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Fluke (1995)
8K
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and comes back to life as a dog. Remembering some of who he was, he returns to his wife and son to protect them from the man who caused his accident. But, as time goes by, he remembers more of his life, and realizes he wasn't such a good husband and father.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, light, semi serious, touching, entertaining, sad, cult classic, tear jerker, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
dog, reincarnation, death, human becomes animal, afterlife, animal, talking dog, grief, family relations, family life, life, monkey, friendship, cemetery, puppy, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, survivor, partner, junkyard, flashback, homelessness, dog actor, cruelty, talking animal ...
Place:
usa, united states, united states of america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, touching, humorous and semi serious films with plots about dog, family, animal, family relations, pets, friendship and friends mostly in Family, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Fluke: A Dog's Purpose (2017), Nine Lives (2016), The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), The Secret of Roan Inish (1994), The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, sad, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, adult
Plot:
dog, animal, human animal relationship, life & death, happy ending, reincarnation, transformation, police dog, life philosophy, love, death, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, China, Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sweet, light, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
cat, transformation, pets, switching bodies, kids and family, happy ending, animal, magic, love, children, redemption, father daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
Style:
touching, clever, light, epic, weeping ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, toys, toy comes to life, magic, childhood, boy, child protagonist, toy soldier, native american, parallel world, escapades ...
Time:
90s, 18th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother ...
Style:
scenic, fairy tale, touching, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
children, mermaid, island, seal the animal, celtic, selkie, friendship, fishing boat, legend, ancient mystery, pagan, magic ...
Time:
year 1946, year 1994, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, europe, scotland
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui. When Thomasina falls ill, McDhui declares that the pet should be put down. But when Mary and her father try to bury the cat, Lori MacGregor (Susan ...
Style:
talky, atmospheric, touching, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
cat, pets, afterlife, dealing with death, animal, storytelling, happy ending, family life, terminal illness, witch, youth, friendship ...
Time:
year 1963, 1910s, year 1912
Place:
scotland, europe, britain, australia
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: China, India, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Bailey is living the good life on the farm of Ethan and Hannah. As Bailey’s soul prepares to leave this life for a new one, he promises Ethan to find CJ and protect her at any cost.
Style:
emotional, sweet, sincere, touching, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, adult
Plot:
dog, human animal relationship, reincarnation, animal life, grandfather granddaughter relationship, grownups, child care, animal, mother daughter relationship, pet dog, family relations, couples ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A father, who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.
Style:
christmas special, sad, christmas classics, tear jerker, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, snowman, redemption, holiday, magic, boy, winter, christmas season, loss of father, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, loss of husband ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, antarctic
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, pets, human becomes animal, transformation, animal, divorce, parents and children, disorder, parent child relationship, genetic engineering, family life, animal rights ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
While Jane Holman (Mastrantonio) is driving with her two sons, she accidentally runs into a drifter, Jack McCloud (Swayze), who breaks his leg. Being responsible, Jane invites Jack, and his dog, to stay at her home until his leg has healed. Jack ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, surprise ending, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dog, generosity, drifter, broken leg, magic, family relations, youth, animal, cancer, widow, flashback, hitchhiker ...
Time:
1950s, 1900s, 50s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle (Eddie Murphy) seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! ...
Style:
funny, light, emotional, hilarious, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, pre-teens, date night ...
Plot:
dog, father daughter relationship, veterinarian, doctor, happy ending, childhood, foul language, father son relationship, talking animal, african american, animal, kids and family ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998, year 1968, 60s
Place:
san francisco, usa, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
141K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mom, Babe realizes that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, sincere, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot:
piglet, dog, friendship, talking animal, pig, farm, farmer, animal, christmas, horse, adoption, puppy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
australia, persia, england
Similarity:
100%
81K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, funny, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, puppy, children, animal actor, human animal relationship, bullying, pets, animal, childhood, happy ending, saint bernard dog, nothing goes right ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
california, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Remake of the popular Disney classic, this time featuring some well known voices as two dogs and a cat trek across America encountering all sorts of adventures in the quest to be reunited with their owners.
Style:
sweet, feel good, touching, exciting, epic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dog, cat, wilderness, pets, beautiful scenery, friendship, human animal relationship, childhood, fish out of water, unlikely friendships, talking animal, journey ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, nevada, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sad, tear jerker, teen ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
friendship, childhood, imagination, children, escape from reality, fantasy world, classmate, loneliness, magical, imaginary, teenage girl, loss of friend ...
