Movies like Dr. Plonk
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Dr. Plonk (2007)
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A scientist & inventor in 1907, Dr Plonk, predicts that the world will end in 101 years, unless something is done about it.
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, absurd, slapstick, not serious, slapstick comedy, black and white, silent, comic ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, mad scientist, politics, danger, laboratory, farce, misfit, disaster, chases and races, inventions and discoveries, disorder, chaos and mayhem, unsuccessful, dog, end of the world, time, police officer, train, police, scientist, inventor, doctor, railway, president ...
Time:
year 2007, future, 20th century, 1910s, 2000s, year 2008, 1900s ...
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia, south australia, american
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Most similar movies to Dr. Plonk
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, parody, not serious and exciting films with plots about disorder, imaginary, heroes, escapades, danger, time travel and rivalry mostly in Comedy, Sci-Fi and Action genres. Some movies like Dr. Plonk: The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002), Space Cop (2016), Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (2005), Cyborg She (2008), My Science Project (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The planet is facing a great threat. During the worst drought ever known, a group of wrongdoers are in the process of finishing all the reserves of water that remain on Earth. The best secret agents in the world meet urgently, but they don't ...
Style:
parody, not serious, humorous, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
time travel, secret agent, save the world, goofy hero, rivalry, mad scientist, chases and races, heroes, undercover, master villain, escapades, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, spain
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in trouble when he refuses to sell his club to lunar gangster Mogan, who just happens to be helping the ...
Style:
entertaining, not serious, humorous, futuristic, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
chase, gangster, space, cloning, danger, space wars, gunfight, robot, on the run, casino, outer space, black ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Space Cop is the story of a cop from the future of space who travels back in time to the present and is teamed up with a cop from the past who is unfrozen in the present. Together, they must defeat evil aliens with a sinister plan. Out of time and ...
Style:
ironic, spoof, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
time travel, satire, time machine, sent to the past, time traveler, good versus evil, time jump, alien encounter, alien technology, showdown, evil alien, alien invasion ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Finland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning begins with Captain James B. Pirk of the starship Kickstart shipwrecked on the 21st century Earth with his crew. Originally from the distant future, Pirk and his crew traveled back in time to save the Earth from hostile ...
Style:
parody, futuristic, funny, light, absurd ...
Plot:
spacecraft, emperor, space opera, time travel, storytelling, alternate reality, alien, space wars, save the world, space and aliens, escapades, man versus machine ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
russia, finland
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Cyborg She follows the burgeoning romance between an ordinary college student and his sassy love interest - who happens to be a time-traveling cyborg with superhuman powers. One day, a beautiful cyborg girl appears in front of a dull university ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic, light ...
Plot:
time travel, cyborgs, androids and robots, artificial intelligence, earthquake, college, fish out of water, changing lives, high school life, couples, supernatural, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2008, future, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Three men walk into a bar; two geeks and a cynic. They are three ordinary blokes who all have dreams and hopes for an exciting and better future
Style:
horror comedy, entertaining, humorous, tricky, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, sent to the future, time machine, alternate reality, time, time loop, friendship, existence paradox, pub, underdog, disorder, atheism ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 2009, distant future, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Michael and Ellie break into a military junkyard to find a science project for Michael's class, and discover a strange glowing orb which absorbs electricity. When the orb begins to blend past, present, and future, its up to Michael and Ellie to ...
Style:
semi serious, offbeat, humorous, fast, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
time travel, dinosaur, school, science, mutant, teenager, extraterrestrial, high school, coming of age, technology gone awry, student, hippie ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1985
Place:
vietnam, california
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Modern day soldiers travel back in time and meet Admiral Lee, the greatest soldier of all time, and motivate him to drive out invaders.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, stylized, humorous, rough ...
Plot:
time travel, military, destiny, heroic mission, korean army, save the kingdom, battles, chaos, imaginary, rivalry, soldier, escapades ...
