Movies like Ernest Saves Christmas
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Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.
Style:
light, humorous, melancholic, surreal, entertaining, intense, feel good, not serious, ridiculous, parody ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, holiday, magic, violence, unlikely friendships, family relations, mischievous children, prank, save the day, misfit, teenage life, nothing goes right, mistaken identity, partners, fish out of water, goofy hero, when the parents are away, justice, solitude, catastrophe, gangsters, ninja, children, natural disaster, friendship ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1988
Place:
orlando florida
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, light and cult film films with plots about fantasy world, redemption, farce, brutality, catastrophe, fight scenes and life philosophy mostly in Comedy, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Ernest Saves Christmas: Harry and the Hendersons (1987), Home Alone 3 (1997), Baby Geniuses (1999), The Flintstones (1994), The Santa Clause 2 (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
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Place:
seattle, washington state, usa, north america, california
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try break into his house to get it back.
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Place:
usa, chicago illinois, hong kong, san francisco, illinois
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Scientist hold talking, super-intelligent babies captive, but things take a turn for the worse when a mix-up occurs between a baby genius and its twin.
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humorous, entertaining, melancholic, intense, semi serious ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Mining tests its employees to find a new executive. ...
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dinosaur, friendship, caveman, childhood, best friend, eccentric family, workplace, family life, adoption, family relations, couples, power relations ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to ...
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feel good, touching, humorous, entertaining, light ...
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kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
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christmas, santa claus, holiday, magic, reindeer, disney, prank, christmas party, children, mistaken identity, chaos, disorder ...
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2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Everybody's favorite stiff is back! Working fools Larry Wilson and Richard Parker have uncovered a dirty, little secret: Their former boss, Bernie Lomax, embezzled $2 million and placed it in a safe deposit box in the Caribbean. Now, the boys ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father's rich girlfriend, Natalie. Meanwhile robber Marv Merchants, one of the villains from the first two ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank employee, while Ernest undergoes Nash's sentence to the ...
Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
prison, crime gone awry, dysfunctional family, electric chair, confined, escapades, false accusation, prison life, cons and scams, mistaken identity, heist, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
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53%
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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 ...
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satire, disaster, humour, nude, jungle, creativity, alternate reality, dinosaur, nostalgia, farce, fight scenes, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
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Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Ernest P. Worrell is now in the military as a soldier. Once he begins, him and his team investigates a dictator who was responsible for the wars in the nearly village. Suddenly, Ernest finds a lost boy and has to keep him safe until his father ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance councilor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents while stopping a shady strip mining company from closing the camp as well.
Style:
humorous, feel good, campy, unusual plot structure, light ...
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kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
summer camp, camp, childhood, handyman, teenager, farce, stupidity, youth, bullying, happy ending, redemption, underdog ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Well-intentioned, eternally bumbling Ernest P. Worrell accidentally releases an evil demon from its sacred tomb. As the demon flexes its power and goes on a ruinous rampage, good-guy Ernest tries to step in to save the town from mass destruction. ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Mom and dad dump son Cody, daughter Abby, her best friend Marcella and a baby on the farm with Grandpa and Grandma. Purple dinosaur Barney soon appears to entertain kids, and when a large colorful egg deposited on a farm by a shooting star is ...
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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