Movies like The Cat in the Hat
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The Cat in the Hat (2003)
93K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Conrad and Sally Walden are home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until things get out of hand, and The Cat must go, go, go, before their parents get back.
Style:
stylized, humorous, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, offbeat, mysterious, black comedy, freeze frame, absurd ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
goofy hero, getting home, cat, youth, friendship, imaginary kingdom, disorder, talking cat, child, impersonating a police officer, rescue, fish out of water, danger, children, mother daughter relationship, impersonation, goldfish, stepfather, mother son relationship, meme, friends, pets, house, fantasy world, dog ...
Time:
year 2003
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Most similar movies to The Cat in the Hat
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and entertaining films with plots about family, youth, disorder, family relations, slug, fantasy world and friendship mostly in Family, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Cat in the Hat: Hook (1991), The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996), A Simple Wish (1997), Five Children and It (2004), Stuart Little (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
289K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see Granny Wendy in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps ...
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, inspirational, stylized, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly, pre-teens, kids, family outing, adult ...
Plot:
childhood, pirate, magic, kidnapping, children, fairy, father son relationship, peter pan, good versus evil, rescue, destiny, fantasy world ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
fictional island, california, new york, san francisco, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, stylized, offbeat, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
childhood, children, fantasy world, chocolate, contests and competitions, imaginary, magic, social differences, child protagonist, imagination, poverty, food ...
Time:
year 2005, 1920s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
bavaria, new delhi, japan, europe, georgia ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you ...
Style:
fairy tale, touching, feel good, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, puppet, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, wish come true, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, mischievous children, heroes, innocence lost, danger ...
Time:
year 1996, 18th century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, funny, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, fairy godmother, magic wand, good versus evil, villainess, race against time, witch, imaginary, rivalry, supernatural ability, down on your luck, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1997
Place:
nebraska, manhattan new york city, oklahoma city, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Psammead is 'It', an ancient, irritable, ugly sand fairy, which five children find one day in a gravel pit. As a reward for finding him, It grants the children one wish a day, the results of which will last until sunset.
Style:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, offbeat, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot:
youth, wish fulfillment, young heroes, heroes, mischievous children, disorder, fish out of water, parents and children, rivalry, danger, supernatural, misfit ...
Time:
year 2004, year 1917, 1910s
Similarity:
100%
159K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The adventures of a heroic and debonair stalwart mouse named Stuart Little with human qualities, who faces some comic misadventures while searching for his lost bird friend and living with a human family as their child.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
mouse, cat, adoption, childhood, kids and family, anthropomorphic mouse, chase, orphanage, talking animal, creativity, redemption, storytelling ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Whos, an almost mutated sort of Munchkin-like people. All the Whos love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty ...
Style:
fairy tale, funny, sweet, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, redemption, xmas, imaginary kingdom, dog, village, burglary, santa claus, little girl, fantasy world, surrealism, christmas time ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 2000s
Similarity:
75%
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, investigation, goofy hero, friends, amateur detective, youth, partner, prank, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
ohio
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This is a comedy about a six-year-old girl who lives at a 5 star plaza and causes havoc.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
mischievous children, little girl, nanny, tutor, precocious child, family relations, young heroes, opposites attract, family life, youth, dog, child's point of view ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
What would you wish for if you were eleven and could have anything in the world? Your parents don't understand you. Your teenage brother is constantly getting you in trouble...for things he did! You're in love with the twelve-year-old girl ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, suspense
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
youth, child as adult, wish come true, friendship, mischievous children, young heroes, teenage life, experiment gone awry, best friend, danger, rescue, family life ...
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Mr. Conductor's supply of magic gold dust, which allows him to travel between Shining Time and Thomas's island, is critically low. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to get more. Meanwhile, Thomas is fending off attacks by the nasty ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, independent film, stylized, detective ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool, horror for children
Plot:
magic, mountain, thomas the tank engine, rescue, friendship, young heroes, adventurer, danger, good versus evil, rivalry, youth, escapades ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
america, toronto ontario canada, detroit, usa, london
Similarity:
100%
37K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he ...
Style:
humorous, absurd, semi serious, feel good, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
sailor, abandoned baby, bully, childhood, rescue, twists and turns, family relations, kidnapping, love triangle, love and romance, eccentric family, escapades ...
Time:
80s
Place:
fictional island
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games ...