Time:
16th century, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
asia, japan, korea, china
Similarity:
70%
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306
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Hairi (Saiful Apek) is a loser who lives in Metrofulus. While working in the lab, he accidentally drinks coffee that has been contaminated by a virus-infected gecko. He soon finds himself doing the most insane things, such as sticking to walls, ...
Style:
buddy comedy, slapstick, feel good, parody
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
superhero, mad scientist, transformation, comic book, genetic experiment, urban, fictional country, professor, secretary, scientist, laboratory, supernatural power ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
malaysia
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Chronicles the adventures of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as he rides a "wheelchair of death" to stop the world from being taking over by polio-carrying werewolves during WWII. A deadly menace that are led by Werewolf Hitler, Mussolini and ...
Style:
parody, humorous, not serious, exciting, spoof ...
Plot:
u.s. president, good versus evil, silly humor, escapades, disability, danger, heroes, vengeance, head of state, state affairs, disorder, white house ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, China
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Louis Koo plays 009, or translated literally from its aural pronunciation, double-O Dog. He's one of 12 special Royal Bodyguards of a simpleton Emperor (Liu Yiwei) who named these 12 guards after the Chinese Zodiac, hence 9 translated to Dog. ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, slapstick, captivating, light ...
Plot:
inventor, empress, absurd humor, goofy hero, save the day, assassination attempt, escapades, disorder, silly humor, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, betrayal, farce ...
Place:
china, asia, ancient china
Similarity:
69%
49K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Turkey
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Commander Logar fools Arif and sends him 1.000.000 years back in the time. He must civilize people from past to reach today.
Style:
exciting, humorous, not serious, parody, captivating ...
Plot:
time travel, tyrannosaurus rex, fish out of water, save the day, daring rescue, heroes, rivalry, disorder, heroic mission, master villain, escapades, vengeance ...
Time:
prehistoric times, prehistory
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
68%
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, kids
Plot:
submarine, three stooges, space, alien invasion, disorder, chases and races, fugitives, obsessive quest, space and aliens, goofy hero, espionage, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, 80s, future
Place:
california
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The team behind Scary Movie takes on the comic book genre in this tale of Rick Riker, a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the villainously goofy Hourglass.
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, humorous, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids
Plot:
superhero, stupidity, dumb, goofy hero, good versus evil, superhuman powers, nothing goes right, experiment gone awry, superhero spoof, mad scientist, teenager, high school ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After capturing Claw, all the criminals have gone into hiding until, Claw escapes! Gadget thinks he will get the case, but everyone else has other planes. A new version of the Gadget project is unveiled in the form of G2. Strict orders are given for ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, not serious, psychotronic, slapstick ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens, kids
Plot:
androids and robots, superheroine, cyborgs, disorder, good versus evil, rivalry, danger, investigation, fighting crime, heroic mission, goofy hero, race against time ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A light hearted comedy following a group of friends in a science-fiction club, who spend their summer holidays fooling around at their club house, have a mission to go back into time, using a time machine that appeared out of nowhere, in order to ...
Style:
psychotronic, light, humorous, captivating, uplifting
Plot:
time travel, friendship, remote control, friend, scientist, pet dog, time machine, altering history, friendship between men, time paradox, time loop, asian ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A scientist builds an android to reconnect with his amnesiac lover.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, futuristic, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
mad scientist, love triangle, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, danger, experiment gone awry, fall in love, society, rivalry, disorder, chaos, memory loss ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
20 years after a set of events, the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC), is still going strong. Now Brandon Miller a TEC operative, believes that they have a responsibility to change history hoping that the world will be better but Ryan Chan another ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, time machine, alternate timeline, heroes, martial arts, chase, superhero, heroic mission, undercover, danger, psychopath, changing the past or future ...
Time:
year 1988, 19th century, 80s, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, europe, california, texas, new jersey ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout, and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting, retro ...