Time:
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Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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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:
27%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant ...
Style:
sweet, sincere, touching, visually appealing, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
circus, talking animal, human animal relationship, gorilla, animal rights, friendship, animal that acts human, animal life, affection, talent, unlikely friendships, animal ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
27%
175K
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A newly married couple who, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of ...
Style:
touching, feel good, sad, funny, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, pets, couple relations, friendship, parenthood, marriage, loss of pet, family relations, happy ending, children, pregnancy, couples ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
miami, ireland, usa, north america, michigan ...
Similarity:
25%
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:
25%
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Genre: Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Poor but happy, young Nello and his grandfather live alone, delivering milk as a livelihood, in the outskirts of Antwerp, a city in Flanders (the Flemish or Dutch-speaking part of modern-day Belgium). They discover a beaten dog (a Bouvier, a large ...
Style:
sentimental, tear jerker, inspirational, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
dog, boy and dog, justice, life philosophy, destiny, friendship, coming of age, countryside, boy dog relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, drawing, artist ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 1999, 1930s, 70s
Place:
antwerp, flanders, california, san francisco
Similarity:
25%
644
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
William Byron Hillman's family comedy Quigley stars Gary Busey as a cold-hearted billionaire. Early in the film he dies. After dying, he learns that he will only get into heaven if he learns lessons about compassion and selflessness. In order ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, reincarnation, redemption, hidden identity, disorder, family life, family relations, partner, supernatural, supernatural romance, uninhibited rivalry, eccentric family ...
Similarity:
24%
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:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment that expressely forbids dogs.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, touching
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, human animal relationship, youth, pets, mischievous children, family life, disorder, reincarnation, parents and children, animal, animal lover, adoption ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An all-new Disney holiday classic is born - Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups. Starring a brand-new litter of the cutest talking pups ever - Hope, Jingle, Charity, and Noble - it's perfect for the whole family. When Mrs. Claus travels to Pineville, ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, preschool
Plot:
dog, santa claus, christmas, pets, family relations, youth, animal life, friends, family gatherings, disorder, stowaway, christmas spirit ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
It's "Christmas time" at the Baker household, and Bailey is at it again. Worried that he will not get any presents from Santa because he's been a bad doggie, Bailey learns about a mysterious Native American Indian called the ...
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, dog, family life, friendship, family relations, siblings relations, getting home, hopes, on the road, youth, animal, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Where the Red Fern Grows is the heartwarming and adventurous tale for all ages about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs.
Style:
sad, depressing, emotional, epic, tear jerker ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
dog, youth, great depression, animal, canine, camping trip, camp, childhood, camping, soul searching, friendship, coming of age ...
Time:
1900s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
oklahoma city, oklahoma, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A developmentally challenged young man with a penchant for caring for animals in need sets out to convince his family - and their whole rural community - to participate in a local shelter's inaugural "Adopt a Dog for Christmas ...
Style:
touching, feel good, sincere, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, dog, adoption, boy dog relationship, pets, animal, holiday, family relations, friendship, social relations, animal life, social issues ...
Time:
50s
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: China, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Dog’s Way Home chronicles the heartwarming adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.
Style:
sweet, sentimental, scenic, exciting, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, adult
Plot:
dog, puppy, pitbull, pets, animal, road trip, mountain, on the road, best friend, pet dog, lost dog, homelessness ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, new mexico
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
This holiday tale has all the elements of a classic heartwarmer--cuddly dogs, small town spirit, and even a full-fledged Christmas pageant. Set during the meager years of the Great Depression, 12 DOGS OF CHRISTMAS follows the story of Emma, a ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, touching, sentimental
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
christmas, holiday, dog, pets, destiny, happy ending, animal life, lifestyle, school, youth, adaptation, love ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1931
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, pittsburgh
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This is the touching story of an elderly widower trying to work through his grief. When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and confidant. Sam takes the dog on a nostalgic journey which ...
Style:
tear jerker, semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
dog, afterlife, widower, health, animal, death, grief, lost love, unfulfillment, love and romance, hopes, ghost ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the tradition of disney's classic holiday tales comes a heartwarming movie about the power of giving and the true meaning of christmas. Discover how the legendary friendship of Santa Claus and Santa Paws began in the inspiring original film, ...
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, christmas classics
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, santa claus, christmas, pets, friendship, youth, animal life, orphan, save the day, young heroes, disorder, memory loss ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
23%
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