Style:
melancholic, humorous, feel good, semi serious, epic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, monster, friendship, halloween, coming of age, young heroes, child as adult, father son relationship, mischievous children, fish out of water, curses spells and rituals, wish come true ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because he's seeing gnomes! ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
st. patrick's day, magic, chase, good versus evil, youth, gnome, raccoon, automobile, talking animal, magical creature, holiday, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 1967
Place:
california, usa, new jersey, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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, widower, family relations, friends, pets, parents and children, disorder, mischievous children, youth, single parent, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"I will try to be normal" 12-year-old Ace Ventura Jr. promises. Thats cool, except whats normal for him is finding missing mutts, kidnapped kitties or gone gators and creating hilarious chaos every step of the way.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, saga ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
pets, disorder, rescue, uncover truth, escapades, obsessive quest, danger, family relations, heroes, private detective, young heroes, parents and children ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Lisa Dolittle sends her daughter to 'Durango', a Dude Ranch, to find herself. While there, she uses her talent to talk to the animals in order to save Durango from being taken over by a neighboring Ranch.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, romantic, offbeat
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
pets, friends, family life, family relations, animal, talking animal, misfit, imaginary, disorder, teenage life, partner, youth ...
Time:
year 2006
Similarity:
100%
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, crying, fantasy adventure ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
puppet, muppets, friendship, young heroes, escapades, danger, rescue, wizard of oz, puppetry, lion, halloween, witchcraft ...
Place:
kansas, usa
Similarity:
100%
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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:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, light, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, orphan, mischievous children, siblings relations, husky dog, young heroes, pets, animal, hotel, pitbull, friends, happy ending ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, antarctica
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A mysterious talking cat uses its powers of communication to enrich the lives of two different families, and bring them together.
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, feel good, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
talking animal, single parent, cat, family relations, pets, disorder, parents and children, youth, supernatural, brother sister relationship, stupid kid, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Benji and his friends try to save his mother from a puppy mill.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching, feel good
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
dog, youth, friendship, against the odds, young heroes, odd couple, fish out of water, adoption, parents and children, disorder, rescue, mischievous children ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or ...
Style:
fairy tale, epic, light hearted, mysterious, light ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
alice in wonderland, parallel world, youth, chess, fantasy world, girl heroine, nobility, rabbit, victorian england, underground, child, harry potter ...
Time:
victorian era
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Australia, France, Pakistan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.
Style:
humorous, light, slapstick, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
baby, villain, mischievous children, museum, party, transformation, cartoonist, rivalry, superhero, pet dog, showdown, split personality ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
pakistan, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to ...
Style:
light, inspirational, humorous, fairy tale, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
objects come to life, magic, miraculous event, friendship, coming of age, accountant, prodigy, mysterious character, fish out of water, curses spells and rituals, save the day, goofy hero ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, usa, seattle
Similarity:
67%
193K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, sweet, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, children, elementary school, supernatural ability, school, parents and children, mischievous children, teachers and students, disorder, childhood, child prodigy, adoption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
america
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, light, 3d animation, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
talking animal, animal, chipmunk, concert, christmas, anthropomorphism, mentor, friendship, rising to stardom, siblings relations, young heroes, ambition ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, year 2016, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, north america, chicago, paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The malevolent Ender Dragon sets out on a path of destruction, prompting a young girl and her group of unlikely adventurers to set out to save the Overworld.
Style:
epic fantasy, slapstick comedy, psychotronic, surprise ending, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
zombie, surrealism, fantasy world, portal, lava, skeleton, alternate world, animal, miner, survival, wolf, mine ...
Time:
year 1985, 2020s, 80s, year 1989
Place:
idaho, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Everyone always knew that Max had a wild imagination, but no one believed that his wildest creations -- a boy raised by watchful great white sharks and a girl with the force of a volcano -- were real. Now, these two pint-sized action masters will ...
Style:
surreal, feel good, entertaining, absurd, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
fantasy becomes reality, shark, fantasy world, child protagonist, imaginary kingdom, heroes, imaginary friend, imaginary, superhero, coming of age, escapades, young heroes ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, ...
Style:
exciting, intense, semi serious, epic, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
robot, space travel, brother brother relationship, board game, game, child, sibling rivalry, childhood, human in outer space, alien, outer space, alternate world ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human brother, George, and their mischievous cat, ...
Style:
light, sweet, entertaining, sentimental, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
mouse, friendship, bird, talking animal, disorder, rescue, friends, escapades, danger, heroic mission, cat, furry ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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