Plot:
kaiju, save the day, good versus evil, experiment gone awry, chaos, rivalry, danger, mad scientist, disorder, deadly creature, supernatural, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The year is 2055, and the universe is in a state of turmoil, awaiting the formation of a government that can establish universal peace. Until such a time, the Orion Union stands in its stead, an uneasy alliance made up not of planets, but of their ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, offbeat
Plot:
space and aliens, space opera, partner, distant planet, rivalry, good versus evil, heroic mission, heroes, danger, misfit, escapades, misfit partners ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In 1943, five US soldiers are recruited by the OSS for a time travel mission to save the world from the tyranny of Hitler's 25th Reich.
Style:
exciting, humorous, tense, psychotronic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
time travel, world war two, time machine, swastika, chaos, killer robot, military, soldier, military base, nazi occultism, heroic mission, imaginary ...
Time:
20th century, future, 1940s, year 1943, year 2012 ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When loser Marvin Mange is involved in a horrible car accident, he's brought back to life by a deranged scientist as half man and half animal. His newfound powers are awesome -- but their adverse side effects could take over his life. Now, ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, parody, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
mad scientist, organ donation, police investigation, experiment gone awry, man beast, animal, lone hero, partner, goofy hero, animal life, flirting, chase ...
Time:
year 2001
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Future Americans decide to time travel to 1776 to ask the founding fathers for the solutions to their problems. A glitch in the time machine changes their destination to 1976. Still believing themselves to be in 1776, the time travellers attempt to ...
Style:
psychotronic, spoof, surreal, independent film, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, disco, summer, time loop, time warp, time machine, fish out of water, profanity, silly humor, hopes, misfit, misfit partners ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, 70s, future, 22nd century ...
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear powered bus is making it's maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down on ...
Style:
road movie, parody, spoof, absurd, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bus, disaster, sabotage, road trip, veterinarian, priest, nuclear power, bowling, old woman, rescue, singer, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
70s, year 1976
Place:
new york, colorado, usa, tokyo
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
If you were a brilliant geneticist, working on a secret government genetic engineering project, and your fiancee dumped you because your sperm were not viable, what would you do to resolve your mid-life crisis? Dr. Gino Conti creates his own son by ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, psychotronic, witty ...
Plot:
dangerous animal, mad scientist, superhuman powers, supernatural, laboratory, deadly creature, misfit, danger, vampire, imaginary, heroes, mutant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In this campy spy movie spoof Dr. Goldfoot (Vincent Price) has invented an army of bikini-clad robots who are programmed to seek out wealthy men and charm them into signing over their assets. Secret agent Craig Gamble (Frankie Avalon) and ...
Style:
parody, slapstick, spoof, humorous, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mad scientist, robot, secret agent, spy, james bond spoof, farce, female android, beach party, car chase, espionage, chase, camp ...
Time:
60s
Place:
san francisco, tokyo
Similarity:
65%
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, time travel, alien encounter, disorder, master villain, deadly creature, imaginary, heroes, danger, androids and robots ...
Similarity:
65%
46K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
Style:
futuristic, funny, surreal, slapstick, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
satire, dystopia, robot, cryogenics, distopia, time travel, cloning, resistance movement, food, surrealism, dystopian future, imagination ...
Time:
future, 70s, 22nd century, year 1973, 1920s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, exciting, saga, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, alien, alien invasion, ufo, hi-tech, time machine, changing the past or future, benign alien, alternate timeline, mind control, space travel, extraterrestrial ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, future, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place:
bronx new york city, new york, usa, florida, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A time-travel experiment in which a robot probe is sent from the year 2073 to the year 1973 goes terribly wrong thrusting one of the project scientists,into a plague ravaged alternate time-line whose war weary inhabitants are locked in a constant ...
Style:
futuristic, psychotronic, tech noir, independent film, serious
Plot:
time travel, post apocalypse, robot, cyborgs, terminator, apocalypse, androids and robots, dystopian future, wasteland, time portal, distopia, alien ...
Time:
future, year 1973
Similarity:
64%
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