into the town where they hire out a boat and crew to find the ...
Style: light, exciting, humorous, sweet, light hearted ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, date night, family outing, adult ...
Plot: muppets, childhood, island, swashbuckler, puppet, puppetry, youth, ship, water, treasure hunter, hunter, treasure hunt ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place: fictional island
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38%
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: When Gonzo forgets to mail three letters to Santa, he convinces Kermit and the gang to help him deliver the notes to the North Pole. Along the way, they discover that Christmas is the time to be with those you care about most, as they dash home to ...
Style: exciting, humorous, feel good, not serious, christmas special
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, santa claus, puppetry, muppets, best friend, chaos and mayhem, disorder, buddies, race against time, friendship, holiday, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
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37%
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Big Bird worries when Oscar tells him that if Santa Claus can't fit down the chimney on Christmas Eve, nobody would get presents.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, christmas special
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, muppets, holiday, xmas, puppet, sesame street, family relations, disorder, friends, social relations, skating, wizards and magicians ...
Time: 70s
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36%
The Jim Henson Hour (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: The Jim Henson Hour is a short-lived television series that aired on NBC in 1989. It was developed as a showcase for The Jim Henson Company's various puppet creations, including the popular Muppet characters. Only nine of the twelve episodes ...
Style: anthology, exciting, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience: kids, family outing, adult
Plot: puppet, muppets, sesame street, heroes, escapades, ambition, danger, buddies, workplace, disorder, toys, friends ...
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36%
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 48 min.
Story: A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.
Style: christmas special, christmas classics, gothic, humorous, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, muppets, holiday, christmas season, puppet, music, furry, bike, rock and roll, xmas, family relations, country music ...
Time: 70s, year 1977
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35%
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Elmo loves his fuzzy, blue blanket, and would never let anything happen to it. However, a tug-of-war with his friend Zoe sends his blanket to a faraway land, and Elmo in hot pursuit. Facing life without his cherished blanket, Elmo musters all of his ...
Style: feel good, funny, mysterious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: muppets, sesame street, friendship, puppet, magical, rescue, puppetry, disorder, friends, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, fish out of water ...
Time: year 1999
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34%
Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: At 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.
Style: feel good, humorous, not serious, exciting, fantasy adventure
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: frog, muppets, escapades, puppet, best friend, confined, rescue, danger, young heroes, friendship, heroes, homecoming ...
Time: 2020s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Muppets Tonight (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Muppets Tonight is a live-action/puppet television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets. Much like the "MuppeTelevision" segment of The Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight was a continuation of The Muppet Show, ...
Style: not serious, exciting, feel good, humorous
Audience: kids, family outing, adult
Plot: muppets, weirdo, sesame street, sketch, puppetry, media satire, fame, showbiz, musician, guest, celebrity culture, chaos and mayhem ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The Muppets' Wizard of Oz follows a young woman named Dorothy Gale who dreams of becoming a singer but is unable to pursue her dreams. After being swept up by a tornado with her pet prawn Toto, Dorothy embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard of ...
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good, fantasy adventure, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: wizard of oz, puppet, muppets, friendship, young heroes, danger, rescue, escapades, puppetry, lion, black history, fantasy world ...
Place: kansas, usa
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31%
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
Style: dark fantasy, fairy tale, visual, light, visually appealing ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: puppetry, good versus evil, sword and sorcery, fantasy world, wizard, medieval, race against time, mission, crystal, magic, monster, puppet ...
Time: 90s, year 1982, 1900s
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28%
Tales from Muppetland: The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: Four mistreated farm animals seek refuge as a band of traveling musicians in this musical tale narrated by Kermit the Frog.
Style: southern gothic
Audience: kids
Plot: muppets, burglar, dog, donkey, animal abuse, aspiring musician, cat, rooster, jazz, musician
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Muppets (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: The Muppets return to primetime with a contemporary, documentary-style show. For the first time ever, a series will explore the Muppets’ personal lives and relationships, both at home and at work, as well as romances, breakups, achievements, ...
Style: sitcom, mockumentary, humorous, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, adult
Plot: muppets, puppet, eccentric family, lifestyle, family relations, family life, kids and family, relationships, humour, satire, sesame street, weirdo ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Garfield is back and this time Garfield and his canine sidekick Odie follows their owner, Jon Arbuckle, to England, the U.K. may never recover, as Garfield is mistaken for a look-alike, regal cat who has inherited a castle.
Style: entertaining, funny, not serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: pets, animal, talking cat, cat, talking animal, dog, disorder, friendship, partner, luxury, friends, resort ...
Time: 20th century, year 2006, 21st century
Place: london, england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map (2013)
Genre: Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
Story: Get ready to experience the world-famous Scooby-Doo! and Crew like never before in this all-new, original puppet movie! What begins as a routine night for the Gang - which includes the slobbering sleuth and Shaggy eating a triple-extra-large Scooby ...
Style: humorous, not serious, feel good, exciting
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: friends, puppet, dog, scooby doo, silly humor, disorder, heroes, goofy hero, escapades, treasure hunt, riddles and clues, cartoon dog ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Christmas Toy (1986)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 50 min.
Story: The Christmas Toy is a 1986 Emmy Award nominated television film produced by The Jim Henson Company, featuring Jim Henson's Muppets. Rugby the Tiger who remembers how he was the Christmas Toy last year, and thinks he's going to be ...
Style: mysterious, stylized, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, muppets, toy comes to life, puppet, xmas, magical, best friend, paralysis, toys, holiday, puppetry, imaginary ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The story of how Mystery Inc. was formed.
Style: not serious, feel good, humorous, detective, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot: talking dog, scooby doo, dog, ghost, goofy hero, investigation, partner, disorder, friends, youth, amateur detective, prank ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story: Bill Cosby takes us on the tour to Sesame Street as the show goes on it's 20th Anniversary. It had interviews of the cast and crews of the show and memories of the show. It also features a multi-language version of some classic Sesame Street ...
Style: educational, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: sesame street, muppets, puppet, friendship, showbiz, personal safety, friends, artists and showbiz, youth, lifestyle, best friend, memories ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 60s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? (2007)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: Join Sesame Street's curious red monster as he explores the things that make him happy: friends, singing, and dancing.
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, light
Audience: kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot: teaching the ways of the world, friendship, friends, artists and showbiz, music, buddies, partner, puppet
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
11 Harrowhouse (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 ...
Style: parody, not serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, robbery, car chase, partner, frame up, cons and scams, mistaken identity, buddies, unlikely criminals, criminal's revenge, on the run ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 70s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Ernest Goes to Africa (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The title says it all. There's a mix up involving stolen diamonds which Ernest has (naturally) made into a yo-yo and given to his would be girlfriend, Rene. But Rene wants a man of action, and doesn't think that Ernest fits the bill. After ...
Style: humorous, independent film, feel good, semi serious
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: jungle, humour, satire, weirdo, rescue, kidnapping, silly humor, partner, disorder, friends, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals ...
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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