Movies like Flipper 1996
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Flipper (1996)
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, that brings uncle and nephew together and leads Sandy on the summer adventure of a lifetime.
Style:
exciting, cult classic, sincere, touching, feel good, serious, realistic, scary, sentimental, light ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
summer vacation, friendship, childhood, animal, coming of age, fishing, boy, rescue, fisherman, teenage boy, toxic waste, uncle nephew relationship, teen angst, summer, water, fish, heartwarming, youth, hurricane, yacht, sheriff, girl, pelican, witness, fishing boat ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
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, realistic and humorous films with plots about family, friendship, youth, family relations, friends, animal and danger mostly in Family, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Flipper: Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997), Free Willy (1993), Andre (1994), Flipper's New Adventure (1964), Alaska (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
Style:
melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
boy, father son relationship, rescue, ocean, youth, healing power, coming of age, fishing, fisherman, animal, young heroes, friendship ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 80s
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: 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:
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%
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
As a plea-bargain to clear their school records, a group of misfit teens ventures into the majestic but unforgiving wilderness to help a young naturalist save the vanishing wolves. After they encountered unexpected incident, they are aided by the ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, serious, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
wolf, naturalist, nature, misfit, wilderness, friends, animal life, danger, escapades, survival, rescue, adventurer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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:
100%
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:
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:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former airline pilot now delivering toilet paper across the mountains. During an emergency delivery in a storm his plane goes down somewhere in the ...
Style:
light, feel good, captivating, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
polar bear, missing person, childhood, family relations, rescue, danger, wilderness, escapades, parents and children, mountain, winter, coming of age ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for long hours, through harsh ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, captivating, uplifting, serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
dog sled, dog, human animal relationship, animal, survival, treasure hunt, racing, underdog, winter, mountain, world war one, canine ...
Time:
year 1994, 1910s, 20th century, pre world war one, year 1917
Place:
alaska, minnesota, canada, usa, winnipeg ...
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, 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: Family, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An update of the Lassie legend stars Thomas Guiry as a troubled city kid whose family retreats to the country, where he befriends the famous collie and changes for the better. Conflict develops when a ruthless sheep rancher causes trouble for ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
dog, boy dog relationship, pets, coming of age, friendship, childhood, animal, mischievous children, teenage life, family life, countryside, lassie ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
usa, virginia, baltimore
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, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?
Style:
road movie, touching, uplifting, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
dog, cat, wilderness, animal, labrador retriever, friendship, pets, wildlife, siamese cat, puppy love, camp, camping trip ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, inspirational, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
goose, rescue, father daughter relationship, bird, aviation, single father, animal, loss of mother, migration, conservation, deforestation, childhood ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
canada, new zealand, north carolina, ontario canada, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is an American children's television series that was created and hosted by namesake Fred Rogers. The series originated in 1963 as Misterogers on CBC Television, and was later debuted in 1966 as Misterogers' ...
Style:
retro, serious, sentimental, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot:
puppet, love, mentor, urbanization, magic, prodigy, talking cat, child prodigy, asexual, toys, friends, friendship ...
Time:
1900s, 90s, 60s, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
pittsburgh, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A boy and his dog, White Fang, must try to save the noble Haida tribe from evil white men in turn-of-the-century Alaska.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, humorous, feel good, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dog, survival, treasure hunt, human animal relationship, friendship, forest, interracial love relationship, treasure hunter, canine, wilderness, pets, save the day ...
Time:
1890s, year 1994, 90s, 19th century, 80s
Place:
alaska, usa, london, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
324K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, intense, retro ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, childhood, treasure map, pirate, treasure, friendship, pirate ship, small town, children, teenage girl, mischievous children, child ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
oregon, astoria oregon, usa
Similarity:
67%
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:
26%
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:
23%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The poignant, coming of age story about a group of eleven year old girls in their final summer before middle school.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, touching, sincere, light ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night
Plot:
youth, friendship, parents and children, best friend, teenage life, follow your dream, family life, family relations, summer vacation, child, coming of age, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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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:
21%
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:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dodger, a criminal monkey, belongs to a crooked street performer but escapes his life of crime only to end up in the arms of Eva, an innocent little girl whose mother has no idea that her daughter is harboring a fugitive.
Style:
humorous, independent film, semi serious, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
monkey, monkey actor, childhood, human animal relationship, friendship, youth, coming of age, animal, girl, wild animal, stupid kid, business ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
california, alaska
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An abused beagle runs away from his owner. On the road, he meets young Marty Preston and follows him home. The boy immediately forms a bond with the dog and names him Shiloh. His stern father won't let him keep the dog because it belongs to ...
Style:
sweet, touching, emotional, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family friendly, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, animal rescue, pets, youth, animal, destiny, greed, hopes, friendship, heroes, family relations, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
9K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.
Style:
sweet, sentimental, touching, captivating, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
wild animal, lion, childhood, rescue, wilderness, animal, boy, adolescence, bully, youth, cheetah, bullying ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
africa, south africa, kenya
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hope to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon ...
Style:
intense, sincere, exciting, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
wilderness, river, coming of age, friendship, survival, summer, nature, camping, youth, camp, mountain climbing, chess ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, new york, new jersey, california
Similarity:
20%
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