Movies like Fly Away Home
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Fly Away Home (1996)
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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 local forest is torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When Winter comes, Amy, and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South...
Style:
uplifting, emotional, touching, serious, inspirational, feel good, sentimental, light, road movie, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
goose, aviation, rescue, father daughter relationship, bird, animals, single father, childhood, environmental, tragedy, against the odds, migration, loss of mother, death in the family, children, coming of age, airplane, youth, bittersweet, hang glider, human animal relationship, dog, catastrophe, survival, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
canada, new zealand, north carolina
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Most similar movies to Fly Away Home
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, feel good, melancholic and sentimental films with plots about childhood, storytelling, mentor, runaway, catastrophe, culture clash and dialogue mostly in Family, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Fly Away Home: Free Willy (1993), Andre (1994), Iron Will (1994), Alaska (1996), Buddy (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Mexico
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, ...
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sentimental, touching, uplifting, feel good, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
animals, killer whale, human animal relationship, freedom, friendship, animal life, animal training, children, ocean, happy ending, childhood, rescue ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
portland oregon, oregon, usa
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The true story of how a marine seal named Andre befriended a little girl and her family, circa 1962.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, feel good, touching, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
animals, coming of age, childhood, seal the animal, friendship, orphan, youth, small town, magic, adoption, single father, runaway ...
Time:
year 1962, 90s, 60s
Place:
maine, usa
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100%
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 ...
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feel good, inspirational, touching, absurd, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
dog sled, dog, disney, animals, survival, treasure hunt, underdog, nature, winter, snow, death, race ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
alaska, minnesota, canada, cuba, usa
⇓ 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:
touching, sentimental, emotional, exciting, harsh ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
dog, survival, boy dog relationship, wilderness, youth, animals, kids and family, childhood, friendship, young heroes, teenage life, parents and children ...
Place:
london, british columbia, canada
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100%
Genre: Adventure, 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, sweet, feel good, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
animals, childhood, missing person, family relations, rescue, escapades, parents and children, mountain, survival, coming of age, nature, catastrophe ...
Time:
90s
Place:
alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like The Parent Trap
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An eccentric socialite raises a gorilla as her son.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gorilla, animals, socialite, zoo, friendship, adaptation, unlikely friendships, wilderness, family relations, kids and family, jungle, camp ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 80s
Place:
usa, canada, chicago illinois, new york, philadelphia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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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.
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sweet, touching, sentimental, captivating, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, teens, girls' night
Plot:
wild animal, animals, lion, rescue, adolescence, youth, bully, coming of age, desert, childhood, cheetah, wilderness ...
Place:
africa, south africa, kenya
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
Style:
touching, scenic, uplifting, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
animals, survival, wilderness, nature, bear, dog, hunting, friendship, orphan, forest, heroic mission, youth ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
canada, antarctica, british columbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, breathtaking, inspirational, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
survival, dog, expedition, rescue, wilderness, dog sled, animals, snow, husky dog, disney, pets, winter ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
antarctica, british columbia, canada, new zealand, oregon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on Anne Holm's acclaimed young adult novel North to Freedom, I Am David chronicles the struggles of a 12-year-old boy (Ben Tibber) who manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own -- through sheer will and determination. All ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sentimental, uplifting, tense ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids
Plot:
survival, self discovery, friendship, coming of age, rescue, children, hopes, human spirit, courage, boy, communism, youth ...
Time:
year 1951, 50s, post world war two, year 1952
Place:
switzerland, denmark, italy, europe, eastern europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Bridge to Terabithia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Paulie, an intelligent parrot who actually talks, relates the story of his struggle to a Russian immigrant who works as a janitor at the research institute where he is housed and neglected. Paulie's story begins many years earlier when he is ...
Style:
humorous, touching, feel good, thought provoking, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
parrot, animals, childhood, road trip, bird, human animal relationship, friendship, talking animals, culture clash, destiny, brutality, fantasy world ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, los angeles, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A headstrong 16 year old Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. Katy then sets her mind to tame a ...
Style:
sentimental, talky, realistic, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
horse, animals, family relations, hopes, love and romance, self discovery, family life, parents and children, farm, animal life, introspection, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the horse (in fact is a mare)and save it of being sacrificed by the owner.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, touching, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
horse, horse race, sport, family relations, redemption, animal training, children, honest, secrets, betrayal, racehorse, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the ...
Style:
feel good, sincere, touching, uplifting, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
animals, single father, happy ending, countryside, zoo, starting over, father son relationship, courage, children, beautiful scenery, coping, love ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, 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:
feel good, sweet, sentimental, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
killer whale, whale, friendship, childhood, animals, daring rescue, rescue, greed, ecology, human animal relationship, island, youth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
sentimental, touching, feel good, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, boy dog relationship, coming of age, friendship, animals, childhood, countryside, pets, mischievous children, teenage life, family life, father son relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, virginia, baltimore
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, emotional, serious, realistic, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids
Plot:
dog, youth, teenage life, military, betrayal, pets, family bonds, twists and turns, war, animals, friendship, runaway ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, afghanistan, california, iraq, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, fairy tale, scenic, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
horse, child, boy horse relationship, shipwreck, animals, horse race, survival, coming of age, beach, storm at sea, friendship, human animal relationship ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, feel good, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
killer whale, friendship, animals, whale, friends, hunting, rescue, black market, childhood, youth, mentor, ship ...
Time:
90s
⇓ 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:
touching, sweet, feel good, exciting, campy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, cat, wilderness, talking animals, disney, pets, beautiful scenery, unlikely friendships, friendship, animals, childhood, fish out of water ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like My Girl
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, touching, sad ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
coming of age, dog, racism, civil rights, african american, youth, family relations, bittersweet, farm, prison, depression, courage ...
Time:
1930s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
louisiana, africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
Style:
emotional, compassionate, scenic, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
jungle, tiger, animals, survival, destiny, animal abuse, nature, sibling relationship, getting home, captivity, coming of age, chase ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
cambodia, france, indochina, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Adventure, 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, touching, feel good, unusual plot structure, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dolphins, childhood, animals, coming of age, summer, youth, friendship, unlikely friendships, multiple storylines, mentor, redemption, natural disaster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, ...
Style:
touching, atmospheric, feel good, sentimental, serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
childhood, orphan, countryside, girl, friendship, garden, little girl, beautiful scenery, children, old mansion, uncle, magic ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 18th century
Place:
india, england, yorkshire, africa, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.
Style:
sad, sentimental, touching, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
horse, animals, friendship, pets, justice, happy ending, unlikely friendships, hopes, getting home, human animal relationship, animal rights, compassion ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to We Bought a Zoo
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:
feel good, sweet, melancholic, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
dog, dolphins, friendship, animals, youth, rescue, single parent, odd couple, daring rescue, mischievous children, escapades, young heroes ...
Place:
bahamas
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Benji is a stray who has nonetheless worked his way into the hearts of a number of the townspeople, who give him food and attention whenever he stops by. His particular favorites are a pair of children who feed and play with him against the wishes ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, sentimental, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, animal actor, animals, kidnapping, friendship, rescue, greed, betrayal, runaway, obsession, life philosophy, family relations ...
Time:
70s
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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:
uplifting, serious, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
killer whale, animal rescue, family relations, friendship, confined, animals, ocean, captivity, mischievous children, young heroes, heroes, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, feel good, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
friendship, teenager, coming of age, children, father daughter relationship, single parent, childhood, single father, family relations, love, dead child, young heroes ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 20th century, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, feel good, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
dog, animal rescue, pets, youth, animals, destiny, greed, friendship, hopes, family relations, disorder, small town life ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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