Movies like Flipper 1963
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Flipper (1963)
2K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into the world's minds and hearts in this 1963 film starring Chuck Connors and Luke Halpin as Sandy (a role he would continue in the 1964-68 TV series that followed.) James B. Clark, a long-time family filmmaker whose credits include "Island of the Blue Dolphins" and "My Side of the Mountain," directs the story of hard times (Hurricane Hazel and its aftermath) and joy (Sandy's dolphin-powered rides through the waves). And two fins up for Mitzie, the animal star who plays flipper.
Style:
melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, romantic, clever ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
boy, father son relationship, rescue, ocean, youth, healing power, coming of age, fishing, fisherman, animal, friendship, young heroes, teenage life, danger, pets, water, shark, girl, pelican, husband wife relationship, death of husband, compassion, affection, voice over narration, bare chested male ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 80s, 1960s
Place:
florida, usa
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Most similar movies to Flipper
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, touching, semi serious and humorous films with plots about family, youth, friendship, friends, family relations, escapades and danger mostly in Family, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Flipper: Free Willy (1993), Max (2015), Santa Buddies (2009), Zeus and Roxanne (1997), The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
13K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks. Sandy dislikes everything about his new environment until a new friend comes into his life, a dolphin named Flipper, ...
Style:
exciting, cult classic, realistic, serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
summer vacation, friendship, childhood, animal, coming of age, teen angst, toxic waste, fisherman, uncle nephew relationship, teenage boy, fishing, boy ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot:
dolphins, sea, single father, park ranger, youth, family relations, save the day, escapades, young heroes, danger, friendship, swimming ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
usa, florida, everglades
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, uplifting, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
animal, human animal relationship, friendship, killer whale, animal training, rescue, whale, animal life, freedom, coming of age, boy, kids and family ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
oregon, astoria oregon, portland oregon, usa
Similarity:
100%
30K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A dog that helped soldiers in Afghanistan returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience.
Style:
touching, suspense, realistic, serious, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
dog, pets, twists and turns, teenage life, youth, military, police dog, dog actor, dog training, family bonds, war, friendship ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, texas, usa, iraq, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Puppy Paws (the fun-loving son of Santa Paws) gets bored, he finds Budderball on Santa's naughty list and figures he's just the dog to show him how to be an ordinary pup. When the magical Christmas Icicle starts to melt however, and ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, light, fairy tale, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
dog, christmas, santa claus, hopes, holiday, owner dog relationship, happy ending, pets, save the day, christmas present, xmas, christmas spirit ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Flipper, is an American revival television series of the original 1964 Flipper television series. The first two seasons aired in first-run syndication; seasons 3 and 4 aired on the PAX network.
The 1995 version brought back Bud Ricks as a scientist ...
Style:
feel good, realistic, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
ocean, rescue, family relations, danger, escapades, friendship, beach, investigation, animal actor, heartwarming, water, creature ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Mary Beth is a marine biologist that gets annoyed when a dog called Zeus stows aboard her research boat. Nevertheless she is intrigued when the intrusive canine makes best-friends with her captive dolphin, Roxanne. She falls in love with Zeus's ...
Style:
sweet, melancholic, feel good, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens, girls' night
Plot:
dog, dolphins, friendship, youth, animal, rescue, single parent, odd couple, daring rescue, mischievous children, escapades, young heroes ...
Time:
year 1997
Place:
bahamas
Similarity:
100%
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%
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. Angus's ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
dog, boy dog relationship, child in peril, wilderness, childhood, survival, animal, youth, teenage life, parents and children, labrador retriever, friendship ...
Place:
british columbia, canada, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Spain, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The son of the world's greatest detective embarks on a high-stakes adventure in this action-packed adaptation of the beloved book by Israeli writer David Grossman. (TIFF)
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, detective, crying
Plot:
coming of age, escapades, passion, child's point of view, rescue, family relations, self discovery, husband wife relationship, friendship, youth, dream, child in peril ...
Place:
europe, france, holland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
While widowed Porter Ricks is away at school learning to be a park ranger, his teen-aged son, Sandy, under adult supervision from a neighbor, remains at the family home in the Florida Keys with his pet dolphin, Flipper. While Po (as Porter is called ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
ocean, beach, dolphins, animal, creature, youth, danger, escapades, pirate, rivalry, young heroes, save the day ...
Time:
60s
Place:
florida, bahamas, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain ...
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, epic, retro ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
killer whale, friendship, hunting, rescue, poaching, friends, environmentalism, father son relationship, boy, fisherman, ship captain, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Teenager Henry Griffin acquired many skills through years of travelling the world with his anthropologist parents. Sent to live with his uncle and cousin in Washington DC, and with the help of his cousin Jasper and friend Maggie, he must now use ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, exciting, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
high school, friendship, teenage life, danger, social relations, escapades, supernatural, anthropologist, amateur detective, museum, magic, high school life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won't take no for an answer, and ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
father son relationship, single father, poaching, real life father and son playing father and son, english countryside, landowner, hunting, poacher, gypsy, family relations, social differences, family life ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1955
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
8K
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Switzerland, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Heidi, is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather. She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the wealthy Sesemann household in Frankfurt, Germany as a companion to Klara, ...
Style:
sincere, scenic, psychological, contemplative, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
orphan, friendship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, kindness, children, salvation, female protagonist, death of mother, grandmother granddaughter relationship, royal family, found footage, strong female character ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
alps, germany, swiss alps, switzerland, europe
Similarity:
100%
896
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Wealthy sportsman James Haggin (Walter Pidgeon) lives on a Quebec estate called Wintapi. Émile Fornet (Émile Genest), handler of Haggin's hunting dogs, and Émile's wife Therese (Janette Bertrand), Haggin's cook and housekeeper, ...
Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, feel good
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, animal, animal life, youth, canine, camping trip, camping, countryside, puppy love, camp, nature, orphan ...
Time:
60s
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
100%
8K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true story of how a marine seal named Andre befriended a little girl and her family, circa 1962.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sad, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, animal, seal the animal, heartwarming, friendship, small town, youth, water, magic, wildlife, nature ...
Time:
year 1962, year 1994, 90s, 60s
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, melancholic, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
animal, teenage girl, summer vacation, poacher, wild animal, jungle, cheetah, coming of age, teenage boy, mother daughter relationship, girl, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
africa, kenya, usa, california, hawaii
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, sweet, anamorphic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
killer whale, whale, childhood, friendship, human animal relationship, animal, foster home, orphan, half brother half brother relationship, fire, teenage boy, boy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
astoria oregon, oregon, usa, washington state, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After young Kirra (Bindi Irwin) leaves her Australian home to summer with her grandfather (Beau Bridges) in South Africa, she soon discovers a baby orca stranded in the lagoon near her grandfather’s rundown seaside amusement park. She names the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, uplifting
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
animal rescue, killer whale, orca, family relations, friendship, confined, captivity, young heroes, heroes, mischievous children, ocean, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa, australia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on the amazing true story of a marine biologist (Robert Lansing) who befriends a six-ton Orcawhale, this "honest, fascinating and vigorously wholesome film" (Citizen-News) is heartwarming fun for the whole family. Like all close ...
Style:
semi serious, psychotronic
Audience:
pre-teens
Plot:
ocean, orca, animal, whale, youth, sea creature, underwater, shark, killer whale, friends, animal life, daring rescue ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dog, youth, animal, friendship, pets, canine, boy and dog, interracial relations, family relations, wilderness, family life, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 1940s
Place:
tennessee, usa, georgia
Similarity:
21%
423
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The whole family will enjoy huge laughs and giant, hairy adventures with this touching tale about a big-hearted Bigfoot. Lost in the forest, he befriends three kids, Percy, Madison and Leonard, who are determined to protect him. When two local ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, light, independent film ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
sasquatch, rescue, friendship, friends, bigfoot, woods, youth, danger, school, captivity, rivalry, pets ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Far from home in the lush bamboo forests of China, ten-year-old Ryan Tyler, with the help of a young girl, goes on a wonderful journey to rescue a baby panda taken by poachers.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, scary, sweet, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night
Plot:
panda, poaching, survival, animal, poacher, human animal relationship, family relations, coming of age, bear, treasure hunt, parents and children, friends ...
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
Similarity:
21%
287
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on the children's novel by celebrated South Australian author 'Colin Thiele' , this is an emotional father and son story about tuna fishing of Southern Blue Fin tuna in South Australia's Port Lincoln fishing district. ...
Style:
lighthearted, semi serious, independent film
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
fishing, family relations, ocean, disaster, friends, parents and children, forces of nature, friendship, isolation, ship, heroes, coming of age ...
Time:
70s
Place:
australia, south australia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!
Style:
touching, serious, realistic
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
horse, human animal relationship, black horse, desert, girl horse relationship, friendship, girl, stallion, world war two, survival, rescue, young heroes ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, sentimental, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
summer, hopes, young heroes, water, animal life, friendship, animal, youth, fish, destiny, summer vacation, child ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, north america
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.
Style:
sentimental, touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dolphins, veterinarian, friendship, rescue, youth, family relations, human spirit, hopes, friends, animal, summer vacation, animal rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Told from Mowgli's point of view, it's the story of how a boy became a mancub and a mancub became a man.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
jungle book, jungle adventure, boy, hyena, tiger, nature, rescue, disorder, animal life, kids in trouble, friends, young heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This kid has to move to a farm in his summer vacation and don't get to go to Norway Cup as he had planned for. Out on the country there is bad cellphone reception, cow smell and inbreed farmers as far as the eye can see. The family Volvo get ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
pets, coming of age, friendship, fish out of water, teenage life, save the day, youth, young heroes, escapades, family relations, immigrant, farm ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
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